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.
ALAN PARDEWI would not want to be the Europa League in the current format, 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’s probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.
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If you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past 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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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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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 did as well as I could at Newcastle.
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You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to.
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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 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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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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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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It’s almost like he has Dr. Who’s Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)
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These difficult periods come and you have to accept 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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