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30 Mar 2014 19:36:09

The rumour I saw is that he punched a player in the face, which is as good a justification for dismissal as you can get. Assuming its happened, of course.

Poe

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30 Mar 2014 22:18:11

By Shola | On 30 March 2014 - 15:59 PM

I think yesterday really shows up Pardew's limitations. Seems to have absolutely no game plan. Southamton are mudering our lack of pace at the back with simple long balls in behind. Let's do absolutely nothing. And take HBA off.

I really fucking hate his man management style. I think he already has his subs planned before the game and is determined to use them in that order. What's the point in HBA when you clearly have no faith in him? See also Obertan/Marveaux/Sammy/Ferguson/Gouffran/Dummett/Haidara.

I'm guessing until Remy is fit, we'll continue to see LdJ and HBA rotating with the starting one hauled off as first sub if it isn't working.

LdJ is a fucking donkey.

Slashman X

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30 Mar 2014 23:00:16

Pretty sure I said LdJ was complete garbage when he joined.

I'll take my medal now please

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30 Mar 2014 23:34:23

By bluemoon. | On 30 March 2014 - 17:44 PM

Spurs are so shit. Levy completely fucked them over bringing in Sherwood.

Levy fucked us over by sacking Redknapp. We were a team on the up and it was the only time I really felt we could actually challenge for top 4, but Levy thought it'd be a good idea to go for AVB instead. That was a backwards move and now we have gone even further backwards with Sherwood. Top 4 wont happen for us again while Levy is still there, he just wants a good bank account rather than a good team. We are now back at the Martin Jol days where we beat the teams below us, but get nowhere near the top teams an sit in the Europa League every season.

Slashman X

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30 Mar 2014 23:35:55

In all fairness, redknapp was shite when the England job came available

Flash.

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31 Mar 2014 00:14:26

And if all Levy wanted was a good bank account he wouldn't have spent 110m in the summer, plus all the agent fee's, signing on fees and wages that went with that.

If I remember rightly, Spurs fans were ecstatic with all their signings when the season was starting.

Slashman X

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31 Mar 2014 00:40:33

Spurs have some amazing players (Lamela and Erikson spring to mind), but they just don't seem to be able to play them all in a suitable system

Jamieandhisego

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31 Mar 2014 00:51:28

By bmg033 | On 31 March 2014 - 00:34 AM

Levy fucked us over by sacking Redknapp. We were a team on the up and it was the only time I really felt we could actually challenge for top 4, but Levy thought it'd be a good idea to go for AVB instead. That was a backwards move and now we have gone even further backwards with Sherwood. Top 4 wont happen for us again while Levy is still there, he just wants a good bank account rather than a good team. We are now back at the Martin Jol days where we beat the teams below us, but get nowhere near the top teams an sit in the Europa League every season.

How did you go backwards with AVB when he got your record points tally in the PL last year? If Levy hadn't decided to buy players over his head, he could've actually built the Spurs squad he wanted.

Shola

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31 Mar 2014 10:17:02

As going from 4th to 5th is definitely undisputedly backwards?

Jamieandhisego

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31 Mar 2014 11:05:47

By Shola | On 31 March 2014 - 11:17 AM

As going from 4th to 5th is definitely undisputedly backwards?

It all depends on the season you're competing in, obviously. They went from 69 points to 72 points. Theoretically, if AVB had been Spurs manager at the start of the 2011/12 season, they'd have finished 3rd, ahead of Arsenal. At the end of the 12/13 season, Spurs were playing good football, they had a summer to spend £100+million, and all the players, according to the papers at least, were big fans of AVB. Furthermore, Spurs were still well in with a shout at the top four when AVB was sacked, essentially for being unable to justify signings that he didn't want. Going into his second season with the best statistics of any Spurs PL manager, you'd think they would [a] back his ideas in the summer rather than a director of football, [b] give him time because you've already seen he can deliver what you want on the pitch, and [c] give him extra time because of the number of signings made.

Number 1

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31 Mar 2014 12:14:19

Aye in his first season AVB got Spurs' highest ever Premier League points total, which was good for a team heavily reliant on Gareth Bale. Its just that somehow Arsenal pulled their best form of the entire campaign out after being seemingly buried. He even still has a higher win percentage than Harry Redknapp, whose teams always seemed to fall to bits in March and April.

But it seems as though AVB wanted different players to the ones Baldini recruited, and when he got the ones he wound up with, had no idea on how to play them with his more defensively-minded strategies. So it was a combination that was perhaps always going to end badly, one way or another. Even then, they were six points from 4th at the time, so its not as if they were that significantly off the pace. Its fairly clear that after the initial promise, Sherwood has not exactly been an improvement.

By Shola | On 30 March 2014 - 14:59 PM

I think yesterday really shows up Pardew's limitations. Seems to have absolutely no game plan. Southamton are mudering our lack of pace at the back with simple long balls in behind. Let's do absolutely nothing. And take HBA off.

I really fucking hate his man management style. I think he already has his subs planned before the game and is determined to use them in that order. What's the point in HBA when you clearly have no faith in him? See also Obertan/Marveaux/Sammy/Ferguson/Gouffran/Dummett/Haidara.

I'm guessing until Remy is fit, we'll continue to see LdJ and HBA rotating with the starting one hauled off as first sub if it isn't working.

Consensus seems to be HBA is going to leave in the summer, and who can blame him - he's never given a chance to play in a position he might influence proceedings, and usually seems to be the scapegoat when things go awry.

Tactically, Pardew really has problems. Yanga-Mbiwa is not a right back, Sissoko is not a right-winger, Gouffran is seemingly restrained, we frequently have nobody on the pitch that can deliver a coherent corner or free-kick and we seem to be reliant on Cisse (form really seems to have gone), Shola (useless and going) and de Jong (somehow worse than Shola).

I get the feeling if Man United get beaten by Bayern we're going to be a very compliant stress relief tool.

Poe

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31 Mar 2014 12:20:02

Ben Arfa is clearly a talented player, but talent alone is not good enough to succeed - he's a lazy cunt who is clearly not willing to improve his fitness to help the team.

Players like Gouffran and Sissoko only really play well when the team is playing well, and play incredibly bad when others around them aren't carrying them.

Since January our only good regular performers have been Krul, Debuchy, Tiote and Remy.

We had 3 left backs on the pitch at one point vs Southampton ffs.

Slashman X

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31 Mar 2014 12:29:55

This season is awesome. Got a feeling everything will go down to the final day. Title, CL places, relegation place(s). City and Liverpool will both drop points on the same weekend too and Chelsea will be back in it.

Honestly the most competitive season in years

Jamieandhisego

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31 Mar 2014 12:40:36

It's been a terrible season to be a United fan, just hoping we can pick up some pace and make 4th place really interesting.

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Premium

31 Mar 2014 13:05:44

Really want Spurs and United to get 5th and 6th, would love for them to get into the Europa League and suffer the fixture pile-ups.

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31 Mar 2014 14:21:33

By Poe | On 31 March 2014 - 12:20 PM

Ben Arfa is clearly a talented player, but talent alone is not good enough to succeed - he's a lazy cunt who is clearly not willing to improve his fitness to help the team.

Players like Gouffran and Sissoko only really play well when the team is playing well, and play incredibly bad when others around them aren't carrying them.

Since January our only good regular performers have been Krul, Debuchy, Tiote and Remy.

We had 3 left backs on the pitch at one point vs Southampton ffs.

I seem to remember him tracking back in the 5th place season and a few times earlier this one as well, although probably not regularly enough. Even so, he does seem to be wasted more often than not. Thought at least he's getting game time, unlike the likes of Sammy Ameobi, Marveaux and (the admittedly useless) Obertan, who seem to have gone missing.

But the team is carrying an alarming number of passengers in search of either a formation or motivation. Seems to be that they think this top 10 bonus Ashley promised means that they can do just enough to secure it (12 points on 11th place means we probably already have done enough) and then just turn up for the other games.

I mean, 4 wins in 14 since Boxing Day is unacceptable, not least given a number of the defeats have been maulings.

Slashman X

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31 Mar 2014 19:10:33

Great header from Carroll.

Nolan and Bardsley before the corner

Slashman X

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Slashman X

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31 Mar 2014 20:19:20

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Slashman X

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31 Mar 2014 20:22:43

Great finish from Adam Johnson

SpinSwimScream

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31 Mar 2014 20:23:09

wonder if that guy will still want Sam out?

Shedender

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31 Mar 2014 20:29:35

By Slashman X | On 31 March 2014 - 20:57 PM

By SpinSwimScream | On 31 March 2014 - 21:23 PM

wonder if that guy will still want Sam out?

Of course, they're only 2-1 up away to Sunderland.

Shola

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31 Mar 2014 21:12:47

By Jaygull | On 31 March 2014 - 12:05 PM

It all depends on the season you're competing in, obviously. They went from 69 points to 72 points. Theoretically, if AVB had been Spurs manager at the start of the 2011/12 season, they'd have finished 3rd, ahead of Arsenal. At the end of the 12/13 season, Spurs were playing good football, they had a summer to spend £100+million, and all the players, according to the papers at least, were big fans of AVB. Furthermore, Spurs were still well in with a shout at the top four when AVB was sacked, essentially for being unable to justify signings that he didn't want. Going into his second season with the best statistics of any Spurs PL manager, you'd think they would [a] back his ideas in the summer rather than a director of football, [b] give him time because you've already seen he can deliver what you want on the pitch, and [c] give him extra time because of the number of signings made.

That's not how football leagues work though. The strength of the PL is different every year. You can't just assume 72 points in 2013 translates to 72 points in 2012.

Carroll.

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31 Mar 2014 21:37:14

Hence the word theoretically

Poe

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31 Mar 2014 22:13:24

Carroll is such a menace.

hammer9

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31 Mar 2014 22:24:21

Phew! thank god for that! fuck off Sam for now!

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31 Mar 2014 22:43:21

By hammer9 | On 31 March 2014 - 23:24 PM

Phew! thank god for that! fuck off Sam for now!

I hope ye sack Sam, hire someone new who actually tries to play football and get relegated next season. You must be the worst fan of all time. Big Sam has kept West Ham up despite barely having a striker (a good one anyway) all season and not to mention the terrible luck with injuries over Winter

Shola

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31 Mar 2014 23:27:41

Big Sam has done fantastic. He's managed to keep West Ham in the Premier League whilst also being horrendously corrupt and squandering millions. Really proving why he is the 13th best paid manager in the world.