Showing posts with label Alan Pardew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alan Pardew. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2014

OSG Prem: West Brom Sacks Irvine, Is Pardew Going Home...?

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The HQ saw that Crystal Palace would be the first to sack a manager in the Premier League season- Neil Warnock on Saturday after a 3-1 loss to Southampton as they fight in relegation.

Now, West Brom (struggling themselves at the bottom of the table) has sacked Alan Irvine who was regarded as a strange choice to take over in the first place after last season's misfortunes. The West Brom side have lost three in a row and are currently 16th in the table, but they're only one point above the drop zone.

The odd part of all this was that former Spurs manager Tim Sherwood was in line to take over for Warnock at Palace, but now he is lined up to take over for Irvine- according to the London Telegraph.

Got all that...???

But it gets better...

Alan Pardew may be jetting from Newcastle to go back to the place where he was a player in the 1980's and '90s- Crystal Palace.
Rebecca and the Robbies discuss


There will be a quiz later on...

Saturday, October 18, 2014

OSG Prem: Newcastle's Odd Season Gets More Odd With Scoreboard Fail

((HT: Iain Macintosh's Vine))

Newcastle United seem to be the Schleprock of the Premier League this season.

Frankly, the HQ doesn't know how manager Alan Pardew is still employed with all the talk of locker room squabbling and poor results on the pitch.

Today, they were set to unveil a new scoreboard in a corner of St. James Park, but there was an issue...

It was flapping in the breeze and created a safety hazard.


A delay of, at least, an hour resulted before their match with Leicester City

Oooofff...

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

OSG Prem: Pardew Fined, Suspended For Head Butt

Which, probably, means that he's done at Newcastle after the season since he's been banned for the next seven matches and there's only nine left in the 2013-2014 season...

Here's what started it all...
((HT: BPL on NBC))


So, the larger question is: Does Pardew survive all this even with a top-ten finish in the table...???

Prolly not...

Here's the FA's statement:

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew will serve a seven-match suspension with immediate effect, subject to any appeal, after he admitted an FA misconduct charge.

An Independent Regulatory Commission today [Tuesday 11 March 2014] ruled the first three-matches imposed are a stadium ban with the remaining four a touchline ban.

Pardew was also fined £60,000 and warned as to his future conduct.

He was involved in an incident with a Hull City player in the 72nd minute of the fixture on 1 March 2014.


The ban is only a three match ban from the stadium proper and the last four are a situation where he can sit in the director's box if he chooses...

No word on if Pardew will challenge or who will be running the show...


Monday, March 3, 2014

OSG Prem: It Is The Beginning, Pardew Charged By The FA

((HT: Sky Sports))

Here's the statement from the FA:

"Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has been charged in relation to an incident in his side's game against Hull City on 1 March 2014.

"It is alleged that in the 72nd minute of the fixture, Pardew was involved in an incident with a Hull City player that amounted to improper conduct.

"Due to the serious violent and/or aggressive nature of the reported behaviour this case has been designated as non-standard.

"Pardew has until 6pm on Thursday 6 March 2014 to respond to the charge."


Newcastle fined Pardew 100,000 pounds and there won't be any kind of criminal proceedings since neither David Meyler nor Hull City pressed charges on the head butt...

More analysis of the incident on SkySports even calls for Pardew to be banned from touch lines and training grounds

Sunday, March 2, 2014

OSG Prem: Pardew Fined, And It's Probably Just The Beginning

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Let's revisit...
David Meyler of Hull City wanted the ball for an inbounds play, but pushed Newcastle manager Alan Pardew...
Pardew took exception and head butted Meyler... or, at least, looked like it...

Which led to this reaction
((HT: SkySports))


Which led to this apology


And led to this analysis...


Which led to this statement by the club, in part:

His behaviour was unacceptable and is not the behaviour we expect from the manager of Newcastle United …

Alan unreservedly apologised immediately following the game to the player, to Hull City Football Club and its fans, and to the fans of Newcastle United.

We have held discussions this evening with Alan who has offered his sincere apologies to the Club and it is clear he deeply regrets his actions. Alan has accepted a formal warning from the Club in relation to his behaviour today and also a Club fine of £100,000.

The Club is now drawing a line under this matter and will be making no further comment.


Pardew was fined 100,000 pounds and Newcastle legend Alan Shearer thinks that it will be difficult for Pardew to keep his job:

He told Sky Sports:

"What on earth can Alan Pardew say to his players when they misbehave?" Shearer said. "I have never seen anything like that before, ever.

"Frankly I wouldn't be surprised, and I don't think anybody will be surprised at all, if Alan Pardew were to resign over this.

"Even if he doesn't want to resign, the club might be saying to him, "We might be doing you a favour - you resign rather than us sack you", because that will have to be in his thinking also.

"It will be very difficult for him to keep his job now."


The FA admitted that they will be investigating further- and it looks like a suspension is imminent...

The larger question is: With ten games left, how many games and is it worth it to keep Pardew around- even if the team finishes top ten in the table...???

Saturday, March 1, 2014

OSG Prem: Pardew Challenges Hull City Player

((HT: NBCSN/BPL))

So, Newcastle should expect a phone call over this...

Rebecca, Kyle, and Robbie discuss...


It's not the first time that Pardew has run afoul of the FA in times like this...

And the reactions are priceless- take Jeff Stelling and Paul Merson at SkySports


Here's Pardew apologizing rather quickly...
((HT: BBCSport))

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

OSG Prem: Liverpool Wins At The Death, Newcastle In Freefall

Two games called off today because of heavy wind and rain...

And it was really bad at the Etihad where the game between Sunderland and Man City was postponed because of winds that were in the neighborhood of 100mph at times- even knocking over big periodical stands (pictured right, thanks Reuters).
The game between Everton and Crystal Palace was also postponed because of conditions.

No word on when those games will be made up. The reason for the mid-week match-ups is the FA Cup games that are set for the weekend to whittle that field down even further as the teams get another round closer to playing for a title at Wembley.

The Man City game was postponed only 75 minutes before kick and the Citizens are still alive in all four cup competitions at present. This postponement could make things dicey in the schedule as we get to the end of the year...

So... around the league...

Stoke and Swansea drew at 1
Arsenal and Manchester United did nothing and each walked away with a point in a goalless draw
And what has gotten into Spurs Emmanuel Adebayor...???

Two more goals for Tim Sherwood and Tottenham dismantled Newcastle, 4-0, and the HQ wonders about the patience level involving Alan Pardew- even if he is mid-table. Since the sale of Cabaye, the offense has gone out the window...

Even if it's not his fault...
((HT: BBCSport))


But the match of the day is Liverpool-Fulham, and yes, the HQ knows what you're thinking...
No, it's not a misprint...

Liverpool's Kolo Toure almost made it a long day for the Reds with a whiff that turned into an own goal in the match against Fulham...
((HT: BPL))


But after being down 1-0 and 2-1, a late penalty kick by Gerrard gave Liverpool a huge three points off the 3-2 win...

From Chelsea to Spurs, it's only a 7-point range and it's getting good...

Saturday, February 1, 2014

OSG Prem: Sunderland Continues Upward Climb In Tyne Wear Derby

((HT: BPL on NBC))

And you have to wonder, even though, it's not his doing what Newcastle manager Alan Pardew's career-dissipation cycle is at St. James' Park...

The team sends Cabaye to PSG and doesn't replace the offense and Sunderland put another three goals on Newcastle in a 3-0 drubbing. Borini, Johnson, and Jack Colback are responsible for the scores, and Colback's was especially nice...


Fans left St. James' with ten minutes left in regulation, but others took to the pitch in frustration and ran all over the ground before getting handled by stewards and police. One even made a point to dribble the ball for a while before being detained...

Frankly, the reaction of the police was too slow and could have caused some serious damage.

Newscastle are still comfortably in 8th place in the table as the Black Cats charge gives them 12th, but still only two points clear of relegation...

Sunday, January 12, 2014

OSG Prem: Newcastle's Alan Pardew Goes Off

((HT: BPL/Sky Sports))

Manchester City took to the top of the table again today in their win over Newcastle, but not without a little...

Well, okay... a lot... of controversy...

Edin Dzeko got City on the board first, but it looked like Newcastle got an equalizer...
Only the officials didn't see it that way...
Check Tiote's goal was disallowed by an offsides


Which caused Newscastle manager Alan Pardew to explode at the half...


And, eventually, get into it with City manager Manuel Pellgrini where Pardew called him an "effing old" something-or-other


But, after the game, Pellegrini had no issues with Pardew


And Tiote was still with questions...

Sunday, December 15, 2013

OSG Prem: Saints-Newscastle Spiral Out Of Control

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Newscastle manager Alan Pardew was let go by Southampton a few years ago and wasn't too happy about it...

They played for the first time in the Premier League and the game, understandably, degraded at the end...

First, the ref gets popped in the nose by an inadvertent shot as Sissoko was mad at the Southampton goalie.
Then, the benches go after each other in stoppage time...

Not out of the ordinary for these two...
Evidence below...

Sunday, May 12, 2013

OSG Prem: Sir Alex's Last Stand Plus More Are Safe

((HT: BPL/Sky Sports/Sport1/BBC Sports))

It was a busy day on the penultimate Sunday of the Prem Season...

First off, after the massive surprise of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement at season's end from Manchester United. It took goals from Chicharito and Rio Ferdinand to score a late 2-1 win over Swansea. The team also was presented their League trophy. It was also the last home game for the retiring-again Paul Scholes...

The game at Old Trafford started with a Guard of Honor for Sir Alex...


Newcastle, Norwich, and Stoke are safe after wins over QPR, West Brom and a loss to Tottenham. Fulham are also safe after their 3-1 loss to Liverpool. Here's Alan Pardew after finding out his team is safe...


That only leaves Sunderland and Aston Villa to fight with Wigan for the third relegation spot...

Sunderland and Southampton tied at 1 which means that the former are at 39 points and the Villans are at 40. The Latics need to win out to stay in the premiership...

Their first test is with Arsenal on Tuesday and Aston Villa will square off with them on the last day of the regular season.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

OSG Prem: Wigan Gets 3 Points, But That's Not What We're Talking About...

((HT: SkySports))

It's not the Arouna Kone goal that gave Wigan some space between themselves, Reading, and QPR in the Premier League relegation battle that everyone is discussing... it's the Callum McManaman tackle on Haidara that set off every Newcastle person known to man at the end of the first half...


Referee Mark Halsey didn't see what happened, so McManaman didn't even get a yellow card...

And that upset Newcastle Manager Alan Pardew at the end of things...
((HT: BBC))


HQ still waits on the extent of Haidara's injury... and, maybe, a call from the FA to McManaman

Saturday, August 18, 2012

OSG Prem: Pardew Gets Sent Off For Push

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Newcastle and Spurs was the last match-up of the day in the new Premier League season... and it didn't leave without a few fireworks...

Newcastle Manager Alan Pardew disagreed with a call from one of the referees and decided to give one of the AR's (Assistant Referees) a nudge to express some discontent...

Evidence below...


Newcastle would, eventually, win 2-1 to create a new round of headaches for new Tottenham manager AVB. But the HQ expects Pardew to get a phone call from the league offices and be a little lighter in the wallet as a result...

Jus' thinking...
What shocked y'all from the early part of Fixture 1...???