When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
ALAN PARDEWThursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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It’s almost like he has Dr. Who’s Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)
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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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I didn’t listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn’t let it enter my brain.
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I did as well as I could at Newcastle.
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I would not want to be the Europa League in the current format, that’s for sure.
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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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Until that issue is addressed, no Premier League team wants to be in the Europa League. That’s the reality, even if some don’t want to admit it.
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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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We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success.
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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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If you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.
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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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