Aeris 0 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Obertan brown? You mean yellow and frackly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nothing will change my mind on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 There's a couple of parallels between Sir Alex and Alan - can you spot them CT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Neither of them are Batman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 There's a couple of parallels between Sir Alex and Alan - can you spot them CT? Alex Ferguson got the sack from every team he has ever managed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOONLONDON 0 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Very ominous statement... Pardew unsure of future http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44866 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 In 26 years time, we'll all look back on this statement and laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 When all he should be saying is "all I'm I retested in is 3 points atQPR". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Depends on the question really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOONLONDON 0 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 When all he should be saying is "all I'm I retested in is 3 points atQPR". Exactly..not casting doubt on will Ashley push or shove...not the kind of message to send to your players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Depends on the question really. It doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 At least he's not delusional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOONLONDON 0 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Self doubt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 When all he should be saying is "all I'm I retested in is 3 points atQPR". "As soon as I know we're in this division" Suppose it would have been a laugh if he had just repeated a stock phrase verbatim, Miliband style, but then he'd be getting stick for dodging the question, from people looking to pick holes in anything he says or does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) His problem this season lies in the fact he's worried too much about the opposition and neutralising their threat instead of concentrating on playing to our strengths. Every pre-match interview talks about "the threat" from other players, and his lineups and formations aim to stop them playing instead of having a go and trying to actually win a game with some conviction. Edited May 10, 2013 by Anorthernsoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostile_statue 0 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 His problem this season lies in the fact he's worried too much about the opposition and neutralising their threat instead of concentrating on playing to our strengths. Every pre-match interview talks about "the threat" from other players, and his lineups and formations aim to stop them playing instead of having a go and trying to actually win a game with some conviction. Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 By Simon Bird | 10 May 2013 22:29 Alan Pardew has admitted he is facing the sack at the end of the season. Newcastle manager Pardew says he will have an "uncomfortable" showdown with owner Mike Ashley, as he feels they have both "underachieved" during a campaign that could yet end in relegation from the Premier League. An inquest due to be held after the Geordies' final game, at home to Arsenal, on May 19 and Pardew conceded that Ashley could decided to ditch him and "move to another manager". Pardew is hoping last season's fifth-place finish, and an understanding that injuries, pure bad luck, loss of form and the demands of the Europa League are genuine reasons behind the failure, will keep him employed. But he also pointed the finger at his superiors and said they must share responsibility. MD Derek Llambias admitted last month that the failure to seal key signings last summer, when in a position of strength, did not help. As he prepared to thrash out the future, including his own, with the club hierarchy, Pardew said: "It'll be uncomfortable for us both, because we've both underachieved. Him as an owner and me as a manager. "We need to find out what the reasons were, and then it's for Mike - hopefully with me - to decide how to go forward." Asked to explain how exactly Ashley had underachieved, Pardew replied: "I'm talking about as a club - we've underachieved as a club. So the point is: We all take responsibility. "I don't want you to draw that up as anything else. I'm trying to make the point that we've got to be honest. "That ultimate decision is not mine, so we could get the points we need and Mike could decide he needs to move to another manager. "I like to think that he won't, that next year we'll stay with myself, and we need to make some changes and we'll do that. "We know we've got an uncomfortable conversation regarding the form this year, the underachievement that's been mentioned, and everything else. "My job is to manage this football club with dignity, with honesty, which I've done - not just with the players but with the press and, more importantly, with our fans. "Hopefully it'll be good enough to keep my job. It's a privilege and honour. "I'm confident enough that I want to be the manager of this football club. Alan Pardew has admitted he is facing the sack at the end of the season. Newcastle manager Pardew says he will have an "uncomfortable" showdown with owner Mike Ashley, as he feels they have both "underachieved" during a campaign that could yet end in relegation from the Premier League. An inquest due to be held after the Geordies' final game, at home to Arsenal, on May 19 and Pardew conceded that Ashley could decided to ditch him and "move to another manager". Pardew is hoping last season's fifth-place finish, and an understanding that injuries, pure bad luck, loss of form and the demands of the Europa League are genuine reasons behind the failure, will keep him employed. But he also pointed the finger at his superiors and said they must share responsibility. MD Derek Llambias admitted last month that the failure to seal key signings last summer, when in a position of strength, did not help. As he prepared to thrash out the future, including his own, with the club hierarchy, Pardew said: "It'll be uncomfortable for us both, because we've both underachieved. Him as an owner and me as a manager. "We need to find out what the reasons were, and then it's for Mike - hopefully with me - to decide how to go forward." Asked to explain how exactly Ashley had underachieved, Pardew replied: "I'm talking about as a club - we've underachieved as a club. So the point is: We all take responsibility. "I don't want you to draw that up as anything else. I'm trying to make the point that we've got to be honest. "That ultimate decision is not mine, so we could get the points we need and Mike could decide he needs to move to another manager. "I like to think that he won't, that next year we'll stay with myself, and we need to make some changes and we'll do that. "We know we've got an uncomfortable conversation regarding the form this year, the underachievement that's been mentioned, and everything else. "My job is to manage this football club with dignity, with honesty, which I've done - not just with the players but with the press and, more importantly, with our fans. "Hopefully it'll be good enough to keep my job. It's a privilege and honour. "I'm confident enough that I want to be the manager of this football club. "Some of the issues I've had this year - the injuries more than anything, to key players at key times - have been a massive blow to this football club. That's something we can't afford to happen." Pardew said the planning meeting will be held as soon as the season finishes: "Soon as me and Mike sit down. Soon as we know where we are - what division we're in - because we don't know what division we're in yet. "We finished fifth last year and everybody perhaps assumed we'd roll into that sort of season again. We didn't. Those reasons I shall keep to myself for this time, but I have relative views on that. In terms of, 'Were we good enough?' Well, we couldn't have been, because this is where we are." Sources claim Ashley has been supportive and encouraging with Pardew this week as he tried to earn the win that should guarantee top flight football next season. Pardew says one of his first jobs - if he stays on - is to convince centre-half and captain Fabricio Coloccini to honour his contract, and not return home to Argentina. Having his skipper wanting to walk out on the club mid-season is another mitigating, and destabilising, factor Pardew has faced. He said: "It is something we'll have to address in the summer - how the season's gone, how he feels about being at this football club. "When he plays for this football club, when he's played since I've been here, he's been brilliant. "I will fight for him to stay. Ultimately it'll be Colo's decision." Newcastle visit already-relegated QPR - the club Marseille and France striker Loic Remy snubbed United to join in January - on Sunday. Asked if he could now make a fresh move for Remy, Pardew said: "In the summer, we've got to bring two strikers into this football club, in my opinion. "Therefore, I'm not going to dismiss any striker I think has great quality - which he has. "We were disappointed how that ended. We made that clear to his agent and to the player that we were upset about the way it was done. "They maintain it was done in an honest and honourable way, therefore I have to believe that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I'm still adamant there was no need for him to get into this a day before one of the most important games in our recent history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30602 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 How long have you been adamant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 How long have you been adamant? Since the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33182 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I'm still adamant there was no need for him to get into this a day before one of the most important games in our recent history. Christmas Tree, Christmas Tree, Ridicule is nothing to be scared of Don't you ever, don't you ever Stop loving Fergie, telling us he's handsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4725 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Christmas Tree, Christmas Tree, Ridicule is nothing to be scared of Don't you ever, don't you ever Stop loving Fergie, telling us he's handsome. I'm the dandy howmanheyman who you're too scared to mention I spend my cash on looking flash and grabbing your attention The devil take your stereo and your record collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33182 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 A closet Ant fan after all, eh, CT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44866 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Congratulations Alan Pardew. Survival and employment secured with a game to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Right we're safe. Now fuck off please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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