Jump to content
[[Template core/global/global/poll is throwing an error. This theme may be out of date. Run the support tool in the AdminCP to restore the default theme.]]

Recommended Posts

Anyone else seen that bit on BBC Sportsday? Someone posted a few quotes on Facebook about his meeting with Ashley and he seems like he's shirting himself.

 

He could turn up butt naked and still keep his job.

 

Ashley would love that man

 

http://www.yankscallitsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Ashley-Strip02.jpg

Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest firetotheworks

Anyone else seen that bit on BBC Sportsday? Someone posted a few quotes on Facebook about his meeting with Ashley and he seems like he's shirting himself.

 

He could turn up butt naked and still keep his job.

 

Ashley would love that man

 

http://www.yankscallitsoccer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Ashley-Strip02.jpg

 

"Wew, when was this!?"

Link to post
Share on other sites

Tony Pulis talking today saying that managers should get 3 years.  2 years should give them the time to set things up how they want and then in the 3rd year they should be in a position to show what they are about.

 

Ashley take note - Pardew fails this test.

 

Link to post
Share on other sites

 

Great article from http://www.newcastleunited.us/2014/05/dear-alan-were-stuck-with-you-so-please-change-514.html

 

Dear Alan: We're Stuck With You, So Please Change

Pardew_5-14-14

 

Dear Alan,

 

By now you're well aware that we would prefer you no longer work as manager of Newcastle United. You've even admitted that the second half of this season wasn't good enough.

 

But, in spite of your loose grip on the locker room, uninspiring tactics and hooligan impersonations on the sidelines, owner Mike Ashley won't fire you. So we're stuck together, at least for the start of next season.

 

We'd like to say there are ways for you to win us back, but we honestly don't know if that's possible at this point. I suppose a top-six finish next season might do it; you'll have to excuse us for harboring doubts about the likelihood of that happening.

 

But there are a few things you could do to at least quiet the chants for your removal. Some suggestions:

 

Recapture your PR game

Remember when you first started at Newcastle? Most fans weren't in favor of your hiring, but you won a lot of them over with some slick, yet honest, interviews. You went on BBC Newcastle and talked about tough issues facing the club. You were relatable and likeable, even after your bosses sold your star striker.

 

Since signing that eight-year contract, though, you've changed. You can't deal with criticism, you get defensive with reporters and you embarrass yourself trying to praise Ashley. We understand that you can't rip the man who signs your paychecks, but you can't afford to abandon the fans if you want to repair the toxic atmosphere at St. James' Park.

 

So, swallow your pride, go on the radio and tell us that you understand our frustration. Speak from the heart and be as honest as you can — and that includes loosening your protective hold on your players.

 

Show us who you are as a manager

What type of soccer does an Alan Pardew team play? Seriously, we're asking you, because it's been three-and-a-half seasons and we still don't know.

 

You've talked about an up-tempo passing game in the past, but that's only materialized in short bursts. Sometimes you've channeled your pal Jose Mourinho and set up your team to defend and counter attack. Too often, though, your teams have played overly direct, particularly since Yohan Cabaye left for Paris.

 

You change formations week to week, shoehorn players into positions and appear more concerned with trying to stop your opponent than what to do when your team has the ball.

 

We realize that some of this is because you've been handed a roster that may not suit your soccer sensibilities. But please, please, establish some sort of identity for your team. It doesn't have to be a rigid formation or style — just an underlying quality that will help us understand what exactly you're trying to do.

 

Demand a cohesive transfer plan

Maybe the word "demand" is a bit heavy for someone who's coming off such a lean four months. But you need to find a way to heal the clear schism that exists in your boss' transfer policy.

 

You want a few British players; Graham Carr is recommending Frenchman after Frenchman, and he's been winning out. We all know this.

 

We don't really care where the players come from, but we want to know that they're being signed because they're the right fit — not just for the right price, on the right contract, with the right re-sale value.

 

You're the one who has to get the team to perform on the field — and manage the locker room — so you had better find a way to have some input. Or at least make it look like you, Carr, Lee Charnley and Ashley are working from the same plan.

 

Stop the excuses and show some belief

We know your job comes with migraine-inducing challenges. Your boss repeatedly sells your best player in the middle of the season. You haven't been given a permanent signing since last January, and it's been almost three years since a player with Premier League experience arrived.

 

But you've got to stop the constant stream of excuses. It doesn't fill us with confidence to hear you talk about how the club can't compete with Southampton financially. Everton hasn't spent big. Neither has Atletico Madrid. A little belief and a bold managerial vision can lift a club.

 

We hope you'll consider these ideas this summer. Doesn't standing on the sideline without getting booed sound nice?

 

Yours,

The I Wish I Was A Geordie team

Link to post
Share on other sites

By now you're well aware that we would prefer you no longer work as manager of Newcastle United. You've even admitted that the second half of this season wasn't good enough.

 

But, in spite of your loose grip on the locker room, uninspiring tactics and hooligan impersonations on the sidelines, owner Mike Ashley won't fire you. So we're stuck together, at least for the start of next season.

 

seems to have been overlooked by some

Link to post
Share on other sites

We can't just roll over because he'll be here next season and hope he'll change, we have to continue with all the protests and hostility from day one.  He thinks he's made it through the fans' unrest, and he needs to know that he hasn't.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Ashley hasn't sacked him after last season's near relegation, hasn't sacked him after the headbutt, and won't sack him now after half a season of relegation form and significant fan unrest. No amount of protests and hostility will get him sacked at the start of next season unless we're in or around the bottom three come Christmas time. And still some people maintain Pardew is a bigger problem than Ashley.. :lol:

Link to post
Share on other sites

Ashley hasn't sacked him after last season's near relegation, hasn't sacked him after the headbutt, and won't sack him now after half a season of relegation form and significant fan unrest. No amount of protests and hostility will get him sacked at the start of next season unless we're in or around the bottom three come Christmas time. And still some people maintain Pardew is a bigger problem than Ashley.. :lol:

 

Who exactly maintains that?

Link to post
Share on other sites

Ashley hasn't sacked him after last season's near relegation, hasn't sacked him after the headbutt, and won't sack him now after half a season of relegation form and significant fan unrest. No amount of protests and hostility will get him sacked at the start of next season unless we're in or around the bottom three come Christmas time. And still some people maintain Pardew is a bigger problem than Ashley.. :lol:

 

Who exactly maintains that?

 

Seen it posted loads lately.

Link to post
Share on other sites

They're both part of the same cluster duck. Really don't know why they both can't be of as big a problem. Ashley calls the shit shots and peddles shit transfers and pardew is shit at managing anything other than a sock drawer. Both really big issues. They are also both hugely deceitful cunts. Dead heat.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Ashley hasn't sacked him after last season's near relegation, hasn't sacked him after the headbutt, and won't sack him now after half a season of relegation form and significant fan unrest. No amount of protests and hostility will get him sacked at the start of next season unless we're in or around the bottom three come Christmas time. And still some people maintain Pardew is a bigger problem than Ashley.. :lol:

 

Who exactly maintains that?

 

Seen it posted loads lately.

 

I think it's more a recognition that they're both big problems for the club but we can have a stronger influence over the continued (or not) presence of Pardew.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
×
×
  • Create New...