KaKa Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Really sick of all the "we're in the top 10 so it's okay" stuff. Wish we'd made all this fuss after last season now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Bob is talking absolute bollocks the crazy old coot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Bob is talking absolute bollocks the crazy old coot. I really don't understand. These guys are the ones who should be most disappointed with Pardew's approach. This guy has actually played for the club, and he sees what is going on, and isn't outraged by how awful it all is? Unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 He is also a defender and a player from the '60s. Pedro's the one that surprises me. Such an arse-licker it's unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargey Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/best-article-youll-ever-read-current-state-newcastle-united/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wullie, I have just caught up with your article and the thread. Fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargey Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Fucking fantastic that like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Great article Wullie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 If you're going to read one article today; skip Bob Moncurs horseshit, and rather enjoy Wullies. Moncur doesn't get it, Wullie does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Ahhh Alan is sad at the situation at Newcastle (him getting booed). Well Alan i'm fucking sad having to watch your brand of football, your stream of bullshit and your sly insults at the fans and area. The day you fuck off will be the happiest day of my football life, sad, shame it hasn't made you suicidal, you wanker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Really need to push that article to Douglas/Ryder/etc - Show them a) what we think and b) how to write a decent article (more directed at Ryder), and c) Show them we dont agree with "Youre top 10, stop complaining" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wullie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Worst Newcastle article i've ever read. Bias - Misleading - Misinformed - Dreadful Only comparison i can make between this and the Simpsons is that you've made yourself look like Krusty the Clown.. Ooooooo BURNED Wullie. Or should I say Krusty. "Misinformed" ffs, there's some right mugs in our support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 That must be pardew replying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/10815540/Alan-Pardew-might-not-be-sacked-by-Newcastle.-Mike-Ashley-hasnt-caved-in-to-pressure-before-so-why-now.html Alan Pardew might not be sacked by Newcastle. Mike Ashley hasn't caved in to pressure before, so why now? Mike Ashley is his own man and for all the clamour from fans and the local media to axe manager, he may yet hold on to his job, writes Luke Edwards By Luke Edwards 9:23AM BST 08 May 2014 Alan Pardew has been savaged by Newcastle United’s supporters, a brutal no confidence vote delivered with boos, jeers and whistles from fans who have decided a change in manager is needed at St James’s Park. Few managers survive what Pardew was made to suffer at the hands of a home crowd that, at one stage during Newcastle ‘s 3-0 victory over Cardiff City last weekend, chanted in unison from all four sides of the ground for him to be sacked. Newcastle were winning 1-0 at the time. Newcastle’s shell-shocked manager sought refuge in the dugout, hiding out of sight because every time supporters caught a glimpse of him, they responded with boss and jeers. It is not something I’ve seen happen in this country before. In other words, Newcastle’s supporters made sure he could not do his job as he wanted. That is surely the definition of a manager’s position becoming untenable. The local media on Tyneside have responded to the disillusionment of their readers and listeners, by cranking up the pressure even further. Front pages in the Newcastle Chronicle have mocked, ridiculed and agitated. They have ridden the turning tide skilfully and with relish. Pardew’s complaints about their negative coverage – it was emotional because football is an emotional subject on Tyneside, but not unfair in my opinion - was one of the reasons the three titles from NCJ Media were banned earlier this season. They have bided their time and waited for the right moment to exact their revenge. On the face of things, there does not seem to be a way for Pardew to continue as manager beyond the end of the season because the fans, the customers, the lifeblood of the club, have had enough and want someone else in charge of the team. He is, according to most commentators and pundits who witnessed what happened on Saturday, a dead man walking. But that is not necessarily the case. At most football clubs, Pardew would have been sacked by now because most owners would have recognised the damage his unpopularity was doing and, sorry for the corporate language, the brand. Most chairmen who were being abused by their club’s supporters would recognise that the best way to improve their own relationship with the fans would be to make the manager the scapegoat. If Mike Ashley sacks Pardew later this month, it will be the most popular decision he has made in ages. He still won’t be liked, but he will not be in the direct line of fire either. He will, in short, have given the fans what they want for the first time since he brought Kevin Keegan back as manager in 2008. The sacking of Pardew would create the illusion of a fresh start. It would be a full stop at the end of a sentence. It would end the uncertainty and give a new manager a chance to shape a new type of team. It would restore some hope that the dreary mid-table ambition that has soured this campaign was just a temporary ceiling on the club’s goals. It would not solve all ills, but it would heal a lot of the ailments. At least that would be the case with most football clubs, but Newcastle United are not like other football clubs because Ashley is not like other owners. He has never shown the slightest bit of concern for what the fans think. He has not listened to them before, so why would he start now? Pardew has his faults and this is the second time in as many seasons the team’s form has collapsed so alarmingly, but he has also met the top-ten finish target he was given at the start of the season. He has also never complained about the decisions taken above him, the appointment of Joe Kinnear as Director of Football and the subsequent failure to make a single permanent signing in two transfer windows. He was unhappy about the sale of Yohan Cabaye in January and the failure to sign a replacement, but he got on with things regardless. As far as Ashley is concerned, Pardew has fulfilled the terms of his contract. Take away the dire results and drab performances since Christmas and Pardew has performed as Ashley wanted him to. Ashley does not do emotion, he does not support Newcastle United. They are a business that he owns and Pardew is an employee who, just about, met the targets he was set. The manager, the players and staff will all collect a performance-related bonus as a result, just like any other Sports Direct employee. There is no chance Ashley will be swayed by the local media, he won’t listen to the national one either. He will decide for himself whether Pardew’s time is up and, at the moment, there is no sense within the club that the manager will be collecting his P45. Ashley is keeping his own counsel and has not told anyone of his intentions. Pardew will have to explain why things crumbled so badly after Christmas, and he will have to persuade Ashley that he can not only set up a team, but also motivate it enough for them to make the most of their collective talent. A new manager would change the mood at Newcastle in an instant, but why would the mood at St James’s Park, or on Tyneside as a whole, have any impact on an owner who rarely attends home games and whose main priority is the bottom line. If season ticket renewals have plummeted, if sponsors are getting twitchy feet and express their fears about what Pardew’s continued presence will do, then Ashley will act and Newcastle will have a new manager. But, anyone who thinks he will care about what happened to Pardew on Saturday, is mistaken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 great read wullie. some of the replies man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Don't mind if I do Wullie: http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/best-article-youll-ever-read-current-state-newcastle-united/ Had "Knights Of Cydonia" playing on the radio whilst reading the end of that article. I think it aided it. Cracking read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 That Edwards article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antz1uk Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 deep down i think it's what we all know and dread why can't anyone write an article about the premier league's only english billionaire owner that refuses to give it a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Of course, there's one on The Mag that thinks it's the worst NUFC article he's ever read. You should read the reasons why he thinks Pardew's doing a good job man. Honestly, the lad's thick as mince. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 "How is it bias? Because it only reflects bad points about Pardew and none of the Many good ones. That’s the meaning of bias, showing one side of an argument. Manager who has improved his team most since last year PL - (By 7 PL Places) - Alan Pardew Manager with most points per £ spent in the Premier League this season - Alan Pardew Manager who has been given the least resources and had their best player and catalyst of his squad taken away with no replacement and still finished 9th - Alan Pardew But oh no wait, lets force him out because there’s loads of world class managers linked with our job isn’t there? Neil Lennon, Harry Redknapp & Malky Makaay. Theres a reason that football experts are telling NUFC fans to be careful what they wish for: because no one better than Pardew is willing to work under the current regime. So call it a cliché all you like, they are football experts because they aren’t bias in their views." Honestly. This person exists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 There's plenty of people, including me, telling him why he's fucking ridiculous though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Of course, there's one on The Mag that thinks it's the worst NUFC article he's ever read. You should read the reasons why he thinks Pardew's doing a good job man. Honestly, the lad's thick as mince. Aye, absolute cretin of the highest order. How people can spout shite like that is completely ridiculous. All you have to do is take a look at our form in 2014, the endless list of records he's managed to break, the endless list of moronic quotes he's came out with in his time here, and common sense would tell you he should be well away from a club like ours, or rather the Premier League in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-fans-have-made-me-sad-says-alan-pardew-1-6603624 I am sad too Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 ALAN Pardew says the calls from Newcastle United’s fans for his sacking have “saddened” him. There was me thinking it would make him delighted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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