r0cafella Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well i'll stick my neck out once again and back him to turn this losing streak around and finish strongly. We had this kind of period when we finished fifth around the same sort of time but he pulled it around, no reason why he can't do it again. Not that there's any major concerns here, there really isn't. It's a bunch of L's beside of form now but every team will go through the phases of form, nothing to get carried away about. All teams have had same fixtures and legs will be tired, injuries are still minimal and there's no need to panic. When we finished 5th we brought in Cisse who buried everything he hit, who is going to do that this time? Do you seriously think we can finish 5th? No, i don't. I said before the season began the top 6 was sealed shut with quality sides and would take a special season from a club to break into that and i still can't really see anyone doing it. I predicted 8th and still think 8th is where we will finish. Irony is the people who won't be happy with 8th will be the people who predicted another relegation dog fight. All i wanted this season was us to steady the ship, stay clear of any relegation talk and have a good run in the cups. The cups has been another disaster but that's been the case long before Pardew arrived but it doesn't make it any easier to take. League wise i'm more than happy with how we are doing and don't see any reason why we can't keep pushing on even i do think the top 6 is unbreakable, but there's no harm in giving it a good go. 8th is par for me I'm not going to get excited about finishing there though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The top brass at the club don't want Europe, they will be perfectly happy to finish 10th and spend no money. That is the reason I'm feeling pissed of this morning, the FA cup was our only chance of some sort of glory. Pardew sent out a team that got beat and no body apart from the fans were bothered. We are stuck with this mediocrity as long as Ashley and Pardew are here and if we do have any success it will be because of good luck not planning !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 We are stuck with this mediocrity as long as Ashley and Pardew are here and if we do have any success it will be because of good luck not planning !!!! I'm not even convinced it's Pardew. I'm sure he'd love to win something with us but as it stands the club have no ambition to win anything except another years TV money. Maybe you can blame him for going along with this bollocks or being a shit manager but ultimately the lack of ambition infesting our club comes from the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 We are stuck with this mediocrity as long as Ashley and Pardew are here and if we do have any success it will be because of good luck not planning !!!! I'm not even convinced it's Pardew. I'm sure he'd love to win something with us but as it stands the club have no ambition to win anything except another years TV money. Maybe you can blame him for going along with this bollocks or being a shit manager but ultimately the lack of ambition infesting our club comes from the top. To be fair Ashley's played a blinder by appointing Pardew. Pards might be clueless tactically but he has most of St James lapping up his bullshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Regardless, I think people were expecting Swansea to be challenging the top 6-8 places this season yet they're miles off. Since the cup win they've been poor. I'd like to know who these people are.... their team on paper isn't good enough to finish top 8 never has been. 10th is about where they should finish most seasons if they don't have some massive decline and they probably still will. Even if they could finish 8th which is always unlikely in the extreme they are not finishing any higher than that.... anyone that thinks they could finish above any of the top 7 wants their head looked at. Note the word "challenging" and not "finishing in". Without looking, I remember a lot of envious eyes on here in the summer saying how they've got a manager who wouldn't blame Europe for a poor league performance. They should really be challenging us & Southampton for those top 8 places, they're nowhere near as things stand. And "who are these people"? Without searching the forum I remember quite a few up to August/September thinking they'd be "best of the rest", etc. and.... http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/18932/8857360/jamie-redknapp-on-title-race-top-four-contenders-and-a-swansea-surprise Swansea have had a bad injury to Michu to deal with - can you imagine what our placing would be right now if Remy had picked up a long-term injury this season...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Madness how soon as we hit a bit of poor form the attitude swings totally in the opposite direction. Already calling 5 straight defeats when it's not really as bad as you've made out. Yes things went our way against Stoke but things then went the opposite way since but you don't mention that? We were decent against Arsenal, we were decent against West Brom then poor yesterday and very flat. Chances are we will get beat of City but there's no reason to think we'll just roll over give them 3 points. We've still got a chance ourselves of getting something from the game just like we did against Arsenal, just need to cut out silly errors. Don't try and turn this run of poor form into something it isn't just to create a negative attitude around the forum. We are still in a solid position in the league and better placed than many anticipated at the start of the season. It’s just another disappointing bitter defeat early on in a prestigious cup that has angered many, and rightly so but that shouldn’t take the shine off what has been a very good start to our league campaign. You're the perfect customer, you're barking mad. Why becasue i'm not all doom and gloom saying i may as well chuck my season ticket in as the season is now over and nothing to play for anymore? Was only after Palace we were going into the festive with postivie attitudes looking how we are only x amount of points off top 4 or even top. Suddenly a couple of league defeats and out the cup and people are saying our season is now over, it's pathetic. Never mind - Mike loves you and he's grateful for your support ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Regardless, I think people were expecting Swansea to be challenging the top 6-8 places this season yet they're miles off. Since the cup win they've been poor. I'd like to know who these people are.... their team on paper isn't good enough to finish top 8 never has been. 10th is about where they should finish most seasons if they don't have some massive decline and they probably still will. Even if they could finish 8th which is always unlikely in the extreme they are not finishing any higher than that.... anyone that thinks they could finish above any of the top 7 wants their head looked at. Note the word "challenging" and not "finishing in". Without looking, I remember a lot of envious eyes on here in the summer saying how they've got a manager who wouldn't blame Europe for a poor league performance. They should really be challenging us & Southampton for those top 8 places, they're nowhere near as things stand. And "who are these people"? Without searching the forum I remember quite a few up to August/September thinking they'd be "best of the rest", etc. and.... http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/18932/8857360/jamie-redknapp-on-title-race-top-four-contenders-and-a-swansea-surprise Swansea have had a bad injury to Michu to deal with - can you imagine what our placing would be right now if Remy had picked up a long-term injury this season...? We had this last season but Pardew shouldn't have used that as an excuse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 We had this last season but Pardew shouldn't have used that as an excuse. Swansea are -7 points after 20 games, we were -13. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Never mind - Mike loves you and he's grateful for your support ! Could be anyone as owner, circumstances don't change and not sure why they would. Pay money to watch and suport the team not the owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Why's this turned into another Pardew v manager x again anyway? All I was doing was backing up what Dave said when he said we could be crap from now until May, stumble a top half finish but the media will give him an easy ride because as far as they're concerned that's job done and he's doing a good job, mainly because this run stands out and the wins over the big clubs. Similarly with Clarke. He was dire for a year but his first half a season, the Man U win, and being robbed at Chelsea stood out. Swansea haven't done well in the league for about 10 months, but his brand of football, winning the Carling Cup before that run has taken all the attention off the fact they're closer to a relegation battle than a top 10 finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Never mind - Mike loves you and he's grateful for your support ! Could be anyone as owner, circumstances don't change and not sure why they would. Pay money to watch and suport the team not the owner. Support the team, ignore the regime? Say you're supporting the team all you like but the reality is that your financial support perpetuates MA's abstinence from reinvesting, carrying on on his counter-productive bullshit. You might say with Ashley, Tan et al as owners this is just football these days; but it deosnt stink any less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This cunt sacked yet ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Never mind - Mike loves you and he's grateful for your support ! Could be anyone as owner, circumstances don't change and not sure why they would. Pay money to watch and suport the team not the owner. Support the team, ignore the regime? Say you're supporting the team all you like but the reality is that your financial support perpetuates MA's abstinence from reinvesting, carrying on on his counter-productive bullshit. You might say with Ashley, Tan et al as owners this is just football these days; but it deosnt stink any less. Never said it doesn't stink but why should the owners drive you out of doing what you love and that's going to watch the team you support. I'll be here long after Mike Ashley and there's nothing to say the next owner won't be just as much of a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Never mind - Mike loves you and he's grateful for your support ! Could be anyone as owner, circumstances don't change and not sure why they would. Pay money to watch and suport the team not the owner. Support the team, ignore the regime? Say you're supporting the team all you like but the reality is that your financial support perpetuates MA's abstinence from reinvesting, carrying on on his counter-productive bullshit. You might say with Ashley, Tan et al as owners this is just football these days; but it deosnt stink any less. Never said it doesn't stink but why should the owners drive you out of doing what you love and that's going to watch the team you support. I'll be here long after Mike Ashley and there's nothing to say the next owner won't be just as much of a cunt. Well while Pardew's here, any chance you could ask your Dad if we could play exciting football, it's all that's left of this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TRC Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 66/1 for this wanker to be next to go. The worrying thing about Pardew is that despite us having "a good season" a lot people still expect us to get beat at home to the bottom club in a few weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David28 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Andy Cryer reports: "Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said he will play his strongest team this afternoon after describing winning the trophy as one of his "high moments". Take note, Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Never mind - Mike loves you and he's grateful for your support ! Could be anyone as owner, circumstances don't change and not sure why they would. Pay money to watch and suport the team not the owner. Support the team, ignore the regime? Say you're supporting the team all you like but the reality is that your financial support perpetuates MA's abstinence from reinvesting, carrying on on his counter-productive bullshit. You might say with Ashley, Tan et al as owners this is just football these days; but it deosnt stink any less. Never said it doesn't stink but why should the owners drive you out of doing what you love and that's going to watch the team you support. I'll be here long after Mike Ashley and there's nothing to say the next owner won't be just as much of a c***. Well while Pardew's here, any chance you could ask your Dad if we could play exciting football, it's all that's left of this season. I told him to stop the hoof ball at the start of the season, hard to please you lot. Always wanting more and more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 From .com. Must have totally missed it on here and in the news. False positive Following Saturday's defeat, the twitter world went into meltdown over claims that the official NUFC site posted and then quickly deleted a tweet confirming that Alan Pardew had left his position at the club. In reality however the tweet in question was mocked up, tweeted by persons unknown and didn't originate from the club's account. Pardew is still in post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I've just accepted this his how it is. While he can have praise going on a decent run he always manages to undo things and I'm sorry Brett but they were woeful against West Brom. Sure we've had a decent first half of the season but that Cardiff cup loss just brings everything home to roost. Pardew is a bang average manager and the teams he puts out don't look like they have any particular style of play or zest. Ashley won't put money into the club not even to freshen things up and keep the fans interested, fews signings here and there. I'll always support the club but now it's clear the ambition is clearly to stop in the league and without even attempting to win the two cups which is our only chance of winning anything you really have to ask yourself......what's the point? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The only way he'll ever leave is if the players get that fed up with him he's forced out. Only thing with that is, the media spin will be along the lines of huffy Frenchmen revolt, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Never mind - Mike loves you and he's grateful for your support ! Could be anyone as owner, circumstances don't change and not sure why they would. Pay money to watch and suport the team not the owner. Support the team, ignore the regime? Say you're supporting the team all you like but the reality is that your financial support perpetuates MA's abstinence from reinvesting, carrying on on his counter-productive bullshit. You might say with Ashley, Tan et al as owners this is just football these days; but it deosnt stink any less. Never said it doesn't stink but why should the owners drive you out of doing what you love and that's going to watch the team you support. I'll be here long after Mike Ashley and there's nothing to say the next owner won't be just as much of a cunt. Typical short term cunt. Newcastle is my city. Newcastle is my club. I'll still be here long after all these cunts are gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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