Park Life 71 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 An England manager with 0 European experience? That would be a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Makes sense when you realise the journalist is Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Makes sense when you realise the journalist is Irish. Skimmed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) There was similar talk of this during our last good run. http://www.independe...ur-6256825.html http://www.telegraph...James-Park.html http://www1.skysport...ut-England-role etc. All English sites, btw Edited January 6, 2012 by Barney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13866 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 at that Alan Smith article. Nice of Pardew to try and let him down gently but Smith is clearly too thick to decipher it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Yuh cun mek o' tha' wha' yuh lyyyyk. I ain't got t'foggiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeris 0 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Alan Pardew is crap has improved in my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Pardew is doing a job reminiscent of Gordon Lee, making the very best of a poor set of cards and no backing from his boss. As there is no Supermac to sell, he'll be remembered in the right way when he eventually moves to a big club that will back him properly, like Lee did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Pardew is doing a job reminiscent of Gordon Lee, making the very best of a poor set of cards and no backing from his boss. As there is no Supermac to sell, he'll be remembered in the right way when he eventually moves to a big club that will back him properly, like Lee did. I think Santon, Abeid, Cabaye, Ba and Ben Arfa etc isn't bad backing for year 1.......especially when he joined with no illusions of what the job description was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Smith, whose deal ends in the summer, said: "Whenever I've knocked on the boss' door to ask why I'm not playing he says 'I think you understand football enough to know why'. Funny what Smith says about leaving/going on loan. I expect it's because no-one wants the shit bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I must stress I don't watch Soccer AM as a rule, was flicking through the channels and he's on there today caught the end of his interview. He said when a player comes to sign for Newcastle they show them a a compiled video of the fans, of the North East along the lines of that scene along the Tyne in Goal! Good idea tbh. He also said he thinks Steven Taylor is a mug and he's got no time for him when he's on telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 We haven't looked solid defensively for a couple of months now, and Taylor has been the weaklink in that time. At the moment though, I'm extremely worried about how clueless we seem to be going forward. There's no movement at all, and our main hope of a goal is to lump it long to Ba in the hope he creates something out of nothing. This tactic also means we're giving away possession far too cheaply. don't agree with that at all. we had a blip for about a month but there were some tough fixtures around then. and even then, we never took a hiding off anyone. those embarrassing 5 and 6 nill drubbings where our defence caves in and we roll over seem a thing of the past. all in all this season, our defence has been very solid. we've hardly leaked any goals. and players like ryan taylor - who in the past looked liked a liability - don't look out of place in the first team. taylor's positional awareness (his weak point in previous seasons) is massively improved. and for that i think credit has to go to the manager and the coaching staff. so there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 To be fair to Jonny his post is about 3 weeks old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 And I'd say at the time my point was correct. We even started out that way on Sunday until Cabaye got injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 And I'd say at the time my point was correct. We even started out that way on Sunday until Cabaye got injured. i can't remember us not looking solid for two months. we had a run of poor results and some lackluster performances but i'd say the one thing we've been this year that we haven't in previous years is solid. we're not always the prettiest on the eye going forward but we don't ship loads of goals anymore and every player seems to know where his position is. for all pardew's flaws he has made us difficult to beat. something we haven't been for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman02uk 0 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm coming round to rapey, IMO the reason he persists with Obe rather than HBA is a message to HBA "I'll play a worse player who is willing to put a shift in" HBA doesn't seem to want to do the hard graft and vanishes when we are on the back foot, we need him to get stuck in, we can't carry an extra player, regardless of how good he is I'm praying every match that HBA starts and that he's knuckling down in training and putting the graft in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 We're in sixth and level on points with Arsenal. In a season where we were tipped to struggle. Fuck yeah he's good enough for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Do Sky usuallu repeat Soccer AM or upload clips? Wouldn't mind viewing this Pardew interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonyTOON 10 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Reports today that Pardew wants to manage England at some point, but wants to manage abroad before. Sounds to me like he's opening the door for offers to come in. And there was me thinking that we might have uncovered our own Fergie. I don't blame him though. No control over outgoings, having to beg for incomings etc etc Its just a matter of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 forgive me for not shitting my pants about this news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 How is that any different to any other manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Man 0 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 If he went to a bigger and better side than us then I will have no complaints. If he goes to Liverpool or somewhere like that, who are not much better than us, if at all I will go mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonyTOON 10 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 forgive me for not shitting my pants about this news. We're only sat in 6th, joint with Arsenal and 4 points behind Chelsea. Its not like he's done anything for us... How is that any different to any other manager? Most managers don't openly talk about it to the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 If he went to a bigger and better side than us then I will have no complaints. If he goes to Liverpool or somewhere like that, who are not much better than us, if at all I will go mental. Spot on. Liverpool isn't really a step up, maybe a small one due to the larger transfer budget, would be a pointless move. If it was to a big club like Man Utd or Arsenal I'd say fair enough. I don't like Pardew at all but he's a good manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Most managers don't openly talk about it to the press. Er yes they do. If they get asked by a journalist. You think he's randomly decided to tell the world this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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