Alan Pardew

[ScottishMagpie]

Apologies if this has been mentioned/posted already.... interesting article in yeseterday's scottish daily mail where they've assumed that Reading and QPR are gone and take a look at the 6 clubs still in the shit and ask their managers some questions..... here's Pardew's responses:

 

Q) What makes you think you will stay in the league?

A) Do I have the squad to get out of it? Yes. I don't think we have reacted to the criticsm we've had, we've accepted it, we know what we think is wrong and we need to put it right.  We now have five games to be fresh. They have been so different in training because they know they carry the responsibility to get results.  It's very important that we respond in terms of our performance level.

 

Q)  Why are you near the foot of the table?

A)  I never in my career at any level had an injury-plagued season like we have had.  Whether that's down to the extra games or just a run I don't know, but it has coincided with inclusion in the Europa League.  Last year, we hardly had any injuries - I think we had the same back five for about 10 games.  This year we've hardly had a settled back four, let alone team.  That's been the problem.  Also, we've not picked up points away from home when we should have done.  That's something we need to improve before the end of the season.

 

Q)  How does your run-in compare with the teams around you?

A)  Our target is to get 40 points as quickly as possible and if you get a win you can look at the top 10 as it is that tight.  But right now we need to secure points.

 

Q)  Who can produce the moments of magic to keep you up?

A)  Fabricio Collocini is training but it is not full physical training.  We hope that will come next week as it would be a big boost to have our captain back.  Hatem Ben Arfa is not ready to start.  We are trying to manage to make sure we don't lose him for the last five games.  I wouldn't say there's an over reliance on Papiss Cisse's goals.  He seems to be getting the goals that are very, very important for us, but we do need other players to chip in.

[huss9]

I think he's not getting a hard time from fans because of the risk of relegation. don't want the negative atmosphere get to the players.

 

think if we had guaranteed survival  (drawing at wigan would have pretty much assured safety) , he would be getting a lot more s*** at games... enough to possibly make him consider his position at the club or even Ashley to consider a change in the summer. pards doesn't seem to be the type to stay where he's not wanted.

 

think "pardew out" chants at the moment would be counter-productive.

 

 

 

 

The fans turned against him when we played Reading and I think they will do it again.

 

i mean in a real collective way vocally letting him know it's time to leave

[Ikon]

Will be impossible to look forward to next season with him in charge.

[huss9]

Will be impossible to look forward to next season with him in charge.

 

think i would still look forward to it with blind excitement - we'll make new signings, and no footie for 2 months always gets you desperate for a new season.

 

 

[LRD]

Q)  Who can produce the moments of magic to keep you up?

 

Interviewer knows.

[Mick]

 

 

i mean in a real collective way vocally letting him know it's time to leave

 

I think "You don't know what you're doing" let him know what they thought about his substitutions.  It turned out that the changes were due to injuries.  He was still given stick and that was mainly because people thought that he was stupid enough to remove an injury free Marveaux and Cabaye.

 

Perch came on for Marveaux and within minutes we'd gone from 1-0 up to 1-1, next he removed Cabaye and replaced him with Bigirimana and within minutes we were 2-1 behind.

[huss9]

 

 

i mean in a real collective way vocally letting him know it's time to leave

 

I think "You don't know what you're doing" let him know what they thought about his substitutions.  It turned out that the changes were due to injuries.  He was still given stick and that was mainly because people thought that he was stupid enough to remove an injury free Marveaux and Cabaye.

 

Perch came on for Marveaux and within minutes we'd gone from 1-0 up to 1-1, next he removed Cabaye and replaced him with Bigirimana and within minutes we were 2-1 behind.

 

still it was a bit restrained that day... have heard a lot worse and more bitter.

[Stuy_O]

I think he's not getting a hard time from fans because of the risk of relegation. don't want the negative atmosphere get to the players.

 

think if we had guaranteed survival  (drawing at wigan would have pretty much assured safety) , he would be getting a lot more s*** at games... enough to possibly make him consider his position at the club or even Ashley to consider a change in the summer. pards doesn't seem to be the type to stay where he's not wanted.

 

think "pardew out" chants at the moment would be counter-productive.

 

 

 

 

The fans turned against him when we played Reading and I think they will do it again.

 

 

The difference being that after Reading we had lots of matches to play. After the mackems we had 5.

[Pilko]

I feel really sorry for Vurnon Anita, being bought and then left out of the side every singe week because he doesn't fit into our shitty physical philosophy. Even the sheer symbolism of Gosling getting a few seconds of pitch time ahead of him says so much about how much of a clueless wanker Pardew is.

[Ryan_Taylor]

Every time he says "Europa League" I die a little bit inside.

[Incognito]

 

 

i mean in a real collective way vocally letting him know it's time to leave

 

I think "You don't know what you're doing" let him know what they thought about his substitutions.  It turned out that the changes were due to injuries.  He was still given stick and that was mainly because people thought that he was stupid enough to remove an injury free Marveaux and Cabaye.

 

Perch came on for Marveaux and within minutes we'd gone from 1-0 up to 1-1, next he removed Cabaye and replaced him with Bigirimana and within minutes we were 2-1 behind.

 

Being Yohan's comeback game after a long lay off, he knew he wouldn't get the 90, yet he still brought Marveaux off, while we were controlling the game.

 

That substitution of Marveaux, to me, actually cost us the points. And had I have been the owner, he would've been sacked at 5 o clock.

[Mick]

 

 

still it was a bit restrained that day... have heard a lot worse and more bitter.

 

I'm not sure that it was too restrained, I think it was just a case of it being the start and it was stopped by us winning games. We'd brought in the new players who lifted us for a few games and fans didn't have a lot to complain about at that time.

[Mick]

 

 

The difference being that after Reading we had lots of matches to play. After the mackems we had 5.

 

If anything, having only two home games might save him from getting too much stick as anger needs to build up.  Fans are angry with him and it's not just on here as some try to make out, you only have to listen to Total Sport to know that more people are complaining about him than before.

[Dr Venkman]

Yep, I think Mick's right. Unfortunately I think we're heading for a Christmas sacking. My only hope is that they've already started thinking about who they'll bring in if they sack him, but mid season it's much harder. If we get the next appointment wrong as well we're going to set ourselves back pretty far.

[colinmk]

Every time he says "Europa League" I die a little bit inside.

 

He has continually used it as an excuse and has tried to develop this atmosphere around the club that it should be treated as a hindrance rather than something to look forward to. It infuriates me.

[cp40]

Yep, I think Mick's right. Unfortunately I think we're heading for a Christmas sacking. My only hope is that they've already started thinking about who they'll bring in if they sack him, but mid season it's much harder. If we get the next appointment wrong as well we're going to set ourselves back pretty far.

 

 

I think the only way he will get sacked at christmas, or any season is if we have less than 20 points at half a season.

 

 

edit- i think he will still be here in 4 years time.

[Dr Venkman]

Yep, I think Mick's right. Unfortunately I think we're heading for a Christmas sacking. My only hope is that they've already started thinking about who they'll bring in if they sack him, but mid season it's much harder. If we get the next appointment wrong as well we're going to set ourselves back pretty far.

 

 

I think the only way he will get sacked at christmas, or any season is if we have less than 20 points at half a season.

 

 

edit- i think he will still be here in 4 years time.

 

:'(

 

[Guest neesy111]

Yep, I think Mick's right. Unfortunately I think we're heading for a Christmas sacking. My only hope is that they've already started thinking about who they'll bring in if they sack him, but mid season it's much harder. If we get the next appointment wrong as well we're going to set ourselves back pretty far.

 

 

I think the only way he will get sacked at christmas, or any season is if we have less than 20 points at half a season.

 

 

edit- i think he will still be here in 4 years time.

 

[cp40]

Yep, I think Mick's right. Unfortunately I think we're heading for a Christmas sacking. My only hope is that they've already started thinking about who they'll bring in if they sack him, but mid season it's much harder. If we get the next appointment wrong as well we're going to set ourselves back pretty far.

 

 

I think the only way he will get sacked at christmas, or any season is if we have less than 20 points at half a season.

 

 

edit- i think he will still be here in 4 years time.

 

:'(

 

 

 

Im not trolling or pissing about anymore either, fed up- and its the ambition of the whole top end of the club to simply stay in the Division.

[Ste]

This season has been such a huge disappointment, I think most were optimistic heading into it after qualifying for Europe the year before. The extra games are such a ready-made excuse for managers and players, but you have your squad and you work with it, that's the managers job. When you rely on one or two to change a game and they play every game they're available for, of course they'll get tired and results will drop. This is why you instil a philosophy you want each player to follow, at all levels of the club, so when they do come into the side they know exactly what's expected of them.

 

Training time for each individual game has been less, but you must manage within this and Pardew has failed in this regard. With two games in a week, I refuse to believe it's impossible to work on key points for both of them and devise game plans. Pardew acted as though only the upcoming game was worked on, and then after that, the game on the Sunday. It's just not an effective use of time spent with the players.

 

Now we have one game a week, the pitch is blamed, the injuries excuse comes out. Injuries have been bad this year, but in a lot of our games you could look at our line-up and think we have enough there to win or do better than we have done.

 

Get the fucking ball on the ground and work on passing and moving. We have the players capable of implementing that style. To be honest, it's embarrassing for all involved just how boring and one dimensional we are.

[Dr Venkman]

Yep, I think Mick's right. Unfortunately I think we're heading for a Christmas sacking. My only hope is that they've already started thinking about who they'll bring in if they sack him, but mid season it's much harder. If we get the next appointment wrong as well we're going to set ourselves back pretty far.

 

 

I think the only way he will get sacked at christmas, or any season is if we have less than 20 points at half a season.

 

 

edit- i think he will still be here in 4 years time.

 

:'(

 

 

 

Im not trolling or pissing about anymore either, fed up- and its the ambition of the whole top end of the club to simply stay in the Division.

 

I'm glad you're not doing that anymore, you're normally a good poster 

 

I think you're right re: the ambition btw. Just got to hope that Mike gets a feel for wanting to be a bit more successful.

[Mick]

 

 

 

I think the only way he will get sacked at christmas, or any season is if we have less than 20 points at half a season.

 

 

edit- i think he will still be here in 4 years time.

 

Are Llambias and Ashley daft enough to risk going into the new season if Pardew has lost the fans?  I'm not sure he's as safe as some people think.  I'm sure that they would prefer to keep Pardew because they seem to get on well, mainly because he's an arse licker and is only too happy to big them up at every opportunity.  That said, a lot is at stake and I don't think they'll back him at any cost.

[cp40]

Yep, I think Mick's right. Unfortunately I think we're heading for a Christmas sacking. My only hope is that they've already started thinking about who they'll bring in if they sack him, but mid season it's much harder. If we get the next appointment wrong as well we're going to set ourselves back pretty far.

 

 

I think the only way he will get sacked at christmas, or any season is if we have less than 20 points at half a season.

 

 

edit- i think he will still be here in 4 years time.

 

:'(

 

 

 

Im not trolling or pissing about anymore either, fed up- and its the ambition of the whole top end of the club to simply stay in the Division.

 

I'm glad you're not doing that anymore, you're normally a good poster 

 

I think you're right re: the ambition btw. Just got to hope that Mike gets a feel for wanting to be a bit more successful.

 

well I just hope this gradual building of the club is true- seems like the playing side is going backwards to me, got to hope for better without the europa.

[Mick]

 

well I just hope this gradual building of the club is true- seems like the playing side is going backwards to me, got to hope for better without the europa.

 

Next season should be better, that's not a given though.  Look at yesterday, we were coming into the game after our worst defeat to our enemy since 1978 and he had a week to work with the players.  The best they could do was play for 45 minutes and then revert to type.  The display was no different from many we've seen during the season and it could easily have ended with another defeat.

[cp40]

 

well I just hope this gradual building of the club is true- seems like the playing side is going backwards to me, got to hope for better without the europa.

 

Next season should be better, that's not a given though.  Look at yesterday, we were coming into the game after our worst defeat to our enemy since 1978 and he had a week to work with the players.  The best they could do was play for 45 minutes and then revert to type.  The display was no different from many we've seen during the season and it could easily have ended with another defeat.

 

 

that is becoming a real joke and something has to change.