13 Feb 2014 19:45:48
I hate Ashley ok. Pardew is the manager he is responsible for the way we play
1. we can't take corners
2. we can cross the ball
3. we lose the ball immediately after a throw in
4. we don't seem to know the offside rule
5. we don't know how to defend (3 goals last night
came after Krul palmed the ball ) we are always late
reacting
6. no logic in our substitutions
7 doesn't give youth a chance
8. Krul takes free kicks from half way line (2 players
standing a couple of yards away)
9. when we go 2 goals down we give up
10, we always start slowly after half time
11 he keeps playing Cisse
12 he keeps playing Santon
13 he sent Adam Campbell to St Mirren

He is either blind, or just can't manage or maybe hasn't a clue about football. maybe all three

We need to be planning for next season now not in June July or August but now. we need proper wingers not cm adapting. out and out strikers not striker cum wingers. and we need a new manager

I know we need a new owner but can't see it happening

Roll on the Villa hwtl

1.) 14 Feb 2014
At last someone with sense! been saying to people for ages that Pardew is simply not good enough, I am positive that a better manager would get more out of the players we have. even without Cabaye. Nothing much we can do about Ashley, he will NEVER walk away! he will want his money back simple as that. However, we can put presure on him to get Pardew out! the man seems to have lost the players

2.) 14 Feb 2014
Lets say we do get rid of Pardew, what sort of manager can we expect, I've said it once and ill say it again Di Matteo would be a good man to have but would he work under the regime we have at the minute? If Pardew is the problem how is it we do so well then Ashley comes along with something to cause problems, changes the stadium name, selling carroll under pardews nose, selling Cabaye, bringing in Kinnear. If we get rid of Pardew we are likely to be worse off as no one decent would come in. aulthough I agree a better manager may be able to get more from the players, but what message does it send out when Ashley is saying all players are for sale and shows no ambition?

3.) 14 Feb 2014
Trouble is, Pardew is doing exactly what Ashley wants, keeping us hovering around mid-table, safely below Europa places, safely above drop zone, and that's how MA judged it was safe to sell Cabaye for a healthy profit. At any normal club the manager's job would be on the line, but ours isn't a normal club. Unless and until poor results = serious drop in ticket sales Ashley won't see any need to sack Pardew. And given that TV money is now more important, even that might not be enough. Come the summer, he'll throw us some scraps to boost season ticket sales, and the diehards'll fall for the trick again.

4.) 14 Feb 2014
Pardew for me is doing all he can, like I've said how do you motivate players when Ashley has clearly made it obvious that anyone at any point could be out the door and players can be replaced with cheaper alternatives, this shows lack of ambition and the players won't be getting a positive vibe from that. Ashley needs to go, Pardew going won't change a thing. We are merely a stepping stone to bigger and better things for players.