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Pardew happy with current strikers after all, are you? [Poll].

January 17th, 2011 | 122 Comments |

Pardew: Looking to strengthen in other areas now?
Pardew: Looking to strengthen in other areas now?
Alan Pardew, who has said in the past that the aquisition of another quality striker was one of his main priorities, seems to have had a rethink.

After recent performances by Leon Best, who, to the surprise of many fans, scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 victory against struggling West Ham, and Shola Ameobi, and may be switching his priorities as far as targeting new players.

Speaking in an interview, he started by comparing Shola Ameobi and Leon Best, the strikers who played in Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Sunderland, with their opposite numbers in the home side, who are much coveted £10 million+ hitmen, Darren Bent and Asamoah Gyan.

Pardew said on the pair’s performance at the weekend:

“Shola and Leon were as good as the home strikers,” (more…)