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  1. BigWalrus
    Firstly, Man City is a cup final, so there's no points available from that one. Secondly, West Brom and Swansea are extremely beatable and I almost expect Wigan to pick up six points from those two games. If we, as I expect, get nothing from West Ham, we could easily be in the bottom three by the time we play QPR. All ifs and buts, but it's far from comfortable.
  2. BigWalrus
    Cliques formed at Arsenal - the trick is dealing with them. Wenger can manage the big egos but I have no idea if Pardew is up to it.
  3. BigWalrus
    They're appealing against the red card, aren't they?
  4. BigWalrus
    To be fair to Neville, who has proven himself to be clued up tactics wise, he's not known anything other than Manchester United. Any club is going to look poor in comparison to their globe-conquering successful strategy.
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    Hopefully yours didn't come crashing back down to earth so spectacularly. In honeymoon terms, beating us 3-0 was probably the equivalent of the wife giving you a wedding present of a threesome. The 6-1 defeat tonight is finding out the other girl has hepatitis.
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    Aye, we've got a bit of a headstart compared to last time around. I've done my level best to stay positive, but Saturday has just wiped that all away. It'll all be fine at 2.55pm on Saturday, when we're odds on (in my head) to beat Allardyce's team of no-mark cloggers.
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    I share your concerns. It's time for Cabaye et al to get their bollocks out for all to see.
  8. BigWalrus
    Is it smiling at me?
  9. BigWalrus
    "shit, it's the Jarra lads"
  10. BigWalrus
    Juicy? If anything I imagine it would be canny dry, given Pardew's rabbit-like history.
  11. BigWalrus
    I fucking knew it. Pardew's balls deep in Ashley's daughter, isn't he?
  12. BigWalrus
    His forehead is about to finish melting, thereby blocking his vision and preventing him from seeing. As this would mean he wouldn't be able to distinguish between brown envelopes and white envelopes, he feels his position has become untenable.
  13. BigWalrus

    Cooking

    BigWalrus replied to Gemmill's topic in General Chat

    We've got absolutely sod all in the house, so it looks like we'll need to have a danger shop. Always buy shit loads of stuff we don't really need when I'm hungry.
  14. BigWalrus
    Fuck me sideways. If I didn't know otherwise, I would use all three guesses up on that being a photo of the cast of an up and coming sitcom.
  15. BigWalrus
    Surviving relegation is character building. If we manage to stay up, we'll be stronger for it. Alternatively, all of our best players will blame each other and fuck off to our rivals, leaving us back at square one.
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    That's a new one. I always thought of him as a welly melting in a bonfire.
  17. BigWalrus
    That said, I don't think our defence had a chance on Saturday - they were horribly exposed by our midfield. Cabaye was pushed up almost near Cisse and both of Perch and Tiote were pressing high up the pitch. This was clearly tactical instruction from Pardew rather than any particular individual failing. We know that every single player on that pitch is capable of doing the business. Singling out the defence for special treatment after Saturday's game is IMO short sighted. We were set up wrongly and left our back line for dead. If you're consistently left with 3 vs 3 or 4 vs 4 at the back, you're going to get hammered.
  18. BigWalrus
    This? http://www.news-live...mp-on-sturridge
  19. BigWalrus
    It's a bold effort, but you'll have to do better for it to count.
  20. BigWalrus
    Doesn't matter about the language spoken by rest of the team. The communication that matters is between his fellow centre back, otherwise we'll see players not being picked up, offside traps being ballsed up and passes going astray. Mbiwa can't ask Cabaye to translate what Taylor has just said when they're both chasing a ball down. Mbiwa will learn in time - there is definitely a player in there. I don't think he's a waste of money at all, I just think that at this stage of his development, I don't fancy his chances against West Ham.
  21. BigWalrus
    Main problem for me is Cabaye who looks absolutely fucked. He holds his groin at least 5 times a game. Him being our playmaker, captain and leader is making the situation even worse, as there isn't really anyone else who can adequately fill his boots.
  22. BigWalrus
    It was always going to be tough for a young centre back who doesn't speak any English. He's been struggling recently, and that probably hasn't been helped by playing pretty much every minute since Colo fucked off. Williamson and Taylor are relatively used to playing together, they both speak the same language and they both know the sort of tricks that West Ham will play. They have both played loads of games in the PL. Against a mobile, pacey side, I'd be wary of it, but West Ham's approach is so physical and aggressive that I worry Mbiwa would be pushed aside.
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    Suggesting playing him there as he was terrible at centre back on Saturday. He was also terrible against Danny Graham against the mackems, who is less of a handful than Carroll is likely to be. He just couldn't cope with the physical battle. I can just see him being brushed off the ball by the likes of Nolan and Carroll, whereas at least Taylor and Williamson know what they're all about and know exactly what to expect.
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    I'll be pissed off if Wigan stay up at our expense, especially after the whole McManaman / Haidara incident, their handball goal and the fact McManaman scored for them on Saturday.
  25. BigWalrus
    The overall 9-0 aggregate score from our last two home games is partly down to Pardew's tactics. In poker terms, he went all in after half time. At 1-0 down against the mackems, we just needed a goal to change the game in our favour, so he threw on some attacking subs and we inevitably got done by a couple of swift counter attacks. At 2-0 down against Liverpool, we just needed a goal to alter the balance of the game, so he threw on some attacking subs and we got ripped apart as our centre midfield went missing. It's almost exactly like we were last season - if we don't score first, we invariably lose the game. What worked against Stoke and against Chelsea at home didn't work in the last two games.
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