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That line up is Pardew's wet dream.

You can also tell he has a ego and thinks he's better than he is

RIP Eusebio

When we finished 5th we brought in Cisse who buried everything he hit, who is going to do that this time? Do you seriously think we can finish 5th? No, i don't. I said before the season began the top 6 was sealed shut with quality sides and would take a special season from a club to break into that and i still can't really see anyone doing it. I predicted 8th and still think 8th is where we will finish. Irony is the people who won't be happy with 8th will be the people who predicted another relegation dog fight. All i wanted this season was us to steady the ship, stay clear of any relegation talk and have a good run in the cups. The cups has been another disaster but that's been the case long before Pardew arrived but it doesn't make it any easier to take. League wise i'm more than happy with how we are doing and don't see any reason why we can't keep pushing on even i do think the top 6 is unbreakable, but there's no harm in giving it a good go. 8th is par for me I'm not going to get excited about finishing there though.

I think sovereign state has been trumped lol

Doesn't graft and doesn't play the %'s so no chance just like HBA. Yet Shola, the laziest forward in history does. Amazing really. Pardew is a 4-4-2 long ball man Shola nicely slots into a role in his archaic system.

Doesn't graft and doesn't play the %'s so no chance just like HBA.

Yup he just reverts to lump it to Shola as soon as his 1-0 plan starts turning to shit.

Was disappointed not to see Bigi given a chance. But he went with experience but tactics were clearly not spot on as we couldn't control the match for long periods. Anita and Tiote were being overrun, Ben Arfa was dropping too deep when we had possession and Sissoko and Gouffran weren't stretching them enough. We got the goal then we should have killed the game off but it was just the same and both teams couldn't get control which was poor. I want to see replay but looked like Eliot had a shocker to beat from there and then we got done off a corner which you could see was coming and they are a massive threat from them. Overall was shocking by Pardew and some horrendous individual performances. Just another flat FA cup performance which we've seen all too often down the years and it's horrible. Fair enough. On Bigi I'm not much of a fan personally I don't see anything in him which leads me to believe he's got anything other than average. Gouff and Moussa have looked tired for a couple of games now which is partly down to the amount of work Pardew asks them to do imo.

Par for the course is par for the course. I've given Pardew credit for the good results but the issues which have been persistent throughout his tenure remain. He's a defensive manager with little to no ambition who undermines the club and it's supporters at every opportunity.

Sick of hearing this lack of investment shit. He's got the strongest squad since SBR ffs.

"Difficult because their wasn't 50k at SJP"

Knee jerks? Most of us anti Pardew folks have been regardless of the results.

SBR told us to dream, Pardew is the stuff of nightmares.

Pardews tactics spot on Brett?

Yup. And this is why there is no incentive for our fringe players to even try.

Aye that caller was painful. actually sounded like a club shill to be honest with all the patter about being a 20 year season ticket holder. When in reality if he was he'd remember how different times were under Keegan and SBR.

Pardew has done a wonderful job in this 3 years according to Anderson.

Don't be silly, by including two defensive midfielders we restricted Cardiff to only two goals Which is fine if we had Ben Arfa Cabaye Remy and say Cisse up ahead of them. I was taking the p*ss Obviously you need to balance defence with attacking options, but it's less obvious to some than others. I know you we're taking the piss, I just wanted to illustrate his crappy tactics and complete lack of balance.

That's the predominant view outside these forums. I guess we deserve to eat s*** as a result. To be fair I think Anderson said pardew has to take the blame this. He did now for the rest of the show he'll sit and defend him like per usual. Besides the man know's fuck all about football management or tactics.

Would be a brave decision to ban someone who works for newscorp tbh.

Don't be silly, by including two defensive midfielders we restricted Cardiff to only two goals Which is fine if we had Ben Arfa Cabaye Remy and say Cisse up ahead of them.

Only 1 player capable of creating in the entire side today though. Pardew needs to show more ambition in selection. Chelsea play with 3 creative mid fielders ffs.

Six points off the Champions League places at this stage of the season is pretty bloody good tbf. We wont be come the end of the season though and that's what counts. As I said for me we are par for the course at present given the squad we have.

According to Anderson: "Pardew is doing Tremendous in league" Par for the course is now tremendous in the local media ffs.