WBA point fair enough, they've been crap for years and their fans are quite big on playing "good football" (not sure that's so important to us).

Hull lack of attendances is almost all down to their ownership, with no season tickets and fans having to buy tickets every game. Unbelievably daft.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

Yeah, George Graham... how many years ago!? Funnily enough, some French bloke came in and installed scintillating football within their ranks. They then won the PL 3 times, once unbeaten, and 6 FA Cups...

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Dan, it was a few years ago, the difference being Arsenal have been a long established PL team and as a consequence were financially secure and were then able to invest mega bucks by CP standards in building a team with quality but expensive players. There are many examples of teams who play good football but have been relegated from the PL because they conceded too many goals.
Our priority first has to be establishing the team in the top flight and to do that we have to stop shipping goals, so if that means being boring so be it!

I note that Pardew is in good company !

The Manchester City boss says his counterpart (Pochettino) is one of the world's best coaches, but won't play a different style in order to keep more clean sheets - an idea that baffles him

Spurs have an ok balance. They just don't without Kane.

If we lost Benteke imagine thesh1t we'd be in. Then it would be bad luck to some and nothing to do with not being tighter at the back. This is where Pardew fails to see the medium term just like he goes gunt ho and forgets the next games may bring nothing just like the ones before. Sunderland and Liverpool last season for example.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (10 Nov 2016 4.04pm)

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AP must read or hear these comments, why can't he give us some insight on his thinking as from the outside he seems not to care that we are in such a dire position.