Interpolic Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Same boring shite for the majority of the game, lovely 20 minute spell where we looked like a half-decent football team though. Still think he's very much the wrong man for the job, completely out of his depth and pretty much lucked out today, especially in the sense he was forced to bring Anita on. Not sure what Sissoko is doing to deserve his place in the side, but you stop asking questions when you realise your manager is a total mook who thinks it's cool to start Shola Ameobi in 2013 FFS. His comments before and after the game were fucking appalling and disrespectful to the fans, a set of people that say a great deal more about the city of Newcastle and the club itself than that sycophantic arsehole. TLDR, Ian? Still can't stand him. Doesn't mean I don't love the club and am not happy with the result. Credit to Pardew today? A bit, not much. The way we were set up we could have been 2 or 3 down by half time if Chelsea were on the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 It's sometimes funny to hear perspectives from outsiders who are less invested and slightly less knowledgeable because they support other teams. Most people I know support Arsenal or Chelsea and I've received three separate calls and texts today calling Pardew "Little Wenger" or "Poor man's Wenger" because he's gotten good talent from the rest of Europe and sold big names. It hurts to tell them just how wrong they are. I thought Chelsea were wretched today, frankly. It was a sleepy performance. Still, the team played well and most importantly we didn't come to the game ready to capitulate as per usual, so credit to him for that. Yanga-Mbiwa and Debuchy appear to be settling in finally and Pardew's managed to get good performances out of all four of our centre midfielders of late. If the trends continue, results should improve regardless of his coaching performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 9th is about as good as I'd expect from Pardew with this squad, said a few weeks back we're too inconsistent for a relegation scrap and too inconsistent for a top 6 challenge. We'll win as many as we lose come May and finish with around 50-52 points in about where we are. A better manager and I think we'd be pushing higher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Same boring shite for the majority of the game, lovely 20 minute spell where we looked like a half-decent football team though. Still think he's very much the wrong man for the job, completely out of his depth and pretty much lucked out today, especially in the sense he was forced to bring Anita on. Not sure what Sissoko is doing to deserve his place in the side, but you stop asking questions when you realise your manager is a total mook who thinks it's cool to start Shola Ameobi in 2013 FFS. His comments before and after the game were fucking appalling and disrespectful to the fans, a set of people that say a great deal more about the city of Newcastle and the club itself than that sycophantic arsehole. TLDR, Ian? Still can't stand him. Doesn't mean I don't love the club and am not happy with the result. Credit to Pardew today? A bit, not much. The way we were set up we could have been 2 or 3 down by half time if Chelsea were on the ball. Takes a special kind of effort to come away from a 2-0 win against title challengers with that much of a negative outlook. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Did well today, can't knock him, kudos. However until he can do that on a regular basis and learn to keep his fat cockney gob shut, he's still a shyster! Pre/post match comments deserve no credit for the game alone. Total gobshite! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Remember it's also thanks to this guy we ain't sitting 20p. Should've won last week and at home to Hull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Takes a special kind of effort to come away from a 2-0 win against title challengers with that much of a negative outlook. Shouldn't you be with your imaginary girl friend? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dokko Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Same boring shite for the majority of the game, lovely 20 minute spell where we looked like a half-decent football team though. Still think he's very much the wrong man for the job, completely out of his depth and pretty much lucked out today, especially in the sense he was forced to bring Anita on. Not sure what Sissoko is doing to deserve his place in the side, but you stop asking questions when you realise your manager is a total mook who thinks it's cool to start Shola Ameobi in 2013 FFS. His comments before and after the game were fucking appalling and disrespectful to the fans, a set of people that say a great deal more about the city of Newcastle and the club itself than that sycophantic arsehole. TLDR, Ian? Still can't stand him. Doesn't mean I don't love the club and am not happy with the result. Credit to Pardew today? A bit, not much. The way we were set up we could have been 2 or 3 down by half time if Chelsea were on the ball. It's a scary thought what could be if a decent manager got hold of this lot. Pardew second half as a manager had his best game this calendar year and deserves credit for it, shame that isn't the case more often. His pro Ashley comments were nothing short of disgraceful. It really is us versus them with the players in the middle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Did Obertan get on ahead of ben arfa without Menton in this thread? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Just read that about his pre and post-match comments. What a fucking prick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I'm hoping Pardew is sucking up, because he knows Mike doesn't think he's doing well enough. Really hoping this is the case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Same boring shite for the majority of the game, lovely 20 minute spell where we looked like a half-decent football team though. Still think he's very much the wrong man for the job, completely out of his depth and pretty much lucked out today, especially in the sense he was forced to bring Anita on. Not sure what Sissoko is doing to deserve his place in the side, but you stop asking questions when you realise your manager is a total mook who thinks it's cool to start Shola Ameobi in 2013 FFS. His comments before and after the game were fucking appalling and disrespectful to the fans, a set of people that say a great deal more about the city of Newcastle and the club itself than that sycophantic arsehole. TLDR, Ian? Still can't stand him. Doesn't mean I don't love the club and am not happy with the result. Credit to Pardew today? A bit, not much. The way we were set up we could have been 2 or 3 down by half time if Chelsea were on the ball. Takes a special kind of effort to come away from a 2-0 win against title challengers with that much of a negative outlook. Come off it man. "lovely 20 minute spell where we looked like a half-decent football team though." "Doesn't mean I don't love the club and am not happy with the result." Positive stuff. The bits where I wasn't slagging off your hero, who is a total cunt and also shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 At least we score goals this season; scored twice in 8 of the last 11 matches and only the usual suspects have outscored us in the league. I'm grateful for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexthegreat Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 complete outdid Mourinho tactically today, fair play to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Pardew v Man City : P 6, W 0, D 0, L 6, F 3, A 19 Pardew v Chelsea : P 6, W 3, D 1, L 2, F 9, A 9 Weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 9th is about as good as I'd expect from Pardew with this squad, said a few weeks back we're too inconsistent for a relegation scrap and too inconsistent for a top 6 challenge. We'll win as many as we lose come May and finish with around 50-52 points in about where we are. A better manager and I think we'd be pushing higher. What would you expect from someone who isn't Pardew? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I think we've got the squad there for someone like Martinez or Pochettino to be doing what they're doing with their sides, here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 9th is about as good as I'd expect from Pardew with this squad, said a few weeks back we're too inconsistent for a relegation scrap and too inconsistent for a top 6 challenge. We'll win as many as we lose come May and finish with around 50-52 points in about where we are. A better manager and I think we'd be pushing higher. That's about the gist of it. There were actually a couple of spells in that second half where we really put some good passes together with intent behind them and it shows there's some real talent in this squad. Three games against Liverpool, City and Chelsea shows we can live in this company. It would be nice to think we'll be able to show the same coherence week in week out, but I thought that before the Hull game where we ended up all over the place. We'll finish around mid-table I think, a few places lower than we should expect with this squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Our squads paper thin but i think we have, on paper at least, the best starting XI we've had in a decade. It's just a shame we don't get the best out of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Our squads paper thin but i think we have, on paper at least, the best starting XI we've had in a decade. It's just a shame we don't get the best out of them. I wouldn't say our 12th to say, 18th players are particularly worse in comparison to the other squads beneath the "top 6". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Our squads paper thin but i think we have, on paper at least, the best starting XI we've had in a decade. It's just a shame we don't get the best out of them. I wouldn't say our 12th to say, 18th players are particularly worse in comparison to the other squads beneath the "top 6". Possibly not. We are regularly exposed though and the club refuse to learn from it. The CB situation hasn't changed in what, three transfer windows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Our squads paper thin but i think we have, on paper at least, the best starting XI we've had in a decade. It's just a shame we don't get the best out of them. I wouldn't say our 12th to say, 18th players are particularly worse in comparison to the other squads beneath the "top 6". Possibly not. We are regularly exposed though and the club refuse to learn from it. The CB situation hasn't changed in what, three transfer windows? The CB's did particularly well today against the likes of Torres, Oscar and Hazard, and they were probably our 3rd and 4th choice players. I think I heard something about us having the 6th biggest wage bill in the country today so we really aren't as weak as we like to make out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Pardew v Man City : P 6, W 0, D 0, L 6, F 3, A 19 Pardew v Chelsea : P 6, W 3, D 1, L 2, F 9, A 9 Weird. Chelsea don't seem to like coming up here for some reason and they rarely do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slippery Sam Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Pardew v Man City : P 6, W 0, D 0, L 6, F 3, A 19 Pardew v Chelsea : P 6, W 3, D 1, L 2, F 9, A 9 Weird. Chelsea don't seem to like coming up here for some reason and they rarely do. The commentator was talking about Shola making his debut against them. Who can forget that glorious moment when he had that shithead dwarf by the throat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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