I think this is him done after this. He plays the political game well with owners (at first) and especially agents, but time has caught up with him and he's now a laughing stock. How he handles the Barcelona aftermath should have seen him lose his job, but WBA appear to have zero confidence on the pitch and in the boardroom. Big decisions are needed and they are buckling. Thats why they are going down.
Rumours that West Brom have Harry Redknapp lined up to replace Pardew Kanu (56) should dust his boots off.
Heard on the radio this morning that the Chinese owner has given Pardew one game to save his job. Nothing like that vote of confidence from the Man is there?
Blaming the fans today, as well as not taking responsibility for how **** he has been. Sound familiar?
The next thing is ..."I am just going to play my 11 best players" .... yes that's always a good start.
The Golden Rule with Pardew is that it’s always someone else’s fault in the end. Surely this will be his last job.
I watched Pardew’s press conference earlier- vintage snide big nose. “Very disappointed” about dressing room leaks about his bust up with long serving Chris Brunt (cockney rhyming slang for what Pardew is) Another excuse to be thrown into the pot for Pardew when the pay off comes.
Finished at the top level after this. Just heard his post match interview tonight - Big Nose - “West Brom haven’t won games for a long time” In other words, not my fault guv. Very similar to his departure with us. Blamed Reed, the players, our fans, everyone apart from the real culprit.
Football has had just about enough of pardew. Clubs like WBA take him on because they're desperate and don't know where else to look. The same seems to be true of Big Sam. The Everton fans don't want him, although unlike pardew he has a decent record as manager, and Everton looked doomed under Unsworth. This old warhorse can leave the managerial stage with his self-respect intact. The only blemish is that he saved Palace from relegation.
Big Sam has done what’s required of him, where as Pards has shown himself up as the fraud that he is.. again. It’s a surprise that he managed to remain within the top flight circle for so long, but he knows how to play the political game. He’s a manager who will take agents players on for favours.
The problem with Allardyce is his big gob. He antagonises people. Talked himself out of the England job and did the same yesterday with his comments about the Everton fans. People will only put up with his sh1t type of football to a point ...
Agreed (about the big gob at least). Personally I hink it would have been good to see what Allardyce could have done for the England team during the next couple of qualifying campaigns and tournaments. The FA obviously didn't really want him because he is not a toadying yes-man, but grudgingly they gave him a chance. Then he opens his big mouth and shows what an utter twat he is. Sure he felt sorry for himself afterwards, but he should have felt sorry for his Country, which he had just let down so badly. Now we're stuck with Southgate for at least two years. A man who wouldn't know his best 11 players if he only had 11 to choose from.
Pardew has been given one final game according to media today. At home to Leicester on Saturday. His likely replacement has paused briefly from emptying brown envelopes to tap up Peter Crouch.
