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Juve 2 up. Shocking goal music though, like something out of league 2.

I think he's seen his match against City and realised he really has to knuckle down if he's to have a respectable career here. You can see he has quality in his game. I thought he came in for far to much flak last season tbh, in the whole I thought he was fine, he hasn't even been here a full season yet.

I think he's quality and always kept the faith even after City. Lets hope he keeps learning as he could be a very important player for us for many years.

Didnt think he was actually. His presence on the pitch drives Torino and his value on that alone is vital but I thought he drifted in and out today. Awesome player though, but I thought Pjanic was MOM today.

Excellent game at Torino, usually is really. They remind me of us in a daft sort of way, fans always seem well up for it and they're volatile as out. Cerci is such a player.

He scored some vital goals last season but it's clear he wanted out the minute the season finished. Yesterday he might aswell have not come on here was so poor. He struggles to control the ball even in the most basic of fashion.

Enjoyed that for a change. Nice to see a less panicky and more assured england performance.

We need someone proven, although we never will get that. We've had shite sub standard managers for years and we wonder why we suffer.

Heard these Pardew's getting sacked rumours before. Really cant see Ashley doing it unless its some mutual thing.

This rumour that he has offered to quit.... why not just do it instead of asking your boss?

I had optimism going into this fucker.

Totally embarrassing this.

It's his motivation. If he only came here as he missed his mate, then it's showing. When Cabaye is in a mood then likely Debuchy will be. Pretty pathetic really. He just needs to knuckle down and start becoming a premiership player.

Just a load of utter lies imo. He's never been here to sign players and that's some half arsed attempt to appease the supporters. If we wanted to sign players we could have, easily.

Play like we should and we'll win. A nice early goal just to settle us down would be nice. If the penny has dropped with Pardew he'll stick with the same team and just let them attack.

Sampdoria playing similar to how we did also. Was waiting for the commentator to make some reference to Di Canio.

Sampdoria look piss poor.

I dont think because he got subjected to some stick after making some catastrophic moves during the Keegan fiasco, we should just tolerate his own method of retaliation towards the fans and club with the way he's running it. He's an absolute disgrace, he learned the hard way early on what happens if you upset Newcastle fans and the name calling etc hit a major nerve in him. Ever since then he's treated us in utter contempt, these latest episodes testament to his mentality. It's the stuff like pulling down banners at SJP that really irks me, especially when he's never even there to see them.

Just read his latest quotes today. Parody levels now, must think all our fans are thick as mince

IP is pretty much spot on like. In particular the part about how our recruitment is completely bent when it comes to the manager who has to use them. Pardew clearly struggles to work with foreign players, so our response to this challenge is to scout solely in France or sign french players. That's not a defence of Pardew at all either, but if you're sticking with the manager give him players that might possibly improve his ability at his job. The season getting 5th was a fluke, a combo of new players hitting the ground running and pretty much everything going right.

Think we had a more than decent offer in front of Distin but he was fishing for more money. Shame aswell as he was quality when we had him.

Really cant remember. Worked out well in any case.

Like Ben Arfa there was a tolerance of his mistakes within the crowd as everyone knew he was a game changer. I'm so incredibly glad we opted for Robert when it was apparently either him or Zenden we were looking for. Loved his goals but his assisting was so crucial to us aswell.

We played absolutely shite that game and came away winning 4-0