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Probably some forum mebers who finally got to know who each other were!

Always find something to have a dig about when everyone else enjoys the moment.

The seemingly current change of attitude at the top is a worry. I am hoping it has happened because the CEO doesn't want to be seen by fans as being another Lowe. HIs commenst were ill judged and ill timed but at least he didn't manage to knock us out of our stride for this very important game. The last time an exec made an announcement from upon high (Hone) that signalled the start of our demise. Let the maager and his team do the talking and say anything you need to behind close doors. Still, it is a time to be happy and at least the Moaning Minnies will have to keep quiet until we draw another football match!

Whilst putting it on Pardew?

It is their toy. Maybe they are winners. If they don't win though you won't be blaming them though will you, even though they put this management team in place. Be honest, if they were so desparte for success don't you think they would have paid the wages to bring the better players here like Ward and Danns. They want success, but they want it on a budget. This means they probably won't get it as soon as they and some you you want it. It also means that Pardew will probably lose his job sooner rather than later, but again, that is what a lot of you seem to want.

Yawn.....lets sack another manager and get another one in that you like eh? One that will win every game because as we all know, if you buy a few new players you have to win every game. Afterall, it has worked so well for us before. Redknapp, here for 5 minutes, spent £6m trying to keep us up. That worked well. Burley, here for one full season and a bit. £7m spent, no promotion. Perhaps we should stick with someone for a while, support them (and that doesn't mean shouting off to the press about how much pressure you have out them under to perform - isn't that a given when you give them the job?). Both Bates and McMenemy built their success over a long period of time. Maybe we should try stability again as the other options have done nothing but waste money. Yawn.

How many games have the new players played in exactly? How do you know they are mediocre until they have had a chance to bed in? Or do you have Alpine's crystal ball?

Really, so how much does it cost to guarantee promtion to the CCC then? Would you say we have a team/sqaud as good as Leeds or Norwich then? Leeds have been building for years and Norwich managed to keep some decent players. Pardew has had to start afresh but according to you and Alpine he is rubbish because he hasn't managed in just over half a season to get where Leeds and Norwich are...which one of us lives in cloud cuckooo land again?

The difference being I don't pretend I know what the in depth problems are with the team, I just support them and the manager. You however seem to know in every last detail just how poor the team are and how crap the manager is and you have seen all of, what, one live game???

If alchohol was developed now it would never get a license for public sale. Give it a few years and we probably will go down the American route, which is no bad thing as I am sick of seeing kids throw up in the gutter on Friday nights. The governement can't ban it as they make too much money out of it but in time it will go down the route of fags and be seen as a killer. The ads have already started and the scary truth is that no one knows what a safe limit to drink is.

Some of you will never be satisfied. If we all had Alpine's crystal ball this time last year we would be delighted at the way things have turned around, looking forward maybe to a trip to Wembley and dumping the Blue Few out of the F A Cup. Jeez, anyone would think that nothing had changed and we were still battling relegation. Yes things could be better, they could also be a lot worse (like no club). Hasn't the penny dropped yet, no club has a divine right to success and that includes us.

Now you are just being obtuse.

He has managed SFC for less than a full season. Are you telling me that that is a reasonable amount of time? Of course it isn't.

Which proves the point that it is not what you spend that counts!!!

Don't be such a plonker, we all want better results. Thing is, some of us are grown up and don't throw our toys out of the pram if we don't get them (as most teams don't). Time to live in the real world DD, as I keep telling you, you can't just buy success. I think most reasonable people on here would see that Pardew is doing okay and certainly should not be having his job questioned every time we draw a football match. Sadly though Nicola seems to think that is ok too...I don't think it is good behaviour or good management to add extra pressure onto the manager. Pardew is no fool and knows what is required, unless the 5 year plan really has become a 3 year plan (in which case why not spend more money up front to make that viable?).

Let me see, so unless our manager wins all of his games he is not up to the job and therefore we should sack him? Tell me again how many managers we have had who have averaged 3 points a game? Tell me how many managers in the football league have ever done that?

How many games exactly have you seen this year Alpine? Still it wouldn't be you if you weren't slagging off a manager would it? By the way, who employed Pardew in the first place? Do you remember the stick you gave to a previous CEO for employing who you thought were rubbish managers?

Let me see, one game away from Wembley, good chance to progress in the FA Cup, only lost 6 games this season, unbeaten in 22 league games. Yes I can see a dramatic improvement this season on last. Can't you?

I can't remeber how many times that this Board has complaind about a previous CEO going through managers to quickly, yet here we have probably the same people champing at the bit and waiting for the new CEO to dump Pardew. WTF? Not so long ago SFC couldn't buy a win. We are now riding high in 2 cup competitions and rarely lose league games. To say that things have turned round is an understatement and who is that down to? Pardew. Give the bloke a break and some support FFS. Isn't it bad enough that our current CEO sounds like Alpine?

Pardew's team has lost 6 games. His teams have done very well in cup competions. We are finally winning our homes games. Just where has he gone wrong exactly? He had had half a season. Are people supposed to prove themselves over a few months nowdays?

Inconstistancy, that is what happens. It happens to lots of teams who are good but just not good enough. sadly it is all about the people who play and how they perform. Pardew can only do so much but no doubt he will end up getting the chop because he wasn't an overnight success.

So if he goes through several managers and holds on to the purse strings that is fine...hang on a minute, haven't we been here before?

I am sure that Mr Cortese does want a better return for his bosses money. I am also sure that Alan Pardew would rather we won more matches too.

No we don't know the answer. We also know that NC is not going to pay wages he doesn't agree with to get ceratin players, which as I said is fine but then if you don't get the better qulity players you are not going to necessarily get the results that you are demanding in short order are you.

I am sure even Hilter was good to his staff.