Alan Pardew

[Interpolic]

August - DWW - 7 points out of 9

September - DDW - 5 points out of 9

October - WDWW - 10 points out of 12

November - WLD - 4 points out of 9

December - LLDLWL - 4 points out of 18

January - WWL - 6 points out of 9

February - WWLD - 7 points out of 12

March (so far) - DLW - 4 points out of 9

 

Felt like putting the results for the season in one place.

[Theregulars]

Well most people want possession based attacking football. Their sides have achieved that, yet have not achieved other things we have under Pardew. Who's fans should be happier?

 

Not this s*** again man.

 

Obviously if anyone looks at the league table they say "well toon fans must be delighted".

 

However our fans have actually watched all our matches this season.

 

 

Huh? Reread. Im asking our fans who should be happier, not what they think.

 

The respective ability of the sides above us to keep possession & dominate games has been highlighted in this thread & used as evidence we underperform under Pardew. Yet many would agree those 2 sides have underperformed in terms of picking up points for the quality of their squad, in comparison to how we have done.

So should people be more dissapointed with our attacking play than satisfied with our strengths in other areas? Many seem to be.

 

So true.

So many people on here when our fans got/get derided in the media for "demanding an attacking brand of football"/"the Geordies would rather lose 4-3 than win 1-0" claimed that to be the media ganging up on us/not knowing their arse from their elbow/talking s*** etc. Now we have a manager under whom for the majority of the season we have ground out scrappy, 1-0 wins with good team defending, as well as good football and some great goals in part, and so many people on here are complaining about it.

Yeah, take your point, the football isn't particularly inspiring and with out first XI there's room for improvement and it's frustrating to see that denied us, but at the end of the day you're living up to the stereotypes that David Craig, Louise Taylor et al set for us having bashed them as inaccurate in the first place.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Pardew can have us playing a formation of 10-0-0 for all I care as long as keep winning, because as a fan of Newcastle United I love it when we win. I'm a fan of Newcastle United first, and tasty football involving Newcastle United second.

 

 

Once again I'd just like to be clear that I don't demand daft kamikaze attacking football, I don't even mind a defensive line up. What I'd like to see is some control of the game through possession. At the moment we give the ball away far too easily and we often come under pressure as a result - and unlike some are saying on here our defence isn't that great. Against poor teams we get away with it, against the better ones we can ship goals in 3's and 4's.

 

Your point is entirely valid, and one with which I agree. That is something that Pardew needs to address. But that is just one thing, it's not enough to damn him overall and over-react. The defence not being that great, for me, is so much more down to Steven Taylor's injury than anything Pardew does. To a large extent he's worked wonders with a limited squad, but he can only get the best from what is put in front of him, and Simpson and Williamson, at the minute at least, are questionable as to their competence.

[Spudil]

Well most people want possession based attacking football. Their sides have achieved that, yet have not achieved other things we have under Pardew. Who's fans should be happier?

 

Not this s*** again man.

 

Obviously if anyone looks at the league table they say "well toon fans must be delighted".

 

However our fans have actually watched all our matches this season.

 

 

Huh? Reread. Im asking our fans who should be happier, not what they think.

 

The respective ability of the sides above us to keep possession & dominate games has been highlighted in this thread & used as evidence we underperform under Pardew. Yet many would agree those 2 sides have underperformed in terms of picking up points for the quality of their squad, in comparison to how we have done.

So should people be more dissapointed with our attacking play than satisfied with our strengths in other areas? Many seem to be.

 

Happier in terms of what exactly?

 

All things considered I'd say Liverpool fans should be happiest. They won a cup and are in with a shout for another one. Additionally they have one of the tightest defenses in the league, dominated a lot of games this season, created alot of chances and could reasonably argue that with a good poacher (like Cisse i suppose) they'd have collected a lot more points.

 

Is that not sort of Jayson's point though? They spent £70m on dross. If they'd spent that correctly (nothing stopped them signing Ba & Cisse rather than Carroll for example) they really should be at least on par with Spurs & Arsenal.

 

Aye you cant really make a manager free from blame for the form of his strikers when he specifically signs them & then decides how they are coached.

 

I never have.

[Optimistic Nut]

August - DWW - 7 points out of 9

September - DDW - 5 points out of 9

October - WDWW - 10 points out of 12

November - WLD - 4 points out of 9

December - LLDLWL - 4 points out of 18

January - WWL - 6 points out of 9

February - WWLD - 7 points out of 12

March (so far) - DLW - 4 points out of 9

 

Felt like putting the results for the season in one place.

 

So in effect, a bad patch (which all teams have) in December, but pretty consistent as f*** the majority of the season.

[Mick]

Some of us are questioning Pardew and the lack of any style in our play, nobody who is sticking up for Pardew can claim that the football is good to watch, can they?

[Theregulars]

August - DWW - 7 points out of 9

September - DDW - 5 points out of 9

October - WDWW - 10 points out of 12

November - WLD - 4 points out of 9

December - LLDLWL - 4 points out of 18

January - WWL - 6 points out of 9

February - WWLD - 7 points out of 12

March (so far) - DLW - 4 points out of 9

 

Felt like putting the results for the season in one place.

 

So in effect, a bad patch (which all teams) have in December, but pretty consistent as f*** the majority of the season.

 

Somewhere I hear the sound of a nail being hit on the head.

[Mole_Toonfan]

August - DWW - 7 points out of 9

September - DDW - 5 points out of 9

October - WDWW - 10 points out of 12

November - WLD - 4 points out of 9

December - LLDLWL - 4 points out of 18

January - WWL - 6 points out of 9

February - WWLD - 7 points out of 12

March (so far) - DLW - 4 points out of 9

 

Felt like putting the results for the season in one place.

 

It does seem we have been very consistent, other than that terrible month in December which coincedently was when we was practically without a backline

[Theregulars]

Some of us are questioning Pardew and the lack of any style in our play, nobody who is sticking up for Pardew can claim that the football is good to watch, can they?

 

Nobody is, but we're saying it is effective, in effect arguing that we are content to let substance supersede style as long as we continue to pick up points.

[Mick]

 

 

Nobody is, but we're saying it is effective, in effect arguing that we are content to let substance supersede style as long as we continue to pick up points.

 

Has it got to be one or the other?

[Guest Deadmau5]

 

 

Nobody is, but we're saying it is effective, in effect arguing that we are content to let substance supersede style as long as we continue to pick up points.

 

Has it got to be one or the other?

 

Yes, its either this or Wigan/Blackpool with relegation attached, take your pick

[Optimistic Nut]

Course not, but there's no guarantee changing style at this point would continue to get points. I'm more than happy to get to the summer like this, then continue signing players we have the last two windows, and play better stuff more consistently next season.

[Guest Deadmau5]

Course not, but there's no guarantee changing style at this point would continue to get points. I'm more than happy to get to the summer like this, then continue signing players we have the last two windows, and play better stuff more consistently next season.

 

Two big assumptions there.

 

1. Trying to play fotball will probably fail.

2. We will start playing champagne fotball over the summer.

 

Is there any historical evidence with Pardew that point 2. will happen, based on his previous track record?

At some point we will have to start playing proper fotball again, won't we?

 

 

Won't we guys?...

 

 

[Benwell Lad]

Well most people want possession based attacking football. Their sides have achieved that, yet have not achieved other things we have under Pardew. Who's fans should be happier?

 

Not this s*** again man.

 

Obviously if anyone looks at the league table they say "well toon fans must be delighted".

 

However our fans have actually watched all our matches this season.

 

 

Huh? Reread. Im asking our fans who should be happier, not what they think.

 

The respective ability of the sides above us to keep possession & dominate games has been highlighted in this thread & used as evidence we underperform under Pardew. Yet many would agree those 2 sides have underperformed in terms of picking up points for the quality of their squad, in comparison to how we have done.

So should people be more dissapointed with our attacking play than satisfied with our strengths in other areas? Many seem to be.

 

So true.

So many people on here when our fans got/get derided in the media for "demanding an attacking brand of football"/"the Geordies would rather lose 4-3 than win 1-0" claimed that to be the media ganging up on us/not knowing their arse from their elbow/talking s*** etc. Now we have a manager under whom for the majority of the season we have ground out scrappy, 1-0 wins with good team defending, as well as good football and some great goals in part, and so many people on here are complaining about it.

Yeah, take your point, the football isn't particularly inspiring and with out first XI there's room for improvement and it's frustrating to see that denied us, but at the end of the day you're living up to the stereotypes that David Craig, Louise Taylor et al set for us having bashed them as inaccurate in the first place.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Pardew can have us playing a formation of 10-0-0 for all I care as long as keep winning, because as a fan of Newcastle United I love it when we win. I'm a fan of Newcastle United first, and tasty football involving Newcastle United second.

 

 

Great post.

Somehow the ridiculous 4-3 myth still prevails to some extent but probably only in the minds of the same people who don't call the stadium SJP. i.e. no one who watches Newcastle regularly or really matters.

In reality the football we are playing, even now, is nowhere near as bad as it's made out to be by some on here. We are playing decent stuff in patches but to play it out of defence all the time you need confident defenders. Right now we have one of those.

[Parky]

Football is simple. If the MF are too deep there is nobody to pass to BUT the forwards.

 

It's that simple it's what's been going on. And when they do venture forward too much Pards sends Shola on to TELL THEM OFF. Seen it a few times now, Shola pointing at Tiote and telling him to stay back.

 

Our wingers spend most of the game (not all) as def wingers. Again Pards isn't confident that if we pushed up the park the def could handle the counter. These are the nuts and bolts of what's going on. That little ball Guti played to Cisse the other day reminded me that he is a full Argentinian international. I'd rather see more of that.

 

You can see when Hatem casually starts causing havoc in the opp half he rarely has more than one pass on as the bulk of the side are sitting back.

[Theregulars]

 

 

Nobody is, but we're saying it is effective, in effect arguing that we are content to let substance supersede style as long as we continue to pick up points.

 

Has it got to be one or the other?

 

I have never said that and I don't think anybody else is. The point is that, while winning AND entertaining football is the ideal, the reality is we are not getting both, and for me/others winning>entertaining.

[Mick]

Course not, but there's no guarantee changing style at this point would continue to get points. I'm more than happy to get to the summer like this, then continue signing players we have the last two windows, and play better stuff more consistently next season.

 

Is there any guarantee that we'll continue to pick up points if we carry on playing the same way?

[Guest Deadmau5]

 

 

Nobody is, but we're saying it is effective, in effect arguing that we are content to let substance supersede style as long as we continue to pick up points.

 

Has it got to be one or the other?

 

I have never said that and I don't think anybody else is. The point is that, while winning AND entertaining football is the ideal, the reality is we are not getting both, and for me/others winning>entertaining.

 

Pretty stark perception of reality really. Personally I think we have a squad capable of both serving up decent fotball and picking up points while doing it too. Clearly you disagree.

[Spudil]

Well Jayson I answered your question. Now, did you have a point or was I wasting my time?

 

[Theregulars]

Football is simple. If the MF are too deep there is nobody to pass to BUT the forwards.

 

It's that simple it's what's been going on. And when they do venture forward too much Pards sends Shola on to TELL THEM OFF. Seen it a few times now, Shola pointing at Tiote and telling him to stay back.

 

Our winger spend most of the game (not all) as def wingers. Again Pards isn't confident that if we pushed up the park the def could handle the counter. These are the nuts and bolts of what's going on. That little ball Guti played to Cisse the other day reminded me that he is a full Argentinian international. I'd rather see more of that.

 

I'd rather see more of that too, but not at the expense of winning. If Pardew, who probably knows more about tactics and football in general than most people on here, who also sees these players every day in training, thinks that we are vulnerable on the counter-attack, then that's his prerogative and his decision to take as the manager of our football club and, with our league position, he's entirely justified. I personally would not like to see a counter-attack by any left winger against Danny Simpson. It will be interesting to see whether this philosophy changes if Pardew is granted a better right-back, for instance.

Also, while as above I'd like to see more lovely football like Jonas' cross to Cisse, there were a few examples of that (Cabaye's ball to Demba for Ruddy's save). Pardew's philosophy, I think, is that the quality in the team means that moments like that will happen a few times in the game, and, with signing Ba and Cisse, we have finishers of sufficient quality to execute the chances to grab us at least 1-2 goals most games, and then a defence/team defending philosophy to see it out. Like it or not, it's working well.

[Mick]

 

 

I have never said that and I don't think anybody else is. The point is that, while winning AND entertaining football is the ideal, the reality is we are not getting both, and for me/others winning>entertaining.

 

Not a single person is suggesting that winning isn't better than entertaining, some of us thinks we can play better without negatively affecting our results.

[Mole_Toonfan]

I for one iam very happy with what Pardew and his coaching staff have done this season, yes i would like to see much better football while winning games because i believe we are well capable of it.

 

The negative play since the new year is Pardew realising that we could get europe so taking as little chances as possible at risk of falling outside of the european places.

 

Do i agree with it? no not at all but i understand why one could take that approach when under pressure.

 

Next season hopefully with a bigger squad and the experience of going through the run-in we will see better standard of football combined with results.

 

 

[SEMTEX]

For those using our league position as the sole barometer to judge us on, don't you realise that we got to that position through a fantastic set of results that were achieved by playing the type of football that some of us are crying out for us to revert to? BEFORE we changed to hoofing it long? Since we changed to that approach we've had mid to lower table form, imo.

 

 

Didn't somebody point out that our form hasn't been mid to lower table form since the turn of the year?

 

P 10, W 5, D 2, L 3. = 17 pts (1.7 a game which averages to 64-65 points over a season)

 

And the 8 matches before that? Very selective statistics there.

 

since the turn of the year

 

 

 

Great post by Deadmau5 like.

[Theregulars]

 

 

Nobody is, but we're saying it is effective, in effect arguing that we are content to let substance supersede style as long as we continue to pick up points.

 

Has it got to be one or the other?

 

I have never said that and I don't think anybody else is. The point is that, while winning AND entertaining football is the ideal, the reality is we are not getting both, and for me/others winning>entertaining.

 

Pretty stark perception of reality really. Personally I think we have a squad capable of both serving up decent fotball and picking up points while doing it too. Clearly you disagree.

 

I don't think it's a stark perception at all. My point clearly states that my preference is for both winning and entertaining football, but if one isn't apparent, i'd rather it be entertainment. I think we have the players to play some decent football - if you read my posting history you will pick this up - but my point was that, if the manager does not make that happen, as long as we are winning then I'm inclined to sacrifice the entertainment side. I would dearly love for your ideal to come true and for our time to play blindingly and spank teams off the park regularly. But most teams in the league are pretty decent too, and not that far off us (in the way we're not far off 4th/5th), so caution isn't something to be roundly criticised.

[durhamunigeordie]

 

 

I have never said that and I don't think anybody else is. The point is that, while winning AND entertaining football is the ideal, the reality is we are not getting both, and for me/others winning>entertaining.

 

Not a single person is suggesting that winning isn't better than entertaining, some of us thinks we can play better without negatively affecting our results.

 

Exactly. Krul time wasting was embarrassing yesterday. We looked quite good for about the first half hour, but then just tried to shut up shop and win the game 1-0. Against teams who we are at least the equals of footballing wise, we should be trying to go on and kill the game.

[Theregulars]

 

 

I have never said that and I don't think anybody else is. The point is that, while winning AND entertaining football is the ideal, the reality is we are not getting both, and for me/others winning>entertaining.

 

Not a single person is suggesting that winning isn't better than entertaining, some of us thinks we can play better without negatively affecting our results.

 

A good point. Perhaps Pardew is going for the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach. I don't think it's a given that we wouldn't suffer if we played better football, and to be fair to the manager there is evidence to back it up. We got spanked by Fulham trying to pass it around, and Chelsea picked us apart on the counter. However, there are also examples where we likely would have got more points if we played more daring and attractive football, so the point is a circular one.

I also never said people were suggesting entertaining was better than winning, but people who bemoaned the lack of entertainment did not set sufficient stock in the fact that we are winning.