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I still think it makes no sense to panic after 2 league games.

This is the big question. If Pardew is shown the door, who will follow and will they do any better? Big call.

Because you constantly behave like a child. 2 games in and you are throwing your dummy out of the pram. I remember you managing to turn a 6-0 away win into a chance to have a dig at the manager at the time. It is a game Alpine. Whatever manager we have at any given point is doing his best to win matches, just as the opposition team manager is doing to us. We are not going to win every game, no matter who our manager or CEO is. If you can grasp those issues maybe we can have a grown up debate?

The issue about no "preseason" last year was more about the fact that we had a whole new management/ownership structure start at the club. Once everything bedded down we did become a very competative club.

I shall explain it t you once more Alps as you seem to miss the point entirely. I am not overly bothered about Cortese's PR gaffes although you would think that someone so self aware would know better. The bloke may well be a control freak and I am not going to lose any sleep over that, as I didn't with Lowe. There are two issues I have. The first is that there seems to be little difference between Cortese and Lowe, yet for you, Cortese can do no wrong and Lowe did no right. The second, which is actually very important, is that he pointedly failed to support his manager last season and even when he was forced into making a statement was less than supportive. It is very important that the CEO and manager have a good working relationship - expecially when expectations are so high. We were told that Lowe should butt out of football/team matters as he was not a football man. Cortese also comes from a business background and is not a football man. Suddenly it is ok. Cortese has a very big decision to make. He either has to decide to keep Pardew and back him to the hilt now. If he really doesn't believe in Pardew, then he must sack him and get someone else in. That is fine, but he was the man who employed Pardew in the first place remember. So here is the thing. If Cortese has, in the course of one season, become very clued up in this game and can see that Pardew's tactics and methods are flawed, great. If on the other hand, he has had a hissy fit because he didn't get promotion in year one and that is why he is down on Pardew, then we have a problem and can look forward to another period of revolving doors at the club.

I thought there was about 3 of them, Beattie being another?

Once again Alpine, pot, kettle black. Still now that we know that Cortese sits on a 4 man transfer committee (and no doubt shares his humungous knowledge of quality lower league players with his colleagues) I am sure that you will direct your scorn re the non signings of players recently towards him as much as Pardew? After all, we all know how much you hate hypocricy!

I think there was an issue of a certain white substance and that is why he fell foul of WGS.

We have had 2 league games. If in the next week or so we bring in 2 players who improve our results what is the problem. If we don't make any signing and are struggling after 10 games, by all means slit your wrists, but after 2 games when you know we are looking to strengthen - jeez.

Can't understand why, surely all those years in banking have set Nicola up for this committe perfectly? I'd love to be a fly on the wall in those meetings.

Absolutely. And WGS bottled his team selection for the final. We lost it at Highbury in effect.

No point in using facts and stats Nick. Once Alps has made his mind up that is it. I am not quite sure what his criteria for judging a manager is, but only Pearson seems to have passed muster in recent years.

Agree

I see. The only manager you have supported in recent years one 3 matches in 13. You may well be right about Pardew (almost being over that is). If he does go I wonder how long it will be before you are on the new guys back? However I think there are plenty of people who saw the good in last season and do think that Pardew has what it takes.

Remind me again, when was the last time a season was decided 2 games in? Neither of us was at the game yesterday so both of us have taken a view from what others have said. I note that we made good chances and probably should have won. Your view seems to be that Pardew is inept and the season is over for us.

3 games in.

When did Pardew say that he was prioritizing the cups and not the league? I got the impression he wanted both.

If you don't have an agenda against Pardew why are you constantly picking holes in him? As for Cortese, feel free to provide evidence that I want to see the back of him.

There is no evidence either way. Just be honest Alpine, you can't wait to see the back of Pardew.

Lets face it, if Pardew were to win every game 3-0 there would still be some on here knocking him.

Maybe he has been told to wait until the market opens up. The fact is we have no idea what is going on - just as we didn't earlier when you were getting jumpy about the defence and lo and behold we signed some defenders. These are professional people and are paid a lot of money to get it right. The next couple of signings will be crucial to the season and I am more than happy for Pardew to wait to get players he wants rather than get some for the sake of it.

2 league games and one cup game in...let's see shall we?

With so much stake and his neck on the line perhaps that is understandable. Look what happened with Delgado. His transfers so far have been fine.

If he is waiting, maybe that is because he has been told to. Or do you know something different?

Spot on, although I think Pardew should move to Austria because it is obviouly much easier to see what is needed through the refined air of the Alps : )