samptime29

The most postive thing for me, we kept a clean sheet with Dummett and Williamson. I know it was QPR but still that helped nicely. Thought the goal was great. We aren't going to score too many, but we look much harder to beat now. Pardew should have been sacked but now we go on 6 game winning run. Only at the Toon...

Pardew should've been sacked either after Southampton or Stoke game. No doubt about that in my mind. He was so so lucky to keep his job. This 5 win run has been great though, and has improved my mood no end. The big point with Pardew for me is this: The sit back, 4-5-1, counter-attack tactic I think works well away and against the bigger teams. However against lesser teams, we need to be more on the front foot, more attacking, more possession. Basically a different style of play. I'm interested to see how Pardew lines us up in the upcoming QPR and Burnley games. If we can get it right against the smaller teams, I'd be more convinced there's been a change in Pardew's thinking. We'll see....

Very promising couple of games. Looks a lot stronger than previously.