Smirking_Saint

They'll win, NGoG and Lucas will get a hattrick each

Hardly hamstrung and fell at the first hurdle for me, which IMO means he has failed. Also, he went cap in hand to NC asking for more to fund a playoff push which makes his playoff even worse IMO. Should is a great word, it is used to denote a necessity, as in i should have gone to the doctors etc. The same as England should have done better and so were slammed for it. We should have done better and so i am dissapointed. Thats just my opinion, everyone else could say otherwise, but my opinion is with the money spent, the team we had and so called pedigree of manager we should have made the playoffs. Yes the cup was a delight, i had a great time but would trade it in an instant last season for a 50/50 chance at promotion, because its the big things clubs are judged on. And its the goals achieved by managers which gives them a name, no one gives a sh*t about nearly men, and only the stories of winners are remembered.

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The only religion even worth thinking about is Bhudism and even that is a bit mental. How anyone who practices christianity can openly and honestly slam another religion is pretty laughable really. And trying to claim one religion is more malicious then christianity ?? BEHAVE !!!!!!!!!

I don't judge teams on the wins they achieve though SOG, but what they achieve. Pardew didn't do a bad job, but not a good job. Thats not to say i wouldn't have given him time this season but thats not here nor there.

I do, for once, Doddis. Completely agree, Adkins needs to atleast take us to the playoffs now, at least, or else it is a failure, i am not on about win ratio btw, but end result. He has a lot of habit changing however, and needs to re-envigorate a squad that has taken too many knocks.

He failed in the run up, when you say won a cup its akin to Chelsea winning the charity shield, a decent day out but ultimately forgetable. As for a down and out club, he spent a shed load and pieced together a side that should have achieved, and a side that really wasn't down and out as it was either sourced elsewhere or bouyed by the new owners.

Sometimes the old smoke and fire saying can just be bandied around to add support to any rumour but when it comes from almost every sacking you really need to start paying attention

Or didn't achieve TBH

Plus the fact that they completely (pretty much) disregard the teachings of science and pretty much would be happy if no-one ever learnt from it ever again. Believe that they themselves are beyond criticism and also that anyone who is a non believer is obviously a Nazi, but then the pope would know lol ! The thing that makes me laugh is the fact there head of the religion has obviously no faith in his god, what with the whole bullet proof glass and all.

This And frankly he is just not THAT good, very egotistical and rumours of disharmony follows him around like a bad smell.

Depends, if NC is anywhere near as bad as has been made out then this job would not have been as widely applied for as it was. And i highly doubt we would have seen names such as Howe and Adkins who were/are very comfortable at their respected clubs, nor would we have seen the likes of Brown trying to talk himself into the job. These guys aren't fools. I have heard that although NC doesn't suffer fools, he is hardly the fire breathing tyrant either. Just a man who demands the best and commitment. Now i know that a man like that would be looked at very differently by people with different attitudes etc. From the outside i want a man like that, but if it is employees used to working to a light and frankly uningspiring workload then i can see the resentment.

Win Ratios mean absolutely nothing to me if they are used on their own to try and force an opinion, which is what you are trying to do, thats the point i was making. Just saying Mr X has a wi ratio of 65% and Mr Y has a win ratio of 59% means the square root of f*ck all unless you use it in conjunction with other factors. We spent best part of 6 Million, plus whatever the Loans cost us. Our wage bill is probably one of the highest in league and probably a good amount of Championship. We had easily the best squad last year, we put together a good winning run, kept the whole team fit.............................and failed to make the playoffs. That is what a manager is judged on, not to mention the fact that he started this season very poorly both in planning and application. Adkins has came in and tried to change the mentality of the players, as long as he gets us promoted i couldn't give a flying f*ck what his win ratio is. You have to perform at the crunch. After all England had a blinding Win Ratio in the Qualifiers and bottled it at the World Cup, much like we bottled the playoff run in. My school report on Pardew ? Based only on last year ? B - Alan made good progression and a good attempt to complete his Exams to an acceptable level. However he seemed to lose focus towards exam time and allowed after school achievements get in the way of solid results. Also, another note on the Win Ratio b*llocks. I expect that Liverpool have had very good win ratios since the beginning of the Premier league, however they have never actually won it, and so to me, thats not good enough. Unless teams are judged on win ratios these days ?

I am paying attention, we are talking about win ratios, City Central were in the same division as the rest of the teams they played against so what difference does it make ? I mean, i have talked about Southamptons situation before but only hear about Pardews win ratio, and never about anything else ? Also, as i posted earlier ....... a sh*te pre-season, lack of planning, having 3-4 of their best players injured,unfit,suspended and the owner has died also lost the manager for whatever reason whether it was knee jerk or for some sort of incident will be damaging anyway you look at it.

So we are being taken in by a bloke that is apparantly an ex player and posting on here under the name of left back with a massive anti NC agenda RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT I might change my name to right back and think of some extravagant story myself.

Tad on the extreme side

Has a scientologist ever ignored child rape i wonder ?

I am surprised we never went for the City Central manager from Senior 1, they won the league and won every game, thats a 100% win ratio. I mean with a win ratio like that, which is obviously the only way to judge any manager whatever the situation, it is surprising he hasn't made it in the top flight.

Chelsea were not suffering from a sh*te pre-season, lack of planning, having 3-4 of their best players injured,unfit,suspended and as far as i am aware Ambramovich is very much still breathing. So a bit different, also they had not lost the manager for whatever reason whether it was knee jerk or for some sort of incident will be damaging anyway you look at it. Almost as rediculous as the win ratio arguement

FFS Win ratio bullsh*t again

Yup, and Pardew didn't have to deal with his best players missing the start of the season, the death of the owner, players off of form and perhaps some sort of incident if reports are to be believed. These are Pardews players, still more or less playing Pardews system, you can't judge Adkins yet. Pardew hardly came out of the blocks sprinting did he ? Most importantly, Pardews in the past so get over it.

The only thing that annoys me more than drawing with f*cking Yoevil is changing my prediction league from 1-1 to 2-0

Saints player is sh*te, put radio solent on, pretty sure they have the rights back anyways Nope its pompey

I tend to round up as many ripe Bassets fruit salads as possible, these are very readily available all year round and much less dangerous to your thumbs and other apendages to pick then around a thorny blackthorn tree. For anyone struggling to find these i have attached a picture below I will then force these into a bottle of Vodka and leave to dissolve for 2 or 3 days and shake once in the morning and evening. Then place the bottle in the dishwasher and turn it on. I then leave it another day, strain if need be and hey presto