gaz Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 OK, I've never paid attention to his sides in the past. What are the styles and traits of the teams he fields? And what sort of player does it sign?
VectisSaint Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Take a look at his Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Pardew The extract below answers part of your question: and his régime to increase the fitness of the squad. Pardew also coined his motto "Tenacity, Spirit and Flair" to give his side a psychological edge.
Scudamore Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Bobby Zamora and Marlon Harewood sort of players...
sambosa757 Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Likes his attacking football. Reading and West Ham scored bags of goals under him. For every Bobby Zamora or Marlon Harewood, there is a Yossi Benayoun or a Dean Ashton.
Scudamore Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Likes his attacking football. Reading and West Ham scored bags of goals under him. For every Bobby Zamora or Marlon Harewood, there is a Yossi Benayoun or a Dean Ashton. What's wrong with Bobby Zamora and Marlon Harewood?
Scudamore Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Nothing is the answer to my question by the way...they were great signings for getting out of the Championship and did pretty well in the Premier League under Pardew despite having their stock fall in recent years...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 He turned the club around from relegation fighters to promotion candidates through players, such as Jamie Cureton, and his régime to increase the fitness of the squad. Good idea for him to use players, i would never have thought of that. Being serious, West Ham played great passing football that season when they were doing well in the Prem.
Chez Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 (edited) At Charlton he signed: Souleymane Diawara £3700000 Ben Thatcher £ 500000 Madjid Bougherra £ 2500000 Luke Varney £ 2000000 Chris Iwelumo Free Patrick McCarthy £ 650000 Yassin Moutaouakil £ 400000 Jose Semedo Free Martin Christensen £ 250000 Chris Powell Free Svetoslav Todorov Free Nicky Weaver Free Dean Sinclair £ 125000 Izale McLeod £ 1100000 Zheng Zhi £2000000 he offloaded Perry to WBA by the way. I hope he goes back for Jose Semedo. I thought he looked a great defensive midfielder. Midn you we perhaps need players in other positions more. Edited 17 July, 2009 by Chez
Baj Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 who was responsible for tevez and mascherano playing at West Ham?
beavis17 Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Charlton Marcus Bent £2.5m Gonzolo Sorondo Free Simon Walton £500000 Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink Free Amdy Faye £2000000 Djimi Traore £2000000 Andy Reid £ 3000000 Souleymane Diawara £ 3700000 Ben Thatcher £ 500000 Madjid Bougherra £ 2500000 Luke Varney £ 2000000 Chris Iwelumo Free Patrick McCarthy £ 650000 Yassin Moutaouakil £ 400000 Jose Semedo Free Martin Christensen £ 250000 Chris Powell Free Svetoslav Todorov Free Nicky Weaver Free he offloaded Perry to WBA by the way. I hope he goes back for Jose Semedo. I thought he looked a great defensive midfielder. Midn you we perhaps need players in other positions more. some good signings there, Iwelumo and McCarthy for example if backed it seems he can attract and improve players
trousers Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 OK, I've never paid attention to his sides in the past. What are the styles and traits of the teams he fields? And what sort of player does it sign? He's a bit like Burley. HTH
Wes Tender Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 He's a bit like Burley. HTH Do you mean that he doesn't tend to see that there are defensive weaknesses in his teams and instead of addressing them, signs ever more midfielders and plays them out of position?
Doctoroncall Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 who was responsible for tevez and mascherano playing at West Ham? interesting to get the story behind the signing of those two... did he want them or were they forced on him.
trousers Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Do you mean that he doesn't tend to see that there are defensive weaknesses in his teams and instead of addressing them, signs ever more midfielders and plays them out of position? Time will tell....
corky morris Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 £2m fro Djimi Traore is a shocker! He was & is one of the worst players to ever play in the PL. But like all managers some signings work out - some dont. It would be interesting to see the players coming in & out of Reading which is more of a similar situation to where we are at now.
Torres Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 who was responsible for tevez and mascherano playing at West Ham? Kia Joorabchian?
BLINK Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 £2m fro Djimi Traore is a shocker! He was & is one of the worst players to ever play in the PL. But like all managers some signings work out - some dont. It would be interesting to see the players coming in & out of Reading which is more of a similar situation to where we are at now. im sure dowie signed traore....
Toadhall Saint Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 who was responsible for tevez and mascherano playing at West Ham? Not Pardew - think you'll find that little episode was nowt to do with Pardew.
Scudamore Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 interesting to get the story behind the signing of those two... did he want them or were they forced on him. This makes for some interesting retrospective reading when you think about how it all panned out... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5304708.stm
Chez Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 im sure dowie signed traore.... you are right it was. Not sure about Diarra as he signed four days after Pardew got there so proabably a done deal before he got there.
ericb Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 He was & is one of the worst players to ever play in the PL Lee Todd. I rest my case
saint1977 Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 This makes for some interesting retrospective reading when you think about how it all panned out... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5304708.stm I think it explains his comments on joining us as a "stable club". West Ham was a circus at the time and Charlton's board were starting to turn on each other in a way that we are very familiar with as Saints fans. The one stable environment was Reading and he did well. It's a slightly risky pick - as WGS was - but I've a feeling it could be a shrewd one.
saint1977 Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 you are right it was. Not sure about Diarra as he signed four days after Pardew got there so proabably a done deal before he got there. Both of them were Dowie buys. Tony Cascarino - who does a lot of football media work in France - said at the time Charlton had paid at least double, and probably more, than Diawara was worth, hence Sochaux bit their hands off.
Cricketphilly Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Lee Todd. I rest my case Ali Dia, I rest mine.
Doctoroncall Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Come on, what manager would say no? The stupid part was West Ham not even playing them. But I think that was actually Curbishley wasn't it? Mascherano had an injury, tevez was in and out, then pardew left. I'd choose Pardew over Curbishley tbh, but I never liked Curbishley. SAF has said no. Well from what I can remember it was late in the transfer window and it caused disruption to the team (that finished 9th and a FA cup final the season before I think) so a big gamble with the season already started.
SFC Forever Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 To be fair to both AP and Curbs neither had a lot to spend and had to go for cheap almost all the time.
Toadhall Saint Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Come on, what manager would say no? The stupid part was West Ham not even playing them. But I think that was actually Curbishley wasn't it? Mascherano had an injury, tevez was in and out, then pardew left. I'd choose Pardew over Curbishley tbh, but I never liked Curbishley. I think when they were signed Pardew first heard about it in the media.
gaz Posted 17 July, 2009 Author Posted 17 July, 2009 Some of the names fill me with even more optimism. I wonder how many older/experienced Prem/CCC players his name (and ML money) will be tempted to join for a promotion push? Cant wait to see what happens.
Rasiak-9- Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Very, very hit and miss it seems. For every time he spunks money up the wall on appalling players like Diawara and Traore he seems to find a great player for free like Iwelumo. On the plus side however, money really isn't an issue right now and an active manager is really what we need. A shakeup of things is just the ticket and knowing him he'll be on the phone all week looking for players.
Crab Lungs Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Lee Todd. I rest my case Nope, disagree. I still think Traore is one of the worst footballers I have ever seen.
shepherds bush saint Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 A shakeup of things is just the ticket and knowing him he'll be on the phone all week looking for players. Alright Matt! You're sounding like an ITK!
Torres Posted 17 July, 2009 Posted 17 July, 2009 Very, very hit and miss it seems. For every time he spunks money up the wall on appalling players like Diawara and Traore he seems to find a great player for free like Iwelumo. Only he didn't sign them...
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