Alan Pardew Speaks!

Comments from the manager to reporters on Thursday:

"The criticism that's going to come from not getting a striker in has some validity to it because seven months is a long time.

"But I can only say that from my point of view, we put the targets in front of the board and then it comes down to a financial decision, and that financial decision didn't take place.

"It's obvious that our fans and me and the players would have liked to have had another striker here and I think we're going into the unknown to a certain degree because a lot of the goals we created and scored last year are not in this team.

"We bid for three or four players to fill one position and none of them came to fruition, and that's the disappointment that we have to face.

"I feel within the squad, there's a real camaraderie in there, a really good, strong spirit. Defensively, we have shown we are a tight unit and it's just about getting the goals now.

"It's going to be important that people step up to the plate and come out of the pack and score goals and contribute to goals with assists, and there's certainly enough talent in that squad to do that.

On Ben Arfa:

"Hatem's progress has been better than we thought, and he is certainly ahead of schedule.

"When he came back this week we were not expecting him to be in perhaps as good a condition as he is in.

"I have earmarked maybe the Nottingham Forest game as maybe an opportunity for him to take part in that game, but we will have to see how he goes. But so far his injury looks really good and his fitness does too."

On Barton:

"Joey is a controlled animal now on the football pitch. He's an aggressive player, but he has brought that under control.

"He's a very, very good player and somebody we need to make sure doesn't influence the game as much as he did for us.

"He hasn't got anything to prove to me or the staff here because the players all know how good he is. Obviously, there was a falling-out with the board that wasn't going to be rectified, so Joey has moved on.

"He's got himself a contract that he has earned through not just his ability, but the way he has conducted himself in the last couple of years especially, and we wish him well.

"It's never quiet at a football club - especially Newcastle - but I enjoyed my time with Joey. He's a challenging personality but he's engaging and entertaining as well as being difficult. We miss him in some ways."

Think he's indirectly letting the fans know he isn't to blame , but that the greedy bastards are.

 

Anyone hear the mad man on BBC Newcastle about Pardews return at the airport


"he was grinning behind his dark sunglasses"

 

Ooh, someone's jacket's on a slack nail...

 

Having a subtle perv was he?

I'm liking Pardew more and more with everything he says now

 

yup. I mean pardew doesn't sign players. The board does. He tells them who he wants and they negotiate. And they don't pay much. Which is fair enough. Ridiculous money been thrown around for footballers in recent years. If it was your own money you wouldn't pay those figures either.

 

Pardew is a psycho at the airport, he 'spilled' his coffee over my dad there last year . Apparently he was nice enough about it though.

 

Buy him a new suit?

 

Think he's indirectly letting the fans know he isn't to blame , but that the greedy bastards are.

I think this has been known for a while, the Fat Man wants to do just enough to get by without spending any cash. He's got no ambition to win things and is happy to see full houses and more people buying his tatty goods.

If he only knew what a difference it would make to the fans and the area he'd see how he could make a hell of a lot more to get a trophy of some sort.

 

Pardew says all the right things... doesn he mean them though?

 

I think he says it in the hope that, because he's said it in the media, the board will do what he says.

 

It is your money though. Newcastle would be making no money without the fans.

 

Not that nice unfortunately.

 

Personally my only worry is this has the potential for the board to get rid. I don't think Ashley takes kindly to public criticism from his own staff, veiled or otherwise. I just hope when we have a sticky patch, which we will, that the board don't 'knee jerk' him out. The saving grace is the 5 year deal but Ashley showed with Barton and recent contracts he will not bow to pressure and once you get off the train, you ain;t getting back on. Hopefully the gentle nature of the comments mean all parties move on.

 

Woo, Pardew speaks...


Again...

 

The good of the team and club should come first. You don't cut your nose off to spite your face.

 

Mike Ashley is a fat, drunken, stupid bastard...

 

Alan Pardew has just gained some respect from me. I was saying the other day how I had no respect for him constantly making statements which turned out to be false. It was obvious the board were stringing him along but he just seemed to drop his pants and bend over and let Ashley/Llambias have their way every time.

Now he's come out and told us the truth for a change and showed some balls, pulling his pants back up and standing strait!

 

Pardew is a man of many talents:

http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/83776-Pardew-Walking!!

 

Not him to blame, but still would rather have a week without seeing an interview with him.

 

He wars his sunglasses on his mouth? Weirdo.