Read a book recently by the West Ham stadium announcer. It's full of Pardy goodness.
And this from another book...
http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,94790.msg4982892.html#msg4982892
All English players have been coming off the same conveyor belt for about 10 years now. Someone like Gazza would have had his natural talent coached out of him in favour of mastering "the basics" if he'd turned up in the current generation and Shearer would be on the wing like Welbeck.
He's not a striker though is he? He's a goal scoring machine of a LF? Inside forward?
Zidane always played as #10 but that position allows for those that are more strikers (Bergkamp) or midfielder (Zidane).
He's the absolute definition of a striker, regardless of whatever you want to call his position.
His first book was just "We won everything we were entered for but it wasn't good enough. Cowards" or "I lost control and I smacked him. Stupid, Roy. Stupid"
He must have massive psychological problems.
We learned everything we need to know about Bruce when Hughton absolutely ruined him on that glorious Halloween day. Easily the most gutless performance I'd seen in a derby til Pardew got his feet under the table.
The only reason he's playing now is because there's nobody else. Ben Arfa is gone, Aarons is injured, Obertan was playing and Cabella is the latest scapegoat. Our pool of midfield "fret" ends with Ameobi.