I would swap this team for our promotion team any day!

nail on head

Pardew has utterly wrecked this team and it stands in his image of something that looks flashy but underneath has a rotting undercurrent,

The marginalisation of the leaders of the team - Speroni, Jedi, Murray et al and removing those characters from not just the field but the dressing room as well,

Blowing smoke up Cabaye's backside - telling players that once they play like him they can have his wages - well Christ I think there will be a few knocking on Parish's door. Then there was the comment "I can't believe we got Andros Townsend" - I'm with you on that one Alan, I can't believe it either.

The "we will play more expansive, clean sheets aren't important" approach, well guess what I've decided to operate a faster speed approach to driving. Means I'll get there quicker, but probably lose my licence.

This is a team that looks exactly what it is, a fake, overpaid, overly smug bunch of individuals with one or two redeeming features. You cannot polish a turd once a turd has happened but lord knows the turd that was slowly developed under Pardew was rolled in copious amounts of glitter under the heading of expansive football.

I actually feel sorry for Big Sam, he is left holding the baby on this one, after Pardew gets his pay off and will go somewhere else and wreck another club.

He has to try and build a team of solidarity when his predecessor made it clear that certain players were worth more than others.

We still have 17 left and we are not bottom three just yet. There is still plenty to play for and a few more signings hopefully.

I thought we gave quite an assured performance in the 1st half,but what a woeful 2nd half showing.

We seem to have completely lost any idea of how to manage a game and get something from it. Our confidence appears to be shot and we never looked like retrieving the game once we went behind.

Yank owners are Jonah's. No different with us.

well Allarduce is going to struggle with what he has! I think we are Championship material. The Seaweed are laughing at us which really hurts more!!!