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He actually said that? Yea suffering total sport as i type this.

According to Pardew Leeds have a better recent history than us?

Yea I would agree but I'd say all of them have a huge amount of doubters are a largely unpopular

Busquets. Such a twat but such a intelligent footballer

Joey is on form tonight, I'm throwing in Veron as well only when he player for Lazio though

This. Ricardo quaresma always loved watching him play Terrible player. Funny barca & inter didn't think so. Pretty sure they did considering they both flogged him after he flopped massively. Playing in the UAE whilst still in his 20s tells you all you need to know. Again it wasn't a lack of ability which lead to this it was his couldn't give a fuck attitude which lead to that. Back in the day he was pegged as having more ability than Ronaldo. I also had a big soft spot for Hugo Viana

This. Ricardo quaresma always loved watching him play Terrible player. Funny barca & inter didn't think so. His ability was never in question or was the issue with him

This. Ricardo quaresma always loved watching him play Loved a bit of Quaresma me, you'd struggle to find a player better for an outside of the boot goal/pass. So naturally talented. Such a bloody waste.

Don't know why I said Buttner though I had wondered joey lol

This. Ricardo quaresma always loved watching him play

GoodGreat manager, s**** person. Find him hilarious personally. But then again most people in the football industry are c***s

I'm going to throw a manager in here and say Rafa benitez. Unusual because everyone I know hates him

Team should be our strongest give them time to get used to the 4-3-3 we've been playing. We don't play Everton until Monday so no excuses.

Realistically you could argue we are two points worse off than where we should be but i did think we would come unstuck in one of the first of 3 home games, we’ve came unstuck in two but won in a tough away fixture which I never expected. I'm sorry Brett but Villa aren't world beaters. How many of their players would start in our side? 2? 3? Sorry have i mentioned world beaters and Villa in the same sentence somewhere on here? Just assumed with them beating Arsenal away then watching them give Chelsea a run for their money it would be a tough away day. Apologies. I just feel that our expectations have been lowered so much we go to places like Villa shaking in our boots that's all. Well no not at all, if you have a look at my other comments, i'm saying we should be going to Everton and not fearing them, they might be unbeaten but we can still compete. I'm just used to thinking we should be winning home games as a must and points on the road are a bonus however i'm starting to think that this sides style of play might actually be better suited playing away from home where counter attacks are more frequent. Why is that though, Pardew has had plenty of time to mould a style of play.

Realistically you could argue we are two points worse off than where we should be but i did think we would come unstuck in one of the first of 3 home games, we’ve came unstuck in two but won in a tough away fixture which I never expected. I'm sorry Brett but Villa aren't world beaters. How many of their players would start in our side? 2? 3? Sorry have i mentioned world beaters and Villa in the same sentence somewhere on here? Just assumed with them beating Arsenal away then watching them give Chelsea a run for their money it would be a tough away day. Apologies. I just feel that our expectations have been lowered so much we go to places like Villa shaking in our boots that's all.

Realistically you could argue we are two points worse off than where we should be but i did think we would come unstuck in one of the first of 3 home games, we’ve came unstuck in two but won in a tough away fixture which I never expected. I'm sorry Brett but Villa aren't world beaters. How many of their players would start in our side? 2? 3?

Am i the only one who doesn't see what the fuss is about Bigi? I of course hope i'm proved wrong

Exactly, if we started games with the mentality of winning and gave it or Our all I'd have no issues in accepting defeat. Its when we go out there with this attitude of stopping the other team playing and show no commitment I get pissed off

Proof will be in the pudding next game, if we revert to 4-4-2 we know Pardew has thrown the towel in and gone back in to his shell

I think some of us myself included are envious of the incisiveness of their owner. He sees that he has made a mistake and he tries to rectify it. A stark contrast from Mr Ashley

Just read this you make really good points IMO. Just goes to show how bad we actually are. It appears we are poorly drilled to be honest the errors made are schoolboy to be frank. Faster we get rid of this manager the better he doesn't even have a footballing philosophy ffs

Bielsa is un-employed to be fair

Could be Schteeve mc To be honest if they got Steve Mclaren I'd be jealous. I'd take him over Pardew personally

That mackem sky presenter said on twitter they have a contingency plan. Sounds more and more like Pulis.

It's the whole thing though isn't it? Appointing him in the first place you'd know his methods and that frankly he's a bit mental. You either see those through or don't bother employing him. Sure, they've been w*** so far but they've brought in over 10 new players and given him 5 matches. It's ridiculous really. It does appear that way on the face of it but if the players are refusing to play they don't have much choice imo.