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It was well played by the club in that respect, but hopefully it results in the sackpardew.com people becoming a little more shrewd in their approach. At the end of the day Ashley will make the decision based on numbers, the odiousness or apparent tactical failings of Pardew do not figure until the financial reality is staring him in the face. That reality is relegation, or the threat of it. Even still if he feels he can avoid it with a few January purchases that will be the option he pursues. From what I have gleaned here and there Pardew is one of the lowest paid managers in the league, perhaps part of securing that was the length of the deal which could mean that there isn't a particularly financially prudent way for Ashley to axe him. Being the risk taker that he is he might see how long Pardew can take the growing vitriol in the hope that he makes the decision himself. I'd say Pardew is too delusional to ever make that decision.

A fair result in terms of the game played on the basis of two very good strikes from them and otherwise dominant play from us. The point doesn't do much for us, nor should it for Pardew.

The onside Cisse again. Gouffran shows Williamson how to do it with a great headed assist.

Huddlestone, a cunt.

Cisse scores with a well timed run and a good feed from Tiote. Reveals a shirt in support of Jonas.

And another cracking strike from them. Diame this time, Krul had no chance. Cisse on for Riviere, no change to the setup then.

Sissoko is fired up...

The marauding Williamson did well there to create the chance. Not a great strike from Cabella.

That's some finish from Jelavic, Williamson half pointing at him pointlessly rather than actually marking him before the ball was delivered.

Don't expect much more than boring from us under Pardew. We've looked ok because Hull have poor defense and they've given us time. Tiote, whilst not always making the right decisions has added some enthusiasm to our midfield adding to that of Sissoko and Gouffran. Hard to see where a goal will come from.

It's the best we've played all season. That's not saying much as it basically has highlighted how badly we are missing strike power up top. Also the defense has not yet been tested.

Their defense looks pretty disorganised, not surprising with the shit Dawson there.

The fifth minute protest and poster display was wholly underwhelming.

Papiss Cisse on the bench, literally licking his lips.

Players all wearing 18 Jonas in the warm up.

HBA in the stadium as expected. Also first green and blue kit wanker and it's an overweight woman.

When the job is done and Pardew is gone the folks behind sackpardew.com should use their impressive organisation and penetration to get Puma to make us a decent kit.

WehopetobidyouPardew

Worth it simply for the chance to watch Pardew squirm in his chair.

Or a midfielder as he can play both. Come to think of it a man of his talent would have no trouble at centre back.

Hoping for the best for both toonotl and Jonas. I'd love to see him back at the club for the farewell he deserves. If he was 100% fit and in the side despite Pardew I don't think we'd have crumbled to as many large defeats. Certainly if all our players embodied the same attitude we wouldn't. I'd also like to see Jonas come back too.

We know that Pardew is a poor judge of talent (amongst other failings) so his exclusion from the side cannot be seen as evidence of a lack of ability on the players behalf.

Yeah, no substance at all to that headline. Pretty good chance of a poisonous atmosphere for the Hull game regardless of the result.

"it's not clear at this stage wevver we've paid a financial outlay on the banners or not"

The animosity towards Pardew has become rightfully toxic. That combined with our imbalanced, inexperienced and spiritless squad mean that if a change isn't made the threat of relegation is very real. It's surely easier and less risky for Ashley to move Pardew on, hope for an improvement in performances and then make the necessary purchases in January to avoid relegation. Setting aside any compensation to Pardew, Ashley will.have saved a sizeable chunk on wages by not making the purchases in the summer window. Shortsighted strategies, but that's his modus operandi.