Pardew says the funniest things…
Posted on March 12th, 2013 | 63 Comments |
Entitled “Alan Pardew says the funniest things sometimes,” it is a brief (they’re only supposed to be around 500 words in there) reflection on some of Pardew’s words after Newcastle’s victory against Stoke, where he marked the cards of foolish romantics who prattle on about how teams need a “fantastic spirit” to win a game once they’ve gone behind. Instead, he insisted that only teams with “world class players” like Yohan Cabaye can change a game once they are a goal behind.
Just to refresh your memory, his exact words were:
“People get them mixed up sometimes, they talk about the spirit of the side and ‘You must have a fantastic spirit to come back from a goal down’.
“You need world-class players.
“You need a world-class player to put that in the top corner from that free-kick to give you a foundation to win the game.”
Hope you like it (though possibly not!).
Alan Pardew says the funniest things sometimes.
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Good article, Worky, but I wish you hadn’t mentioned “world class” player Ronnie Radford. Even after all this time it made me reach for the Gaviscon. Maybe when they trot Ronnie out again for the FA Cup Final (that goal was his bloody pension), Pards will realise that he’s the one getting ‘spirit’ and ‘skill’ mixed up.
In fairness though, Pards obviously couldn’t see over the wall for the free kick or he’d realise that everyone would be talking about Saylor’s antics rather than anything else :)