You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to.
ALAN PARDEWIt’s almost like he has Dr. Who’s Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)
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I don’t like people who drain my time and energy.
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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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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 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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It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success.
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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 feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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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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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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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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We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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It’s probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.
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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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