I didn’t listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn’t let it enter my brain.
ALAN PARDEWUntil 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.
More Alan Pardew Quotes
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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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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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Thursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
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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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We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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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 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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Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger.
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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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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 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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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through 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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