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The off chance we may sign someone who could provide a few exciting moments, before getting Pardewed or sold. Thats about it really. I suppose we could get the mackems, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man City in August. That would drastically shorten Pardew's future and make for a more bearable rest of the season. Also be interesting to note how he gets treated by the crowd come August. Would love it if he got booed from the first instance he manges to come out of the dug out.

Just cant catch a break can we...

What if you're planning to fail in the first place? Like our cup strategy. If we failed to plan in planning to fail, would we win? Footballing genius!

Aye. Wouldnt be surprised if we went in with the 12M and they asked for more. We'd deserve it too.

We seem to be trying very hard not to sign him. Piss him or his agent off, his club, or wait for another club to come in and steal him. Good thing there's always good old Colback and Sidwell to fall back on.

That would have been my first guess

Well good luck to you two. At least you're managing to get interviews. Been trying like hell for the past 6 months, no idea what happens to my applications! Brock if I was in your place I'd wait a week or so before contacting the MD. I wouldnt want them to know Im too desperate but would want to show interest at the same time.

Right. Getting in shit players that are being released by teams that were relegated or were on the verge of being relegated is the way to get teams to perform. Way to go old gaffer! I am so fortunate to be able to bathe in the glow of your vast intellect and experience! Cant wait till I finish Championship Manager, grow up, and be able to think up such wonderful revolutionary ideas.

Aye, and even if you believe that motivation levels have something to do with nationality, which is quite insane, there's absolutely no reason we'd still be more successful going for British players as Ive tried to highlight above. Its complete and utter nonsense whichever way you look at it.

Mbiwa, Sissoko, Anita arent exactly 'developing' players. They are title winning, full internationals in their mid twenties. You keep saying Pardew will have a better effect on someone like Colback. Even if we assume thats correct, the question here is what is the end product the team gets? Is a highly motivated Colback or Sidwell going to be more use than an underutilised Sissoko on the right wing? Will they be able to make the same runs, provide the same energy, create the same number of chances he has? I dont think so. I still cant believe we're having this discussion btw. Its all so hypothetical and simplistic. And has the culture of mediocrity set down by Ashley and adopted by his manager finally started to filter its way down to the fans?

Okay. So by that logic, if we had the chance to sign Ronaldo and Messi tomorrow, you'd turn it down right? Cisse's individual efforts during games like the ones against Fulham and Stoke kept us up last season. This season we wouldnt have been safe in January ffs had we had Colback and Sidwell instead of Cabaye and Sissoko. We'd be right in the shit. I dont disagree with anything you say about Pardew being a shit coach and not being able to get the best out of his players. Everyone knows that. But it does not mean you start going for mediocre players. Its not as simple as that. I'd rather have good players that are badly coached than average players that are badly coached. The Messi Ronaldo example is extreme of course but may help get my point across.

Is it? Tell me what do you think would have happened had we had someone like Bent instead of Cisse during the second half of last season, or Noble instead of Cabaye during the first half of this?

Takes me back to the 'lets not qualify for Europe or we wont be able to finish in a European spot next season' logic This whole needing a core of British players argument is complete crap in my opinion. We cannot afford, or attract, the decent English players that would actually improve the squad. And even if you bought the argument, the assumption that 5 talentless headless chicken running Englishmen would be perfectly complemented and balanced by 5 lazy but talented foreigners is just so naive.

Agree with what Gemmill says. Got the Nexus for my mother a few months back. Its a very tidy little device. Will handle just about anything you throw at it without a problem. Highly recommended.If you do get it make sure you get the latest version because there were a couple of them going about last I checked.

Nasty business, putting down carpets. Tack? Use of one of those painless injections ffs

Erm...signing Colback? What do you think you're suggesting?

Debuchy recently talked about how constrained he feels under Pardew. Matter of time before Sissoko gets frustrated too.

One of the saving graces of this club, as it is, has been the ability to find decent talent from the continent. I'd much rather sign players like Cabaye, even though I know they'd be sold in a couple of years time, then get the likes of Colback or Noble or Sidwell. As frustrating as our transfer policy is, I'd rather we stick to it then go for what you're suggesting and I hope to God these rumours are just rumours.

I think the likes of Sissoko and Anita will have similar stories to tell. Told to hold back by our cretin of a manager. Half their minds must be set on how to try avoid being Pardewed, so they have some semblance of a future left.

Aye, if we got Toure, Iniesta and Modric to play around him he'd be freaking great!

Disgraceful if thats true. But something we've come to expect week in week out from the assholes running this club. And I quite agree, Pardew would be more to blame. The man's an absolute cretin. No shame whatsoever.

To the tune of 'This Old Man'

iirc in this instance there were a fair few who agreed with him

Id snap their hands off, probably an elbow or two as well. Add a couple of million in that and try and get someone like Rudiger. Although I suspect they'll just end up being the next Mbiwa.