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Tactical flexibility, innovative training methods, attacking football (apparently), fluent English, studied the coaching side of the game from a young age, and seemingly natural inteligence

Aye, he "pulled up trees" apparently

Merson also mentioned Dennis Wise, did a good job also

If these quotes Janmaat are comingo out with are true, it would be fair to say he doesn't hold Pardew in very high regard at all

Gillette soccer saturday peddling the "they don't like him because he's cockney" shite again. There is an entire website with quotes and stats, dedicated to pointing out his failings, and reasons why he is disliked, and not nowhere does it say " because he's cockney".

This article. Eurgh. http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/ayoze-perez-part-reason-alan-pardew-leaving/? Well, a lot happened this last week; great comeback and win but then Alan Pardew doesn’t turn up for the after match press conference. John Carver stated that he was asked, last minute, by Pardew to take over the duties and my first thought was that he may have been desperate for the bog, but, over the last few days we have seen that that was not the case. Pardew may very well have gone to the netty, but that wasn’t the main issue. ayoze perezAside from not signing anything for the public to see yet, Alan Pardew is no longer at Newcastle United. I was prepared to give him a chance when he first came, whereas many ‘fans’ disliked him for numerous reasons: being a cockney; being a cockney; and mainly, for being a cockney. (To feature like Bleeding Black n White, send in your articles for our website to [email protected]) Following consolidation and the sale of our main striker, Andy Carroll, Pardew got us up to 5th the following season and we found ourselves in Europe. Some say it was luck, for whatever reason they want to believe, but I for one enjoyed a great season. We had some great matches to follow, especially wins against Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and a fabulous comeback draw against Arsenal. Pardew won Manager of the Season and has recently won Manager of the Month again. It’s not all been plain sailing, though, far from it, and many have thrown statistics to prove various points. The main statistics being many losses and, most especially, very bad form in the second half of last season. The bigger picture is mostly ignored though. Players have been sold from under Pardew’s rug and not been replaced. We’ve never really replaced Demba Ba and Cisse has had injuries and some poor form to contend with. The player that he built the whole team around, Yohan Cabaye, was sold to PSG and has not really been replaced. It was hoped that Cabella would fill that role, but he’s yet to find his feet, the ball or the net, only showing a small glimmer of what may be. We played some great passing football, with pace, when we finished 5th, but Ashley refused to build on that, despite more matches in Europe making the season ahead much harder and the pleas for reinforcements and another striker, central midfielder etc. etc. fell on deaf ears. This refusal to part with any cash, plus injuries, meant that we struggled in that season. Anyone would have struggled and we’re not the only team to fall foul of reaching the Europa League without the resources of the big boys. Last season, we relied on a loan striker who didn’t want to be here and the team was built around Cabaye. We were bound to struggle when he left. Pardew kept his mouth shut and didn’t publicly call Ashley. He was slagged off for it, but how many managers do you see calling or denouncing their chairmen/owners and actually keeping their jobs? Ashley was obviously calling the shots when it came to cup games, telling Pardew that consolidation in the league and a better form of income, from not getting relegated, was the way to go. His hands have been tied. Some fans slag off his tactics or lack of them, but Pardew is seen by his peers as a top coach. I was embarrassed to see some of the personal vitriol that was thrown at Pardew in the last year. It was from a minority of fans, but a very vocal minority. Any show of support for him or the team led to trolling and personal remarks made to whoever supported the team at these times. Dark days and the press had a field day with it. They always do. This has to be a major reason for him wanting to go. Who wouldn’t. He’s kept his head held high throughout it all and the team showed support and we had some great wins as a result. I reckon that the great form of Ayoze Perez is, partially, a reason for Pardew leaving now. We all know how it works. We’ve craved a striker for ages now and Ashley will be saying that he’s not giving anymore cash for a striker, when we have Perez. Cue Pardew tearing his hair out. Add to that the probable scenario of being told that Sissoko is available for sale, with no replacement, as De Jong will be due back soon. Final straw? It would have been for many managers and I think he’s had enough. The fact that he’s played for Palace and is revered in comparison to how he is regarded up here, his family live down that way and he’s supposedly going to have his wages doubled, are more reasons for him to think that he’d be daft not to leave. ayoze perezNext, is the question of who comes in to replace him. Many have been mentioned. I reckon Carver will be given the job, to continue with everything that’s already in place, not have to pay a new manager top dollar, or pay compensation to a club if any idiot decides that he’d like the challenge of coming here. Business same as usual! I hope Ashley disappears to Rangers and leaves us to start afresh, but I hope he doesn’t appoint Kinnear or Sherwood, McCoist etc., who have no Premier League pedigree. We are a laughing stock once again and he doesn’t care. We do though! The likes of Mourinho and Pellegrini constantly go on about how great they are, but I reckon my guinea pigs could do a similar job at their respective clubs, with the money they have to spend. I’d have more respect for their type if they came here and actually turned the club around with the same resources that Pardew has had to work with. Of course, they won’t and will continue to tell the world that they are hard done by. Best wishes to all Mags across the globe and here’s to a brighter black ‘n’ white future. We can only dream…..again

Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona *1H - Sep 21st 2013 [La Liga] For a taste of Jemez

http://www.dw.de/rule-breaker-tuchel-leads-mainz-into-a-league-of-their-own/a-17503661 Mainz are within touching distance of a place in the elite club of the Bundesliga ‘top-four'. They are three points behind Bayer Leverkusen in fourth with a single point cushion in fifth place from other teams eying the European competitions. But while the prominent rise of Mainz should be of little surprise considering their regular status in the Bundesliga, the Rhineland-Palatinate side continue to push the boundaries. Coach Thomas Tuchel – and General Manager Christian Heidel – have been crucial in this ascent; Mainz has been thriving, whilst traditional German clubs, such as, Hamburg and Werder Bremen have slipped towards the drop-zone. Tuchel's appointment in August 2009 came around in unusual circumstances. Heidel decided to sack coach Jörn Andersen who had guided the club back to the Bundesliga after a small spell in the second division. It was quite ground-breaking from FSV: the successor in Tuchel had no Bundesliga playing experience, no coaching experience and was only employed by the club for 12 months. In an exclusive talk to an elite audience of sports experts and professors back in 2012, he explained his early management philosophy and how he prepared his squad for each Bundesliga game. Just days after a German Cup exit back then, Tuchel revealed he felt it was the "ideal" time to take over Mainz as a less experienced coach. He decided to take the players on a training camp outside of Mainz to escape the media and supporter pressure. This gave Tuchel the prime opportunity to understand his players better. One problem Tuchel identified was the lack of team-ethic among the squad. Players would arrive at differing times for meals and lack the "respect" of waiting until others had finished. He sought to change this without appearing a control-freak and ruining his new relationship with the squad. "I hadn't even started on my main course yet, when half the team had already finished their meal and left," Tuchel explained. This was the main reason for the change in coach, according to the Mainz trainer. As he inherited a squad with little team camaraderie, Tuchel gradually implemented some rules over the team's meal-time to encourage that players wouldn't leave the meal table until after 20 minutes. Gradually, these "manners" became a natural thing among the Mainz squad and this is something Tuchel stresses in his pre-meal talks. Cutting-Edge Football Although Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have advanced the ‘counter-pressing' strategy in recent years, Tuchel believed Mainz were "ground-breaking" in their first season back in the Bundesliga. Thomas Tuchel and Andreas Ivanschitz in their Mainz days together. Tuchel's tactical-flexibility has been, perhaps, most prominent against Bayern Munich. Mainz have won three of the last nine games against the Bavarians when Tuchel has been in charge, but have lost their last three against the invincible Bayern of the past two seasons. Mainz defeated Bayern 2-1 in Tuchel's first encounter with the record holding German champions using a 4-1-4-1 formation to counter Louis van Gaal's 4-3-3 system. Meanwhile, He also masterminded a 3-2 win over Bayern the following season with a 4-3-2-1 structure. Even then Bayern boss Heynckes said Tuchel was "destined" to train the record-winning German champions one day. Tuchel's focus in training is based around ‘rhomb-training' with the pitch dimensions being cut to resemble a diamond-shape in order to cut out long-passes down the touchlines. The Mainz squad are accustomed to training in different shapes on pitch sizes varying from rhomb to circle, or 18m wide x 75m length and 30m length x 70m wide. He calls it a “systematic approach” with his preferred formation on a matchday mirroring – and countering - how the opposition line-up on the park. Before an away match at Werder Bremen, Tuchel explained how Heidel confronted him over six changes made to the starting line-up. The Mainz coach wasn't taken aback by the questions, but insisted he wouldn't make changes without any thought or strategy behind them. Accepting mistakes "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." The above quote is synonymous with the legendary basketball player Michael Jordan. Tuchel referred to Jordan's inspiring words after Mainz were embarrassingly dumped out of the UEFA Europa League to Romanian minnows Gaz Metan. Mainz had finished fifth the season before and had been dealing with changing expectations from supporters and the media. But there were other problems which Tuchel elaborated on after the defeat. Mainz - with their smaller resources - were forced to fly to Frankfurt Hahn airport rather than the International airport in the city. It was a far cry from the luxury experienced by other German clubs on European trips. Deflated and shattered of morale following three earlier Bundesliga games without a victory, Tuchel stayed awake the whole night to think of something unique to re-motivate his players. He used the Jordan quote instead of video analysis of the European defeat, stressing how the NBA great was “the most successful team player” and that failure was part of professional sports. Less than 24 hours later, Mainz broke their early season duck with a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen. Facing the Best Bayern have not lost in their last 50 league matches and have won 17 consecutive matches in the Bundesliga. If results go their way in Hannover and at Schalke, Bayern could even secure their 24th championship at the Coface Arena – the earliest in half a century of the league. But for the home side, perhaps, the stakes are higher with the club sitting on the fringes of a Champions League slot. Although there is still eight matches remaining, Mainz have shown their ability to churn out consistent results against-the-odds. While the results will be won on the pitch, the work of their "rule-breaking” head coach may be the biggest asset at their disposal.

Record doesn't really leap out at me, what's so special about him? I like the fact he uses inovative training methods, he seems to have natural intelligence, and has been able to change formation and adapt to situations, while apparently keeping an attacking emphasis.

Would deffinitely wait until the summer, if it meant getting Tuchel

I would like not to care, but I think some of this probably does end up in the psyche of some of our fans and is perhaps the reason not everyone managed to get behind sack pardew

Remember seeing the odd fan wearing a black and white kilt - in the same way you see the occasional fan wearing one of those B&W onesies - but nothing on a large scale. Any particular reason ?

On the Palace forum they were talking about how we used to wear kilts to away games, is this true ? and why ?

Good to see you on this joyous nite sir. We need Benfica updates on a more regular basis

Just one article in the independent. Collocini doesn't have any coaching badges, so it's not likely if even possible

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Bielsa is at Marseille, there is no way he would come

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Shut the fuck up Olivier, you cunt

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I feel like i've said this a hundred times now , but isn't Galtier the French version of Pardew ?

Just seen this. Sorry if Giggs http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2879277/Hatem-Ben-Arfa-subject-film-France-despite-neither-Newcastle-United-Hull-City-wanting-him.html

Tuchel or Jemez please

I have that horrible feeling