Guest MrSundlofer Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Funny, if you search on "Alan Pardew" on Google you get: http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/4181/pardewgoogle.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thenorthumbrian Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I think the reasonable quality and good spirit of the players at United will see us through this season. I worry about what will happen when Pardew puts his own stamp on the club. He has no record of being able to build a good premier team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Mourinho quote about Benzema with Higuain being out... "Sometimes you need to go hunting and you don't have your dog, but you do have a cat," Mr. Mourinho said, turning zoological about Mr. Benzema's role. "So you take your cat hunting. It's better than hunting alone." that's really out of order, Benzema is a really talented young player you just needs faith and confidence shown in him but when i see him play lately he looks s*** scared of making a mistake and is always looking towards the bench in fear of Jose. Mourinho is an amazing manager but thats a souness-like comment there. He doesn't care, he's getting a new striker in a couple of weeks anyway. He backpedalled later, saying that when he said "playing with the cat" he meant playing with a 451 since he only had a striker, and was less aggressive than the 442 "dog" tactic. Also, last ITK infro from the Madrid rags say that the board has told Mou there won't be another striker, unless Higuaín's injury is more serious than expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I think the reasonable quality and good spirit of the players at United will see us through this season. I worry about what will happen when Pardew puts his own stamp on the club. He has no record of being able to build a good premier team. I agree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I think the reasonable quality and good spirit of the players at United will see us through this season. I worry about what will happen when Pardew puts his own stamp on the club. He has no record of being able to build a good premier team. Not that im expecting much from the guy, but in all fairness he's never really had a proper chance to build a good Premier League team. As long as he doesn't dismantle this team just for the hell of 'stamping his mark', he should be fine if he just adds what's needed to simplly build upon the core group of fairly good players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Also, sounds like Pardew is fully on board with Ashley's plans regarding signings and building slowly with young/bargain players. If that's Ashley's plan, then far better to have a manager who is going to do his best to make it work than one who will cause aggro about signings he's not able to make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Also, sounds like Pardew is fully on board with Ashley's plans regarding signings and building slowly with young/bargain players. You would like to think so as Ashley only hired the f***er about week ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Also, sounds like Pardew is fully on board with Ashley's plans regarding signings and building slowly with young/bargain players. You would like to think so as Ashley only hired the f***er about three weeks ago. FYP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Also, sounds like Pardew is fully on board with Ashley's plans regarding signings and building slowly with young/bargain players. You would like to think so as Ashley only hired the f***er about week ago. At some point Pargoo will want cash...he will knock on the door and ask for money. Every manager has ambtion and will want to improve the squad. He will be jacked just like the rest. Ashley and his specky gimp need to realise every manager will always want to improve the squad and not sell his best players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Also, sounds like Pardew is fully on board with Ashley's plans regarding signings and building slowly with young/bargain players. You would like to think so as Ashley only hired the f***er about week ago. At some point Pargoo will want cash...he will knock on the door and ask for money. Every manager has ambtion and will want to improve the squad. He will be jacked just like the rest. Ashley and his specky gimp need to realise every manager will always want to improve the squad and not sell his best players. Don't know if it's deliberate, but you're taking the argument to stupid extremes here. There's no suggestion that Pardew will be forced to sell his best players, there's no evidence to suggest that at all. Also, signings will continue to be made under the existing criteria... lesser-known, younger players with something to prove who can be obtained at a cheap price. Pardew must have accepted this situation - if he gets sacked for objecting later then it's his own fault IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 You've just got hope they've been open and honest with AP when telling him what the future is going to be about, no matter how bad, and he's agreed to work within those constraints. I personally don't think we will sell our top players (unless they want to go) I just think we won't buy any either and it will be a case of trying to spot them early and bring them in to the club to develop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Also, sounds like Pardew is fully on board with Ashley's plans regarding signings and building slowly with young/bargain players. You would like to think so as Ashley only hired the f***er about week ago. At some point Pargoo will want cash...he will knock on the door and ask for money. Every manager has ambtion and will want to improve the squad. He will be jacked just like the rest. Ashley and his specky gimp need to realise every manager will always want to improve the squad and not sell his best players. Don't know if it's deliberate, but you're taking the argument to stupid extremes here. There's no suggestion that Pardew will be forced to sell his best players, there's no evidence to suggest that at all. Also, signings will continue to be made under the existing criteria... lesser-known, younger players with something to prove who can be obtained at a cheap price. Pardew must have accepted this situation - if he gets sacked for objecting later then it's his own fault IMO. Every manager on a low budget has to make tuff choices on who they sell and who they keep to balance the books. And every manager will always argue to keep his best players (usually on the highest wages). I dont see how thats a stupid extreme, its whats gone on for years with just about every football club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Well that's not what you said though, you said that he would want money that Ashley wasn't prepared to give him, and that he would be forced to sell his best players. That's totally different from what you just posted, which is that he will have to make tough choices (which I agree with). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooonDoom Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I think money will be available. If Ashley see a return on that investment then more money will be appear. If ashley loses trust in him like the insider quotes on houton implied then knocking on the door is going to achieve little. I hope pardew makes some good choices early on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I think Ashley will probably promise him money on the agreement that £x a week is shifted off the wage bill by the close of the summer window. By this, I mean selling Smith and maybe a few like Best and R.Taylor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Clubs have to want any players we are willing to sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 A championship team will probably take Best. R.Taylor is injured till ~March anyway so if we can sell him, it'll be the summer, and I think a lower PL/Championship team would take him. As for Smith, I'm praying there's some manager out there dense enough to want him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Can't see Smith leaving until his contract expires. He's shit, doesn't seem to bothered about not starting and is on a ridiculous wage. He wins, we lose. No other team will anywhere near match that wage for what they are getting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Smith's not been playing regularly for us in absolutely ages. He'd have gone before now if anyone rated the donkey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Can't see Smith leaving until his contract expires. He's s***, doesn't seem to bothered about not starting and is on a ridiculous wage. He wins, we lose. No other team will anywhere near match that wage for what they are getting. I was thinking big Sam would have taken him now he is here for long or fatty Sam gets another job... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 If Smith is gonna be shifted it'll be in the next 2 windows. I don't think Hughton would ever have moved him on until his deal ran out, Smith is apparently a good influence in the dressing room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Smith's not been playing regularly for us in absolutely ages. He'd have gone before now if anyone rated the donkey. There's only been one transfer window since Smith was relegated to the bench, in fairness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Jose on'Twitter - "Everyone really happy with the new manager. we training hard now and we practice a lot tacticli. Very good" Good to hear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 He won't be saying that when his lass has Pardew-spunk all over her hair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Jose on'Twitter - "Everyone really happy with the new manager. we training hard now and we practice a lot tacticli. Very good" Good to hear. I love stuff like this, :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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