Guest bimpy474 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I would take finishing 8th with a different manager if the football was better, and we didn't have such embarrassing and gutless performances along the way. I know Ashley isn't interested but if we had a manager who had the team playing exciting football it might make him sit up and want to be more interested. (i know this is complete pie in the sky dreaming but still). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Maybe we could spend some money and try and compete for something? See this is the reckless attitude that will lead us to the road of Portsmouth. You should be ashamed of yourself Caj tbh. Sorry Exactly, what was you thinking, i mean spending money on transfers hah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Puting aside your attempt at statistics deduction, tell me that based on what you've watched with you own eyes, that an even slightly better manager could not improve our league position especially given how the other teams around us are performing this year? You either won't have the guts to say that or like Mick said, you're nuts! I said as much a couple of posts ago! I do think a better manager could maybe have squeezed a position or two out of us this year. I'm not saying Pardew has performed as well as anybody could have. I'm saying that his level of performance is going to be seen as about average, not particularly bad, and that as a result he's not going to get sacked and the press are not going to pile pressure on him. Which is true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Why are you going to such lengths to prove that point? You utter loon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Forget the press, do you think Pardew is performing par the course? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Because for some weird reason, when I originally made it, people tried to shoot me down as if I'd said something incredibly far-fetched, and I stuck around thinking it'd be a relatively straightforward process to clarify things. Silly me eh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KuuktJh6c8I/T7yUjp9e_aI/AAAAAAAABOY/sLHmTr9Mwdc/s1600/misfits.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 more like baron troll much amirite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Forget the press, do you think Pardew is performing par the course? Me, personally... I had a lot of sympathy for him up until the early part of this season - that's the point I considered him to have pretty much used up his excuses. I was at the point of wanting him gone when we suddenly went on that run of form. I don't think that really changes my mind, because I was hoping to see a sustained improvement, so I wouldn't be at all disappointed if we got shot at the end of the season. I can't be bothered to defend him anymore. It's largely for cosmetic reasons, because I'd love us to be one of the few sides in the division who play pretty football. But I can see the case for not firing him and I can understand why outside observers think it's unreasonable to want him gone. To look at it another way, if another manager came in, played really pretty attacking football and finished 8th or 9th, I certainly wouldn't moan about our league position or think he'd underperformed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Outsiders think its unreasonable b/c they haven't a clue what's actually going on, nor do they see the big picture. In fact that have 0 grasp of any picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Seems like I've missed a good few pages of bantz. It's highly amusing how mental everyone goes when someone has a point that might not absolutely hammer Pardew. May as well lock this thread TBH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Bottom line though is he's a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Seems like I've missed a good few pages of bantz. It's highly amusing how mental everyone goes when someone has a point that might not absolutely hammer Pardew. May as well lock this thread TBH. Quick, promise to avoid this thread again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Are people confusing this with me somehow saying Pardew is a great manager who should never leave or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Seems like I've missed a good few pages of bantz. It's highly amusing how mental everyone goes when someone has a point that might not absolutely hammer Pardew. May as well lock this thread TBH. Quick, promise to avoid this thread again! Quick, post another dismissive and highly sarcastic quip, with no content! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 How did you see that post? Have you got notifications on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 dismissive and highly sarcastic quip, with no content! think they call that a 'counter-argument' round here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Pardew is still a cunt right ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I've said it before - Pardew is an average manager. There are many better ones out there, and several worse. Fortunately for him we appear to have an owner who is more than content with average performance, reckon it would take something fairly disastrous to earn him the sack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 dismissive and highly sarcastic quip, with no content! think they call that a 'counter-argument' round here right I'll bite. You completely contradicted the very argument you yourself spent the whole time making "wages/money = league placing" you then bizarrely suggested that you don't want us to spend money because it won't work, and "oh wouldn't it be so easy to spend 500m and we will win the league" well yes by the very criteria you yourself set out. You don't even know what your own point is. Well. Horseshit. I said wages/money broadly = league placing. At no point did I contradict that, at all. My guess is that if you think I did, you're one of these people who thinks a deviation precludes a trend. I said I don't want us to spunk more money than we can afford because long term, it won't work. I sarcastically said hey why don't we just spend £500m like Man City and win the league. Obviously that is sarcasm. I know exactly what my point is. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 <a href="http://reactiongifs.com/?p=16524"><img src="http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/10/boring.gif"></a> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 You want us to remain exactly as we are? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 No, I want us to improve, hopefully on the strength of our transfer policy. I hope our squad gets stronger and our average league finish gets higher and higher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymc1 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 dismissive and highly sarcastic quip, with no content! think they call that a 'counter-argument' round here right I'll bite. You completely contradicted the very argument you yourself spent the whole time making "wages/money = league placing" you then bizarrely suggested that you don't want us to spend money because it won't work, and "oh wouldn't it be so easy to spend 500m and we will win the league" well yes by the very criteria you yourself set out. You don't even know what your own point is. Well. Horseshit. I said wages/money broadly = league placing. At no point did I contradict that, at all. My guess is that if you think I did, you're one of these people who thinks a deviation precludes a trend. I said I don't want us to spunk more money than we can afford because long term, it won't work. I sarcastically said hey why don't we just spend £500m like Man City and win the league. Obviously that is sarcasm. I know exactly what my point is. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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