NUFC Tiger
Brownlow Medallist
- Apr 25, 2011
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Bad news for Goodsy because as I said I thought he was impressive in the international.I couldn't see a 6 week injury necessarily excluding him.The way rehab is run these days they can keep them pretty fit while injured somehow.
I reckon Pardew's game plan is pretty formulaic and could be written in triplicate on the back of a stamp so I think I'll disagree NUFC Tiger;Carver and co might get us going even better,although it's ultimately back to very limited options with the squad size and player quality.
The incident has taken me back to my previous opinion of Pardew as a 'friggin eejit' just as I was beginning to give him a lot more credit.
It remains beyond my comprehension how someone in his position could behave in such an infantile and disreputable manner.
The incident probably gives Cashley a trigger to end the monster contract Pardew's got if he wants to,but I get the impression Ashley has the 'yes-man' he wants.
Yeah fingers crossed with Good - apparently he terminated his loan at Dundee and came back to Newcastle for his rehab (you'd think we would have better facilities, physios etc than they would).
Yeah, it's a funny one with Pardew scon. I liked how we played counter attacking football last time out against Hull so hopefully we can use the pace of Remy, Sissoko, Gouffran etc and keep that going by hitting teams on the break. If Carver and co can keep those tactics going, that will be good.
The main concern I have with Carver is he hasn't really had much experience as a manager- I think he has been a caretaker twice and managed in the MLS (US League for 1 season). Will he know how to talk to the players at HT, how to tweak his tactics, when to make substitutions etc? Only time will tell. Thankfully we are looking pretty safe so even if it goes bottoms up, we should be clear of relegation.
We are still in with a chance of European football next season so hopefully we can chalk up more wins and keep the pressure up on the out of form Everton and out of sorts Man Utd for those last Europa places.
In an ideal world, I'd like a better manager than Pardew (who I think definitely needs to check his conduct a bit!). That being said, I'm not sure if any decent manager would want the chance to manage us when we have an owner who doesn't like spending money and likes calling the shots. Any manager that comes in would need to march to the beat of Ashley's drum and be a glorified yes man. You couldn't speak out against the club in any way which would also put you at odds with the fans. The best way to seemingly keep everyone happy is to keep winning games!
For what its worth, I think Pardew does a good job (given the circumstances) of managing the players and keeping them mostly motivated, staying in line with the club's hierarchy and trying to say the right things to keep the fans happy. It definitely wouldn't be easy to keep everyone happy that's for sure!
My main gripe with Pardew (besides his embarrassing behaviour at times) is he fails to get the players worked up for the derby (which we've now lost 3 times in a row - the first time since the 1940s I believe).