Is he crazy or what???!!!
managers galore have openly told him he is, but you cant blame him for taking the job, a way to get back into management at the top level, but none the less he's got a huge task ahead of him.
how will the game pan out tom? home to liverpool, as i said in a previous post, the enigma of mike ashley was nowhere to be seen when pardew was unveiled to the public yesterday, and i cant blame him because there would've been scenes mirroring the student protests had he bothered to turn up.
pardew tried to put on a brave front, answering the inevitable questions about the club, the previous manager and his untimely departure, but it was to me so transparent that it is quite clear pardews relationship with the members of ashleys board had a huge bearing on the situation.
a staggering five and a half year deal was agreed, when ashley wouldnt even give hughton an extension till the end of the season!!
this may show that the club is severely unstable and pardew may well have insisted on the lenght in case of the club being sold in the near future, and therefore giving him a bit of a fall back by having the contract in place, if the new owners were to think he wasnt the right man in charge??
or am i being a bit harsh on the man? i dont know but he has always seemed to have a pretty hefty pay off from all of his previous clubs, but this could also be seen as very clever from his side i suppose....
he has already admitted the players have voiced their opinions about the sacking of hughton, and it doesnt take a genius to work out it wasnt a welcomed decision, so this is the start of the huge task that lies ahead for him.
to make things worse they welcome a re-juvinated liverpool to st james' park, their away form not being the best but recent games they seem to be getting it nearer to being right, will the newcastle players galvanise and put up a fight, maybe in support of hughton, and maybe to stamp their claim for a position under the new manager, or will they revolt and roll over?????
we will all find out late tomorrow evening......
i predict a liverpool victory 1-3........we shall see.....
can go without a couple of predictions for the two big games this weekend though.....
tottenham vs chelsea........3-1 spurs in this one, if ivanovic plays in the middle with terry, gareth bale will murder ferriera down the left and consequently spurs will find the gaps to put them to the sword.
and last game of the weekend is manchester united against arseanl, as it stands before any kick off this is a top of the table clash, united putting the only unbeaten record in the country on the line against arsene wengers boys, ill go for a 3-1 to the home side, old trafford is a fortress and i cant see it changing on monday.....
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