Stoke City 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd - 12/04/14

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

Stoke play well against the top teams? What relevance has that to us? Do they play well against teams from the West Country too?

[steviemac14]

We're gonna win, I have no idea why I think this, and have no evidence or statistics to back it up, but I think this is the sort of match we will go and win to give our beloved manager a stay of execution.

[LaFraise92]

I think this will go one of two ways:

a) Another spanking

b) A Pardewesque last-minute-off-Cisse's-arse-keep-my-job Special.

[ALF]

Just seen that we've only had 9 different goalscorers in the league this season That's awful.

[Heisen]

This season really has showed Pardew up for how much he relies on certain players to get him out the s***.

Looking forward to him hopelessly pairing Cisse and LDJ tomorrow.

[ALF]

This season really has showed Pardew up for how much he relies on certain players to get him out the s***.

Looking forward to him hopelessly pairing Cisse and LDJ tomorrow.

Ben Arfa on the bench, comes on with half an hour to go, doesn't save Pardew's skin, get's singled out by Pardew.

[Seagull]

[LaFraise92]

Just seen that we've only had 9 different goalscorers in the league this season That's awful.

This season: Ben Arfa, Gouffran, Remy, Cisse, Cabaye, Dummett, Debuchy, Sissoko, Anita = 9

Last season: Ba, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Cisse, Bigirimana, Shola, Perch, Marveaux, Gutierrez, Sissoko, Gouffran, Santon = 12

Season before last: Raylor, Best, Ba, Gutierrez, Shola, Cabaye, Gosling, Ben Arfa, Guthrie, Obertan = 10

2010/11: Barton, Nolan, Carroll, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Shola, Coloccini, Lovenkrands, Best, Tiote, Saylor = 11

Doesn't seem like there's any correlation between no. of goalscorers and performance

[ALF]

Just seen that we've only had 9 different goalscorers in the league this season That's awful.

This season: Ben Arfa, Gouffran, Remy, Cisse, Cabaye, Dummett, Debuchy, Sissoko, Anita = 9

Last season: Ba, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Cisse, Bigirimana, Shola, Perch, Marveaux, Gutierrez, Sissoko, Gouffran, Santon = 12

Season before last: Raylor, Best, Ba, Gutierrez, Shola, Cabaye, Gosling, Ben Arfa, Guthrie, Obertan = 10

2010/11: Barton, Nolan, Carroll, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Shola, Coloccini, Lovenkrands, Best, Tiote, Saylor = 11

Doesn't seem like there's any correlation between no. of goalscorers and performance

All I saw was we only had 9 different scorers, the lowest in the division. Seems under Pardew we regularly rely on a small number of individuals to carry us...

[TJR]

Looking forward to tomorrow, for the away trip not the football though. Couldn't give a f*** about the result, I reckon we'll get beat but I don't really care. My mate has made some banners for us to take down so we'll have a Pardew out and Ashley out one and a Pardew is a muppet one. Seems like quite a few are planning on singing anti Pardew chants as well, we'll make it clear to that cronut how we feel.

[DarrasHallStalker]

Seems like quite a few are planning on singing anti Pardew chants as well, we'll make it clear to that c*** how we feel.

I'm guessing he knows what the general sentiment is, I'm alo guessing he doesn't give two s****.

Due to the completely random nature NUFC performances this season I'm predicting an away win, 0-2.

[Cal]

He's aware.

Pardew has borne the brunt of the most recent criticism and as he prepares his team for Saturday's tricky match away at Stoke, he has no qualms about having to do so.

He said: "I accept the criticism that's coming my way, of course, but that doesn't weaken me in any manner. I am a person who looks to the next game - I am desperate to get the fans a result and they need to know that I understand their feelings at the minute."

The backlash reached a crescendo last weekend when a Magpies team missing goalkeeper Tim Krul, full-back Mathieu Debuchy, midfielder Moussa Sissoko and striker Loic Remy through injury was beaten convincingly 4-0 at home by a much-changed Manchester United side.

Newcastle head into the Stoke match two points adrift of Southampton in eighth and six better off than the Potters. However, their form has diminished alarmingly since they last met Mark Hughes' men on December 26, when they ran out 5-1 winners, and harnessed hopes of a shock top-four finish.

Of their 15 subsequent games, they have picked up only four victories.

Pardew said: "Pressure on any squad has to be channelled in the right way and we have got to channel that pressure that's on us into a performance. I am very confident that these players can deal with that pressure."

The season has typified Pardew's rollercoaster reign to date on Tyneside. He guided the club to a fifth place finish in 2011-12, only to flirt with relegation 12 months later.

He reflected: "It's been a strange sort of season. I had a great season for the first half and the second one, not so good. But it's difficult. I have not really experienced this before in my managerial career, so it's been difficult and injuries have compounded that."

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[LaFraise92]

Waited until the last line before making a stupid excuse <notbad>

[Yacob]

Apparently there is going to be a bit of anger shown towards Pardew from the away following tomorrow

[Ramone]

He just had to sneak in the injuries excuse <pards>

[TJR]

Apparently there is going to be a bit of anger shown towards Pardew from the away following tomorrow

Quite a lot of anger towards him. I hope I bump into him outside the ground, I'll show him what a real headbutt is.

[Heisen]

Apparently there is going to be a bit of anger shown towards Pardew from the away following tomorrow

We'll probably go 2-0 up after 10 minutes and keep it at arms length for another week <wenger>

[Ramone]

If we lose again and he isn't fired he will manage us until he's dead.

[Cal]

If we lose again and he isn't fired he will manage us until he's dead.

[Heisen]

If we lose again and he isn't fired he will manage us until he's dead.

Depends how we lose. Anything below 4-0 and there isn't a hope in hell's chance of him being sacked.