Howayaye501

In the summer his return to fitness will be "like signing a new player".

O'Bleary spotted in the Bodega? https://twitter.com/thebodega_sjf He would fit Ashley's bill......desperate for a job and someone no-one else in their right mind would employ.......

I've worked out who our next manager is already, using Ashley's tried and trusted criteria. Shit - tick! Cockney - tick! No-one else in their right mind would employ him at a Premier League club - tick! Will come on the cheap - tick! Used to manage West Ham - tick! Used to manage Charlton - tick! First name Alan - tick! Got it yet?

Who's their next Messiah? Nigel Kennedy or David Cameron? ;D ;D

I actually enjoyed the year in the Championship. Real football....real clubs...real grounds.

I think we've sold the soul of football. Clubs which by their very inception were local clubs are losing what remnants they had of their local identity. We've got players playing for the club who largely don't give two hoots about whether the club they play for is Newcastle, QPR or Anzhi, as long as the money comes in. We've got clubs being franchised and moved 100 miles up the road to another town. We've got clubs owned and totally controlled by rich chaps from countries half a world away who cannot possibly have any association with the area, the club or the fans.

In my mind Fathead and Souness were definitely worse.....I rejoiced when they were sacked. The problem with Pardew is....who would the replacement be? What manager of any calibre would want to come here?