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It would also be foolish to overlook Pardew’s own role in Palace’s demise. Wickham’s Cisse's struggles up front are hardly assisted by the questionable tactic of playing the ball long to him, thus bypassing the wingers, Palace’s greatest hope of creativity. It leads to those wingers dropping deep to demand the ball, thus leaving said lone striker isolated and helpless. Wilfried Zaha Hatem Ben Arfa typically has to beat two or three opponents before reaching the penalty area.
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This paragraph rung a bell so I edited it a little:

 

It would also be foolish to overlook Pardew’s own role in Palace’s demise. Wickham’s Cisse's struggles up front are hardly assisted by the questionable tactic of playing the ball long to him, thus bypassing the wingers, Palace’s greatest hope of creativity. It leads to those wingers dropping deep to demand the ball, thus leaving said lone striker isolated and helpless. Wilfried Zaha Hatem Ben Arfa typically has to beat two or three opponents before reaching the penalty area.

 

:lol: he's so predictable it's painful

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The comment below the article is spot-on:

 

The biggest problem that Pardew has is that when the going gets tough, he's so fantastically unlikeable that no-one really wants to see him turn things around. Watching him fail just feels better, somehow

 

Crystal Palace went into the FA Cup final as the underdogs, the neutral's favourite - but after that excruciating touchline dance, even the staunchest ABU must have been cheering for the opposition. That's Pardew in a nutshell

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The comment below the article is spot-on:

 

The biggest problem that Pardew has is that when the going gets tough, he's so fantastically unlikeable that no-one really wants to see him turn things around. Watching him fail just feels better, somehow

 

Crystal Palace went into the FA Cup final as the underdogs, the neutral's favourite - but after that excruciating touchline dance, even the staunchest ABU must have been cheering for the opposition. That's Pardew in a nutshell

 

I'm pretty sure even the commentators said that at the time.

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Incredible stuff. Pardew hatred could unify the country.

 

I'd vote for Trump if Pardew was on his shitlist tbh.

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The Benteke signing is quite a smart one for his favoured formation of nine defenders humping it long towards a big man and another striker parked out on the wing. He's not going to score many goals but he'll probably contribute enough to avoid relegation. Maybe.

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Benteke is shit in the build-up play.  Pardew likes to play to his strikers and then out to the wing.  That wont suit Benteke.

 

He's big though, so combined with Townsend on set pieces they might just sneak enough goals between them to stay up. Classic Pardew really.

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If theres something Pardew relies on its a striker and hes always had someone to save his skin. Tevez at West Ham, Bent at Charlton, Lambert at Southampton, Ba, Cisse and Remy here and got a feeling Benteke will be decent at Palace.

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If theres something Pardew relies on its a striker and hes always had someone to save his skin. Tevez at West Ham, Bent at Charlton, Lambert at Southampton, Ba, Cisse and Remy here and got a feeling Benteke will be decent at Palace.

 

He refused to pick Tevez. Preferred Big Marlon.

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