LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Pards is bringing it back: - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Have you ever seen soooooooooo much style? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sophie S Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Our final position is determined by winning games not goal difference. Let's hope so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Excellent system yet again - we've used 3 different systems in the run of 6 straight wins. The 4-4-2 wasn't great, but the 4-3-3 and today's 4-2-1-3 are both brilliant. Pardew's talked a lot about the flexibility he has to deploy the front 6 in different ways, and we are seeing it pay dividends now. It must be very difficult for opposing managers to figure out how we're going to play - even if we use a 4-3-3, there's so much movement and fluidity, it can change shape very quickly. We've bought not only gifted players, but intelligent players who can adapt. And Pardew's allowing them that flexibility now, when we need to see it the most. The fact we're playing with such a small squad and we're actually playing our best, most fluid football in April when the pressure and fatigue should be hitting us hardest shows the quality of his management this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 We only really played 4231 straight after the kickoffs. All of the front 6 took it in turn to play wingers, strikers and holding midfielders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Did you see pards looking at the crowd on match of the day. Love the guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Just brilliant. Done an amazing amazing job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugsy Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Regardless of whether we make 4th or not, I finally have to admit that he has won me over, doing a tremendous job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 He's got us playing our best football and looking energised and confident at the best possible time. An amazing job whatever way you look at it, hat doffed to the silver fox. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Manager of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Just watched his interview on NUFC TV. Says the same as on radio Newcastle - get yourselves into Wigan's ground and make it into a home game. 'By hook or by crook' - it is possible to get in! The tickets went quicker than I had expected so I'm going down without one. Aye, me too. Admittedly it's only 20 minutes from my house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Meh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 So also our 14th Clean sheet yesterday, as pointed out the other day equalling our best result ever in the prem in a 38 game season under Sir Bobby Lot of plaudits rightly going to our attacking play atm, but you consider we could've had 6 in a row now if not for that Krul/Williamson mix up vs Wbrom. Phenomenal stuff. Its not just going forwards we've hit this form. Hes made us incredibly hard to beat all season, a clear theme has been that if we score twice in a game we'll nearly always win bar pens/luck. Thats what managed to rack up the points, perhaps not always enthralling to watch but very efficient if you have someone who can do the business upfront like Ba had been. Hes now brought Ben Arfa in, used some imagination with formations & created a whole new attacking dimension now added onto our understanding & solidity at the back & the combination of the two is outstanding. I predicted we'd win 7 from our last 10 before Norwich due to this (smug as about this btw ) and theyre surpassing even that atm. Had pool as a draw. The way its come together & its falling for other teams...who knows what we can do. Sir Bobby would be proud. Love this team. Well in Pards !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Surely manager of the year. Quite how people mention Rodgers is beyond me, promoted team finish 14th woop de doo. England had better stay away! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 And my bairn's winning streak since he was born... Played 6 and won them arl. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 And my bairn's winning streak since he was born... Played 6 and won them arl. Oh look at me, I've never seen the Toon lose...pathetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Brendan Rogers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 And my bairn's winning streak since he was born... Played 6 and won them arl. Oh look at me, I've never seen the Toon lose...pathetic. Good record though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 You'd imagine him & Cisse will get Manager & Player of the Month for April regardless of the Wigan result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 And my bairn's winning streak since he was born... Played 6 and won them arl. Oh look at me, I've never seen the Toon lose...pathetic. Good record though. Superb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 You'd imagine him & Cisse will get Manager & Player of the Month for April regardless of the Wigan result. Hope not. I always see that as some sort of jinx. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 You'd imagine him & Cisse will get Manager & Player of the Month for April regardless of the Wigan result. The dreaded curse of the Manager of the month award derailing our Champions League charge in May! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 And my bairn's winning streak since he was born... Played 6 and won them arl. Oh look at me, I've never seen the Toon lose...pathetic. Good record though. HTT, you changed your mind about Pardew? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 And my bairn's winning streak since he was born... Played 6 and won them arl. Oh look at me, I've never seen the Toon lose...pathetic. Good record though. HTT, you changed your mind about Pardew? Cue, 6 page assault on how Pardew is now playing the way he (HTT) would have done all season and it is in spite of AP that we are where we are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 He reminds me a bit of that other smoothie George Graham - a real pragmatist who was focused on winning first, and the pretty stuff second. Pardew has established a solid base of sound defending, team discipline and stopping the opposition, and from that point it looks like we can now start to play a bit. Like GG, his conservatism can be frustrating, but overall results have proven him right. And you feel the best is yet to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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