Alan Pardew
Alan Pardew
Alan Scott Pardewis an English professional manager and former footballer who manages Premier League club Crystal Palace...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 July 1961
CityLondon, England
cup game home week
It's an important week for us. The Cup game and the Portsmouth home game are very, very important to us.
bobby chances itching needs
I told him he needs to take his chances because Bobby Zamora is itching to play,
flying
It wasn't simple. But we're really flying in attack.
ask form found good players tough
This is a big stage, they (Man United) have some very good players and we found them in good form so it was a tough ask for us.
david developed mould players recent several
David is in the same mould as several other young players we have developed in recent years,
confidence nick
Confidence is high. We feel disappointed that we have not won. We thought we would nick a goal.
choose coming doubt mccarthy stepped threatened
There's not much to choose between them. McCarthy coming could have threatened Marlon's position, there's no doubt about that, but he's stepped up to the plate,
fantastic hit
A fantastic strike. He'll do well to hit another one in his career.
decisions deserved fair ham seen team thoroughly time west
Now isn't the right time to make decisions because I've just seen my team get stuffed. West Ham were thoroughly better than us and we got what we deserved tonight. It was a fair result.
best harsh though
I don't want to be too harsh on our strikers today, even though Marlon did not have his best game,
ball bit determined focused game hurt pass result
The important thing was the result for us. We were focused and determined and it was a big game for us tonight. We didn't pass the ball particularly well and lacked a bit of composure, we should have hurt them more.