Questioning a manager who's had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day morning on the training ground compared to Pardew who had months and months of assuming stuff had been resolved by someone else, only to let in 5 at Swansea amongst 2 other winnable games we let in goals you need to count on 2 hands.

I think some of the problems have been caused by Pardew dropping hands on training and instructions and instead issuing individuals with more printed individual specific instructions. I think the hull traffic cone defending illustrates this. Nobody in sync with anyone, well not enough anyway.

Criticising a manager who's had 2 half days for the same thing is stupid.

COYP

We got a very useful draw away to Arsenal last season.

However with Delaney out in addition to the wounded I don't think we will get a repeat.

Don't appreciate these 3 games in 10 days fixture pile-ups.

We have 2-1 at Highbury - salako got both.

Have we really got that many out from our best eleven.
Of the team who played so well in the first half v Watford only DD is out as far as I know. McArthur and Ledley should be back if Tomkins Is fit we would be ok.

Ha, me too. Left it too late to get a ticket in the away end as didn't think I could make it, went with a gooner mate in the home part of the clock end (got tickets on day) in the block to the right of Palace fans, had a Palace shirt on, would never do that now but was a young and naive teenager. Jumped up when Salako scored, was down the other end. Quite a few other Palace dotted around us. Great day. Although my abiding memories of Highbury will always be being in the corner that day we went down, horrible.