When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
ALAN PARDEWI 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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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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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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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 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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It’s probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.
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Amid all the negativity at Newcastle, we achieved some great things.
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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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You always have to have faith in your own abilities and that has to be evident to your players.
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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 affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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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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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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