Pardew was given 19 games to save us from Relegation from the EPL - Failed Given a season to get us back up and was backed financially - Failed 2nd season on limited funds to get us up - Failed, Sacked then we were relegated after his departure.
People will say Dowie but the fact is we near enough broke even with his signings, most of them commanded a fee once we sold them, whereas most of Pardew's signings we paid for but ended up releasing. Also Dowie wasn't given enough time, didnt have his own assistant and first team coach and also the players liked him.
Pardew was given 19 games to save us from Relegation from the EPL - Failed Given a season to get us back up and was backed financially - Failed 2nd season on limited funds to get us up - Failed, Sacked then we were relegated after his departure.
People will say Dowie but the fact is we near enough broke even with his signings, most of them commanded a fee once we sold them, whereas most of Pardew's signings we paid for but ended up releasing. Also Dowie wasn't given enough time, didnt have his own assistant and first team coach and also the players liked him.
you forgot to add that pardew was the man who brought us Parky who made sure the wank team that pardew had assembled and he himself had been coaching finished off our relegation to the third tier with such ease that it still begs the question why seths goat was not appointed
Dowie - fifteen years of improvement on the pitch underpinned by sensible financial management, all undone in the space of 1 transfer window and 12 matches. Ugly, cretinous tosser.
Pardew had a decent crack at keeping us in the Premier League, despite inheriting a squad that featured Traore, Faye and Fat Jimmy. He was pretty popular for the half season in the Premier League and the first half of the first season down, then he went bad. There were no high points with Dowie, apart from his departure.
In my opinon Les Reed was in a pretty impossible situation, and always felt sorry for him for the vitriol he received. Despite it being very clear that it was not going to work out I always felt that he was a good guy who had the clubs best interests at heart.
Pardew I definitly can't say the same for, and so I'd much rather talk about him disparagingly than someone like Reed.
Les Reed was in a pretty impossible situation, but despite it being clear that it was never going to work out I always felt that he was a good guy who had the clubs best interests at heart.
Pardew I definitly can't say the same for, and so I'd much rather talk about him disparagingly than someone like Reed.
agreed, Les Reed is a very good coach and understood the club and it clearly meant a lot to him being our manager. Shame he was just useless.
Les Reed was in a pretty impossible situation, but despite it being clear that it was never going to work out I always felt that he was a good guy who had the clubs best interests at heart.
Pardew I definitly can't say the same for, and so I'd much rather talk about him disparagingly than someone like Reed.
agreed, Les Reed is a very good coach and understood the club and it clearly meant a lot to him being our manager. Shame he was just useless.
I think the timing and the situation we were in meant that appointing a coach with no prior management experience was always going to be a disaster and impossible to sell to the fans.
That being said, he didn't help himself with some of his tactical decisions...
Never felt more sorry for a fella in charge of our club than Les Reed, such a nice fella but obviously 'not' managerial material. Never liked to hear the vitriol directed at him coming out of some peoples mouths and indeed on this message board from time to time. He's a gentleman and a very very good coach......... if nothing else.
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Pardew was given 19 games to save us from Relegation from the EPL - Failed
Given a season to get us back up and was backed financially - Failed
2nd season on limited funds to get us up - Failed, Sacked then we were relegated after his departure.
People will say Dowie but the fact is we near enough broke even with his signings, most of them commanded a fee once we sold them, whereas most of Pardew's signings we paid for but ended up releasing. Also Dowie wasn't given enough time, didnt have his own assistant and first team coach and also the players liked him.
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Pardew had a decent crack at keeping us in the Premier League, despite inheriting a squad that featured Traore, Faye and Fat Jimmy. He was pretty popular for the half season in the Premier League and the first half of the first season down, then he went bad. There were no high points with Dowie, apart from his departure.
For the oldtimers...Alan Mullery. Disaster.
Pardew I definitly can't say the same for, and so I'd much rather talk about him disparagingly than someone like Reed.
That being said, he didn't help himself with some of his tactical decisions...
Carson, Sankofa, El Karkouri, Fortune, Hreidarsson, Traore, Kishishev, Faye, Holland, Hughes, D.Bent
No attacking wing backs, no attacking midfielder (used Hughes as one).
Worst away trip for me ever.
Dowie vs Pardew
and
Reed vs Parky
I know who Muzza would say out of Dowie vs Pardew.
Never liked to hear the vitriol directed at him coming out of some peoples mouths and indeed on this message board from time to time.
He's a gentleman and a very very good coach......... if nothing else.