Honest_Man#1 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 What's that got to do with Pardew being from London though? Newcastle fans don't like McLaren either. They absolutely despised him because he was a southerner, an outsider. Why do you think they hated him with such passion that they don't have against McClaren? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Needs Terry McDermott in as 'banter coach' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 They absolutely despised him because he was a southerner, an outsider. Why do you think they hated him with such passion that they don't have against McClaren?Because they didn't like him and he was there for 4 years..? And they do really dislike McClaren, just give it a quick google, but he's only been there for 7 months, they're obviously not going to despise him as much yet. He's also an 'outsider' anyway for what it's worth, born in York, he's also ex Boro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_dog Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I thought Newcastle fans hated Pardew because he was an arrogant, smug git? Him being from London was just a bonus. Meanwhile, McLaren is just a bumbling fool, so less offensive, nothing to do with where he is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I think in Leicesters favour is the fact that everyone else keeps dropping stupid points too. They aren't great and they might not need to be. A points total in the mid 70's is more than achievable for them and could be more than enough to win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I think in Leicesters favour is the fact that everyone else keeps dropping stupid points too. They aren't great and they might not need to be. A points total in the mid 70's is more than achievable for them and could be more than enough to win it. It's amazing how much the standard at the top of the league has declined in the last 10 years. Any one of Fergie's Yinited sides would be 10+ clear and coasting this season. Not to take anything from Leicester of course, they are where they deserve to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Great point mate on MOTD was the sheer pressure and willingness to win you saw from Leicester. You simply didn't see that from their title rivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's amazing how much the standard at the top of the league has declined in the last 10 years. Any one of Fergie's Yinited sides would be 10+ clear and coasting this season. Not to take anything from Leicester of course, they are where they deserve to be. is it not also that everyone else has improved considerably too, though? Even, say, Norwich and the like have the spending power for full internationals that, in previous years, would otherwise be playing elsewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum_gers Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Who really wants to see a team 10+ points clear anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Chris brunt out of euros....ouchy....prob only chance he will have to play a major tourney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 They absolutely despised him because he was a southerner, an outsider. Why do you think they hated him with such passion that they don't have against McClaren? Explain why Chris Hughton was so popular then? Part of the antipathy towards Pardew stems from the way Hughton was shafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Explain why Chris Hughton, was so popular then? Part of the antipathy towards Pardew stems from the way Hughton was shafted. That was always the impression I got. It was the circumstances which saw him take the job that saw him disliked from the start and bar a brief respite after finishing 5th, saw him hated til the end Houghton was shafted but the move was quickly justified by Pardew's initial success and you got the impression that some Newcastle fans almost wanted him to fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 That was always the impression I got. It was the circumstances which saw him take the job that saw him disliked from the start and bar a brief respite after finishing 5th, saw him hated til the end Houghton was shafted but the move was quickly justified by Pardew's initial success and you got the impression that some Newcastle fans almost wanted him to fail I think this sums it up pretty well. I also think that people who aren't fans didn't realise quite how appalling some of the losing streaks we went on were. The season after we finished 5th, we only became safe from relegation with 1 game to go. The season after that we did alright up until boxing day, and then lost 15 of the final 21 games, failing to score in 13 of them. In 7 of those matches we conceded 3 or more goals. Last season, it took us until mid October to win a league game. I think if his team's were just inconsistent, it wouldn't have been half as bad. But we'd win 5 in a row and then spend the next 3 months looking hopeless. It got tedious after a while. Palace fans are already experiencing the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 They are one point further ahead than they were at the start of the round, with one less game to play. Sounds like a gain if you ask me. It's not really though as Tottenham cleared one of the hardest games left in their run-in while Leicester only cleared West Brom in the process. The two sides' likely points totals for the end of the season won't change compared to each other and so Leicester aren't more likely to win the league now than they were on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Ottamendi (sp) is brutal Correct. Absolutely amazed Newcastle have stuck with McLaren. What an awful manager he is, spent a ridiculous amount of money and still has them in the bottom 2. Last year he spent loads with Derby and couldn't get them in the playoffs. Find it remarkable he's working in the EPL. Between them and Villa, they have spent around £120m+ this season, unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 So they're further ahead than they were, with one less game to play. But they aren't more likely to win the league now? Bizarre logic in my book, but each to their own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Correct. Between them and Villa, they have spent around £120m+ this season, unbelievable. Every Premier League will have spent somewhere around the £60m region though surely? There still has to be teams in 19th and 20th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 So they're further ahead than they were, with one less game to play. But they aren't more likely to win the league now? Bizarre logic in my book, but each to their own... It's only 'bizarre' if you treat every match as having an equal likelihood of Leicester or Tottenham winning against their opponents; which isn't actually the case. A real Leicester gain would have them five or six points ahead after that midweek round as they had a far more straightforward fixture. When Leicester face Manchester United any other teams left in the race will in turn expect to gain back two or three points over them that week. Had the matches gone ahead on the same evening then the dominant narrative would be quite different now IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Medeiros Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 If you harbour aspirations of winning the title, away games against dross like West Ham should cause you no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 If you harbour aspirations of winning the title, away games against dross like West Ham should cause you no problems. What about home games against dross like Swansea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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