Yohan Cabaye (now sporting coordinator at Paris Saint-Germain)

[chicago_shearer]

If he's clinically depressed or something, then he should be getting treatment and not playing football.

 

If not, his attitude is shit and he's the last person that should be captain in these circumstances. Nothing to do with his nationality. Would have been gutted to see him sold last summer, but he's been a never-ending disappointment this season.

[toontownman]

Depressed like much of the other with being told to play against their strengths out of position and against their natural instincts to enjoy playing free flowing football.

 

The whole coaching set up needs shooting. Yes men all round and gutless.. no surprise it is rubbing off on our players at least half of which could be playing for most clubs in the league.

[Parky]

He must be sick of trying to hit one player from 50 yards everygame, over and over again.

[littlelunchbox]

If he's half as depressed as the fans then I can understand his turmoil.

 

How anyone can walk into training and listen to that turd Pardew telling them the same s*** over and over knowing it won't f***ing work.

 

How do you do it?  The wage packet is nice but you're essentially getting paid to f*** things up on the field, that's basically what these players are doing by following that c***'s so called 'tactics' every day.

[Disco]

Today I honestly thought it was like watching Owen back in the last relegation season - didn't look to get involved knowing he's out of the sinking ship at the end of the season.

 

Thats the problem with a lot of the team. We go down or not, they'll be punted on so it doesn't really matter.

[Ronaldo]

Problem with signing players cheaper than their actual value on the pitch is that it's rarely a reflection of how suitable they are as people.

[joeyt]

Maybe he's just not as good as we think he is

[Varadi]

He appears to be balding rapidly - that alone can't be doing his confidence any good.

[Mick]

Our players are all like battered wives, they've had enough of the manager.

[Toondave]

It's like discussing how well your new remap is working while your car is wrapped round a tree. Replace the driver ffs

[Guest neesy111]

Worse captain than Owen.

[GM]

Worse captain than Owen.

 

Easy tiger. There's hyperbole and then there's stuff like this. ^

[Hanshithispantz]

Nobody really knows how good he is as captain and they probably have no idea what actually makes a good captain. I suppose making claims like that make you sound informed or something though.

[SiLvOR]

It's like discussing how well your new remap is working while your car is wrapped round a tree. Replace the driver ffs

 

great analogy

[Dyeyzzon]

Just give it back to Colo asap please.

[Novocastrian]

Depressed like much of the other with being told to play against their strengths out of position and against their natural instincts to enjoy playing free flowing football.

 

The whole coaching set up needs shooting. Yes men all round and gutless.. no surprise it is rubbing off on our players at least half of which could be playing for most clubs in the league.

 

This view lets the players off the hook.

 

Oh, they don't like the tactics or don't like playing out of position? The poor dears, they could always fuck off and get a real job.

 

Whilst Pardew is nominally steering the ship (or at least he's supposed to be) and is ultimately responsible for this disastrous season, the players have just participated in our worst home performance in living memory (confirmed by some fans who have been watching since the 1960s).

 

Pardew will carry the can and he should because he is out of his depth and has patently lost the trust and support of the players but Pardew didn't take a corner during the game or hit a sloppy pass, or fail to pick up an opposition player.

 

As clueless as Pards is I'm pretty sure he didn't instruct the players to stand still when they had the ball. Although he's obviously responsible for the amount of aimless hoofs upfield.

 

I'm angry at Pardew but yesterday's gutless performance can largely be laid at the feet of the players who should be ashamed, as professionals, by such a capitulation.

[Jack Flash]

I'm starting to hate the players more and more by the game now. It's obvious what they're doing and they need shot for it.

[Mick]

Depressed like much of the other with being told to play against their strengths out of position and against their natural instincts to enjoy playing free flowing football.

 

The whole coaching set up needs shooting. Yes men all round and gutless.. no surprise it is rubbing off on our players at least half of which could be playing for most clubs in the league.

 

This view lets the players off the hook.

 

Oh, they don't like the tactics or don't like playing out of position? The poor dears, they could always f*** off and get a real job.

 

Whilst Pardew is nominally steering the ship (or at least he's supposed to be) and is ultimately responsible for this disastrous season, the players have just participated in our worst home performance in living memory (confirmed by some fans who have been watching since the 1960s).

 

Pardew will carry the can and he should because he is out of his depth and has patently lost the trust and support of the players but Pardew didn't take a corner during the game or hit a sloppy pass, or fail to pick up an opposition player.

 

As clueless as Pards is I'm pretty sure he didn't instruct the players to stand still when they had the ball. Although he's obviously responsible for the amount of aimless hoofs upfield.

 

I'm angry at Pardew but yesterday's gutless performance can largely be laid at the feet of the players who should be ashamed, as professionals, by such a capitulation.

 

[TRon]

I don't think he had a clear idea about my game or what to do. He was good football man but more suited to coaching English teams without foreign players with big reputations.

 

"I think that was a bit of a problem for him

 

- Carlos Tevez after Pardew was sacked at West Ham

[TRon]

It was clear the team did not react as he wanted — it wasn't going right.

 

"I was never given the chances I thought I would be given and I was told to play out of position against my will.

 

"I had to sacrifice myself for the team which I don't think helped. I was playing in ways I did not understand well and I lost a lot from my own game.

 

"It didn't fit where he put me, but I wanted to help"

 

Tevez again. Sound familiar?

[Dave]

Tevez is a monumental mercenary cunt, not particularly arsed about what he says.

[TRon]

Tevez is a monumental mercenary cunt, not particularly arsed about what he says.

 

But what he says is right, being a cunt is neither here nor there.

[taxfree]

Tevez is a monumental mercenary c***, not particularly arsed about what he says.

 

He's seen something we're seeing at Newcastle too. Doesn't matter if he's a cunt. In this case, he's spot on.

[TaylorJ_01]

Christ, playing Tevez out of position. It's incredible.

[Gallowgate Toon]

The players were hugely unprofessional and deserve heavy criticism for it, they were hung out to dry by their manager, in terms of a suicidal line up and tactics, and when they needed him for solutions he couldn't come up with them. I didn't think the players were apathetic, they looked defeated, humiliated and devoid of any confidence and I think Taylor summed it up perfectly post-match, they were feeling sorry for themselves, which is not good enough. I personally think Pardew was most at fault for yesterday's debacle but the players need a backlash too, they're most likely frustrated at the manager but there are far better ways to show it.

 

There either needs to be some leadership from the dugout or on the pitch, we don't appear to have either right now, which is especially worrying as the bloke in charge seemingly leans on individuals so much to get us results.