I did as well as I could at Newcastle.
ALAN PARDEWYou 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.
More Alan Pardew Quotes
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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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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 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 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 had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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Thursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
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You have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
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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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Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger.
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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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I didn’t listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn’t let it enter my brain.
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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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