Whitey Grandad

Even stating the truth can get you into trouble if you present it the wrong way.

It's the manager's job to tell the players how to play, not the other way around. The next thing you know, he'd be telling Alan who to pick and it might be for all sorts of reasons, none of them to do with football.

In which case things should have improved after half-time

I'm prepared to wait until it's Pardew's team and not last year's failures.

Maybe he is trying to prove a point to the owners that the present squad is not good enough? He gives them a few games to show what they're worth and then replaces them wholesale. Or am I clutching at straw thingies?

A French one? Sorry, it's been one of those days and I've had an attack of flippancy.

Because he's 59 years old and retired from playing in 1986?

We need a proper midfield. Anyone who thought that last season's engine room could have been tuned up and provide a service in League one was very deluded. All four need replacing urgently. Oh well, one down, 3 to go and 12 days to get them.

When was Ostlund signed? And Hajto?

It's taken years to get into this mess. It's not going to be turned round in a couple of weeks, and certainly not with some of the players that have been party to the mess. When does the transfer window close?

Got mine this morning. £3 for a concession, brilliant value!

It seems like a reasonable strategy to me. Buy up the best players in the division in every position. Then we'll have the best team and all the others will have lost a vital player.

Take away their boots, Toots.

hcdajft

They are renowned: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1206950/All-fizz-Coca-Cola-Football-League-weekend-.html (scroll down to Nigella)

To stop them playing against us?

The decline suddenly accelerated when he made that crass statement, IMO.

If we have learnt anything from the last few years it's that changing your manager all every few months will get you nowhere. If we are still in this division at the end of the season then that is all that can be expected. It takes time to build a team with a winning mentality.

No sh*t Sherlock.

Gareth Bale whilst you're at it.

It's not his fault he's not very good. It's not a criticism, rather an observation. I would direct any questions to the one who selects him. I'd like to think that there are valid reasons.

What does anyone expect with a midfield of Lallana, Wotton, Schneiderlin & James? We're not going to dominate many games with those four.

This type of action from Lowe is only harming what litle reputation he has left and will not change anybody's opinion of his ability to 'manage' a football club. He must have a very *****ly ego to think that it is technically 9 or 10 managers that he has 'sacked'. His results speak for themselves. Methinks the laddy doth protest too much. (all in my humble opinion, of course)

The carpet fitter who was working on Luggy's new house at the time told me that he said "I think they're trying to get rid of me". Make of it what you will. As for Lowe, maybe 'sacked' is not the exact legal term. Shall we agree on: 'got rid of'?

As part of our club's history it's always interesting to hear from one who was involved, but it just confirms what many of us suspected all along.