Alan Pardew

[doublecrown]

It's the cover story in the soccer section of Sports Illustrated.com today:

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/georgina_turner/12/10/newcastle/index.html

[ElDiablo]

Cook Pass Pardew

[Boosden]

Just typed Pardew into my phone with predictive text on and it just stops at raped 

[Dinho lad]

It says it all about those two clowns when they're persuaded to give Pardew the 5.5 year contract on his insistence. Clueless twats.

[Crumpy Gunt]

Just typed Pardew into my phone with predictive text on and it just stops at raped 

 

I noticed that.

[Guest sombrero]

Have u guys seen Russell howards good news ?? They showed a clip on David Craig live and they seem to have put the camera on him early and so it looks like he is  the cameraman as he is bending down ! It must have been now during the pardew stuff

[Parky]

It's my guess that he's picked Pardew cause he sees him  as a very similar character. Pardew blossomed late in the game (he was still a window cleaner when other players were at academies). He didn't start playing at a good level (Palace) till he was 25. Ashley sees him as someone (like himself) who has worked his way up and against the odds. I think this is at the root of why he has gone for Pardew. He feels they are both similar characters who have come through the hard knocks.  Also casue he sees some of himself in Pardew he is no threat to his ego and also someone easier to read.

[Ronaldo]

Yeah, like Ashley came through the hard knocks. He might well have put in a lot of graft over the years, but his early business ventures were funded completely by his parents.

[Parky]

Yeah, like Ashley came through the hard knocks. He might well have put in a lot of graft over the years, but his early business ventures were funded completely by his parents.

 

Reckon the pair of them woudl knock you spark out.

[Ronaldo]

I reckon Fabregash would knock you out.

[Guest]

Just heard on the radio in his interview that he intends to improve the home form by 'putting teams under constant pressure', think that's easier said than done like.

[cfcmagpies]

Just heard on the radio in his interview that he intends to improve the home form by 'putting teams under constant pressure', think that's easier said than done like.

 

I dunno, he sounds like a tactical genius to me.

[Guest BooBoo]

I wonder whether Pards will go for the tracksuit or power suit today?

[Robster]

The suit was the beginning of the end for Chris

[Cronky]

It's my guess that he's picked Pardew cause he sees him  as a very similar character. Pardew blossomed late in the game (he was still a window cleaner when other players were at academies). He didn't start playing at a good level (Palace) till he was 25. Ashley sees him as someone (like himself) who has worked his way up and against the odds. I think this is at the root of why he has gone for Pardew. He feels they are both similar characters who have come through the hard knocks.  Also casue he sees some of himself in Pardew he is no threat to his ego and also someone easier to read.

 

Yeah, good point. It's the sort of background that often makes for a good manager. But whatever your ability, you need the right opportunity. Everything is stacked against him.

 

It looks to me like Ashley was only prepared to offer Hughton an extension of the short-term contract that he'd been under in the Championship. He felt he was still under trial. Hughton felt he deserved more, with justification. When Calderwood left and the issue of his successor arose, it brought to a head the issue of whether Ashley saw Hughton as the man for the long-term.

 

It always brings me back to the issue of whether the owner of a football club can act with quite the sort of arbitrary authority of an owner of a retail chain. There's such a strong political element to a football club, which I don't think Ashley has come to terms with yet.

[quayside]

It's my guess that he's picked Pardew cause he sees him  as a very similar character. Pardew blossomed late in the game (he was still a window cleaner when other players were at academies). He didn't start playing at a good level (Palace) till he was 25. Ashley sees him as someone (like himself) who has worked his way up and against the odds. I think this is at the root of why he has gone for Pardew. He feels they are both similar characters who have come through the hard knocks.  Also casue he sees some of himself in Pardew he is no threat to his ego and also someone easier to read.

 

Yeah, good point. It's the sort of background that often makes for a good manager. But whatever your ability, you need the right opportunity. Everything is stacked against him.

 

It looks to me like Ashley was only prepared to offer Hughton an extension of the short-term contract that he'd been under in the Championship. He felt he was still under trial. Hughton felt he deserved more, with justification. When Calderwood left and the issue of his successor arose, it brought to a head the issue of whether Ashley saw Hughton as the man for the long-term.

 

It always brings me back to the issue of whether the owner of a football club can act with quite the sort of arbitrary authority of an owner of a retail chain. There's such a strong political element to a football club, which I don't think Ashley has come to terms with yet.

 

Yeah I've made the same point on here before. It's the root of the whole Ashley problem and he just doesn't get it.  Make a fortune in retailing, think you are a genius and apply the same principles to another business. It is going to be a disaster 9 times out of 10. Ashley has built a huge retailing empire out of virtually nothing so he really isn't stupid. But only the sharpest businessmen work out that you need to adapt your strategy from industry to industry - and Ashley isn't intellectually up to doing that. 

[Parky]

I reckon Fabregash would knock you out.

 

I reckon Tintin would have you.

[Parky]

I wonder whether Pards will go for the tracksuit or power suit today?

 

Probs opt for the Hughton comfort blanket.

[Parky]

It's my guess that he's picked Pardew cause he sees him  as a very similar character. Pardew blossomed late in the game (he was still a window cleaner when other players were at academies). He didn't start playing at a good level (Palace) till he was 25. Ashley sees him as someone (like himself) who has worked his way up and against the odds. I think this is at the root of why he has gone for Pardew. He feels they are both similar characters who have come through the hard knocks.  Also casue he sees some of himself in Pardew he is no threat to his ego and also someone easier to read.

 

Yeah, good point. It's the sort of background that often makes for a good manager. But whatever your ability, you need the right opportunity. Everything is stacked against him.

 

It looks to me like Ashley was only prepared to offer Hughton an extension of the short-term contract that he'd been under in the Championship. He felt he was still under trial. Hughton felt he deserved more, with justification. When Calderwood left and the issue of his successor arose, it brought to a head the issue of whether Ashley saw Hughton as the man for the long-term.

 

It always brings me back to the issue of whether the owner of a football club can act with quite the sort of arbitrary authority of an owner of a retail chain. There's such a strong political element to a football club, which I don't think Ashley has come to terms with yet.

 

That's why he needs a general manager with a football background to talk him through these situations IMO.

[JH]

It's my guess that he's picked Pardew cause he sees him as a very similar character. Pardew blossomed late in the game (he was still a window cleaner when other players were at academies). He didn't start playing at a good level (Palace) till he was 25. Ashley sees him as someone (like himself) who has worked his way up and against the odds. I think this is at the root of why he has gone for Pardew. He feels they are both similar characters who have come through the hard knocks. Also casue he sees some of himself in Pardew he is no threat to his ego and also someone easier to read.

 

Or maybe it's because they're casino buddies and Pardew needed a job?

[Ronaldo]

I reckon Fabregash would knock you out.

 

I reckon Tintin would have you.

 

Boro Tintin, or regular Tintin?

[Hudson]

I reckon Fabregash would knock you out.

 

I reckon Tintin would have you.

 

Boro Tintin, or regular Tintin?

 

both together

 

[Ash]

After plenty of thought, I'm willing to give him a chance and get behind him. It's not ideal but has to be done in my opinion.

 

That could change if he plays Alan Smith today though.

[Guest]

I'm behind the players not him. It'll take a lot for me to change that opinion.

[Guest]

I'm behind the players not him. It'll take a lot for me to change that opinion.