I just thought I’d pen a quick article asking for calm from everyone ahead of our final two league fixtures of the season.
Please don’t confuse my plea for calm as an indication that I’m happy or for people not to panic. It’s more that I’m asking everyone to focus on what is most important and that is our quest for survival.
I keep hearing a lot of questions that have been brought about by our poor season. Understandably so and I realise that it’s always going to happen after a season like we’ve had. However I just think it’s time to knock the questions on the head, temporarily, until we know what is what and where we’ll be next season.
The reality is that none of the kinds of questions posed can be adjudged to have any real accuracy until we know if we’re going to survive or not. Everything is on hold at the moment and whilst I’m not saying anyone should be oblivious to the spectre of relegation, I do think our focus needs to shift from tearing things apart to expending every ounce of willingness we have towards our team.
There will be plenty of time for everyone to dissect things after the season has gone and we know how things stand. That’s part of the reason there aren’t many articles on here at the moment as I can’t bring myself to think about anything else right now. We shouldn’t be in the mess but we are and getting out of it is more important than finger pointing or laying blame.
This isn’t one of those “support your team” articles. Quite frankly I think we’ve been superb all season and have stayed with the team far longer than perhaps we would have done in the past. It’s more a reminder that it’s pointless looking too far ahead when it’s things in the very near future which will determine what happens next.
These next two weeks are vital and it starts tonight with Wigan v Swansea. In an ideal world Swansea will do us a favour and beat Wigan but unfortunately for us the Welsh side seem to already be on their summer holidays whilst Wigan look up for the scrap again.
Come on Swansea!
Good call, Toonsy. It’s very easy right now for people to just get mad, and let rip into the coaches and players. However, that’s been done to bits now and they just need our positive support so that they can play positively!
Let’s hope that Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Cisse, and the rest can play without fear this weekend and just demolish the shambles that are left at QPR. I’ll be throwing my voice as much as possible from here in Florida.
AndrewT(Quote)
Nice one Toonsy..
I hope a couple of things happen in the coming weeks…
1. We avoid relegation and 2. Pardew gets the chop…
The relegation thing is pretty self explanatory. And I pray to god that Pardew gets sacked because the constant moaning & bitching about him on this here blog is repetitive & tiresome.. Please Ashley sack Pardz so we can all move on from this…. 😕
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
🙄 yeah yeah, I know, everyone is allowed to have an opinion blah blah blah…. fair enough, but I am fecking over it big time… over and out, until the dust settles (when ever that may be)
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Well I expect Wigan to beat Swansea tonight, and Sunderland will get at least a point at home to Sunderland so a win from somewhere is almost a must, I say almost as a point might be enough to stay ahead of Norwich
Kinel, how did it come to this! I dread getting relegated as think we’ll struggle to get out of fizzy pop league 2nd time round
stevep(Quote)
KEEP CALM
—- AND —-
HOOF IT
LONG!!!!
You’re right Toonsy, and I hope someone has said that to the players as well. The time for questions is in the summer when we know how we stand.
One question I do have though is: I wonder if Pardew is still at venues for his end of season Q&A session with the fans?! 🙄 😳 😆
Sharpy17(Quote)
* looking at venues * 😳
Sharpy17(Quote)
i cant see us getting any more points this season. i think we will lose both games and will be relegated. TBH, we deserve to be relegated with our management and ownership team. its a long serason and we are where we are on merit.. we are ****.
craig chisholm(Quote)
we need a win but cannit see it happening ,will be bottom 3 come 10 oclock tonight
batty(Quote)
Fair ’nuff.
Good call Toonsy.
TBH its all too close to call.
We are in a kind of limbo atm feels like we are swimmimg against the inevitable tide.
Its down to the Players now and if they have the stomache for the fight or not. I hope they do.
HTL 😎
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
I do think we will be relegated. We have had no luck from the refs time and time again. We wouldn’t be in this mess if Cisses’ goal which crossed the line had been given or if the nailed on penalties against Wigan had been given. But I’m resigned to going down. It was exactly the same sort of stuff last time when we were relegated. How we can’t have tv replays in this day and age to make vital decisions everywhere on the pitch, not just goal line I find amazing. It is used in lots of other sports and wouldn’t hold up play. A fourth official could watch it immediately and give the call. Sick to death of bad refereeing changing our lives!
Jill(Quote)
I don’t buy that Jill.
Ref’s making dodgy decisions has affected all teams in the prem this season. Even manure.
Cant blame the refs for our demise. Its self inflicted mostly.
Anyhoo the fat man aint singing yet.
Gotta keep some faith and believe while we still can
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
If the injuries we have stay the same, I think we should keep the same starting line up for Sunday, even if Debuchy is back, I think Simpson should play. The back four were solid. I was pleasantly surprised how well Elliot, Simpson and Mwiba played. The back line gave it their best, as did the rest of the team. I just hope HBA and Gouffran can stay on the whole game. If anyone plays badly then try Anita off the bench.
Jill(Quote)
Cheers Bootsy.
Ive been chatting on the other thread to myself. 😛
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Troy says – ” Clearly, Campbell isn’t ready and Shola is not an option.”
We have no way of knowing if Campbell is ready or not, as Pardum picks shola everytime.
Whatever has happened to Amalfitano, Abeid, etc ?
He just sticks rigidly with his favourites like Jonas and casts the young’uns aside. He uses the inexperienced stick to beat them down with.
If it was down to him, Owen and Rooney and the likes would never have made it.
I do feel sorry for some of our young players wasting away in our “development” squad.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Jeezaz
The temperature must be blistering in Oz. 😳 😛
Troy Stavers(Quote)
How can a so called ‘development squad’ not actually develop any players ❓
These lads were tagged as being ‘the future stars’
Something stinks at Little Benton. 😕
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Dammit
I thought Swansea were at home tonight.
😳
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
@Bootsy
I’m sure if Campbell was ready he would play. The coaches see him day in, day out. Do you really believe they would keep him on the sidelines if they thought he was up to changing the game?
My point is, the club are having to turn to these players and that shouldn’t be necessary. He’s a young lad who should be brought on gradually without real pressure. Put him in a relegation dogfight and you might destroy his confidence for good.
Pardew has a responsibility towards Campbell and his career and quite rightly he looks like he’s protecting him.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Troy – I can go with that logic. 😆
But I just feel we are a bit desperate atm and bringing the awful Shola on seems to change nowt.
It must be worth giving the Lad 20 mins surely ?
Else why even add him to the bench. Equally demoralising I would think to know your boss has not one ounce of confidence in you.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
btw Troy, I have lost all faith in the ability of our coaches. 👿
so lets not go there eh 😕
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Everyone keeps telling me Wigan have a lot to do and they would rather have points on the board. Well I don’t actually think Swansea at home on Tuesday night is that tough a game, especially considering they have been on their holiday since February. I expect Wigan to win.
I don’t expect them to beat Arsenal, I don’t expect Villa to beat Chelsea and I expect Sunderland to get beat against Southampton. That leaves us… A win at QPR and we’re safe – will we get it? NO CHANCE!
Stuart79(Quote)
I still think Norwich are going to throw themselves on the relegation grenade. In Hughton we trust and all that. 😉
Wellington(Quote)
Wigan v Swansea article.
THERE is a school of thought that if Wigan Athletic lose only one game this week, Swansea City would rather it was on Saturday.
That may seem an unusual take given that Swansea face the Latics tonight and it is Manchester City who tackle Roberto Martinez’s team at the weekend.
But the reality is that a City success in Saturday’s FA Cup final would come with more significant consequences for Michael Laudrup than a victory for his team at the DW Stadium tonight.
Because if Roberto Mancini’s men win the cup, Swansea will only need to get through one play-off tie — in the final week of August — to progress to next season’s Europa League group stages.
But if Wigan cause a shock at Wembley, they will be the ones entering the Europa League at the last qualifying stage.
Swansea, meanwhile, would have to kick off their European campaign in the previous round.
That would mean having to get through a pair of two-legged ties to reach the pool stage, which is Laudrup’s first target when it comes to Swansea’s Continental adventure.
It would also see Swansea’s European campaign beginning as early as August 1, so it is safe to assume that Laudrup will be backing City come next Saturday evening.
Ideally, of course, Laudrup will want Wigan to lose tonight as well.
Swansea’s winless run stands at seven games after last Saturday’s goalless draw with City and, with a trip to Manchester United ahead next Sunday, tonight looks like their best opportunity of ending the disappointing sequence this week. Not for the first time since victory over Newcastle took them to 40 points back on March 2, the first challenge for Swansea’s players this evening will be to match the motivation of their opponents.
Wigan’s first ever major final is only four days away, but there is no doubt about which game is their biggest this week — and it will not be played under an arch.
Martinez’s men chalked up a critical result last weekend, twice coming from behind at West Brom before Callum McManaman’s late goal clinched a pulsating 3-2 victory.
Yet even after that rousing success Wigan remain in the bottom three, and there is still work to do if they are to pull off yet another late-season escape from relegation danger.
Swansea are well aware, therefore, that they must be prepared to scrap tonight.
“This will be a hard game for us,” says Laudrup.
“Wigan have the cup final at the weekend, but we are talking about their football life in the Premier League.
“They will look at the fixtures like any club.
“They have two games left at home (the other is against Aston Villa on the final day of the season) and a game at Arsenal straight after the cup final.
“I think they will know it be hard to get anything from Arsenal.
“Roberto Martinez will be making his numbers up. He will be counting on six points from the two home games and they will hope that is enough. What we know for sure is that they will come with all they have against us.”
Wigan’s cause has not been aided by injuries of late — Jean Beausejour, Maynor Figueroa and Antolin Alcaraz have picked up what look like season-ending problems in their last three games.
All three are defenders, and Martinez had already lost the influential Ivan Ramis to a crushing cruciate problem, while another centre-back, Gary Caldwell, has been struggling with a hip complaint.
That means Wigan’s back-three tonight could be made up of Paul Scharner, a utility man who prefers midfield, Ben Watson, a midfielder who has just returned after six months out, and Romain Golobart, a 21-year-old Spaniard with only one Premier League start to his name.
It is safe to assume, therefore, that Martinez danced a little jig along with the rest of the ex-Swansea contingent in Lancashire when news came through over the weekend that Michu will not be involved tonight.
The signing of the season has scored 17 of Swansea’s 43 league goals this term, and Laudrup accepts that his team have a shortage of firepower with Michu not around.
Luke Moore is the favourite to step into the starting line-up at Wigan, but Laudrup needs others — whether it is Pablo Hernandez, Wayne Routledge or Jonathan de Guzman — to deliver too if Swansea are to clinch the top-half finish he craves.
The Dane reckons one more win might do it, and no doubt Swansea are viewing their final-day meeting with Fulham in SA1 as a presentable chance to rack up three points.
But a trip to Wigan represents another opportunity to get something if Swansea can get their performance right.
They won at the DW last season, after all, and have taken seven points from a possible nine against their former manager in the last two campaigns.
There would be some irony if Swansea were to win tonight, because it would strike a heavy blow to the survival hopes of Martinez’s team.
The ex-Swansea skipper left an adoring public in South West Wales because he felt Wigan was a better job.
Yet almost four years later, Swansea’s top-flight status is secure for another season and there is a major trophy on the mantelpiece.
Wigan could match those achievements in the next couple of weeks but, unlike Swansea, they still have it all do.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Stuart,
That’s exactly were I stand mate. A win against QPR and we would be safe. I would have said if we won just ONE and draw ONE of our last five games it would have been enough.
But I can’t see us beating QPR. When I see teams like Southampton beat Liverpool, and Stoke draw with the Scum away and Villa thrashing the Scum 6-1. Then I look at how those same teams that have look poor against everybody, then come to St James and wallop us 3-0 and 6-0.
It just demonstrates to me how **** poor we are…
Aussie assures me we will beat QPR 4-1, but I don’t see us ever getting more than 1 goal.
Swansea are without Michu which is a bigger blow to them than us.
I’m desperately hoping for a 1-0 scrappy win. A win might give us half a chance. We lose, we are 100% relegated IMO.
JJ(Quote)
Toonsy – I get where you’re coming from, but it would help if you could lead the debate elsewhere because, as far as I can see, there is ***** all else to talk about. You’d just get one “HWTL” post after another.
What goads me to post more than anything else is reading some of the right tosh written authoritatively from certain quarters.
“Pardew has a responsibility towards Campbell and his career and quite rightly he looks like he’s protecting him.”
Pardew brings the young kid on in front of 52,000, and plays him out of position such that he looks like a fish out of water. The kid nearly cost us big time with his miscontrol and inexperience in the wrong area.
So, on a positive note, let’s get Campbell on in front of Ameobi, but play him where he feels most comfortable. I’ll bare my **** in Northumberland Street if that’s left midfield.
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)
B&B – To be fair any player can mis control the ball and better, more experienced players have done it on many occasions this season – Tiote and Cabaye regularly.
Stuart79(Quote)
Think Wigan will win tonight and beat Aston Villa who are effectively safe
Sunderland will get at least a draw and possibly a win at home to Southampton
Norwich will beat West Brom who are already on their holidays
In my view, we need a win and a draw to have a chance of staying up and sadly I don’t see that we have the fight for it, all confidence has drained from the players. Sadly I’m already resigned to relegation
I hope they prove me wrong
stevep(Quote)
Toonsy good read a nd I totally agree, we need to stay with the team and have a bit of belief that we can do it. As I think we would all be pissed of if the players had the same defeatist attitude that some of our fans have. We need to focus all our energy on trying to stay positive as its only another 2 weeks then we can let rip on what was wrong and what we need to do
Big Dave(Quote)
UNITED WE STAND DEVIDED WE FALL 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
@Stuart79
You’re right. 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
@Dave
I’m with you! 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Troy – Naturally… 😉
Stuart79(Quote)
<<<<<<<<<<, will be partying tonite when wigan lose to swansea and a draw will be enough against qpr
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
just a thought if redknap is staying at qpr would he want to take us down with him ❓ surely it would make it harder for them to come straight back up
batty(Quote)
@Batty
Very good point actually. If we went down we would be strong favourites to bounce back and its the last thing that Arry would want.
Plus, he wouldn’t get his bung off Ashley for throwing the game. 😯
Troy Stavers(Quote)
How did it come to this..So much more important than the last relegation fight..Next week is massive
Troy-I mentioned that before, they’re both dodgy folks and know how to play the game (not football) just give him 1mil and be done with it
Newkie(Quote)
we saw the difference Colo made at the back. now we need Cabaye to start playing again or we’ll struggle to find any points. I suspect he’s far from right yet and won’t be until he get s a break in the summer.
worrying.
but I still think we’ll beat QPR.
whumpie(Quote)
time to circle the wagons and show why the toon army has the best surporters in the country,postive mental attude is the order of the next 2 weeks
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
i see BA went to toon hotel and gave them a pep talk,cannot be worse than pardew giving one 😐
icedog(Quote)
Wigan wont beat swans tonight but they may get a draw.
We wont beat QPR as we will have all the possession but have not cutting edge and QPR will constantly catch us on the counter attack. A point would be enough to survive.
To be honest Ive never seen such garbage watching stoke vs sunderland. I do not know how we are below them.
My local team is better than stoke. They cant control a football no pace no invention. Its embarassment to the premier league
Liam Southern Toon(Quote)
@ LIAM SOUTHERN TOON
yeah saw that stoke looked more like the team playing with 10 men to me 😆
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
WHUMPIE
May 7, 2013 at 09:59
What gives you the impression we will beat QPR? What have you seen this season that says we will/can beat them?
Stuart79(Quote)
stoke just let that johnson dude keep runing at them not 1 stoke player had the good sense to give him a good boot and a word in his ear dint try that again bud or else lmao 😀
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
Ideally we can manage to beat QPR and Villa lose at home to Chelsea which will make the Wigan – Villa game a must win for both clubs with the loser being relegated …. we just need to win a feckin game!
stevep(Quote)
Stuart @ 26 Of course, any player can miscontrol the ball. That was not my point. The point is about protecting young kids. Pardew has not done it with Campbell. For me, Campbell can happily miscontrol the ball and show his inexperience on our front line rather than in crucial areas.
How is protecting a young kid to play him seriously out of position (wrong side of the pitch, wrong area of the pitch) where a wrong move could cost us dear?
Young kids are prone to miscontrol the ball especially in pressure situations. It’s unbelievable the way Pardew has handled him! To say otherwise is typical “off the top of my head for something to say, sound authoritative and support Pardew because that is what I’ve been doing for the last six months” drivel.
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)
Stoke are just a team full of cloggers. Its a joke we are below them. We have a team full of internationals and we still cant win a game.
anyway why are we writing off a result against arsenal? We are at home after all? 😆
Liam Southern Toon(Quote)
All this positivity pre-supposes that we should not call for Pardew to be sacked and get a top manager in to give the team renewed belief and confidence in the last few games. It’s still not too late.
No doubt I’ll have my head in my hands, from those who have defended Pardew for six months, for uttering such a heresy.
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)
BLACKLEY & BROWNLIE
May 7, 2013 at 10:49
I said exactly the same thing on Saturday and I still maintain we are in a short term position now and I just cannot see us winning another game with the status quo. What have we to lose?
Stuart79(Quote)
****** hell the last team swansea beat was us at begining of march,8 games ago 👿
batty(Quote)
LST @ 46: Haven’t you heard? We have a “**** SQUAD” apparently.
I could have sworn we bought half a team of top talent in January to add to all the internationals we already had, but it turns out that it wasn’t top talent at all. 😯
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)
The Campbell thing puzzles me to be honest – and I’m sorry Toonsy but more questions here buddy 😕
If Pardew doesn’t think Campbell is ready, or wants to protect him – why put him on the bench?!
I could understand if Shola was coming off the bench and grabbing a goal here and there – similar to say Adam le Fondre or something like that, then yeah I can understand him easing Campbell along. But to put him on the bench knowing he’s not going to or unlikely to use him is a waste of a bench space to be honest.
Further to that, if he didnt think Campbell was ready then the getting rid of Ranger and Xisco and not getting someone else in in Jan is even more confusing.
Lets not forget that Cisse is playing with a rib injury as well, if he gets an injury that keeps him out do we go with Shola?!
Actually, that leads me to another query, if Cisse has a rib injury – why the hell is Pardew swapping Gouffran for Shola and not resting Cisse instead?!
Sharpy17(Quote)
BB – You didnt detect any sarcasm? 😀
Id disagree I would say that we have talent we just have a manager who ive said many times before is just a bit dense. Its not his pride thats the problem anymore hes just simple especially when it comes to management. 🙄
Liam Southern Toon(Quote)
LST – Jerome and N’Zonzi are absolute pants but some people, who call our squad ****, don’t care to look at that the mediocrity around us or the fact that some of our rivals’ squads above us are made up in part of our rejects, players who we thought weren’t good enough to go where we we’re going. 😳
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)
We need to put Cisse on a drip of Demba Ba’s syrup.
Infact give it to the whole team.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
I don’t think Campbell looks ready at all, but 100% agree that if he “isn’t ready” then why the hell is he taking up a sub space, surely it would make more sense for it to go to Obertan. We could even stick Willo on as an attacking change, put him in defence and slap Taylor up front to help win some of our many long balls.
Doesn’t make any sense having a striker on the bench and not using him.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Draw last night was the worst possible result.
It means Stoke are safe, if Sunderland win against Soton then they are safe, then Soton play an already safe Stoke last game of the season 😕
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
B&B – Do you want to tell me which ‘top manager’ would come in knowing they have 2 games followed by, potentially, at least 1 season in the Championship?
I agree Pards probably needs to go, but not now. Now is the time to raise the roof of whatever stadium we find ourselves in, roaring the lads on.
blip(Quote)
BB – Interestingly thats probably why stoke survive every year they may have zero technical ability but at least there have good old fashioned english battle hardiness.
We have a okay first team but below it ranks of championship / league 1 football.
All this rubbish about campbell – Hes not ready? If your good enough your good enough. I dont care how old he is or if he needs ‘protecting’ lob him in there. Might be the last chance he gets in the premier league. I dont understand why pards isolates cisse so much. Gouffran / campbell would be a perfect foil – quick okay control and can offer at least some support.
Cisse on his own is so inneffectual. When he gets support hes suddenly alive and a difference player.
Liam Southern Toon(Quote)
I’m already assuming it will be a Wigan win tonight, so looking at possible permutations from there.
The one that makes me most sick is us matching Norwich’s result next game, and then going into the final day in a “whoever gets smashed the least stays up” scenario 😯
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
We desperately need Villa to lose to Chelsea so that they go into the final day worried that if they lose Wigan will go above them.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
P.S. I don’t think he should start, but I’d like to see Fergie get some game time on Sunday.
His 2 assists (PL and EL) put him above much of the rest of our squad. That said, maybe he should come on with Ameobi? If we’re going to persist with playing Shola, let’s at least play someone who can cross.
blip(Quote)
Fulham could be in pretty deep **** as well, 1 point in 6 games. They even lost to us 😯
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
there’s no doubt ashley’s finger is on the trigger and will be sweating like a fat kid in a sweet shop at the thought of losing the mega millions on offer next season – he could be tempted to pull it if wigan win the neet.
i say pull the ******.
roy cropper(Quote)
Question:
How daft would it be to buy QPR tickets for the home stand this weekend? Recipe for a broken face ❓
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Roy Cropper – he should have squeezed the trigger in November mate.
It’s too late now imo.
We have to get behind the Lads and support what we have got.
I’m still hopeful the Players can dig us out of the ****.
Moreso, now Colo is back.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
what I’m hearing from some is exactly the knee-**** stuff this article warns against. I thunk you can put everything that’s wrong down to a root cause thatbwe all know about and everyone has acknowledged – failure to build in the summer. throwing in inexperienced players, sacking the manager – all panicky, counter-productive, armchair expert stuff.
Work with the reality of what we have, build on positives – like a good clean sheet on Sat – and stay strong. All Pards has to do is address the lack of spark in the middle and up front and 3 pts against QPR is very realistic.
whumpie(Quote)
@ 65
that’s fair enough – but i think kath cassidy could probably get more out of this team than pardew will over the next 2 games.
roy cropper(Quote)
Whumpie – positivity just makes the come down harder 😐
Liam Southern Toon(Quote)
@LST
Have you never heard of bringing young lads on gradually. 20 mins here and there. Every player has different strengths and abilities. Some stronger personalities than others. Some physically develop later in their careers.
Ian Wright didn’t break thru until he was 24 yrs.
You don’t know Campbell and neither do I.
To suggest that if you are good enough you are good enough and just ‘lob’ him in there is a pretty poor viewpoint IMO.
Each to their own tho. 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
What a depressing situation to be in.
only seen 2nd half on Saturday but we were hanging on again.
Why have we not tried 442 again? we need to help Cisse out more because he will be the one who scores more often than not.
Cabaye looks disinterested. Being asked to play pathetic hoof ball football with all the pressure on him. He will be off in the summer if Pardew is stlll here.
I was absolutely gobsmacked when Ameobi came on and Cisse went to right wing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have we even won a game with Cisse on RW?
BIGPAPA(Quote)
Whumpie @ 66 – You recline your armchair and keep on dreaming, fella.
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)
We are relegation favs if our wingers are Cisse and Jonas. and Ameobi up front to top it off.
Question. : why the hell has Gouffran never completed 90mins, is he THAT unfit?
BIGPAPA(Quote)
Troy – I take your point however if you look at half the english players in the arsenal team they were young and inexperienced once upon a time until they kept getting chance after chance and became better players.
Gibbs, ox, walcott, wilshere, were all young and very inexperienced.
If campbells as good as everyone makes out inc management play him. Hes clearly got ability and will be an unknown quantity to defenders.
Willie mcfaul tended to blood youth – gascoigne? I know campbell may not be in similar class but we will never know if he doesnt get an extended chance.
Liam Southern Toon(Quote)
sorry to the author but, this article is ridiculous really.
When should we panic then, tonight? tomoro? When we’re relegated?
Saturday was a must win and barely got close enough for a shot.
Pardew is so lucky he has a job.
I want a manager that encourages the team to pass and play a bit more. We are shockingly bad when we play teams that can pass properly.
No way will Wigan lost tonight, the form of both teams certainly suggest Wigan will win. How indicative is it Swansea’s last win was against us!!
Just gonna check Norwich’s fixtures as i believe its us or them.
BIGPAPA(Quote)
Blip – We’re going to need a top manager in the Championship too.
The club should have spent a lot of time and money doing all their due diligence on managers like they claim to do on players. The man should now be waiting in the wings. Of course, that’s not going to happen, but it doesn’t mean supporters can’t say that that’s what should happen.
If Ashley and Llambias haven’t already done it, they should be starting to do it now ready for the start of the close season.
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)