toon25 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 That interview on TalkShite is painful viewing. The bloke is just a fucking idiot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Any former employee who speaks well of the club gets some adulation online, regardless of their contribution when they actually represented us (just look at Barton). The fucking thing with Pardew is that he'd get it anyway. He could come out and say all Geordies are arseholes; you'd still get mouthbreathers on Facebook crowing about finishing 5th. "At least Pardew finished fifth" is the footballing version of "At least Hitler made the trains run on time". The next season he ltierally said thank god we weren't in the UEFA cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Made me hate football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Seeing the way he speaks now, it's very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that he wasn't that bad for us. But the simple fact is that, if Eddie Howe had those players in 2011/12 he'd have got that team into the top 4 in that season, and top 6 for any season after that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 I don't mind him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Luque Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, Rich said: I don't mind him. Reported. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 11 minutes ago, Rich said: I don't mind him. Worse than tricking Sam Tarly, this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 I've softened a little on him, but only a little, purely on ok that season finishing 5th was a decent accomplishment albeit the squad was good. He was self absorbed, lazy and became just another apologist for the regime but I just don't think under Ashley we would ever get any better than that. I do think under Rafa for a precious final 6 months we were better than we ever were under Pardew but the league was harder and the players worse. I also remember that half way through that one good season I was fuming at Pardew, thought we'd never achieve anything and then things suddenly seemed to click and we went on a ridiculous run. Time passing just meant all the visceral annoyance is gone, but still loath the likes of Kinnear and Carver. (Not including Bruce cos recent enough anger hasn't subsided but he is surely the actual nadir) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Unlucky Luque said: Reported. Good man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppy Chop Chop Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Unlucky Luque said: Reported. Blocked and muted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Just popped in to say................he's still a smarmy cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Rich said: I don't mind him. HTT was banned for less Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Kid Icarus said: ? I re-watched this for first time in awhile recently as the Mrs hadn't seen it. Genuinely burst out laughing hearing the"corrected" in my head. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 At worst the 3rd best manager of the Ashley era. Obviously says very little of his ability and more about Ashley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: At worst the 3rd best manager of the Ashley era. Obviously says very little of his ability and more about Ashley. No manager was ever going to succeed under Ashley without being a huge arse licker. He achieved something getting 5th. Deservedly or not it is still an achievement, but was never sustainable and I still consider it the flukiest result since Leicester took the title. A decent manager would have had those player consistently in the top 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, gjohnson said: No manager was ever going to succeed under Ashley without being a huge arse licker. He achieved something getting 5th. Deservedly or not it is still an achievement, but was never sustainable and I still consider it the flukiest result since Leicester took the title. A decent manager would have had those player consistently in the top 6 That squad was immensely over rated. Williamson Ryan Taylor Steven Taylor Santon Cisse (first 6 months aside) Jonas Simpson Yanga-Mbiwa Gouffran Anita These were not top 6 level players. Krul Colo Demba Cabaye Tiote HBA Is a good spine. Like top 8. But the rest of the team is wasn’t particularly good. Edited June 28, 2023 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 I remember when 80% of this forum thought Pardew was holding back Vurnon Akante Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) Fuck debating anything to do with this wanker, this bloke was a full on cunt who blamed everyone but himself for shit performances. Edited June 28, 2023 by Bimpy474 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 The players seemed to like him, certainly Barton has spoken very well about him in interviews since retiring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, gjohnson said: No manager was ever going to succeed under Ashley without being a huge arse licker. He achieved something getting 5th. Deservedly or not it is still an achievement, but was never sustainable and I still consider it the flukiest result since Leicester took the title. A decent manager would have had those player consistently in the top 6 I think Pardew succeeded in his bosses objectives. He kept us up fairly comfortable most seasons and didn’t complain about his boss. He was an outright failure to us. But our owner didn’t care. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 17 minutes ago, KDT said: The players seemed to like him, certainly Barton has spoken very well about him in interviews since retiring. If Barton speaks well of him that's probably in the "cons" column tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 He literally made me want us to lose every week, he got some great wins when he was here and the 4-4 will forever be one of, if not the best comeback in PL history. However, along with some scattered elation came a lot of absolutely dire performances, record numbers of 3+ goal losses and a penchant to blame everything but himself for some horrific tactical displays. It's nice that he only has good things to say about the team, the city and the supporters, but he will always be the slimy, rubber lipped womaniser that blamed the Notting Hill Carnival for yet another tepid display of anti-football. I'm glad he's gone and don't look back fondly on anything he "achieved". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Just checked, he's still a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 8 hours ago, Dr Venkman said: Made me hate football. Made me want my own fucking team to get beat. Incomprehensible that I'd tune in to our matches just to cheer opposition goals. I'll never forgive him for that. 34 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Simpson These were not top 6 level players. Is that Premier League title-winning Danny Simpson? (Yeah, I know, he was still shit) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 He was obviously a wanker but comfortably did better for Newcastle than any other manager Ashley appointed. Unless we include Keegan in that but he Doesn't really count under Ashley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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