Meyler pushed Pardew first not after. Also wasn't a head butt. Have a look at the replays of incident. Pardew did the "modern footballer" thing of pushing head into face of Meyler but clearly and definitely not a head butt. Meyler rightly booked for the push on Pardew which effectively caused the whole thing to kick off. Pardew rightly sent to the stand for his stupid reaction which was totally out of order. Pardew will no doubt get a fine and a ban and again rightly so as no excuse for his actions. That being said anyone trying to claim that was a head butt has clearly never seen a head butt or is just biased against Pardew or (like the media) are just trying to cause trouble or manufacture a story.
... wasn't Sagbo sent off for a simulated headbutt? you can't be doing that, no matter who you are.. why didn't Pards just move out of the way? no! he thought he'd be a **** and stand his ground.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/pardew-sent-off-headbutting-hull-player-164843487.html Animated gif here.
Not sure which bit of what I said you are arguing with. Also not sure what Sagbo has to do with this particularly as Pardew was essentially sent off/ sent to the stands. Also you may notice that I did say Pardew's actions were totally out of order. The points I was attempting to correct are that Pardew did not head butt Meyler and that Meyler pushed Pardew first.
sorry I wasn't meaning to sound like I was arguing.. I kinda wrote that for my Hull Tigers bretheren.
Pardew has just owned up on BBC to attempting to 'push' Meyler away with his head..........that's a new one!!
Its clearly a headbut. The gif proves it. Some bookmakers have suspended beating on which manager gets sacked next. Guess they think Pardew will be fired.
Not in any way a headbutt. Unelss you're an absolute fairy. Bruce called it right. Still poor from Pards. I bet he is delighted he has such a fine upstanding citizen as Joey in his corner
f**k me what has the world come to. Handbags at dawn. I've been head butted, a few times, and it tends to smart a tad. That wasn't a head but. What a load of bollocks, it's an emotive game and two grown men have had a minor spat. No more, no less.
Reminds one of the **** Joe Kinnear, another **** Newcastle manager who tried to attack Phil Brown in the Cup game there in 2009. 'Pards' has already called Pellegrini 'a stupid old ****' this season. What a fadge.
I didn't get to see the game today but just watched a clip of the incident, and how ANYONE can say it's not a head butt is astonishing. Quote from Robbie Savage on 606 as I heard it in the car "It should be a 10 game stadium ban, he's just head butted him for wanting to get the ball!" And this is Soccer Saturday's opinion on the matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhGUpVCW84I
Suarez got 10 for biting so I wouldnt think he would get that much. Granted Suarez is a player and Pardew is a manager. The manager has far less excuse for doing stupid **** but ill guess he gets a 5 game ban.
