Thursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
ALAN PARDEWI don’t like people who drain my time and energy.
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If you’ve seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term ‘dementors’ – people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy.
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It’s important that top clubs don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s the English Premier League and English players should be involved.
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When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
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I didn’t listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn’t let it enter my brain.
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You always have to have faith in your own abilities and that has to be evident to your players.
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So we eradicate the ‘dementors’, encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here.
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I have to be involved in negotiations because players have to buy into me and what I want from them if they join my club, so all managers need to be fully involved in transfers, that’s for sure.
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We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to.
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The one thing I hate about other managers is waffle that is nowhere near the truth. I would never conduct myself like that.
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These difficult periods come and you have to accept that.
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They were great days, great nights at St James’ Park and I remember them with affection. Maybe they are forgotten too quickly.
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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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I have had situations in the past when you are close to signing a player and the money involved switches from euros to pounds to dollars. It is a difficult process, but one we have to work with.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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