merlin Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 His spoutings about CL and attacking football are just the result of the club panicking about the likely failure of STs to sell out. Pardew couldn't lie straight in bed, let alone think the club can challenge for CL football...he's spent the last couple of years saying that the club cannot compete with the 'top'clubs, supporters shouldn't expect much blah blah.... If Ashley/Charnley told him to tell the fans that the pitch at SJP was really sky-blue instead of green, he would do it. I wouldn't trust Pardew to manage a Whelk stall in London, let alone the club that NUFC is capable of being and yet, here he still is after nearly 3 years in charge -is this the longest spell he's ever had at a club apart from Reading..? If NUFC REALLY had CL ambitions, we would have competed for Lukaku instead of letting him go to Everton and signed a PL-standard CB, maybe even 2. The one consolation we have is that if the club get off to a bad start and we struggle after 5 games, I believe the crowd WILL start to get on his back and Ashley will start to squirm...... Don't know what NUFC fans have done to deserve either Ashley OR Pardew for so long....must be Karma for Fat Fred firing Sir Bob in the way he did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 It's amazing that we find ourselves in a situation where pretty much everyone on this board, and now every other mag I speak to in general, will discuss a signing like this Argie and invariably add to their opinion of him "if Pardew doesn't ruin him". The same really goes for the good players we know we have that he's already ruined or is in the process of ruining. How can no one else outside the club see it? More to the point I suppose is why no one in the club is seeing it? If I was Charnley or Carr I'd not want it to look like my work was shit because Pardew is an awful manager and can't get the best out of anything but a handful of top class players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Remember years ago when Gerry Adams was on telly they weren't allowed to broadcast his voice? They should issue Pardew with the same ban. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The one consolation we have is that if the club get off to a bad start and we struggle after 5 games, I believe the crowd WILL start to get on his back and Ashley will start to squirm...... I think he's got one or two games' grace. Cardiff was the tipping point for many thousands of people - a game that the team walked... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 You can't polish a turd and no doubt we'll have a complete U-turn with the usual excuses pumped out by October. Injuries, lack of experience, small squad, can't compete with other clubs etc.... All this blood and thunder about pushing for a champs league place will be forgotten once the nights get shorter, the sun goes away, the injuries mount up and and the same age old tactical f*** ups are being made with the usual awful style of play. His only get out clause is if the new signings manage to paper over the crack as has been seen before. Let's be honest though if things start to turn sour which they very well could given the lack of sympathy the fans have towards him then surely even Ashley (who will have the view that he's spent heavily even if we don't) will lose patience if we're turning out the usual dour performances and languishing in the bottom half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 You can't polish a turd and no doubt we'll have a complete U-turn with the usual excuses pumped out by October. Injuries, lack of experience, small squad, can't compete with other clubs etc.... All this blood and thunder about pushing for a champs league place will be forgotten once a few more season tickets have been sold. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 so true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 All this blood and thunder about pushing for a champs league place will be forgotten once a few more season tickets have been sold. Just so we're on the same page, it has nothing to do with the financial impact (or lack of) as the club makes only an insignificant percentage of income from ST sales compared to its total gross turnover (See TV Money). Ashley doesn't want a stadium plastered in SD livery to be empty on television - damages the brand. This is why walking out, staying away etc. is the best form of attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Doubt it has that much impact tbh. Do you think people in City centres will go, 'hang on, there was only 42000 at St James' last week, let's buy our trainers somewhere else'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Doubt it has that much impact tbh. Do you think people in City centres will go, 'hang on, there was only 42000 at St James' last week, let's buy our trainers somewhere else'. So what's the point in walking out at all then :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 This u turn on our targets and a complete paradigm shifts following the protests suggests that they have had some tangible impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Here we go again ... "We was tired" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 This wankstain hasn't got a fucking clue has he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 You can't polish a turd and no doubt we'll have a complete U-turn with the usual excuses pumped out by October. Injuries, lack of experience, small squad, can't compete with other clubs etc.... All this blood and thunder about pushing for a champs league place will be forgotten once the nights get shorter, the sun goes away, the injuries mount up and and the same age old tactical f*** ups are being made with the usual awful style of play. His only get out clause is if the new signings manage to paper over the crack as has been seen before. Let's be honest though if things start to turn sour which they very well could given the lack of sympathy the fans have towards him then surely even Ashley (who will have the view that he's spent heavily even if we don't) will lose patience if we're turning out the usual dour performances and languishing in the bottom half. Pardew should replace Mark Regev as Israel's official spokesman. Clearly reading from the same excuse manual. them rockets is a fret to our Tel Aviv. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 "We coped quite well because Huddersfield have some good players" Is this real life? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 His quotes are something to marvel at.......Even my Dad who doesn't really follow football that closely said the other day "Pardew's an idiot" I was almost dumbfounded when a lady in my local who is a season ticket holder when asked about the new season said really confidently "look at the new players who've been brought in, they look really good". Didn't even mention the cretin in charge when discussing the new season until I brought it up. I can't fathom that some fans still can't see how ludicrously bad this bloke is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Coped lol, Huddersfield away and all we can do is cope against the world class of Jon stead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 "We coped quite well because Huddersfield have some good players" Is this real life? No way did he say that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 "We coped quite well because Huddersfield have some good players" Is this real life? No way did he say that? Didn't read the article, just the headline mate. Might have been a blog of some kind on Newsnow. So i don't know how accurate it was. Wouldn't fucking surprise me though. Seriously, someone needs to take him down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 "I thought we looked a little bit tired from our exertions at the weekend. “We have had three games in four days. “And that’s tough on any team. “We had good quality here and there. “There was some fits and starts, but we have good players in good areas. “We knew at the weekend it was going to be a tough schedule for the four teams involved. “Back to back is tough. “We took this game on a Tuesday because it was a fatigue game for us. “We coped with it quite well because Huddersfield had some good players.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 "I thought we looked a little bit tired from our exertions at the weekend. “We have had three games in four days. “And that’s tough on any team. “We had good quality here and there. “There was some fits and starts, but we have good players in good areas. “We knew at the weekend it was going to be a tough schedule for the four teams involved. “Back to back is tough. “We took this game on a Tuesday because it was a fatigue game for us. “We coped with it quite well because Huddersfield had some good players.” wtf is a fatigue game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 "I thought we looked a little bit tired from our exertions at the weekend. “We have had three games in four days. “And that’s tough on any team. “We had good quality here and there. “There was some fits and starts, but we have good players in good areas. “We knew at the weekend it was going to be a tough schedule for the four teams involved. “Back to back is tough. “We took this game on a Tuesday because it was a fatigue game for us. “We coped with it quite well because Huddersfield had some good players.” We arrange friendlies, how can we use that as a excuse... FFS arrange them on dates that fit our schedule, so we get the most out of them. Clueless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I 'think' he's saying they wanted the game as a kind of a test for them in a fatigued state. Could be completely wrong, however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I 'think' he's saying they wanted the game as a kind of a test for them in a fatigued state. Could be completely wrong, however. Please don't try and justify his dribble! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I 'think' he's saying they wanted the game as a kind of a test for them in a fatigued state. Could be completely wrong, however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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