I only saw the second half of the Newcastle v Spurs game, but it was 45 mins of good football and probably produced a fair result. So, has Pardew been misjudged? Or, is he just better with better players? It's easy to argue that Newcastle have had easier games than some sides, but 8 games without defeat is a good start even though they are likely to slip back atfer they have faced the big guns.
Any views? No tirades please!
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Maybe he has a decent assistant unlike the non existant one who had nothing to do with the crap that was produced by pardew at the valley
Ultimately , it's what these managers do at Charlton that matters most to us and we all know some fans were looking to see Curbs fail when he left to give it the told you so but whatever these ex managers go on to achieve it won't change what they done at our club and Pardew failed with us
The trouble with Pardew's teams come after a year or so. This is when effects of his management style come about. He produces teams who have an inflated sense of their own greatness and abilities as players. The players then think they only have to turn up on the pitch to win and don't work hard enough. West Ham fans will tell you the same and it happened at Charlton.
Players such as Darren Ambrose are another good example of Pardews
management ability. Warnock like Curbishley played Ambrose breaking from
right midfield and he immediately scored a lot of goals at Palace.
Pardew consistently played Ambrose in a central position and it never
worked. There is always a balance as a manager between your preferred
style of play and the players (with their strengths and weaknesses) at
your disposal. Pardew, I don't think did a good job on that level and
was far too rigid at times.
In addition, Pardew talks a good game and but when things start to go wrong he won't take any responsibility for it. That attitude also rubs off on the players.
Add in 'personnel attachments' at the club with the ego problems, it can't be said that a healthy atmosphere is foistered at the clubs he manages.
It is too early to say whether Pardew has overcome these tendancies.
When you add in a team of players bought by Pardew and been managed by
him for any length of time is the real test. It is incredible how he managed to land job after job though, particularly when great managers such as Curbs are not in work.
As a manager the worst thing you can do at St James Park is get off to a flying start because the Geordies swiftly raise expectations to unrealistic levels which makes the inevitable disappointment likely to lead to a sacking swiftly.
As Vff says I don't expect AP to be quick to take responsibility when things go wrong. I predict he will have burned some of the chairmans dosh on an expensive under-performer before departing.
If he has changed and I am wrong then fair play to him.
75% Dowie's fault, 25% Pardew's fault. Pardew's a pretty good impact manager, and he had a pretty impressive half season with us in the Premiership, considering the demoralised shambles he inherited. However, he can't be trusted with transfer funds, as we know too well - Izale McLeod, Stuart Fleetwood, Dean Sinclair just for starters, and he can't turn it round as soon as things start going wrong, they seem to go from bad to worse pretty rapidly. Obviously alleged relations with his players' spouses doesn't help morale either.
It won't last at Newcastle, and I suspect it will all end in fairly comical fashion.
Arrogant, selfish onanist certainly
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Pardew is a good manager.
No need for this fool to insult him. What does he base his opinion on?
PragueAddick:
Respect? That's rich. That bloke talks down to and disrespects nearly eveyone on here. Insight? Don't make me laugh.
Back?
I've never been away.....
I think you'll find Clive simply threw the same insult back to the poster who had originally insulted Alan Pardew. I can't see what is wrong with that.
What gives him the right to insult a respected professional football manager? Quite a nasty insult too.
What is an onanist?
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