Mr Inapickle - I have decided that you must post tongue in cheek and are just being a bit tricky for the fun of it because you can't be serious - surely?

Edited by The Dolphin (15 Dec 2016 1.14pm)

You see when you look at it, it's blindingly obvious whose to blame here.

Look at the players highlighted, ask yourself who brought them in ? add Lee Sako Mutch and the loan spell of Bamford and you get a picture for the type of player he has brought in.

I do have to take issue with the jump on anything comment. It's a jump on anything, it's the same errors over and over again, not being able to defend from set pieces, defend a lead for more than 2 minutes or seemingly hold it together without McCarthur. And it's the same reasons today as it was 18 months ago, we have gone from a well drilled, well organised counter attacking team, to a disorganised, rabble who couldn't stop a beech ball with a barn door.

But apparently the playing staff have improved since Pulis, so how do you explain the 6 in 41 win ratio, if the players are better, it has to be the way they are managed that is the problem, and that old chum is the fault of Alan Pardew.

I know Pulis was a robbing b****** but you can not deny the team has gone backwards since Mildew took over.

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

To be fair, these were before the investment, and I think we have stepped up a level with other signings since then and hopefully again in January. I'm not sure we have the players to counter like we used too. Once Bolasie went, the speed element went from our game, although, his finishing and final ball were poor at times. Defences only have to worry about Zaha now and the element of speed in numbers has gone. But one thing as you said is glaringly obvious and that is our poor defending. As I said in a previous post, when the new manager arrives, lets see what he can do with the same group of players. I think if Pardew goes I think the whole coaching staff should follow and start a fresh. We have been thin on the ground with specialist coaches for too long. Lets see what happens in the coming month. One thing is for sure, a lack of points is coming with the opposition faced.

..yep, it's impossible.

Kelly and Fryers were bought by others not AP.
However his signings have not been great other than Benteke
Cabaye - at times
Souare
Flamini - I am hopeful
The others have not shone
Mutch
Lee
Townsend - early days but not hopeful
Tomkins - early days
Mandanda - early days
Wickham
J Benteke
Sako
Remy - never even seen him due to injury
Others bought and long gone -
Bamford
Adebayore
Alex McArthy
Ameobi
Sanogo
And to make way for them and their wages we have let go
Bolasie - better than Townsend
Jedinak - better than Mutch and Lee
Gayle - better than Wickham
Murray - better than Wickham
And more albeit not as high profile.
Not bad luck - just bad decision making on the whole - why give him another window?

Edited by The Dolphin (15 Dec 2016 2.35pm)

only question I had about last night was the introduction of Campbell over townsend, we will never know but if townsend came on he might of kpt utd on the back foot and even swapping yohan out and leaving Mccarther on instead for the full 90 mins?

wtf was happening in the homesdale last night couple of lads throwing handbags at each other

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