Tiresias

I don't think it takes a monster to have Shola in your pocket

Get in!

Yeah, Jonas playing centrally prevented us pushing up to high defensively, going left gave us width at expense for height. That said went wrong earlier, we just lost composure, and kept giving away the ball second half. Pardew's team talk at half time must have been goddawful.

lol enrique

this flummoxing is bizarre, it's hardly fucking rocket science is it

It's not so much that that high line was a bad idea, as that it was so obviously going wrong and yet nothing done about it. Ludicrous, Pardew needs to be bolder and switch tactics around, there was no need in the first place, we controlled and saw out a 1-0 fine at QPR, why couldn't we do that here? Even the penalty we needn't have paniced, plenty of time left and on previous evidence we were the better team. Couldn't handle pace at all. Colo's required him to turn, he's not a striker for a reason. I'd be annoyed if Ben Arfa or Best missed that, Colo shouldn't need to be.

We were playing great footy first half today. Last time we played well was totenham? Yeah beating man u 3-0 playing shit was an achievement...

This. We just needed to settle back after we went 2-1 down. Slow the game down and we'd have got chances later, instead we hoofed it up desperately which was suicidal against the pace of their attack. Pardew should have curbed it quick.

Seems to keep making the same mistakes sometimes. He obviously has some tactical flexibility, our formation at start was unusual, and worked, but second half got it so wrong and then worst is he didn't fix it.

He's suddenly always been that bad? Terrible day today but he hasn't been that bad at all last few games.

let me guess, Pardew blames him?

What an absolute disaster. Lets hope it's a one off and everyone gets it back together.

wasn't terrible first half

Annoying but we were desperately going for it, that's bound to be a risk.

What the hell was the plan in the second half?

I hate football

Hard to when the ball is hoofed over his head all game

God I hope this doesn't sink our season

Pardew's team talk was him raging at this poncy passing football they've been playing, JUST FUCKING HOOF IT

Ok this our bogey game of the season, allowed one goddawful result...

worst. half time teamtalk. ever.

yeah we've been spooked, going for longer balls. Bad bad bad

Thrown it away. Completely, we were SO MUCH BETTER than them first half.

ffs. Ok lets just go get another goal.

Lets keep the ball a bit more...