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Aye, we should be trying to knock Man Utd off there perch. So you're happy to concede the Europa positions to Liverpool and Everton then? Didn't say that, that's ideally what I want us to do.

Aye, we should be trying to knock Man Utd off there perch.

A player, substitute or substituted player is sent off if he commits any of the following seven offences: denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offence punishable by a direct free kick or a penalty kick An absurd rule really. Mingolet deliberately breaks the rules to prevent a goal yet it isn't worthy of punishment. Crazy, should be a red all day long for me.

I think he's ok but Pardew will probably revert him to right back or something, thus sapping the energy out of him.

The fans turned against him when we played Reading and I think they will do it again. The difference being that after Reading we had lots of matches to play. After the mackems we had 5.

We need a manager who can change a game - this one can't and he's proved it time after time.... Actually he can change a game. We start off a good number of games pretty well and by the end of we are usually all over the place following his comical substitutions. Aye, immensely annoying that. Chelsea at home I reckon he was gunna dee it aswell but thankfully we equalised just in time.

High quality fullback who we are extremely fortunate to have at Newcastle.

0-1 Sissoko im going for. Ahh mindless optimism.

This thread if we lose badly tomorrow man...

I get behind the team every game and have never sang about Pardew. If it's positive noise its all good imo. Wether that be the manager or the players.

TBF I couldn't fathom why anyone was chanting "Alan Pardew's Black & White Army" even before it was clear we were totally dead and buried...but they f***ing well were. There's still quite a difference between the mood on here and the mood on the terraces, IMHO. As odd as it is it's not the worst thing in the world is it? Attempting to get behind the team.

Yup, my gut feeling was we'd start like we did and the excuses were already in place with the match we played on thursday. Some were anticipating a rout from us for some crazy reason.

Down to stunned disbelief I think that. No one could quite fathom out how shite we'd been.

My feeling is that most percentage of the stands have kept tight lipped because of a) last season and b) a lack of investment in the summer - and also as past experiences have shown, wild protest from the stands whilst tempting more often than not have a detrimental affect with goings on on the pitch (See Hull city game at SJP). It won't last though and sunday really could be the catalyst for what probably is justified negativity. Pardew has been unbelievably lucky to have such patient support at Newcastle, but the continued garbage being served up is beginning to get really tiresome, eventually the fans will turn if it keeps up. Reading at home turned ugly but results picked up after.

I think a more balanced look is this. Perch Sissoko Cabaye Ben Arfa Gouffran Cisse Perch just sitting in front of back four but will need to play well. Sissoko box to box and Cabaye doing what he does best. That formation is hugely dependent of Ben Arfa starting like. If he doesn't we'll likely see Moussa in that role which he blatantly does not suit.

Tiotes loss is probably welcome if we're harsh. Perch or Anita there will do. With Ben Arfa back it might give the side some balance. He can play on the right and Sissoko can drop back into CM.

Yep agree with that. I'v watched the interview and it's awful in honesty. Riddled with excuses. He's in massive bother if they bottle it again tomorrow.

Desperation.

Think they were both in and out. Taylor missed the latter stages. Maybe i'm forgetting any injuries we had due to how we did that season. Under previous regimes though we were truly fucked with injuries.

Seems to be loads or hardly any. Last season we were fine apart from Ben Arfa.

Fair do's. I was really happy with all 3 performances at the SOL and was thankful they got a point last season at SJP, aswell as missing a pen. If i'm brutally honest i'l take a point leading up to a derby, home and away. Just as long as they dont lose. Sunday was unforgivable however.

The last paragraph saves it a little bit, and there is a nice dig at sunderland. Doesnt seem massively controversial to me, just not ideal. His tactics are abysmal but these comments dont bother me too much. Would you prefer an insincere Di Canio-esque chest beating about pride? He has been honest, lets move on.... That last paragraph is the worst for me. Who the hell is he to take credit for all the derby defeats we've inflicted on them? We were unbeaten at St James for 13 years before this muppet took charge. He's broken the spell for Sunderland and if he's here next season I expect Di Canio to give him another Di-caning. If he couldn't get the better of them when they should have been crushed by relegation fear, then I don't hold much hope for him under normal circumstances. Spot on. Easy to forget that we were two minutes away from losing at home last season too after an absolutely identical first half. We only managed a point because Sessegnon walked. Two desperate home displays coming off the back of a 5-1 win and he reckons criticism is heavy handed. Cannot believe he has the nerve. He hasn't got the mentality for games like this tbh. You can kill games at home to Stoke and Norwich and Fulham stone dead and bore everyone to tears before stealing a goal. You can't do that in the derby ffs, the mentality should be to pulverise them, not to keep it tight against a team with no goalscorers! Utter tool. For all the chatter about "stability", I can't believe there's anyone who genuinely wants to watch another season of this dreary rubbish. Excluding Sundays shambles we've done pretty well in derbies under him. All 3 away performances we've outplayed them and were unlucky not to win the ones we drew. I'll give you the 1st half's of last seasons but 2nd half we murdered them at SJP - should've won. Again this isnt to defend the rest of his remarks which are obviously desperate but I hardly think he's personally attempting to claim credit for our record over them in past seasons. He needs a result tomorrow Pardew or it's the start of the end imo.

We always seem to have more injuries than we should. Souness & Roeder despite being poor managers had decimated squads - Robson always had plenty aswell.

The last paragraph saves it a little bit, and there is a nice dig at sunderland. Doesnt seem massively controversial to me, just not ideal. His tactics are abysmal but these comments dont bother me too much. Would you prefer an insincere Di Canio-esque chest beating about pride? He has been honest, lets move on.... That last paragraph is the worst for me. Who the hell is he to take credit for all the derby defeats we've inflicted on them? We were unbeaten at St James for 13 years before this muppet took charge. He's broken the spell for Sunderland and if he's here next season I expect Di Canio to give him another Di-caning. If he couldn't get the better of them when they should have been crushed by relegation fear, then I don't hold much hope for him under normal circumstances. Not playing devils advocate here but I can't see him claiming credit for any of the past defeats we dished out to them in that quote there.