We expected Alan Pardew to be mature and sensible about the changes at Newcastle, since Joe Kinnear arrived as Director of Football, to the sheer horror of most Newcastle fans.
A recent photo of Joe Kinnear – he needs some sleep
And Joe didn’t disappoint (so to speak), by shaming himself and our club with that uncalled for interview on talkSPORT three weeks ago.
And in his interviews today Alan Pardew has come out in a positive way about the changes, and Alan has stressed what Joe Kinnear’s job is, and how it can work to build a better squad on Tyneside.
This is what Alan had to say on how Joe Kinnear can help him:
“It is very simple for me.” “If Joe can persuade Mike to invest in the right manner.” “Then that will be the best outcome for us.”
“As well as we’ve done in the transfer market, there is always room for improvement.” “I have spoken to Joe and had a couple of meetings with him.”
“I have told him what I think the weaknesses in the squad are.” “Let’s be fair it’s a squad not a side.” “And I have told him I need to strengthen and I have a couple of ideas.”
Good words from Alan, who has stayed at the club, even though Joe’s appointment has left him with less power.
And we know a number of managers with bigger egos who would have already resigned from Newcastle, after the way in which Joe was appointed – which was a complete shambles, to put it mildly.
But Alan is still here, and he seems more determined than ever to be successful this coming season.
And he needs to be successful too, otherwise his job will be under pressure come next May.
But Alan already knows that.
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101 comments so far
Jail for Ashley
Jul 8, 2013 at 12:42 PM
Comment #81Gerald Ratner an ex dogging partner of Mashley is being hired on our public relations and finance team !
MacToon
Jul 8, 2013 at 12:44 PM
Comment #82Jail, are you in or around town this Wednesday evening?
Joe Blog
Jul 8, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Comment #83How I see it, there’s probably a smidgen of a chance we’re genuinely interested in Sinclair, my instinct tells me more stirring behind the media curtain, however, if it were true, he’d definitely enhance our squad. Crying out for more goals from all areas of the team and Scott Sinclair had about 1 in 3 from the wide left, with Swansea, so taking out Jonas for somebody who can add 10+ goals a season, would be a significant step.
Jail for Ashley
Jul 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM
Comment #84Mac,
Still in Lincolnshire not going to be home until sometime next week !
MacToon
Jul 8, 2013 at 12:58 PM
Comment #85Ah, ok mate, I know there’s a bit of a meet on Wednesday you might have been interested in but maybe next time.
Jamiemac
Jul 8, 2013 at 12:59 PM
Comment #86Odds slashed from 40/1 to 1/4 for us to get sinclair
geordie157
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Comment #87Can’t believe some bloggers are comparing bent to shola, bent is a much better player, he’d score goals for us. Ideally as our 3rd choice striker though.
pawl250
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Comment #88If we get Sinclair its a bonus, I hope he is not a prime target!
For me Remy and De Jong are the ones we need.
Sinclair would be a nice addition, and like Gouffran offer options. He can play wide, or central. He also takes a decent penalty. Look City didnt buy him for no reason, he was bought because he had a decent season as Swansea so he would be welcome in my team.
It would allow us to sell Shola and Obertan if we buy the 3 players.
Out
Shola 300k
Obertan 1m
Gosling 1m
Perch 700k
3m
In
Remy 10m
De Jong 7m
Sinclair 4m
21m
NET 18m
Its a massive improvement! AND realistic considering we were supposedly bidding 15m for PEA alone! Thats 3 players, decent offensive players which would leave the squad looking like this!
1.Krul HG
2.Elliot HG
3.Alnwick U21 HG
4.Debuchy
5.Tavernier HG
6.Mbiwa
7.Coloccini
8.STaylor HG
9.Williamson HG
10.Good U21
11.Street U21 HG
12.Dummett U21 HG
13.RTaylor HG
14.Santon
15.Haidara U21
16.Ferguson HG
17.Ben Arfa
18.Jonas
19.Marveaux
20.Sinclair HG
21.Gouffran
22.Cabaye
23.Tiote
24.Sissoko
25.Anita
26.Sammy U21 HG
27.Abeid U21
28.Vuckic U21 HG
29.Bigirmana U21 HG
30.Amalfitano
31.De Jong
32.Cisse
33.Remy
34.Campbell U21 HG
casmag
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:08 PM
Comment #89@pawl250 Good squad but I think we still need defensive cover aswell
Jail for Ashley
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:08 PM
Comment #90Pawl,
Fairplay to you if you think Mashley will have a net spend of 18M this summer, it would be great if we got those players in.
Ian Toon
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:09 PM
Comment #91Rotonda- man, your 51-52 years old with your professional coaching
badges. Around the same age as Pardew why not contact Ashley and tell him how much better a job you would do! Your wasting your talents.
casmag
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Comment #92@Jail I’m sure St.Etienne confirmed we bid more than Dortmund for Pea so it may not be too unrealistic.
ronjohno
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:13 PM
Comment #93According to reports Pardew berated his players and staff for the failures of last season.
How can the man be so arrogant as to blame everybody but him
So does that mean his tactics were right, His plans B,C and D non existent when Plan A failed. Playing players out of position just to accomodate his PURPLE players like Jonas who should not have been in the team. Before anyone mentions his workrate ………
Going on the defensive even if we went 1 – 0 up early in the game.
No team in the French leagues plays hoofball so his “gameplan” must be totally alien to these players.
Same goes for Anita who was brought up to play the “AJAX” way.
I think Pardew will be found wanting yet again – pity he is not nearly as good as his talk.
Before any Pardew supporters come to his defence -NO- I have no time for the man.or his supposed football nous.
pawl250
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Comment #94Casmag
I used to think that but assuming this
Anita, Jonas can both play full back, if needed.
We have Mbiwa, Colo, STaylor and Williamson in centre, and I would like to see game time if needed go to Street beyond that. He is supposed to be a massive prospect.
We also already have versatile fullbacks, Debuchy Santon Haidara and Ryan Taylor. Push comes to shove, Ferguson and Tavernier.
You have to remember good players wont play back up. They will all want to play. The squad I mentioned would arguably work like this, or for me anyway!
———————- Krul ———————-
Debuchy – Mbiwa – Coloccini – Santon
————- Sissoko – Cabaye ————–
Ben Arfa —— De Jong ———— Remy
——————– Cisse ———————–
Elliot, Haidara, STaylor, Anita, Tiote, Marveaux, Sinclair
I doubt likes of Jonas, Gouffran, RTaylor and even Williamson will be happy about that!
Of course this is all a dream!!
Ian Toon
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Comment #95All managers in all walks of life have their favourites. Quite often in football it’s the player(s) they feel won’t let them down when push comes to shove. That’s why managers feel it’s not a good idea to blood the kids when the side is playing badly. Shane Ferguson played like a frightened rabbit caught in the headlamps of a car when he was introduced in PL games. Temperament is often as important as basic skill.
Jamiemac
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Comment #96ronjohnno
You’re under the common illusion that EVERYTHING is down to the manager. What sort of manager would Pardew be if he DIDN’T criticise the performances of his players for some of the atrocious performances of last season.
Don’t you think Pardew got enough stick from the fans anyway? Only fair the players get their part of the criticism too.
Ian Toon
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Comment #97Jonas played against QPR when many on here were screaming for him to be dropped. He was influential in us winning as I recall.
HullMag6
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:21 PM
Comment #98Maybe the ex influenced the move to Manchester, if Sinclair did come I’m sure he’ll find a more than adequate naturally endowed replacement around quayside or if hes brave enough the market lol.
Ian Toon
Jul 8, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Comment #99Surely the players have to take some responsibility for under performing!!
croftus5678
Jul 8, 2013 at 3:14 PM
Comment #100sinclair will give me something to look forward to if true !
12 goals a season for a winger “yes please” not to mention his assists and how many cisse can gain extra out of them !
compared to guti’s 1 goal and 1 assist (i think) only 24yo comes cheap with prem experiance i honestly dont think we could go wrong if we tried.
sign him please and get a striker in so at laest we have a hell of a lot better team than last year to take our minds off all the c*&p that is happening.
croftus5678
Jul 8, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Comment #101@97 ian
as an attacking winger he played very well in around 3 of our games last season !
as a defending winger he was good in another 10-15 but imo wingers should not be defending throughout the game and should be more attack minded !
keep the lad by all means for when we can not get a hold of the game so that we are hard to break down (for me he’s the next utility perch lb/rb/dm)