Finishing fifth in the Premier League with a great team was a fine effort and we also got to the quarterfinals of the Europa League and nearly got past a Benfica side that went to the final.
ALAN PARDEWThursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
More Alan Pardew Quotes
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I did as well as I could at Newcastle.
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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 have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
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I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now.
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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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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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Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger.
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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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I don’t like people who drain my time and energy.
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You are bound to want a player at some stage who is represented by this guy and you will have to try to work around the personality of the agent.
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If you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.
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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 tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.
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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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Amid all the negativity at Newcastle, we achieved some great things.
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