Reading through the comments after the draw with Bristol City I see the usual bunch of negative Pardew has lost it. comments we usually see on here after every game we dont trounce the opposition. City are pretty good and in case you hadn`t noticed with only 11 or so games left they are top of the division. It seems to me that having seen most of the teams now that they are as good as any in the division and we have managed to get four points off them. We don`t have a right to automatic promotion and I expect that most of us would have taken a playoff place at the start of the season. Accept the fact that some teams are going to be better than us on any given day and we can do the same to any other side on our day. Thats football. Thats why we go to watch it. Pardew hasn`t lost it. Hes doing pretty well to be in the playoff spots with a completely new team that is still evolving and in fact has only played 35 games at best together.At best. The team didn`t IMHO deserve the boos at the end of the game. If they hadn`t tried it would be different. We can beat Preston on saturday and the same whinging people on here will be full of it again. To me its so daft.
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Yes, i do expect us to get promoted this year and yes i have been thoroughly pissed off with a number of performances this year but we are still fifth in the league, the only difference from last night is that WBA increased their lead by two points and we have one less game to catch up (for automatic promotion that is) so cheer up everyone!!
30 points up for grabs - don't think we'll get 30 points but you never know. ;-)
they were the best team we've played at home all season and consistantly caused us problems with their passing, the little fella in the middle with the orange boots was having a field day.
we did o.k in the first half but then god knows what was in their tea at half time.....by the look of Youga in the second half, half a bottle of Scotch ! (both full backs had shockers)
The standard of defending alone is the worst I've seen down there for many a long time.
Even on their corner we have 4 defenders around the guy whose nodded it in.
Normally I'd agree with you and say its people just having a moan but the lack of ability on the ball is shocking. McCarthy can't even bend a ball around a forward to switch play, really basic stuff for a Centre Half.
For the money Pardew has had you can't say he's doing well.
I thought they were a good side and good luck to them, we need to get a few results together to keep in the play off race, starting sat, we have massive games coming up and the players need to be motivated
Preston, Leceister, Sheff Utd and Sheff Weds have conceded less goals than us - would you prefer to be in their position?
Goals get you out of this league - thats been proven over many years.
Pards changed to 4-4-2 with 30 minutes left & it made absolutely no difference. City's two giant centre halves won virtually everything all night but we just kept lumping it up into the middle. I am not impressed with our lightweight selection of wingers at all. Surely nobody can call Scott Sinclair the next big thing, can they?? Thomas was the best of the bunch but was closely marked all night.
As has been said elsewhere, our two key central midfielders - ZZ & Holland - looked very tired & leggy, and this is where we really need some quality replacements to give these two a break.
We got a very lucky point last night & we are still in the mix for a play-off place, so let's look forward to the game against Preston on Saturday.
Can't disagree. City were a good team and you can see why they are, deservedly, top. What is frustrating is that we showed that we had enough to beat them but we can't seem to do it over 90 mins.
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH Really feeling P****** off today. We are not playing to anything like our potential IMHO.
The defending at the corner was terrible I agree. What about Paddy's last ditch tackle on Byfield when he was 6 yards out though?
World Class.
The fella cannot make a pass ALONG THE FLOOR over 15 yards for gods sake (add a few others to that as well).
Pardew paid 650K for Paddy.
Brilliant business.
Was it every pass that he failed to make or just a couple that you conviniently remember? I reckon if you watched Arsenal last night, Senderos or Gallas may have misplaced a couple of passes. I saw Andrea Pirlo even pass it straight to a Arsenal player - imagine that!
We need to stop digging players out who have played well for a lot of this season and have had an off par performance.
Jesus.
Hahaha I'm off to carry Leroy Lita shoulder high from Reading as he is our saviour.
I agree with Ketman too.
"if it moves, sign it"
I know where i'd rather be in the league.
If you think the players we have in our defence (and I include Fortune and Bougherra) are acceptable for the money he's had and for us to get promotion (either automatically / play offs) you are off your trolley.
This IMO is the benefit of having a team that by and large and played together for 3/4 seasons, know each others games and importantly each others limitations. GJ (someone I've always rated) has got them well drilled and playing with tactics that they are comfortable with and know inside out.
We have not had the luxury of doing that! We have seen huge numbers of players coming in and going out and I'm sure that AP is still looking to try and work out what his best team is as the players themselves seem to be so inconsistent! Someone comes in, does well for a few games and then either goes utterly off the boil or gets injured!!
You cannot blame AP for this!
All the other teams around us have benefited from having teams that have played together for a long time. To get us to where we are with new and young players is a high achievement in my eyes. Perhaps peoples expectations of what a "new" team could achieve is the reason for their dissatisfaction of only being 5th and 6 points of the automatic places........