Sometimes it's quite subtle. On Saturday, for example, he praised the collective but criticised the individual, noting Palace had "dealt with [City] quite well tactically," but that they "gifted" the second, winning goal. Translation: I did my job, but someone else messed up.
He blamed "one player" for not passing on a message about their adjusted duties at corners when coming on as substitute. By process of elimination, that player was Lee Chung-Yong, brought on two minutes before City's winner.
"That's unacceptable to me," Pardew solemnly intoned, as if making sure everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing from corners isn't the manager's responsibility.
"We'll have to make sure they wear a t-shirt with the message on it next time."
Fucking hell man, it was stuff like that.