Alan pardew

[Jim D]

That's it then - no way will he allow us to get KLL back. Even if he didn't want him he wouldn't allow him to come back to us.

 

[Giraffe]

Truly astonishing if this happens. Joke club.

 

[Danny-Boy]

How about a treble with Shane Warne coming out of retirement to captain the faultering Australian cricket team

I like that a new word which actually expresses a concept: "faultering"...might catch on, except the Australian team are dropping all theirs!

 

[Danny-Boy]

Set to be named as the new Newcastle United manager.

Great appointment.

I know someone in Eastbourne who sounds a dead ringer for Pards. Often wish he would phone up R5 Live and give them billy bullshit about what his intentions are.

 

[sydney]

joke of the century so far.............shows how clueless they are, too busy boning their sisters.

 

[Simster]

Funnier than the time they brought in Joe Kinnear.

 

[Old Hadlothian]

My boss is the spitting image of Pardew, can't stand him either... complete **** (describes both admirally)

 

[tottenhamseagull]

He is going to go for something a bit different.


Sol Campbell

There's only one Sol Campbell,
There's only one Sol Campbell,
With a packet of sweets
And a cheeky grin,
Campbell wants Pardews bollocks on his chin

 

[glasfryn]

Set to be named as the new Newcastle United manager.

Great appointment.

they deserve one another

 

[Danny-Boy]

My boss is the spitting image of Pardew, can't stand him either... complete **** (describes both admirally)

So we get your boss with my mate to do the verbals, a complete Pards double. Could make a fortune. Remember the Sven lookalike in Mexico or wherever?

 

[Gwylan]

How about a treble with Shane Warne coming out of retirement to captain the faultering Australian cricket team

Hmm... Warne's got a sharper cricketing brain than Ponting and, even at 40, is probably better than any other Aussie spinner. I'm not sure I'd welcome that one.

 

[Philzo-93]

Oh this is brilliant, he has a shit mind on the transfer market too, this could be really good for us getting LuaLua permanently

On another note, that's a f***ing joke

 

[bellsize seagull]

just taken them down....

 

[brakespear]

amazing, just amazing, Newcastle are truly the club who never stop giving.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

What a truly brilliant (in a comic sense) appointment.

BBC Sport - Football - Alan Pardew set to be new Newcastle manager

"It is believed Pardew became close friends with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley and director Derek Llambias when all three were familiar faces at an exclusive London casino where Llambias was managing director."

So, whatever Ashley and Co pay him, they know they'll be gettig it back at the tables. Sweet.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Set to be named as the new Newcastle United manager.

Great appointment.

..... if you hate Newcastle.

 

[Life After Bobby]

Replacing the "inexperienced" Hughton (twice FA cup winner, UEFA Cup winner as a player; Championship winner as a manager; coaching experience with Spurs - includes European games - and Newcastle currently 12th) with the experienced Pardew (won nothing as a player or manager - not counting play-off wins - managerial/coaching Reading, West Ham, Charlton and Southampton)

Pardew has only had one successful season in the Premiership, West Ham 05/06, finished 9th. Following season "Pardew was criticised after seeing West Ham through their worst run of defeats in over 70 years which included a League Cup defeat to Chesterfield"

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

 

[Mackenzie]

How does pardew keep getting work? Completely baffling.

 

[Sheebo]

f*** whether it's a good appointment or not if it ballses up our KLL chances as it may well do then it's awful news for us. Awful.

he's never liked us since we SMASHED Reading to the title 10 yrs ago or so and he'd said in the season they'd beat us comfortably. And he's ex Palarse.

 

[MJsGhost]

By all accounts it's because he is the best (only?!) candidate who's willing to accept the contract that Ashley is insisting the next manager has - a (relatively) low basic wage, with the rest coming as bonuses for success. Also, no provision for a big payout for early termination etc.

As much as I think Hughton being sacked is a travesty, Pardew is an awful candidate for the job and that Ashley is a complete twat... I can't help but think that (if true), the terms of the contract are the way forward for players and managers. So many are overpaid when delivering nothing - it's a results-based business, so should be very easy to have most of the managers' and players' remuneration made up of performance & results bonuses. It would certainly keep the players on their toes and keep fans a bit happier through a bad run - knowing that the players / management are suffering financially and have a big reason to sort it out rather than pick up their £60k per week no matter what the result...