Dr Venkman Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 One thing that keeps cropping up in my mind is that, one of the supposed main reason he was brought in was that he could be better trusted in the transfer market. Now, looking at how January panned out i'm beginning to wonder, he could be better trusted to do what? not ask for any spending money? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Told Steven Taylor he was too 'top heavy'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thank god for that. Maybe he can try and move a bit when he is playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 One thing that keeps cropping up in my mind is that, one of the supposed main reason he was brought in was that he could be better trusted in the transfer market. Now, looking at how January panned out i'm beginning to wonder, he could be better trusted to do what? Perhaps you can link us to an official list of the reasons Hughton was replaced by Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 'supposed' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 'supposed' Uh-huh. So why complain on the back of "suppositions" that are probably bullshit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Where did he complain? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 By the way that is one of the most sensible reasons they could have had for replacing Hughton with Pardew. For some reason I highly doubt you are amongst those who believe it was just because he's their mate etc. Not that you'd admit it anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Don't know if it's been mentioned but Pardew said in his pre match press conference yesterday that before we brought in Kuqi we had been offered "two or three players" (Aliadiere / Ewerthon ?) but he had "serious doubts about their fitness and mentality". Good job we got the injured Irish nutjob in from the Villa then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Now that Dave's given up trying to pick a fight (stop it man, you'll get yeself banned! ) I'd still be interested in any non-suppositional link concerning the club's reasons for replacing Hughton with Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Didn't think so. There's been no official reasoning whatsoever given by the club. So presumably they don't know either, going by your logic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Didn't think so. There's been no official reasoning whatsoever given by the club. So presumably they don't know either, going by your logic. And Hughton has said himself, that they did not give him a reason for his sacking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Didn't think so. There's been no official reasoning whatsoever given by the club. So presumably they don't know either, going by your logic. And Hughton has said himself, that they did not give him a reason for his sacking. Code for racially motivated tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 For all the theories, it wouldn't surprise me if it was simply a case of Pardew's wages being less than what Hughton was wanting in his new contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 For all the theories, it wouldn't surprise me if it was simply a case of Pardew's wages being less than what Hughton was wanting in his new contract. Low wages, knows Dekka, v.unlikely to kick up a fuss with the board, media friendly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 By the way that is one of the most sensible reasons they could have had for replacing Hughton with Pardew. For some reason I highly doubt you are amongst those who believe it was just because he's their mate etc. Not that you'd admit it anyway. Nope the simplest reason was that Hughton was likely gonna get us down, not good enough for the Premiership! Our form especially at home has improved greatly under Pardew not that you'd ever admit that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 There's been no official reasoning whatsoever given by the club. That's what I thought. So pardon me wondering where the "the supposed main reason he was brought in" stuff came from. And no, I am not "amongst those who believe it was just because he's their mate etc." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 So why do you believe they made the change, given that there's nothing official? Is it really such an outrageous suggestion that one of the reasons is because they think Pardew will be better in the transfer market? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Golfmag said from the start the reasoning was that pardew would be less pally with the players and so would make it easier for the club to cash in on players. everything he's said has materialised so far so i'll stick with his info. as for knowing pardew before he was appointed, pardew himself said he'd met llambias 8 or 9 times at various events so they were certainly acquainted with one another. you think that kind of networking had nothing to do with why he got the job? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 So why do you believe they made the change, given that there's nothing official? Is it really such an outrageous suggestion that one of the reasons is because they think Pardew will be better in the transfer market? possible, but that's strawman argument, you create it as a possible reason based on nothing concrete then argue against it. For the record I think Hughton was pretty decent in the transfer market, he just wasn't able to get those players performing against lesser opponents, an area that Pardew has greatly improved on (Stevenage aside) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 So why do you believe they made the change, given that there's nothing official? Is it really such an outrageous suggestion that one of the reasons is because they think Pardew will be better in the transfer market? possible, but that's strawman argument, you create it as a possible reason based on nothing concrete then argue against it. For the record I think Hughton was pretty decent in the transfer market, he just wasn't able to get those players performing against lesser opponents, an area that Pardew has greatly improved on (Stevenage aside) Were they not playing lesser opponents last season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Golfmag said from the start the reasoning was that pardew would be less pally with the players and so would make it easier for the club to cash in on players. everything he's said has materialised so far so i'll stick with his info. as for knowing pardew before he was appointed, pardew himself said he'd met llambias 8 or 9 times at various events so they were certainly acquainted with one another. you think that kind of networking had nothing to do with why he got the job? Golfmag was just lucky that his random guesses which were on a par with guessing the winning numbers on the Euro Lottery have come true, noting more. [/sarcasm] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Were they not playing lesser opponents last season? That doesn't count. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Were they not playing lesser opponents last season? That doesn't count. Best erase those memories then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Best erase those memories then. Just pretend they didn't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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