So we eradicate the ‘dementors’, encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here.
ALAN PARDEWI would not want to be the Europa League in the current format, that’s for sure.
More Alan Pardew Quotes
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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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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 don’t like people who drain my time and energy.
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You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to.
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It’s probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.
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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 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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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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You have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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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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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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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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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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These difficult periods come and you have to accept that.
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