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Well done top dogs. When was your last european quarter final again?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MID63tQYIc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bwi1SKUqos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnKVo90lk

Why don't the club take the lead and just say they are banning him the rest of the season themselves? At least try to win the PR battle.

As inaccurate as that is, it does make you wonder why more people don't sign up to dozens of forums and predict a range of options after these events, like the perpetrators nationality, age, cause, date of capture etc then publicise the closest they get to appear to be some sort of itk. With the millions of people writing shit on the internet these days you would expect some bullshitter to get close anyway like.

Wikipedia isn't only based on premier League games.

Be interesting to see if Rogers handles things better than Dalglish. Don't think he'll get rid, but he surely won't circle the wagons. Has to come out with some platitudes about it not befitting a great club like Liverpool etc and humbly take whatever punishment is handed out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLo8-XHPXdM

Aye, our fans start moaning loudly when our defenders pass it to each other like. If its not a forward pass they get grief at home. Daft

Can't see Benitez here. Wonder if we'll have another word with 'arry when QPR go down.

£25m worth those 3 players. Hard pressed to arrive at £25m on any 3 players we've bought.

Poll reset

Pardew said in an interview this week he'd like to sort that in summer... hinting at Carroll.

Most of them spent more getting there too.

When I see us passing and keeping posession and probing like in the first half I think that's what Pardew has spent the week drilling them with. When I see us twating the ball out of defense I think that's the players getting tired and desparate and ignoring what they've been told. When I see shola coming on I think Pardew is trying to get those balls to stick and stop it being wave after wave of attack. Like you say, pointless bringing on Campbell at that stage.

I've never thought he was the man to take us forward so it's a bit of a weighted question. I don't believe anyone can take us forward under Ashley (I consider forward being regularly challenging for Europe, not just as a one off). I can give you a few reasons why Pardew does not deserve the sack though... 1. Last Season - I was most vocal about our good fortune last season, but as we continued to push for 4th after christmas I had to hand it to Pardew. He had ground out the results to achieve way over the expectations any of us could possibly have had. 2. His Ratio - His results are still better than Dalglish, Allardyce, Gullit & Souness. Men who inhereted MUCH better squads and then got handed cash to spend as they chose, while Pardew does the job with one hand behind his back and gets what he is given. He also has a better ratio than Hughton, the man he replaced. That's not because of last seasons success bumping the numbers either, he's better than them on recent form as well. In the last 10 games he's won over 43% of points, which is better than all the above bar Dalglish. 3. His misfortune - Look at last years player of the season polls. And remind yourself how many games each of our best players has missed this year. Coloccini missed 3 games last year, He's already missed 15 this year. Krul's missed 10 as opposed to none. Cabaye has missed 14 compared to 4. Ba only missed 6 games last season. Ben Arfa missed 18 games last year but has sat out 21 already this year. Gutierrez missed 1 last year, 5 so far this. I can not stand to hear Pardew complain about this. We have a squad of pros and he should not give those coming in the excuse of lowered expectations....however we have to accept that missing half your best players for half the season each is going to prompt a drop in form. 4. I have still been entertained - Whether starting the season with a win against Spurs or knocking in 4 against Southampton, playing to last minute to score dramatic winners against Anzi, Fulham, Stoke, Chelsea and West Brom or going to the quarter finals of the Europa and running Benfica close. This season has still had a canny enough share of moments. 5. We are creative - despite the perception otherwise. We've won 1 point from 2 games where we have had a total of 40 shots and our opponents have only had 27. We aren't being dominated in games at all (Man City apart), we are set up to make chances and Pardew cannot put those chances away, it's down to the players on the park. 6. His replacement - I have not seen a single suggestion of anyone whatsoever that I believe Mike Ashley would bring to the club or that I think will necessarily be any better. Whenever the question is asked it's either "anyone but", jokey suggestions like Hitzfeld or unproven managers of lower league, relegation bait or foreign clubs. There may be someone with potential that would jump at it, and if it's announced that Pardew has been sacked and a replacement is already in place I won't shed too many tears, I would hate to see us look through the dregs that are looking for work though, having got rid of a bloke still performing reasonably well.

Point being The players should have had the game sewn up. Pardew can't score the chances he has us set up to create. We had more shots on and off target and the players they fell to didn't capitalise. It was the same Story against Sunderland.

He didn't get involved after the 80th minute either.

You'd have preferred Campbell? Williamson? Pardew's inability as a conjurer is why he should be sacked?

Spot on.

I find this criticism of Pardews team talks the most bone headed criticism that can be leveled at him. He doesn't tell them to sit back. He doesn't say "Right lads go out and be nervy"...it's the players that do that. Pardew's not made a defensive change in weeks either. He brings on Shola or Ben Arfa or Campbell and that, but still gets this abuse for apparently going defensive. ...his choices are shit off the bench.

Would have took that before the game. Job done.

So it is a knee-jerk