Jesse Pinkman Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 12:30, Degs said: Quote Quote That's what I was thinking, isn't that a genuinely yank expression? Yeah! It's absolutely crazy! The term isn't even typically used in London or anywhere in the UK for that matter. It'll likely be a few of the young guys on the team that are into their hip hop and that bit of American culture that use the term. He's heard it off them, and has tried to be clever, and act like it's a common term that has always been a London thing even from back when he played. He's got serious problems. Couldn't believe it when I saw the quote. It is used a lot though in London man, that's the thing...I cringe when I hear it. Although I hate to admit I've used it myself. How he can claim it's a London term though is baffling, I'm guessing the next step is for Pards to drop some fire bars on SBTV or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 13:29, ManDoon said: Quote Quote Quote That's what I was thinking, isn't that a genuinely yank expression? Yeah! It's absolutely crazy! The term isn't even typically used in London or anywhere in the UK for that matter. It'll likely be a few of the young guys on the team that are into their hip hop and that bit of American culture that use the term. He's heard it off them, and has tried to be clever, and act like it's a common term that has always been a London thing even from back when he played. He's got serious problems. Couldn't believe it when I saw the quote. It is used a lot though in London man, that's the thing...I cringe when I hear it. Although I hate to admit I've used it myself. How he can claim it's a London term though is baffling, I'm guessing the next step is for Pards to drop some fire bars on SBTV or something :lol: pards Fire in the Booth that image Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I've used the term baller to refer to good basketball players and also hip-hop artists. It's not a London term though, presumably it comes from basketball and is therefore American. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 13:18, Hanskissedhispantz said: someone get it done. EDIT: Also make a note of his nickname, Punch. Done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 13:41, Ian W said: I've used the term baller to refer to good basketball players and also hip-hop artists. It's not a London term though, presumably it comes from basketball and is therefore American. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 14:08, Beren said: Quote I've used the term baller to refer to good basketball players and also hip-hop artists. It's not a London term though, presumably it comes from basketball and is therefore American. What's funny about this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darth Crooks Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 14:09, Ian W said: Quote Quote I've used the term baller to refer to good basketball players and also hip-hop artists. It's not a London term though, presumably it comes from basketball and is therefore American. What's funny about this? THAT is such a South of the river baller thing to say! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 22/02/2015 at 23:21, KaKa said: Quote Pardew said: “No-one on the pitch was better than Puncheon. He pulled the strings and asked questions. “There’s an old London term called a baller. And he’s a baller. He’ll play anywhere Punch, because he can handle the ball. :anguish: :anguish: :anguish: :anguish: :anguish: :anguish: :anguish: The fuck?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 He's a baller Mike, you got a problem with that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Our team is terrible and the future is absolute woe but good lord we can read the shit this guy says and just fucking laugh. It's not all bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Carver and Pardew are definitely "Ballers". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Alan Pardew in making things up to seem cool shock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 14:42, South Tynedale Mag said: Carver and Pardew are definitely "Ballers". Knackers for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 12:05, healthyaddiction said: Quote Ah wish ah was a little bit taller, ah wish ah was ah baller yo. http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/assets/Remy+Cabella+Newcastle+United+v+Manchester+0g9K5jLu3hEl.jpg A little bit taller? He's already 6 foot 4. http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq323/ultimatefan2008/rainier2.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 14:47, Han Colback said: Quote Carver and Pardew are definitely "Ballers". Knackers for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Well somebody took action on the wiki page Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 tbf to Pards, all the 'ballers' I know have the middle names David and Ian, just like Punch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 On 23/02/2015 at 17:54, Beautiful Day said: Well somebody took action on the wiki page Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Quote After Crystal Palace's defeat against Arsenal on 21st February 2015' date=' Manager Alan Pardew praised "Punch", harking back to the old London term used frequently in the 1980s of 'baller' [27'] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Alan Pardew's Departure Broke Newcastle Quote It doesn't seem like too long ago that Newcastle were exciting Premier League fans, pushing for the top four with exciting young players guiding them to six consecutive wins. Even after their win streak was snapped, they managed a huge upset win over Chelsea before getting buzzsawed by Arsenal in their next match. It seemed that they had positioned themselves well to be a factor down the stretch. Then Alan Pardew left for Crystal Palace just before the new year, and many fans celebrated the departure of a manager that Newcastle had frequently struggled under. Since he left, though, everything has gone straight to hell. In seven league matches since Pardew's departure under caretaker John Carver, Newcastle have just one win, a 3-0 victory over a very poor Hull City side who had already dropped two straight heading in to that match. Newcastle have lost three of their matches under Carver, including Saturday's humbling 5-0 drubbing courtesy of Manchester City. In all, Newcastle have picked up just six points and scored nine goals since Pardew ran away from the club, giving up 14 goals in the process. It's almost as though everything that was working under Pardew has evaporated since his departure. Perhaps there's some merit to more of Newcastle's successes this season being down to Pardew than the squad, given that he's lifted Crystal Palace to three wins in six, including a win over Tottenham Hotspur in his first match -- though Pardew could only manage a draw at home when his new side faced off against Newcastle two weeks ago. What's happened to Newcastle since Pardew left, though? Despite Carver's efforts to play more organized football and hit hard on the counter, a tactic that suits his squad in theory, Newcastle have often been too easy for opponents to pick apart in the last two months, with Vurnon Anita or Jack Colback too often far out of position in midfield, or fullbacks Daryl Janmaat and Massadio Haïdara too high up the pitch and unable to help when Newcastle lose possession. Without support from the midfield pivot and fullbacks, Fabricio Coloccini and Michael Williamson wind up exposed and overwhelmed in central defense. Even when Newcastle's players are in position to help, it's seemed like they too often go to sleep or shut down in the middle of a run of play, getting bypassed entirely or, worse, getting sucked to the ball and not tracking the real danger of a run in behind. It's not something all of their opponents have been able to exploit lately, but Manchester City's talented attack ruthlessly exposed the flaw time and time again on Saturday. If Newcastle's attack was playing effectively, those issues might not matter quite so much, but it really hasn't been. Despite a passable nine goals in seven matches under Carver, six of those goals were scored in two matches. Leading scorer Papiss Cisse has scored just once in four league matches since returning from Africa Cup of Nations, and has provided little in the way of attacking influence outside of that goal. The rest of the Magpies' attacking core hasn't really fared any better. Ayoze Perez has cooled off significantly from his hot spell earlier in the season, and has frequently been isolated and uninvolved of late. The same goes for Remy Cabella, though not for lack of effort on his part; Cabella has repeatedly been able to make good runs in to the final third, but no one on the ball has picked up their head to find him with a pass in behind the defense. The culprit in that has too often been Yoan Gouffran, who outside of two goals scored in January has been very poor under Carver. Newcastle are still in a decent position in the league despite their struggles, sitting in 11th place with a four-point cushion on Everton after the weekend's results. Should their problems continue, that could quickly change -- the gap between Everton in 12th and Sunderland in 16th is only three points. The difference between comfortably mid-table and "oh my god we're only a few points clear of the relegation zone" is very narrow right now, and Newcastle fans could be sweating bullets by the end of March thanks to a tough run of matches coming up that includes visits from Manchester United and Arsenal. If Newcastle can't find whatever it was that had them playing well under Alan Pardew earlier this season, they could soon be looking at his departure and wondering why they felt they could be happy with his departure. If anything, Pardew jumping ship was a sign of impending doom, a doom that's looking harder to avoid by the week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 and the rebuttal... Quote Newcastle's poor form and Alan Pardew's defection to Crystal Palace may coincide, but there's no cause and effect relationship here. Yesterday, the mother ship posted an article blaming Newcastle's recent run of poor form on Alan Pardew's departure. If you're reading this and you're a Newcastle fan, I'll give you a second to stop laughing. It's not a surprise that fans of other teams might attribute the Toon's most recent slump to the change in management. We are delusional, after all, or so the narrative goes. It's also pretty convenient to point to the five-game winning streak earlier in the season, or the fifth place finish three years ago. But that ignores the larger body of work and the context of what happened at this very time last year. You'll recall that Newcastle had a rather horrific finish last season, or maybe you wouldn't if you just glanced at the table. They finished in 10th, after all. The entire staff got top-half bonuses! Never mind that on Boxing Day, they were in 6th place, and that from that point on, they only earned 16 points from 20 matches, good for worst in the entire Football League, and that they conceded 36 goals in that time, also worst in the entire Football League. They had three separate losing streaks of at least 3, and one of those reached 6. Six losses in a row! Over the course of those 20 matches, they scored more than 1 goal just three times. That they finished 10th last year is not a positive commentary on Newcastle's play. It is an indictment, rather, of the bottom half of the Premier League. Sure, they had to go on a good run to get to sixth in the first place, but the inconsistency that has plagued Newcastle is just one of Alan Pardew's hallmarks. It's not surprise that this has continued under John Carver, a Pardew disciple who has done little to change policy or culture during his tenure. No, this is a repeat of what we saw when Pardew was here, or perhaps more accurately, when he was sitting in the stands relaying instructions through a walkie-talkie because he made the decision to headbutt a player on the pitch. The reasons for Newcastle's poor spring performances are myriad, but a large part of it was Pardew's failure to inspire his troops when they had nothing to play for. Carver has not been successful in this regard either, but his failure does not exonerate Pardew's. Pardew's departure did not break Newcastle. It was already broken. You might even say that he broke it and left. This guy gets it, at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/multimedia/dynamic/01121/NIP000142651859_19_1121971k.jpg "There's a old London term - "dickhead", used to describe the absolute best at what they do. Heard a few of the lads say that about me the other day at training. They said it quiet, like, kind of giggled, must not have wanted me to know how much they respect me. Anyway, Bolasie is an top drawer dickface, er dickhead." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Easy enough to discredit that article right from the start: Quote It doesn't seem like too long ago that Newcastle were exciting Premier League fans, pushing for the top four with exciting young players guiding them to six consecutive wins. Even after their win streak was snapped, they managed a huge upset win over Chelsea before getting buzzsawed by Arsenal in their next match. It seemed that they had positioned themselves well to be a factor down the stretch. Then Alan Pardew left for Crystal Palace just before the new year, and many fans celebrated the departure of a manager that Newcastle had frequently struggled under. Since he left, though, everything has gone straight to hell. We were sitting 10th when Pardew left with 7 points from our last 7 matches. We're now 11th with 6 points from our last 7 matches, yeah went right to hell when Pardew left like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just catching up on the baller rubbish now. Fucks sake man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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