Monroe Transfer

Shall I move that post to the Pardew thread? This being a KK thread and all.

That's the one thing that bothered me last season. I think we've scored more than three in TWO games under Pardew. And one of them was the 4-4 Arsenal draw. Last season we were perfectly capable of winning some of those matches by 4 goals or 5 goals. Not killing games off cost us a few points last season, no doubt about it. We had the initiative to do so. We had the confidence to do it. We had the personnel to do so. Results are great and all but there is little more satisfying in football than your team thrashing another. Every one of us remembers the big wins. This season it's gotten even worse. How many games have we lost now from winning positions? Off the top of my head, there's been at least four (Everton, Man Utd, Stoke, yesterday). Now I'm not saying we would have definitely gone on to claim max points from that lot if Pardew was less negative, but we'd surely have at least 6 points from that lot. Putting us in a far better position. Getting 12 points from them would have us in the top half I imagine. I can appreciate that we've a weak squad and that sometimes it is indeed better to shut up shop. But Pardew seems to get far too nervous about it, and we shut up shop and go defensive far too early. Sometimes, as soon as we score a goal to put us ahead. Fair enough attitude if we're playing Real Madrid, but not Reading. And on the other hand, if we go behind in a game, we never manage to swing it around to win (Reading have now managed that twice in the space of a week). How long has it been since we last won a game after being behind? West Ham two seasons ago?

Trying to forget yesterday even happened. Call it sad if you want but I've been ignoring the league table for a few weeks now. The last thing I want to do is to start looking at how many points we need to be alright.

Just PM Aeris* and release your sexual tension already. *Or Fish, if you prefer.

Maybe? I don't know what Carver et al are actually doing. Get Terry 'Cone Layer' Mac back.

Chez does have some fine tits, to be fair.

We'll be fine, Ben Arfa alone will carry us to safety.

I would. He's got a positive attitude towards the game and encourages good football.

Don't want to know what our form guide/league position is now. Last time I looked it was 2 wins from 12.

I'd give him till the end of February. If we haven't improved by then (playing positive football might help), then he has to go. Even if the new man is a sideways step till the end of the season - at least he might have a honeymoon period.

Ashley isn't the one deciding the tactics and attitude.

Pardew is going nowhere, he's got the injury excuse and he'll get more time because of the window. Plus there is no-one better to replace him. That's the main thing.

Just sack the twat. Get it over with. Someone new, whilst we've still got time to bring new players in.

I'm in the Pardew Out camp tonight.

Ignore him.

Class. Had to be done.

Get in Yohan

What a guy.

An OG then.

Good, we want a draw out of that one I reckon.

This lad is their captain and all. Their league-winning captain!

Get him tied up and then spend the rest of the window getting that striker in. Being able to fully concentrate on one position would help us. In a way I'm more worried about the striker situation. I've got this vision of Cisse getting injured and us not bringing anyone in. We could likely do better than Remy really, guy has a lot of flaws.

That's the spirit!

Fair play to the club. Hate to say it though, but I imagine this will start a bidding war and he'll end up at a CL team.