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
feels game thousand
This was my 100th game and it has been a long road. It feels like a thousand to be honest,
best chances flattered game goal good second side
Chances have to go in. Marlon Harewood did not have his best game for us. I thought the second goal flattered them, but they are a good side and had a lot of possession.
ability few finish games great ham learnt lessons plenty rash shown since subtle west
It was a great finish for Marlon's goal. Since he's been at West Ham he's shown he has a subtle ability and plenty of skill. Sometimes he's rash but he's learnt his lessons from the first few games of the season,
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.
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.
believe fans newcastle
Even the Newcastle fans were having a chuckle, they couldn't believe it was a sending-off.
bobby brilliant months past pleased progress
Bobby has made brilliant progress in the past 12 months and I'm very pleased with his contribution this season.
best front pack players whom
Unfortunately for Nigel he has a pack of players in front of him, some of whom are the best in the world,
We all say things like that. When things are not going great, we get down.
amount build cushion europe golden nice paul stage talking
We've not been talking about Europe here. Paul Jewell has a really nice cushion and we have a nice amount of points, 26, to build on. That's golden at this stage in this division.
delighted signed
I am delighted to have signed a new long-term contract,
bit case coming jimmy looked paul reasons walker
One of the reasons I had looked at Paul was because Jimmy Walker is only just coming back and in case he has a strain, we need a bit more cover.
deserved george maybe number seven shirt wear
Maybe he deserved to wear George Best's old number seven shirt - he was that good.
best neither nor squad stretch
Neither Stuart Pearce nor I will have any preparation for the tie. All we can do is to stretch our squad to the best of our ability.