2014-15 EPL Matchday 12

[FAITH]

#LFCDestiny2014-2015Relegation


#GetKlopp

 

[FAITH]

The reason why we've gone from almost championship winners to relegation bound

Bring back the wife:

 

[charcoalchicken]

What a goal from Mile, having a monster of a season!!

 

[NUFC Tiger]

You're a hard marker mate! Haha.

I understand he's a little bit all over the shop but Pardew's best is pretty good. It just goes to show what can happen when a chairman backs his manager through a lean spell rather than just sacking them at the first sign of trouble.

Hypothetically, if you were to sack Pardew, who could you get in that would be doing a better job than he can? I'm not sure there'd be a whole lot of managers that you realistically could get that would do any better.

As for Leicester, we just need to find our touch in front of goal again and we should be alright. We were the better of the two teams on the weekend, the 3 points would have been nice.

Haha perhaps mate but calling it a lean spell is still pretty generous! Certainly managers have been sacked for better records than Pards.

In 2014 we've had:

• 13 wins (including the current 6 in a row)
• 5 draws
• 17 losses
• Scored 33
• Conceded 53

Which is pretty woeful all things considered.

Most Toon fans don't expect to win every game but they expect to see sides that work hard and play for the shirt and not go down meekly while copping drubbings (which we copped a lot of along the way).

Up until recently when Pardew (perhaps due to our huge injury crisis) was forced into changing the formation (that wasn't working anyway for the last 10 months) back to a 4-3-3 and results started coming good, Pardew had previously shown any real idea how to get the team out of the slump (I suppose we should be grateful it finally happened haha).

Pardew is a capable enough manager at times (he did lead us to a 5th place finish and subsequently won the manager of the year award) but he also makes some bewildering selections/formations/lineups. Most could probably live with that but the man does do some strange/embarrassing things which bring the club into disrepute and struggles to endear him to fans.

I'll give him credit, his teams of late have been much better (who would have thought playing players in their actual positions might pay off!). If he can keep it going, he'll win the fans over in time. If he can somehow end the trophy drought, he'll be the toast of the toon for years to come.

Newcastle's poor form from the turn of the year was a lot to do with Cabaye getting sold, Newcastle were good until Jan last season

I don't rate Pardew thaaat highly but he certain can do whatever it is that he can do

Rodgers on the other hand....

True that...was like the heart and soul of the side and losing him and not replacing him was a typical Ashley move.

Interestingly, Cabaye isn't having much fun back in France and mentioned he will 'definitely' be back in the EPL come January. Perhaps he'll come home after realising the grass isn't always greener elsewhere. Still holds the club pretty close to his heart I believe. Would be awesome!

Hindsight is 20-20. If I'm not mistaken, before their recent outstanding run, they hadn't won a game during 2014, not the season, the calendar year. Imo, Pardew escaped the sack as Ashley didn't want to pay him out of his ludicrous contract.

Pretty much my thoughts too mate. Cashley may have done it partly to spite the fans but I think a lot of it would have come from not wanting to pay out the better part of 5 years and 11 months.

It's funny some in the media are toasting his decision to back Pardew when chances are, if not for the massive contract, he probably would have sacked him (he did make the 'joke' he'd sack Pardew if we lost Stoke).

 

[NUFC Tiger]

What a goal from Mile, having a monster of a season!!

Hope he saves some of the magic in his boots for the Asian cup! Socceroos could use it

 

[SM]

how lucky have tottenham been?
1-0 down to villa - villa get a player sent off - tottenham wins 2-1
1-0 down to Hull - hull gets a player sent off - tottenham wins 2-1

and they're still about 20th on the table.

they have been terrible this season and without the aforementioned luck would probably be battling away in the relegation zone.

Pity we never get any luck.

 

[chef]

The reason why we've gone from almost championship winners to relegation bound

Bring back the wife:

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If only he could upgrade his players like he upgrades his partners.

 

[FAITH]

If only he could upgrade his players like he upgrades his partners.

nothing wrong with our players

 

[Jatz]

nothing wrong with our players

Did your reports tell you that?

 

[chef]

nothing wrong with our players

Really?

 

[FAITH]

Did your reports tell you that?

i watched the game remember marquee didnt play

Really?

Our players have enough talent, for some reason they arent playing for the manager anymore

 

[charcoalchicken]

i watched the game remember marquee didnt play

and what did you make of it?

 

[Redalert]

Our players have enough talent, for some reason they arent playing for the manager anymore

Or alternatively they're just not good enough, and your club has blown the Suarez money on spuds like Lovren.

 

[FAITH]

and what did you make of it?

read above

 

[FAITH]

Or alternatively they're just not good enough, and your club has blown the Suarez money on spuds like Lovren.

yes not good enough to beat palace

 

[charcoalchicken]

read above

so do you think the problems at your club run a little more deeper than just your beloved marquee Balotelli?

 

[FAITH]

so do you think the problems at your club run a little more deeper than just your beloved marquee Balotelli?

he is part of the problem but yes

 

[Uncle_Leo]

No sequel to this then?

 

[FAITH]

No sequel to this then?

just like you guys we have no hope of quality silverware for a while it seems

 

[chef]

just like you guys we have no hope of quality silverware for a while it seems

FA Cup last season?

 

[Uncle_Leo]

just like you guys we have no hope of quality silverware for a while it seems

Speaking as someone who has seen their team win the premier league I fear you might be right

 

[Loonerty]

No sequel to this then?

Sequels can still be negative.

 

[kangaspurs]

I'd love for someone to explain how Spurs are only 2 points off 4th. We have been woeful this season.

 

[SM]

I'd love for someone to explain how Spurs are only 2 points off 4th. We have been woeful this season.

When you have the ref in your pocket it tends to help.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

When you have the ref in your pocket it tends to help.