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Pardew craves continuity at Newcastle (as long as it’s cheap enough)

August 10th, 2011 | 55 Comments |

Newcastle United's Shola Ameobi gets a 2 year contract extension.
Two year extension for 'continuity'.
Alan Pardew craves ‘continuity’ as Shola Ameobi gets a two year extension to his contract at Newcastle United.

‘Evening all, apologies for my absence over the last two days but I’ve been engaging in a rather offensive activity beginning with ‘w’. By which I mean work, lest those with their minds in the gutter start thinking otherwise!

It seems we’ve given Shola a contract worth another two years. Alan Pardew had this to say about the matter:

“We are delighted to have confirmed Shola’s new contract.

“He has done a terrific job for me since I’ve been at the club and he is also a great character to have around the place.

“It is important to have continuity, and keeping Shola on board helps us achieve that aim.”

I think what Pardew forgot to say on the subject of ‘continuity’ is that it’s a good idea only if the contract is cheap enough. 29 year-old Shola’s evidently was, whereas 29 year-old Kevin Nolan’s clearly wasn’t and 28 year-old Joey Barton’s probably isn’t. (more…)