Pardew never had any say in the way NUFC was run or how we constantly punched well below our weight in the transfer market. He basically picked the team, well for the league games anyway. Cabaye might actually rate Pardew as a manager. What he is saying is that NUFC should be doing far better than what we are which is 100% correct.
Holding onto a manager who constantly picks talentless cloggers over our best players definitely falls into the category of what Cabaye was talking about. If he rates Pardew as a manager he's as stupid as he is a cunt.