trousers

I suspect it was a bit of a rush job. But can't blame anyone for that as Pardew and Co didn't have a huge amount of time for indepth research. Given a proper pre-season and a decent scouting network I'm sure Pardew would have highlighted to Cortese that we also need to buy (or develop) the same supply chain that fed the Lambert goal machine last year. Perhaps my Paul McCartney/Beatles analogy wasn't too far off the mark afterall.

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I wasn't there, hence asking a question of clarification about the posts I've been reading from people that were there which gave me the impression that his heart may not have been 100% in it. Yours cretinously, Trousers

Scathing double page article by martin Samuel in daily mail today. Surprised he didn't mention liebherr as the right way to do it

If it was that obvious that rovers would target him and stiffle him out f the game, perhaps (just perhaps) pardew could have played a masterstroke by putting him on the bench? As you suggest, not hindsight but foresight.

Dodgy analogy alert...a bit like buying Paul McCartney after watching a Beatles tour and liking what you heard?

I'm reading reports on here that his heart didn't appear 'up for it' last night. Do people who were there get the feeling this was a pyschological thing because we were playing against his old team mates or was it just an off day that could easily have occurred against any team. A tad worrying if the former as would tend to suggest his heart is still with Rovers....

I think you've hit the nail on the head there DD. All we're seeing at the moment is a difference of opinion on the amount of time Pardew should be given, and not a difference of opinion about whether a given manager should go if he is not coming up with the goods. I think most would agree that there comes s point in time where it feels right to change the management. Is there anyone on here who would keep a manager in place indefinitely regardless of the results he delivers? Not many I'd venture. So we're just dealing with differences of opinion aboutthe timing if such an event.

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My recollection is slightly different. I felt there was a general concensus that he was a solid choice and "a big name for this league" but it didn't match the general euphoria when it was reported that Keegan was on the cusp of becoming our manager (just before the wheels fell off the Pinnacle bandwagon), for example... Yes, there was general respect for the appointment of Pardew but I don;t recall too much "shouting from the roof tops". IMHO of course.

Some would argue that they are c.20 places above us because of our stalled start to the season, not because they are c.20 places better than us per se. If, hypothetically, the season was starting this Saturday who would you say had the better team on paper, us or Bristol Rovers? And would you rank them c.20 places above us?

Given Pardew wasn't their first choice I guess they could argue that they didn't get it "wrong" per se....

I'm sorry, but if Pardew did indeed play for a draw with 10 mins + added time to go then that is it for me...at no point should we be going for a draw at home at any point in the game when on -2 points after nearly a quarter of the season. Shoot me down in flames....

That could well be mathematically possible by Christmas, not May....

I'd admire their hi-fi system more if it was a Panasonic.

This is the crux for me....it would appear we (Pardew/Cortese) went for last year's top scorer in League One without analysing the reasons behind why Lambert was scoring a bucket load. I've mentioned it once or twice on here before but why didn't we look at Lambert's supply chain last season and go for a double or treble swoop...i.e. Lambert + one or two of the players that fed his goal fest? I'm assuming that the guys who provided him with the assists would have been significantly cheaper to buy than Lambert cost us. Yours foresightedly, Trousers

If my Uncle was a woman he'd be my Aunt. If.....

I assume you mean "if we start to play the whole 90 minutes like we played the first 60"? If we "continue to play great for 60 minutes" and not the last 30 I suspect we won't get the right results. Apologies if I've read you wrong!

The official "It's ok to complain" date is 23rd March 2010. I looked it up.

Not sure how some people being concerned about 1 win in nearly a quarter of a season can be classed as overreacting tbh

No doubt he will be bearing in mind we are nearly a quarter of the way through the season.....

Bugger

Is he still attending games in the director's box?

Perhaps MLT and Pinncale had the right idea afterall.....?

Left a bit....up a bit.....there's your man Marcus