I remember when he took over at Charlton. I don't think Charlton Life existed then, if it did it was in it's infancy and I hadn't found it yet. In those days, I used to visit Frankie Valley every day, an there was always such an air of positivity about Pards, how he was turning things around, how he'd put some fight into the team, how we were playing more fluid football... and then we were relegated... and then he disappeared.
The years rolled on, and every so often on Charlton Life some really venomous posts would crop up about him. It was clear that lots of people didn't just dislike him, but hated him with a passion. I never quite got this until today. When Puncheon scored and Pardew did that stupid little dance thing, that was the moment that the scales dropped from my eyes. Disappointment at his inability to keep us up, and a mild feeling that this is a bloke that loves himself too much gave way to full scale loathing; I couldn't help but think words that I will not repeat here. No matter how much I wanted Palace to lose, it wasn't a personal thing against him. But after that dance I thought here is a guy who's just too full of himself, too ready to steal someone else's limelight. I really wanted him to suffer, and boy was I glad when he did.
I realise I'm a latecomer to the Pards-hatred party, at what point did you realise that you hated him?
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Slowly but surely as he spunked money on crap and blamed everyone bar himself.
Plus hearing off-the-pitch examples of his oily arrogance.
Then not resigning and having to sell Varney for 2(?) million to pay him off.
Odious individual.
Today was superb - loved watching his disappointment.
Is that true or have I made that up?
He has a lot of money. A very comfortable life, if you exclude the pressures of being a premier league football manager. Credit for getting to the final but palace have only won one league game this calendar year.
You can't be that over confident surely?
Winning the FA cup would be a dream and of course you will be enjoying the moment or feeling if/when palace score but the dance was just ridiculously unnecessary.
If he really cared about crystal palace the football club and not his personal merit, he would have witnessed the goal then instantly tried to reorganize his team as it's the closing stages of the game and United are always gana be a threat.
He's a w@nker....and has now been universally fully exposed as the complete utter twat that he is
He loves the media attention obviously but this should be a kick in the teeth.
There's only one realistic place for a car crash like him and that's big brother.
I raise you.
When his old man spunked him out.
But he was an arrogant onanist then and now.
He lost interest very quickly too
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I hated Pardew after I met him with Luke Varney outside the shop we had in Bexleyheath a few years back now. He was arrogant and rude to many people that day. As a manager and the main face representing our club, it was embarrassing, and for me it said all I needed to know about the big nosed twat after not exactly liking him before.