Apparently Pardew is the second longest serving PL manager.

After Wenger?

I would get rid of Nani, Buttner, Evra, Anderson, Ashley Young.

I would hope that the twitter account formerly known as Rio Ferdinand would do the decent thing and retire. Lindegaard, Buttner are two players that I don't think most people would notice if they left.

Leigton Baines would be a nice addition.

The key now is to secure at least 4th to ensure champions league for next year...otherwise, a exodus of players and $ will follow suit.

Toon fans....bloody hell, 1972 is a long time innit? Oh well, better late than never

We did our bit. Which was nice.

You did a bit too much for my liking. A draw would still have left the Mackems in deep doodoo, but would also have left us in 6th.

Still, well done I suppose.

Technically, third longest after Wenger and The Chosen One (if you add up his two stints at Chel$hite).

Pardew was appointed (anointed?) on Dec 9th 2010 so today was more or less his 3rd Tooniversary.

Canny prezzie from the Lads (un bon cadeau des Garcons).

Sweet.

I find myself feeling a bit sorry for AVB. Spurs and Toon have identical records at 8-3-5 after 16 matches, but Pardew is not in any danger (at least at the moment) while AVB is highly likely to be gone before the transfer window opens.

He's a victim of expectations.

and maybe of money spent ?

A London 1, 2....just the way it should be

nglish Premier League Table Standings

Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Arsenal 16 11 2 3 33 17 35
2 Chelsea 16 10 3 3 32 18 33
3 Manchester City 16 10 2 4 47 18 32
4 Everton 16 8 7 1 27 15 31
5 Liverpool 15 9 3 3 34 18 30
6 Newcastle United 16 8 3 5 21 22 27
7 Tottenham Hotspur 15 8 3 4 15 16 27
8 Southampton 16 6 6 4 20 15 24
9 Manchester United 15 6 4 5 22 19 22
10 Swansea City 15 5 4 6 21 20 19
11 Aston Villa 15 5 4 6 16 18 19
12 Hull City 15 5 3 7 13 19 18
13 Stoke City 15 4 5 6 15 20 17
14 Cardiff City 16 4 5 7 12 22 17
15 Norwich City 15 5 2 8 14 28 17
16 West Bromwich Albion 16 3 6 7 17 22 15
17 West Ham United 16 3 5 8 13 19 14
18 Crystal Palace 16 4 1 11 11 24 13
19 Fulham 16 4 1 11 15 30 13
20 Sunderland 16 2 3 11 12 30 9

Your goal difference is also much better than theirs!! Not surprising since one of their best scorers last season wasn't even a striker, and is now doing about as well as Spurs are at his new club.

Three North-West clubs in the top 7 places, yet it still takes some getting used to that none of them are Man Utd.


BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE 2013/14
POS TEAM PLD W D L F A GD PTS LAST 6
1 Arsenal 16 11 2 3 33 17 16 35
2 Liverpool 16 10 3 3 39 18 21 33
3 Chelsea 16 10 3 3 32 18 14 33
4 Manchester City 16 10 2 4 47 18 29 32
5 Everton 16 8 7 1 27 15 12 31
6 Newcastle United 16 8 3 5 21 22 -1 27
7 Tottenham Hotspur 16 8 3 5 15 21 -6 27
8 Manchester United 16 7 4 5 25 19 6 25
9 Southampton 16 6 6 4 20 15 5 24
10 Swansea City 16 5 5 6 22 21 1 20
11 Aston Villa 16 5 4 7 16 21 -5 19
12 Hull City 16 5 4 7 13 19 -6 19
13 Stoke City 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 18
14 Norwich City 16 5 3 8 15 29 -14 18
15 Cardiff City 16 4 5 7 12 22 -10 17
16 West Bromwich Albion 16 3 6 7 17 22 -5 15
17 West Ham United 16 3 5 8 13 19 -6 14
18 Crystal Palace 16 4 1 11 11 24 -13 13
19 Fulham 16 4 1 11 15 30 -15 13
20 Sunderland 16 2 3 11 12 30 -18 9

Top 5 shirley? And 4 northern teams in the top 6 (I'll suspend my usual opinion that Manchester is really in the midlands).

Cheshire is considered North-West, and please don't call me Shirley!

and AVB is gone. Bit harsh considering his win rate is the best since 1899 or something.