Barry the Badger

Well if Martin O'Neill is not good for us, then I really am lost.

I have to say, although this situation sucks, I do enjoy the rumour mill. So far, from various friends I have heard.... Shearer spotted at SMS... Strachan seen at West Quay... O'Neill been at training ground... Paul hart at SMS... Phil Brown interview tomorrow... Eddie Howe spoke to Cortese after Carling Cup game... If they're all true we really are casting our net wide!

Or he could have been shopping.

At the end of the day he's not in trouble unless the owners think he's doing a bad job. We could shout and scream all we like but it is up to them.

what a d*ck

Depends on the post and the person. Pompey Takeover Saga = more sexy than Alan Curbishley

Aren't you a bit sad getting a boner over Alan Curbishley?

Ooooh, "a brand new thread", I thought to myself. "how exciting, I wonder what it could be about". Imagine my disapointment to find that it was just ANOTHER person who thinks their opinions on the manager situation deserves it's own thread. PS anybody other than Mourinho and I will be distinctly underwhelmed.

Jewell is a serial bottler IMO. As soon as things get tough he legs it.

Well there's something we agree on.

What would you like them to say?

Wilkins did a good job at Brighton. I think they finished 7th in his only full season.

Why? What do you know that we don't?

Will you two please take your ITK show off fest onto PM.

Oh good, I always love it when the "I'm ITK but I'm not going to tell you" brigade get a chance to act like tw*ts.

"Hey Gianfranco, you're Italian, I'm Italian, I don't really know you but will you be my new best friend? Because we're both Italian you see."

Wow, somebody has been bottling that up for a while :-)

I can only imagine you are on a wind up after getting stick earlier in the week for starting a completely unnecesary new thread.

What happened to the "massive gaps" in our squad that were going to cost us promotion?

In shock and don't really know what to make of it. Has there been a falling out or was this just always the plan? I trust the way Cortese has run the club so far (bar a few PR gaffes), and I think we will only really be able to judge this move in hindsight.

Ah yes, back when ITV gave us 'The Lewis Show'. Still think Legard is worse though, the number of times he just talks over Brundle or completely misses the point of what he is saying.

..is sh*t. Every time he says "discretion being the better part of valour" I want to plunge my fist into the TV screen.

But the thing is, to use a well worn phrase on here, "this is not football manager". AP cannot just set his team to 'short passing' from the touchline and suddenly everything is ok. Football players are human beings, and at this level they will react in the same way as other human beings in all walks of life. Under pressure they will lose their composure, start to panic, and forget what they have been told. When he took off Lambert, I'm sure he had been trying to get the message across but it was not working and the players were still panicking. Pardew clearly felt he needed to bring Lambert off to discourage this. My point was that he is obviously not advocating the long ball game, and your continual insistence that he likes hoofball is completely ridiculous.

From what I've read (can't remember where), they couldn't diagnose exactly what was wrong with Lallana's knee, so were hoping it would clear up with playing time. Theres no point going under the knife if you don't know what to slice up.

AAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!! Pardew is not telling the team to play hoofball!! The first two league games we have come out and played brilliant football, on the deck, knocking it wide, getting crosses in, intricate passing etc etc for the first half hour at least. Then as the game has gone on we have gradually resorted to longer balls upfield. Does that not suggest to you that Pardew is telling the team to play passing football but as the players get frustrated they are losing their way? Pardew has spoken after both games about the need for the team to stay patient and keep playing their football. After the Bolton game he even said he took Lambert off to DISCOURAGE the team from playing long balls into the box. Please please get it out of your head that Pardew is telling the team to play long ball. It flies in the face of all the evidence in front of us.