I'd like to agree with it but I don't see Ashley binning him. Unfortunately it's something that needs to happen. The defence was just as crap last season, we got lucky many times but it showed plenty of times too, the only reason we played so well was we had a solid formation and 2 strikers... Injuries ruined the start of the season but we'd have been fine with everyone fully fit and playing with the usual 2 strikers but again Pardew 'had faith' in not replacing Demba Ba and finishing the season with 1 striker up front in some god awful formation. Despite being hammered and outplayed in the majority of the games in the second half of the season (I fail to count last minute 1-0 wins as a success really) we continue to persist with the same tactics every game of launching an 80 yard ball at Cisse who spends the majority of game offside. Rob Elliot is a dreadful keeper, James Perch shouldn't be playing Premier League football, Steven Taylor is a liability and Jonas just gets worse as the seasons pass.
Simple business for the summer.
1 striker
2 defenders
1 midfielder
Pardew out.
Replace anyone that leaves.
