Christmas Tree 4839 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Andy Townsend's Bootroom: Pards success story hinges on the fringes Newcastle have that bit of magic — but they are in the hunt for the fourth spot because of their heartbeat. All the talk has been about Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba and Yohan Cabaye. But above that they have got the best bunch of squad players in the league: such as Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Danny Guthrie, Ryan Taylor and Shola Ameobi. They don’t grab all the headlines and they often get overlooked, but they’re better than any other second-string in the league. At some clubs fringe players don’t always accept they’re not going to start every week but at Newcastle fringe players are happy to be part of the squad and try to make a difference when they get their chance. They might play out of position, but they don’t moan in the press, they don’t stroll around the pitch when they come on as a substitute. They’re realistic about their own ability. They play with great spirit and energy, happy to do it for the team. At other clubs their fringe players could do with adopting a similar attitude. It’s been the team’s greatest strength. That’s why Newcastle are where they are. Those players are so significant to the team. And Alan Pardew deserves credit for managing those players better than any other boss in the league. He’s taken what looked like an average bunch of players at the start of the season and transformed them into an excellent team. The question is: what happens now? If Pardew can keep those squad players and find a few more Cisses, a few more gems, they can stay in the top six for the next few years. Regardless of where they finish in the league it’s been such a fantastic season. They can’t afford to take a step backwards. This is the best chance they’ve had in years to become regulars in Europe again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4863 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 hes swapped a truck for a bootroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 He thinks our most frequent first team starter is second string? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 He thinks our most frequent first team starter is second string? Andy says what he sees. He's not bothered about the facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43088 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Bad tone to be talking about football and heartbeats Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestBaNone 0 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Love that Townsend piece. Our squad players have been a cut above this season. Top attitude, all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Percentage of wins and percentage of points won by our modern managers in the league. If he beats Everton and wins the first game of next season, Pardew will have a better Premier League record than Sir Bobby Robson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Manager of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10972 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Mrs Colloccini is going to get some good loving tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil robbo 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) http://www.chronicle...72703-30950026/ Manager of the season, guess we all doubted the appointment but you can`t take away from him the progress we have made this season. Edited May 11, 2012 by phil robbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasjuice 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I wonder what the odds were on this when he joined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4839 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Well deserved and very pleased for the bloke. Be nice if he can keep it going and stays for a good few years. Just hope the temptation of London doesn't get the better of his ego should they come knocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Fully deserved. Terrible poll btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 On Total Sport at 7:00pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/tyne_and_wear/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Strangely I don't even remember him winning manager of the month this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) Strangely I don't even remember him winning manager of the month this season. Just what I was thinking. August Sir Alex Ferguson September Harry Redknapp October Roberto Mancini November Harry Redknapp December Martin O'Neill January Brendan Rodgers February Arsène Wenger March Owen Coyle April Roberto Martínez Edited May 11, 2012 by StevenL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43088 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Well done to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4839 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) On Total Sport at 7:00pm http://www.bbc.co.uk.../tyne_and_wear/ Brilliant stuff this from Pardew and Carver Well worth downloading if you missed it. Edited May 11, 2012 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaMoUsE 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 "we had 3 trialists, 2 french guys, I was like oooh, I like him!" Alan Pardew is definately bent like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 From HTT on N.O. (one of his longer ones). "For me it boils down to this - we are sixth playing god awful football. What position could we achieve playing better football? Given the quality of our footballers It would be no stretch of the imagination at all to claim we could do much better. I'd rate Pardew in the same bracket as Roeder, Big Sam and Souness. What Pardew has in his facour over those guys is that he doesn't antagonise players, the media or fans which the others, especially Allardyce and Souness, both did. The football is equally as poor as anything they served up though. Unlike that lot, however, he has a very good side at his disposal especially down the spine. He has also benefitted from lowered expectations (at the start), fewer injuries and a weaker league around us. That and the full backing of the board too and the general support from the stands. Tactically he is as clueless as the others and like Big Sam, sets his team-up to contain and not lose. Like Big Sam he also tries weird set-ups and odd selections. For example Barton on the left away to Stevenage. For me, playing for a draw away to Derby is the same as playing for a draw away to Brighton. Being sixth, enjoying the talents of Ba, Colo, Krul, Tiote et al and that impressive start we had, has allowed Pardew's many failures to be almost hidden away or for my own money, forgiven and masked over, by many fans. But the more we under perform (Wolves and the mackems in two consecutive home games), the heavier the defeats (Fulham and Spurs away) and the more we drop points (all of those games for example) Pardew's tactics, team-selections, set-up, substitutions and our football in general, will come under more scrutiny and criticism. If you were to analyse even a small sample of the overall larger poor performances, even those with "we are sixth", "look where we were 2 seasons ago" rose tinted glasses on, would summise that these poor performances are simply unnacceptable, if even for one because they are so damned avoidable. If we carry on with this innane long ball tactics and continue to pick the likes of Ryan Taylor ahead of Ben Arfa, we will drop more points than we pick up and will keep performing in a way that will see the likes of Ba, Cisse and Cabye especially, struggle to prosper. Meanwhile, because we are not dominating in the middle and keeping possession, that rather decent back-four of ours will come under more pressure and concede even more goals. And we will slide down that table as quick as we climbed it. Pardew needs to change his ways or we need to change our manager. Me, I'd say thank you Alan in the summer and look to upgrade him. Personally, I'd look at Martin Jol at Fulham who is used to working in a structure that scouts and identifies players for the manager. Someone with European and Premier League experience and someone who gets his teams playing football, performing to a good level and generally achieving either within their means or above as he is showing at Fulham and did at Spurs, setting the green light for Harry to GO GO GO. If we continue to play like we do, I can see our better players becoming royally pissed off. Ba and Cisse looked forlorn figures at the weekend and Cabaye and Tiote were frustrated figures likewise. Even Colo looked uneasy simply lumping it long. I doubt Krul likes kicking it aimlessley forward too. Players will do what they are told if it brings results but when things stop working and results stop coming, players are no fools and will start questioning the tactics and instructions of their manager and coaches. We play best when we go after sides and play with freedom. Of course we need to balance wanton abandon with some form of direction and plan but not this long ball up and at em game. It does us no favours and only benefits the opposition as id did Wolves and sunderland and others before them. After the break yesterday, we dominated and basically penned them in and could have, on another day with a better final ball and finishing, battered them. We have that in us, but with these negative tactics, containment plans and hood ball football, we are struggling and will not achieve potentially what we can. We can play better and do better and must." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46064 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Excellent interview that like. Genuinely engaging bloke and seems to be absolutely loving managing this club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4839 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Announces to the North East that him and the players will be in as you like it on Sunday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46064 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 HTT man. He's just a born mong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4863 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Sounds like Colo takes his role as captain seriously and performs it superbly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4839 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Got to admire his honesty.... "If Manchester United ring Cabaye and tell him they want him to be their new Paul Scholes I just have to wish him well...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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