No but Pardew will still hear his comments. They also have that unwritten code because football is all about jobs for the boys so they all want to stay in everyones good books.
If your boss asked you in front of a colleague you hated whether you thought that colleague should be sacked you'd probably say no, only because he's there. It's not that unusual.
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'John Carver is a wonderful man who is doing a great job. I completely support him now'
The latter. It's all too planned for them to be oblivious.
Waiting for the open letter signed by 500 small football clubs praising Ashley's football economics.
Facebook is even better.
Deleting the comments apparently. Obviously the loser on a zero hours contract isn't meeting his targets and will probably be sacked.