I liked Pardew up till the Man U random substitutions debacle (which I'm pretty sure he decided on using dice) but I think sticking with him would have been the bigger gamble.

I think his first twelve months and the cup final bought him the right to still be in the job over the summer, and then a bounce of three on the trot looked likely to be a sign of a turn. But ultimately, Burnley, Swansea and Hull were surely the final straw. Scoring 9 goals in three games, and taking only a point bad enough, but only Burnley out of those games were any good defensively.

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The timing of these things always baffles me.
It would have made more sense to keep him on board for the Watford match, a game we have a chance of winning, then drop the news before Arsenal (a game we are not expected to win).
Now the players have the excuse of losing to Watford because they are in limbo.

Yep, just saw that myself...pish as normal

The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World

Oh dear, this is the problem when you get foreign owners.

Hopefully it will be a British manager and not one who can barely speak Englieashhhhh.

You could be right. We will never know. We are not in the relegation zone at present. If a new man comes in and keeps us in the same position he will be lauded as a saviour.

Edited by Flightsequence (22 Dec 2016 4.09pm)