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Pardew praises 12 goal Nolan

May 13th, 2011 | 23 Comments |

Kevin Nolan, Newastle United, gets praise from the manager.
Cluck cluck.
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew praises Nolan and expects him to be fit for pre-season. The manager also gives more detail about Harper’s injury.

Now that Kevin Nolan is definitely finished playing for the season, Alan Pardew has taken the opportunity to praise the 12 goal midfielder:

“He brings leadership, technical ability and goals, very importantly, so we’re going to miss him.

“He’s played with this ankle for a while now and not really moaned, he’s just got on with it. But we needed to sort it out to give him a chance for a full pre-season, which will be important for him next year because there’ll be competition here for him and he’ll need to come back as near as dammit.

“It gives him more of a chance, and that’s why we’ve done it. Everyone’s got a little eye on next year, including myself now. We need to know exactly what we’ve got here and we need to increase the competition here.

“People need to step up and I think everybody’s realising that. There will be new players coming in here and competition will be greater.” (more…)