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English football is a joke. The fact that he is even tolerated, let alone continuously employed, just tells you all you need to know. Imagine him in La Liga? Or Serie A? Or the Bundesliga? He'd be laughed out. Here he's just met with sympathy and people buy into his bullshit cliches and buzz words. He's utter repulsive.

 

But this is England, and this is the 'Premier League'. You can get away with being him because when it comes to football we are, as a nation, thick as owt.

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English football is a joke. The fact that he is even tolerated, let alone continuously employed, just tells you all you need to know. Imagine him in La Liga? Or Serie A? Or the Bundesliga? He'd be laughed out. Here he's just met with sympathy and people buy into his bullshit cliches and buzz words. He's utter repulsive.

 

But this is England, and this is the 'Premier League'. You can get away with being him because when it comes to football we are, as a nation, thick as owt.

 

Pretty sure he'd like to be referred to as El Rey when he takes over in La Liga.

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/alan-pardew-set-bow-player-12104418.amp

 

Alan Pardew is set to bow to player power at West Brom in a last roll of the dice to keep his job and stop Albion’s free fall towards relegation.

 

Pardew is on the brink at the Premier League basement club who are seven points adrift after a disastrous three-month reign.

 

The ex-West Ham, Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss has had a nightmare in the Hawthorns hot seat since replacing Tony Pulis in November.

 

He has won just once in 14 League games and is set to be sacked if Albion lose at Watford on Saturday.

 

Pardew, 56, has upset and frustrated Albion’s players with his uncompromising style and recent dogged 4-4-2 tactics.

 

It boiled over in a dressing room rant by veteran Chris Brunt after their latest loss at home to promoted Huddersfield.

 

Brunt, who came off the bench, criticised Pardew after complaining Albion were predictably overrun by the Terriers’ five-man midfield.

 

But MirrorSport understands long-serving creative ace Brunt is now in line for a recall to the starting line-up at Vicarage Road this weekend.

 

Pardew is expected to return to the 3-5-2 formation which served Albion well in their best result under him at Liverpool in the FA Cup.

 

The Baggies won 3-2 in the fourth round on January 27 and Brunt , who has assisted four of the club’s last six League goals, impressed.

 

It also saw Pardew deploy a three-man central midfield which gave veteran schemer Gareth Barry, 37, more protection in the engine room.

 

Former Manchester City and England ace Barry has been Albion’s best and most consistent player for most of the campaign.

 

But he has drastically lost his form since being caught up in the club’s ‘taxigate’ in Spain which he and Jonny Evans, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill apologised for.

 

Albion’s squad were unhappy with Pardew for taking them in the first place to Barcelona on a three-night trip over Valentines Day against their wishes.

 

The intended winter break has done nothing to stop Albion’s rot which has now stretched to five successive defeats in all competitions as Pardew has gone 4-4-2.

 

Members of the squad feel Pardew, a LMA manager of the year in 2012, has lost his touch after just seven wins in his last 52 Premier League games with the Baggies and Crystal Palace.

 

Pardew believes the midlands club is suffering from a long-term malaise which set in 12 months ago long before he joined.

 

Albion finished last season with one win in 12 games , then this term they won just two League games before Pulis was axed.

 

Successor Pardew, under contract until 2020, has been trying to get the Baggies to be more positive and make them play on the front foot more.

 

He has not been helped by a hamstring injury to new loan striker Daniel Sturridge who Albion were pinning their hopes on.

 

But nevertheless new CEO Mark Jenkins, recently back at The Hawthorns after chairman John Williams and chief executive Martin Goodman were axed by the club’s Chinese owners, is likely to wield the axe if Albion suffer another reverse this weekend.

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The third last paragraph there  :facepalm:  People are still falling for his front foot shit.

It's beyond ridiculous.

Though tbf, they are comparing him to Pulis there, so it might even be true.

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Guest chopey

Takes me back to my theory that every good comeback Newcastle had under him was in fact orchestrated by Colo on the field after halftime and of course he took the credit.

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Takes me back to my theory that every good comeback Newcastle had under him was in fact orchestrated by Colo on the field after halftime and of course he took the credit.

 

Erm...........  :icon_scratch:

 

Not the first bit that jumped out at me, but can see where you've gone with that - fair play.

 

I could have gone with the Colo bit but...the amount of games we were behind at half time and never won, or barely got a point was unbelievable. I only really remember one comeback and that was because we were all utterly stunned by it  :lol:

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