AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It's been 2 and a half seasons Ian, how long do we need? If you've genuinely judged him useless over that period as a whole then that's fair enough, I'm more worried about the impact of this season in particular on people's views. In theory 2.5 seasons probably still isn't enough, but I realise that in practice it has to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The owner is undoubtedly one of those results people too btw. If we stay up or better, does he give a f*** how we play? I highly doubt it. It's because it has a bearing on our financial state. The sporting agenda is completley irrelevant as long as the income remains. Not sure it's quite as simple as that. I'm still convinced he bought us at least partly for fun, and now he can show his face he is going to most games again. I'm sure he'd rather it was enjoyable and that association with NUFC was a feel-good thing in his life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The owner is undoubtedly one of those results people too btw. If we stay up or better, does he give a f*** how we play? I highly doubt it. It's because it has a bearing on our financial state. The sporting agenda is completley irrelevant as long as the income remains. Yep. Pardew even admitted it outright after we won against QPR. Being around for the money next season was the important thing. Never mind the ignominy and embarrassment of a club like this going down. Never mind pride. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 He should be forced to go on some sort of tactical training course on football in general, and a specialist course on attacking play. He should then have to hire someone who has a clue on forward play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The owner is undoubtedly one of those results people too btw. If we stay up or better, does he give a f*** how we play? I highly doubt it. It's because it has a bearing on our financial state. The sporting agenda is completley irrelevant as long as the income remains. Yep. Pardew even admitted it outright after we won against QPR. Being around for the money next season was the important thing. Never mind the ignominy and embarrassment of a club like this going down. Never mind pride. That's true of every club. The financial rewards on offer for survival this season were at the front of every owner's mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 We need to bring back the gallows at the Gallowgate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The owner is undoubtedly one of those results people too btw. If we stay up or better, does he give a f*** how we play? I highly doubt it. It's because it has a bearing on our financial state. The sporting agenda is completley irrelevant as long as the income remains. Yep. Pardew even admitted it outright after we won against QPR. Being around for the money next season was the important thing. Never mind the ignominy and embarrassment of a club like this going down. Never mind pride. Nice word. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The owner is undoubtedly one of those results people too btw. If we stay up or better, does he give a f*** how we play? I highly doubt it. It's because it has a bearing on our financial state. The sporting agenda is completley irrelevant as long as the income remains. Yep. Pardew even admitted it outright after we won against QPR. Being around for the money next season was the important thing. Never mind the ignominy and embarrassment of a club like this going down. Never mind pride. That's true of every club. The financial rewards on offer for survival this season were at the front of every owner's mind. That was my argument about the football on show though. As long as we're on the gravy train, I'm sure he won't give a flying fuck about how entertaining it is. As ever it depends on the ambition of the club, a vitally important thing that I'm still undecided about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Relatively pleased that he's staying tbh. It was a terrible season but I'm happy to give him another year. If we improve the squad, we should be mid table to top 10 again. http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/730195/83283128.gif Woah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I'm just gonna hibernate. Wake me up this time next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I'd be less worried if our ownership knew the first thing about football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 The owner is undoubtedly one of those results people too btw. If we stay up or better, does he give a f*** how we play? I highly doubt it. It's because it has a bearing on our financial state. The sporting agenda is completley irrelevant as long as the income remains. Yep. Pardew even admitted it outright after we won against QPR. Being around for the money next season was the important thing. Never mind the ignominy and embarrassment of a club like this going down. Never mind pride. That's true of every club. The financial rewards on offer for survival this season were at the front of every owner's mind. Aye that's true but if we put it into Mike Ashley context it's a bigger issue for us than that. The whole "finishing 8th as par" really illustrates the current ambition. Running a football club that has acutal footballing visions just seems disregarded. His view of us as nothing but an enterprise is shining through even more with the decision to stick with Pardew. We're going nowhere in terms of football as the natural thing would have been to replace him with someone who can work with our highly talented squad. Just look around ffs, pretty much every team that struggled this year did something about it, and they expected to be down there. We might be going somewhere in terms of infrastructure and finances but who gives a flying f*** in the end. I want my club to win and play good football so I have something to enjoy and be proud of. I know good finances are a footing for sporting success, but the board's current view on the manager's role needs to change dramatically for us to find some sort of balance in that respect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Deep down you wonder/fear that nothing will ever change until he eventually decides to sell the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It's been 2 and a half seasons Ian, how long do we need? If you've genuinely judged him useless over that period as a whole then that's fair enough, I'm more worried about the impact of this season in particular on people's views. In theory 2.5 seasons probably still isn't enough, but I realise that in practice it has to be. Peddle him. We've been bloody lucky a lot of times this season and i've seen nothing to suggest we're going to play anywhere near our potential under him. Limited tactically. I posted that last february and a lot of others were saying the same thing. We were getting results but the football was largely shocking and we were relying on 'a touch of magic' way too much. I guess I just couldn't see that we were building and progressing as i'd hoped. Imagine watching someone build a building. The walls go up lovely, it looks great from the outside but they didn't bother laying any foundations. You're saying 'um, it's gonna fall down, we need a solid base' but to the rest of the town your house looks just perfect. It's only a few months later when there's a few rumblings in the earth that the house begins to collapse and you're still talking about foundations while the foreman is running round with some gaffer tape trying to keep the roof from falling in. edit to include Ian's quote as you lot somehow added a whole new page while i was typing. edit2 wrong bloody quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Nothing won't ultimately change until that useless twat Ashley is gone. Also we can't be reliant for all our signings from Carr as its created a very unbalanced squad imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are we back to blaming Ashley now? Look at our squad, look at Sunderland's squad. In terms of on the field stuff MA and Dekka have been spot on really. We needed extra last summer but you have to say fair play, they did their bit in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are we back to blaming Ashley now? Look at our squad, look at Sunderland's squad. In terms of on the field stuff MA and Dekka have been spot on really. We needed extra last summer but you have to say fair play, they did their bit in January. Ashley and Llambias can hardly escape the criticism since it's them that have given Pardew their vote of confidence. Who knows, maybe they'll be proved right. Let's see this thread in 6 months time and see who called it correctly. The N-O sages or the average Newcastle fan who is willing to back the imbecile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are we back to blaming Ashley now? Look at our squad, look at Sunderland's squad. In terms of on the field stuff MA and Dekka have been spot on really. We needed extra last summer but you have to say fair play, they did their bit in January. Ashley and Llambias can hardly escape the criticism since it's them that have given Pardew their vote of confidence. Who knows, maybe they'll be proved right. Let's see this thread in 6 months time and see who called it correctly. The N-O sages or the average Newcastle fan who is willing to back the imbecile. Them I hope. I'd be delighted to be proven wrong on this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Those players should have arrived 6 months earlier. They need time to settle down and incorp to the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are we back to blaming Ashley now? Look at our squad, look at Sunderland's squad. In terms of on the field stuff MA and Dekka have been spot on really. We needed extra last summer but you have to say fair play, they did their bit in January. Please. As a football owner Ashley's an unambitious loser and it's reflected on each of the last 6 seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are we back to blaming Ashley now? Look at our squad, look at Sunderland's squad. In terms of on the field stuff MA and Dekka have been spot on really. We needed extra last summer but you have to say fair play, they did their bit in January. I am. He's backing the person who makes our fantastic, wonderful squad look like school kids so I hope he gets what he deserves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are we back to blaming Ashley now? Look at our squad, look at Sunderland's squad. In terms of on the field stuff MA and Dekka have been spot on really. We needed extra last summer but you have to say fair play, they did their bit in January. Please. As a football owner Ashley's an unambitious loser and it's reflected on each of the last 6 seasons. With Ron here. Its called 1 finish in the top 8 since he's been here including NASTY fan backlash in most of those seasons, a club relegated, and a club nearly relegated. We've done absolutely nothing since he's bought the club but hired 2nd rate managers. The only good thing he's done is cleared our indebtedness to a financial institution and brought in Graham Carr to scout for us. And those 2 things are looking at the bright side. Football is a results business and we've been woeful apart from 1 season. Add up our attendance records in the league and in all of Europe and he's sold us short for quite too long man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Are we back to blaming Ashley now? Look at our squad, look at Sunderland's squad. In terms of on the field stuff MA and Dekka have been spot on really. We needed extra last summer but you have to say fair play, they did their bit in January. I am. He's backing the person who makes our fantastic, wonderful squad look like school kids so I hope he gets what he deserves. I don't hope he gets what he deserves, we will be the ones who suffer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I can somewhat understand the decision from a rational point of view but I'm just so sick of Pardew I can't be excited about anything as long as he's in charge. We could sign Messi tomorrow and I'd be like "meh, he'll be shit in a month." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Anything bad that happens now is completely on Ashley's head. The tipping point between it being Pardew's fault and Ashley's fault is today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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