Guest neesy111 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It is depressing seeing pretty poor players at pretty poor clubs scoring goals yet when Remy is out Pardew contrives to get the team failing to score. We have players capable of getting goals but he either plays them out of position or just not at all. The dickhead. Gouffran should defo be having a spell upfront imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I don't think top 4 is within this squad's reach, to be honest. I think 6th would be the best we could achieve as we're a little too light in terms of depth and I think our defence aren't really good enough unless they're really well protected by the midfield. Still, we should be playing better football than we are and with much more consistency. I do think we'd always struggle against more defensive opposition due to a lack of creativity but to nowhere near the same level as we've seen under Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Gouffran has been terrible for ages now and gets a free ride. All you have to do to get in Pardew's team is play left wing and look busy for a little while, then pack it in knowing you'll get picked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I know Gouffran has been woeful for a while but his natural position is upfront so why haven't we tried put him there to see if he can get back into form and get us some goals at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pardews-blame-game-just-deflection-6983952 Good piece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Gouffran has been terrible for ages now and gets a free ride. All you have to do to get in Pardew's team is play left wing and look busy for a little while, then pack it in knowing you'll get picked. Gouffran is played out of position and never gets a rest. Genuinely galling that Cisse has played shite for pretty much 2 seasons now but is still getting excused because he played a handful of games out wide whereas Gouffran is constantly played out of position and gets shit for not performing every game. Especially a few months after being voted our best player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It is depressing seeing pretty poor players at pretty poor clubs scoring goals yet when Remy is out Pardew contrives to get the team failing to score. We have players capable of getting goals but he either plays them out of position or just not at all. The dickhead. Gouffran should defo be having a spell upfront imo. He's a central midfielder for me. Good engine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Has this cunt been binned yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I know Gouffran has been woeful for a while but his natural position is upfront so why haven't we tried put him there to see if he can get back into form and get us some goals at least. It's another question for the list to ask Pardew like. Further down the list, way after "Why won't you just die?", but it's on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Has this cunt been binned yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I reckon a bunch of the players have seen through him for the know nothing cunt he is and he wants to peddle them and get some new believers in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pardews-blame-game-just-deflection-6983952 Good piece. Talk about Hatem Ben Arfa. Talk about why social class has prevented your Academy from producing a first team player since Andy Carroll. Throw your own absence from the dressing room into the mix. Repeat the one about Yohan Cabaye leaving the club in January, blend it with the number of injuries, suspensions and the pressure of social media. Finally, when your team’s form is so putrid and the players’ performances so wretched and unmotivated that the supporters finally make vocal their discontent, train your guns on the local media. Just never, ever engage in a debate about whether you’ve done anything that might have caused a football club beloved by its city into this slow stroll into a vat of poison. Because that, as Alan Pardew tacitly acknowledged with his ridiculous Britannia Stadium debrief, is an argument that you can’t win. The Sunday Sun’s brilliant, pithy back page was shared thousands of times on Twitter. Only this morning Jeremy Vine posted it to his thousands of followers, quite a few of whom would have no idea who Pardew was, never mind why he accused our journalists of whipping up feeling against him. It has become the dominant narrative after the Stoke defeat: how pathetic Pardew looked by once again deflecting the blame when his team had once again failed to score, win or even construct a performance that earned them the merest of credit. His talk of a his personal “agenda” was absurd. He’s had credit and criticism and it always relates to his performance in the job. And that brings us to the real point here: his lame lament at Stoke means that few are addressing the real reasons why supporters waved anti-Pardew banners and chanted for his removal as manager. That is because his team have collapsed, his tactics have been exposed and it feels very much like he can’t motivate them any more. If he can’t see that the team’s performances since his own moment of madness have brought him to this point then he lacks the capacity to analyse that is essential for any football manager. They have lost 1-0, 4-0, 4-0 and 3-0 in the last four. You all know the rest of the stats, and the performances in those games have deserved the hammerings. It is not the local press who ‘turned’ the supporters, it is the run of heavy defeats. It is the horribly unmotivated players who aren’t performing for him. It is the system, the direct football, the lack of flair, the functional, safety-first approach in too mant games and the players being shunted out-of-position or dropped for no reason. It is also the things that he has said: the justification of Joe Kinnear, Mike Ashley and the promises he has made that have been smashed into so many pieces. Finally there are his own actions, berating Manuel Pellegrini in shocking terms and then clashing with David Meyler to disrupt momentum after a fine win at Hull. We didn’t create any of that. We reflected it. Many which we had been tougher, judging by social media. Newcastle United need a manager prepared to lead, not deflect. It is a sizeable club and a sizeable challenge. Both the club and the managerial position have been sullied this year and that is not an agenda, it is just a reflection of what I have seen. Blaming others takes the conversation away from Pardew, just as Lee Charnley did with his blithe opening statement on getting the Managing Director job at St James’ Park. But Pardew is at the centre of it. This is Ashley’s club and Ashley’s mess, but with this squad Pardew has underperformed since the turn of the year. Stoke are reeling them in. The Cups were surrendered before January. Europe was never a realistic target for a man who has taken every opportunity to run down the Europa League. When things were going for him, he dedicated wins to Ashley. Why is he surprised that supporters have turned? Does he think a few newspaper articles did that? It has become apparent over recent weeks that his race is run. Behind closed doors, Pardew talks of rebuilding in the summer. He wants a fair few of these players out of the door: has written off Hatem Ben Arfa and was criticised by the player in a furious scene in the dressing room last week. He believes there is a sizeable transfer kitty and sees an opportunity for redemption. He thinks strikers and midfielders will be signed: believes money from Ben Arfa’s sale and others will be re-invested. But is he the right man to lead this? Ashley has been unconvinced at various points but he sticks with him. After Meyler in particular, he has Pardew exactly where he needs him. He will never address the real problems at the club, just the ones that buy him time. So it is no surprise supporters are beginning to get vocal about his own job security. He seems affronted by the suggestion: he certainly hasn’t confronted it head-on. If he imagines that this end of the season will be quickly forgotten, he is mistaken. Cynicism is seeping into the DNA at St James’ Park. They will start on the back foot next season partly because of him. “He has to gain the trust of the players,” Pardew said about Ben Arfa the other week. Maybe he does, but does Pardew not think the same applies to the manager? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pardews-blame-game-just-deflection-6983952 Good piece. Talk about Hatem Ben Arfa. Talk about why social class has prevented your Academy from producing a first team player since Andy Carroll. Throw your own absence from the dressing room into the mix. Repeat the one about Yohan Cabaye leaving the club in January, blend it with the number of injuries, suspensions and the pressure of social media. Finally, when your team’s form is so putrid and the players’ performances so wretched and unmotivated that the supporters finally make vocal their discontent, train your guns on the local media. Just never, ever engage in a debate about whether you’ve done anything that might have caused a football club beloved by its city into this slow stroll into a vat of poison. Because that, as Alan Pardew tacitly acknowledged with his ridiculous Britannia Stadium debrief, is an argument that you can’t win. The Sunday Sun’s brilliant, pithy back page was shared thousands of times on Twitter. Only this morning Jeremy Vine posted it to his thousands of followers, quite a few of whom would have no idea who Pardew was, never mind why he accused our journalists of whipping up feeling against him. It has become the dominant narrative after the Stoke defeat: how pathetic Pardew looked by once again deflecting the blame when his team had once again failed to score, win or even construct a performance that earned them the merest of credit. His talk of a his personal “agenda” was absurd. He’s had credit and criticism and it always relates to his performance in the job. And that brings us to the real point here: his lame lament at Stoke means that few are addressing the real reasons why supporters waved anti-Pardew banners and chanted for his removal as manager. That is because his team have collapsed, his tactics have been exposed and it feels very much like he can’t motivate them any more. If he can’t see that the team’s performances since his own moment of madness have brought him to this point then he lacks the capacity to analyse that is essential for any football manager. They have lost 1-0, 4-0, 4-0 and 3-0 in the last four. You all know the rest of the stats, and the performances in those games have deserved the hammerings. It is not the local press who ‘turned’ the supporters, it is the run of heavy defeats. It is the horribly unmotivated players who aren’t performing for him. It is the system, the direct football, the lack of flair, the functional, safety-first approach in too mant games and the players being shunted out-of-position or dropped for no reason. It is also the things that he has said: the justification of Joe Kinnear, Mike Ashley and the promises he has made that have been smashed into so many pieces. Finally there are his own actions, berating Manuel Pellegrini in shocking terms and then clashing with David Meyler to disrupt momentum after a fine win at Hull. We didn’t create any of that. We reflected it. Many which we had been tougher, judging by social media. Newcastle United need a manager prepared to lead, not deflect. It is a sizeable club and a sizeable challenge. Both the club and the managerial position have been sullied this year and that is not an agenda, it is just a reflection of what I have seen. Blaming others takes the conversation away from Pardew, just as Lee Charnley did with his blithe opening statement on getting the Managing Director job at St James’ Park. But Pardew is at the centre of it. This is Ashley’s club and Ashley’s mess, but with this squad Pardew has underperformed since the turn of the year. Stoke are reeling them in. The Cups were surrendered before January. Europe was never a realistic target for a man who has taken every opportunity to run down the Europa League. When things were going for him, he dedicated wins to Ashley. Why is he surprised that supporters have turned? Does he think a few newspaper articles did that? It has become apparent over recent weeks that his race is run. Behind closed doors, Pardew talks of rebuilding in the summer. He wants a fair few of these players out of the door: has written off Hatem Ben Arfa and was criticised by the player in a furious scene in the dressing room last week. He believes there is a sizeable transfer kitty and sees an opportunity for redemption. He thinks strikers and midfielders will be signed: believes money from Ben Arfa’s sale and others will be re-invested. But is he the right man to lead this? Ashley has been unconvinced at various points but he sticks with him. After Meyler in particular, he has Pardew exactly where he needs him. He will never address the real problems at the club, just the ones that buy him time. So it is no surprise supporters are beginning to get vocal about his own job security. He seems affronted by the suggestion: he certainly hasn’t confronted it head-on. If he imagines that this end of the season will be quickly forgotten, he is mistaken. Cynicism is seeping into the DNA at St James’ Park. They will start on the back foot next season partly because of him. “He has to gain the trust of the players,” Pardew said about Ben Arfa the other week. Maybe he does, but does Pardew not think the same applies to the manager? Best local article I've read in a long time. Douglas is fast becoming my favourite local journo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Good read, that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Good read, that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I am curious about Pardew's Ben Arfa comments the other week when he basically blamed the other players as a reason why he wasn't picking him. Whether that was true or not, surely it is something that you don't publicise. Another reason for the players to turn against him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 wow. that article has to be the harshest/best yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It's taken the press far too long tbh. Our recent form is nothing new, nor are the pathetic excuses. Why wasn't this done last season when he was doing his best to relegate us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Very good article my Douglas there, I hope Caulkin comes out with more good stuff this week. It's going to be horrendous watching this cunt get rid of our best players this summer to make room for some work horses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Really hope he goes, but if he doesn't I'm at least confident he won't be making the decision on incoming players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It's taken the press far too long tbh. Our recent form is nothing new, nor are the pathetic excuses. Why wasn't this done last season when he was doing his best to relegate us? They weren't banned then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It's taken the press far too long tbh. Our recent form is nothing new, nor are the pathetic excuses. Why wasn't this done last season when he was doing his best to relegate us? They weren't banned then? Well, exactly. Pathetic really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It's taken the press far too long tbh. Our recent form is nothing new, nor are the pathetic excuses. Why wasn't this done last season when he was doing his best to relegate us? They weren't banned then? Well, exactly. Pathetic really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 They're a year and a half too late like but I'm happy it's happening, it's showed them up exactly for what they are though, absolutely fucking terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 It's taken the press far too long tbh. Our recent form is nothing new, nor are the pathetic excuses. Why wasn't this done last season when he was doing his best to relegate us? They weren't banned then? Well, exactly. Pathetic really. What's this in aid of? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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