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i think its evident that the kid is a lazy t***

 

i wouldnt build my team around him if it meant positionally sacrificing players like sissoko who offer far more on the pitch.

 

6/7 weeks ago we were all calling pardew on this and quite frankly he could turn round and say "i told you so" to a lot of us, me included

 

we dont miss him (except that we are short on numbers in current situation) and i dont want him back if he cant be arsed

 

 

No.

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We miss him monumentally, in a team utterly bereft of ideas and attacking impetus he was a breath of fresh air whenever he was on the pitch even on his not so good games, which were still usually better and more effective than the dross around him.

 

The whole thing is a crying shame and if we were a proper club with a proper manager I have no doubt he would have flourished and be our main man right now.

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We miss him monumentally, in a team utterly bereft of ideas and attacking impetus he was a breath of fresh air whenever he was on the pitch even on his not so good games, which were still usually better and more effective than the dross around him.

 

The whole thing is a crying shame and if we were a proper club with a proper manager I have no doubt he would have flourished and be our main man right now.

 

We'd have a ridiculously talented team by even just signing Carr's little findings as well man.

 

Remy, Ba, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Sissoko and hell perhaps even Grenier, Cabella, and De Jong all mixing it up together. Insane amount of fun talent that would have us high up the fucking table under a proper club (owner/chairman) and manager. 

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We miss him monumentally, in a team utterly bereft of ideas and attacking impetus he was a breath of fresh air whenever he was on the pitch even on his not so good games, which were still usually better and more effective than the dross around him.

 

The whole thing is a crying shame and if we were a proper club with a proper manager I have no doubt he would have flourished and be our main man right now.

 

We'd have a ridiculously talented team by even just signing Carr's little findings as well man.

 

Remy, Ba, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Sissoko and hell perhaps even Grenier, Cabella, and De Jong all mixing it up together. Insane amount of fun talent that would have us high up the f***ing table under a proper club (owner/chairman) and manager. 

 

Hard to say a bad word about the owner when it comes to player recruitment.

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I'm more or less only talking about players we recruited (Remy, Cabaye. Ba, Hatem, Sissoko, Janmaat, etc) and ones we could have signed (Lacazzette, PEA, Grenier, Alderweireld, etc) with ones who left b/c of our s*** manager and owner and lack of ambition keeping said players or hiring the right manager (Ba, Remy, Cabaye).

 

A midfield of Sissoko-Cabaye with a playmaker like Cabella, Grenier, Siem De Jong, Marv ahead of them and a front 3 of Remy-Ba-HBA could have very well f***ing happened. Not to mention sub one of Remy/Ba with PEA/Lacazzette and a more in-form Cisse, a Perez, Rolando Aarons.

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We miss him monumentally, in a team utterly bereft of ideas and attacking impetus he was a breath of fresh air whenever he was on the pitch even on his not so good games, which were still usually better and more effective than the dross around him.

 

The whole thing is a crying shame and if we were a proper club with a proper manager I have no doubt he would have flourished and be our main man right now.

 

We'd have a ridiculously talented team by even just signing Carr's little findings as well man.

 

Remy, Ba, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Sissoko and hell perhaps even Grenier, Cabella, and De Jong all mixing it up together. Insane amount of fun talent that would have us high up the f***ing table under a proper club (owner/chairman) and manager. 

 

Hard to say a bad word about the owner when it comes to player recruitment.

 

Don't be daft.

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It's not Mike Ashley's fault that Alan Pardew can't handle the obvious talent coming into the squad (other than the fact that he is ultimately responsible for his appointment).

 

Cabaye, Sissoko, Santon, Cisse, Debuchy, Janmaat, Yanga-Mbiwa, (Siem) De Jong, and Hatem Ben Arfa wouldn't have looked out of place in any squad of Keegan or Sir Bobby's best.

 

What can be accused of Mike Ashley is having the manager take a big cut of transfer profits which was widely reported at the time, contributing in some way to how Pardew deals with players he doesn't like.

 

Anyway, 1 senior striker? I hope you're just being flippant Ron.

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:lol: honestly don't know why anyone would ever say anything like that.

 

The quality is there, it's just obvious that we'll go for whatever's a good deal rather than what we need. I don't think the level of quality can really be criticised THAT much, the quality of the players is Pardew offsetting imo.

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It's not Mike Ashley's fault that Alan Pardew can't handle the obvious talent coming into the squad (other than the fact that he is ultimately responsible for his appointment).

 

Yes it is. The performance of any organisation chiefly falls on the shoulder of the owner or person calling the ultimate shots.

 

Cabaye, Sissoko, Santon, Cisse, Debuchy, Janmaat, Yanga-Mbiwa, (Siem) De Jong, and Hatem Ben Arfa wouldn't have looked out of place in any squad of Keegan or Sir Bobby's best.

 

Good players sometimes ultimately fail to shine at certain clubs. That's life. Some of those - have been given plenty of opportunities and have basically sucked - in one aspect or another. Sanon can't defend and isn't effective in attack and Cisse has been terrible. Cisse's not a SBR or Keegan player at all.

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It's not Mike Ashley's fault that Alan Pardew can't handle the obvious talent coming into the squad (other than the fact that he is ultimately responsible for his appointment).

 

Yes it is. The performance of any organisation chiefly falls on the shoulder of the owner or person calling the ultimate shots.

 

Cabaye, Sissoko, Santon, Cisse, Debuchy, Janmaat, Yanga-Mbiwa, (Siem) De Jong, and Hatem Ben Arfa wouldn't have looked out of place in any squad of Keegan or Sir Bobby's best.

 

Good players sometimes ultimately fail to shine at certain clubs. That's life. Some of those - have been given plenty of opportunities and have basically sucked - in one aspect or another. Sanon can't defend and isn't effective in attack and Cisse has been terrible. Cisse's not a SBR or Keegan player at all.

 

Cisse arrived and played pretty much like he did in the Bundesliga, then due to bad management is the player what he is now, the club's recruitment infrastructure cannot be blamed for this. He was a very good signing for a club of our position.

 

Santon arrived after being praised by a pretty honest manager (tried to tell us not to sign Damien Duff) who also happens to be one the best managers of all time who believed he would go on to great things. It was a coup to get him to us considering we had zero Italian presence in the club (Zamblera?). I was ecstatic when we bought him as I couldn't believe we'd ever get a left back better than José Enrique.

 

I hate how the club is run, I hate Mike Ashley, I don't hate the players he's signed but I do hate that he doesn't invest fully in the club and that we could have potentially done even better.

 

With a proper manager, the players that we have had over the past 5 years should have seen us regularly top 6 or 7 in my honest opinion, with the potential of further with the additional attraction brought to the club by success in the league.

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It's not Mike Ashley's fault that Alan Pardew can't handle the obvious talent coming into the squad (other than the fact that he is ultimately responsible for his appointment).

 

Yes it is. The performance of any organisation chiefly falls on the shoulder of the owner or person calling the ultimate shots.

 

Cabaye, Sissoko, Santon, Cisse, Debuchy, Janmaat, Yanga-Mbiwa, (Siem) De Jong, and Hatem Ben Arfa wouldn't have looked out of place in any squad of Keegan or Sir Bobby's best.

 

Good players sometimes ultimately fail to shine at certain clubs. That's life. Some of those - have been given plenty of opportunities and have basically sucked - in one aspect or another. Sanon can't defend and isn't effective in attack and Cisse has been terrible. Cisse's not a SBR or Keegan player at all.

 

Cisse arrived and played pretty much like he did in the Bundesliga, then due to bad management is the player what he is now, the club's recruitment infrastructure cannot be blamed for this. He was a very good signing for a club of our position.

 

Santon arrived after being praised by a pretty honest manager (tried to tell us not to sign Damien Dunn) who also happens to be one the best managers of all time who believed he would go on to great things. It was a coup to get him to us considering we had zero Italian presence in the club (Zamblera?). I was ecstatic when we bought him as I couldn't believe we'd ever get a left back better than José Enrique.

 

I hate how the club is run, I hate Mike Ashley, I don't hate the players he's signed but I do hate that he doesn't invest fully in the club and that we could have potentially done even better.

 

With a proper manager, the players that we have had over the past 5 years should have seen us regularly top 6 or 7 in my honest opinion, with the potential of further with the additional attraction brought to the club by success in the league.

 

Pardew has made some mistakes with players - no doubt. But even the best managers have some signings that just don't go well. My biggest gripe is the lads he's barely tried - Marv, HBA (to a degree) & MYM. But Cisse & Santon - stop excusing them.

 

Our biggest problem is we don't try to build. We just aim to sell and maintain which invariably leads to a drop in quality.

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Yeah, virtually impossible. We went into this season with one right back, and one senior striker - who'd been out of form for 2 years.

 

Two senior strikers tbf.

 

 

If Riviere's a senior striker I'm a Buddhist.

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It's going almost identically to the Robert/Pompey move isn't it? Wouldn't be surprised if the loan's cancelled in January and he ends up abroad second half of the season the same way as Robert too.

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