Rayvin

No arguments there.

FFS that says everything you need to know about the Guardian... I do read it though. Daily. But I hate aubergines. What the fuck is a braised endive?

I have to say I'm less than impressed with this apparent terrifying atmosphere You can hear the England fans more than the Scotland ones ffs.

Would fully support a UEFA move away from FIFA. Needs to happen. FIFA have to be one of the most shameful sport governing bodies on the entire planet - I subscribe to the theory that the conduct their business in the same way that parasites do. As for England, fuck yes I would support that - only after we qualify though so that it fucks up the planning.

Surely someone has just come out and asked him that before? What was his username before, I assume, our mod team changed it to essembee?

Seriously, what the fuck is it with this club and October/November? Great result, ridiculous goal from Perez, but generally, what the fuck is going on?

Wait, so did Essemmbee actually admit to being a mackem? To be honest, I always just thought he was obsessive to the point of being a danger to those around him, not quite bad enough to be a mackem...

You're not wrong in truth, but the Newcastle of a month back would have lost miserably on all occasions. We have improved.

Sweet Jesus, I don't understand this team... Great result - well done all, even Pardew. What the actual fuck is happening?

He's gonna get sent off isn't he...

At least Aarons is in good form as well, but I agree that this sucks for Obertan...

Liverpool certainly dominating at the moment, but I suppose that plays to our counterattacking plan.

I cant bear the commentary on Liverpool games... Also, this has to be the weakest looking Liverpool side for some time. Without Suarez and with an aging Gerrard, they do look rather ordinary... Sterling aside.

Liverpool are poor right now, and we have some confidence about us. I'm going to go for 0-2 instead of the usual 0-4. I know it's optimistic, but I'm really starting to think Pardew has turned things around...

It's nice that we're even in a position where we can grumble about the draw to be honest... Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs have other commitments and won't be so arsed about this. Southampton are the ones to worry about...(if we're going to actually take this seriously)

At least it wasn't Chelsea away. Obviously we can beat Spurs, based on last weekend. Hopefully they'll continue to be worn down by the UEFA cup.

Fair enough.

Again find that I just can't justify criticising Pardew as a result of this... he won, secured a morale boost for the weekend, and managed to rest a collection of first teamers. It's hard to imagine how this could have gone any better.

Bloody hell...

That combined with hoping City remain disinterested. To be honest, I was expecting our utter destruction here, so even a modest loss at this point won't bother me too much...nice as it'd be to reach the quarters for a change...

What the fuck happens in October/November at this club, how do we suddenly start smacking around the big teams like this??

Given how rarely we win, let alone win away, I'm going to hold off saying anything critical about Pardew today. Fair play to him. Nice to see a good performance in the second half for a change. And a win from behind no less.

What the fuck? An away win??

If you've raised it with senior management already, I would just aim to move teams. I would only get HR involved if you can't do that. At the end of the day, it's not your job to keep on top of your manager, it's the job of the people you're complaining to. It sounds to me as though the management structure/culture in the organisation is one that doesn't operate well with conflict. All I'd say is that as long as you're not being directly blamed for things that are going wrong, it's not really *your* problem, as annoying as it may be. Might be worth detailing jobs that are going wrong though - so if you can see something beginning to fall apart, try to do something about it (i.e. raising it with management) and just note when and how you did this. That way, for any eventual investigations, you'll have demonstrable proof that everything you did was correct.

As I said, it's because it's caught between two systems at present. My original post said we either need more federalism, or less - I do acknowledge that what we have isn't working.