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Statement of the day.

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How many more times do I have to say this.....he's only here as a Trojan Horse for his siblings to help them win the contract for supply of cranes for the Southampton Dock expansion programme. Keep up. (Note: A percentage of the above statement is completely made up)

Bugger

It's been hinted at on here that there were certain strings attached to the signings of these two players, or rather that there were alteria motives onvolved. It's even been held up as a contributing factor to us going into administration. There was even a suggestion of a connection between kim van der waals and pulis senior. The penny's never dropped for me on this one so anyone able and willing to summarise for me? Thanks

to reduce the chances of something similar happening again in the future?

The trouble is, IMHO, is that it's precisely this 'apathy' to recent history and thus lack of accountability, that people in 'business circles' rely upon to do whatever they want to do and in a devil may care way. If they knew that their actions would be scrutinised and held to account more they would be less likely to act in the way that they do. For example... Would 'Tommac' have had second thoughts about 'inflating' his supposed contact with Allen's people? Would Lynham have persued his takeover for so long whilst knowing his original backers had withdrawn one by one? Would the "WH Ireland/Fry/Barclays/begbies" 'coincidence' have happened? Without post event scrutiny people are more or less at liberty to do what they please, no matter how morally dubious, as they know thier actions will be tomorrow's fish and chip paper.

Relatively

Why are some people concerned about going back over the past? If no one has anything to hide then nothing damaging will come of it, just clarity as phil says. Humans are best at moving forward when they are knowledgable about the past. Ask an ostrich.

Nah, too far fetched even for me... There must be other ways of boosting book sales.... ;-)

Shore...?

Ah, ok. No, rather me being lazy in assuming it was to late to include it. Now I've got a dilema: whether or not to post the conspiracy theory that's just entered my head....

Who was his strike partner and supporting midfield at Brizzole ? Should give Mr Pardew a clue or two....

A shame that 'recent events' happened too late to include in the book - would have made himself a few more bob if there was an extra chapter covering the Pinnacle 'shenanigans'....

Unless it galvanises him to prove people wrong...? But, yes, in principle, I don't see overt public criticism as the most positive way of helping his cause.

How come motorcyclists get free parking? Discrimination of the highest order IMHO. I bet they break the law on the way to the ground too....

I wonder if Pardew is the sort of chap who would 'cut off nose to spite face'? In other words, could he have delayed sending on the subs as a way of telling the supporters: "I'll make the decisions around here, not you". I little far fetched with my analysis there no doubt but if he's got a 'bloody minded' gene....who knows....?

I'm in the 'give it time' camp (for now...) but A manager either has tactical nous or he doesn't. That's not an attribute that Pardew needs "time" to acquire. What takes time is for the players to adjust to his approach but, from whatpeople have observed, he didn't appear to get the tactics right last night, not even close by many accounts.

I admire your faith and trust in the kind of people that have oiled the wheels of the worlds financial institutions over the last few years... Me? I'm more than happy with my levels of curiosty... Never did any harm to my pussy...

Superb OP. Suggest printing it out and send it to every player, coaching staff and management at the club. Seriously.

At last... Something that made me chuckle...so true :-)

True. Although I do recall Reading similar 'panic stations' threads on the Foxes message board in the early stage of the season after a few dodgy results early in the season...

When Pardew was first appointed I made a comparison with Burley's style and approach and got slated for it. I maintain that they are similar types of manager.

Which of our relegations are you referring to....?