Pardew blames "weak" owners

Barn Door Varney

[quote][cite]Posted By: MuttleyCAFC[/cite]Could have been a different story that first season back if we kept hold of Reid.[/quote]

It wasn't Pardew that took the decision to sell Reid.

razil

Reids influence on us was in spite of pardew i suspect, the guy couldn't organise a defence to save his life.. but this is way old news.

cafcpolo

Dunno if it's been mentioned but rumours down this way are he went as he was sticking it to Lamberts missus!

McLovin

ah the classic manager/player X is sticking it to the missus of player Y

Barn Door Varney

[quote][cite]Posted By: razil[/cite]Reids influence on us was in spite of pardew i suspect, the guy couldn't organise a defence to save his life.. but this is way old news.[/quote]

It is old news however the sale of Reid was a pivotal point of that season and probably cost us a play off place.

It's easy for people to to take a blinkered view and slag off Pardew but conveniently forget that possible the biggest mistake that was made under his management wasn't down to him.

SaoPauloAddick

Good point about the Reid sale not being down to Pards. In our relegation season though, he totally failed to put a balanced squad together - from memory didn't we go into the season with 2 CBs, no left winger, and 8 or 9 central midfielders?

vff

Pardew is a deluded fool of the highest order. How he continued to gain employment for big money is anybody's guess.

Chunes

Dickhead, end of!