And Obertan has heaped praise on manager Pardew for the way in which he has kept his cheaply constructed team challenging in the top flight. He said: '[Pardew] had been following me for a long time. He thought I'd fit in well with the football the team plays, and he really pushed to get me here, even though the negotiations lasted a while.
'It really made me feel I had the confidence of the club and the manager, so I knew it was the right thing to do.
I'm sure there is more from others too if I could be arsed too look.
He's no saint but IMO the last thing you bash Pardew on is the players we've actually brought in, it's the ones we haven't that are the problem. Anyway, this isn't the right thread for it.
I wasn't bashiing him about anything, I remembered the quote and found it.