without being rude
but how the hell do you know this. After all, the devil himself (cortese) was his most trusted right hand man when it came to saints.
Rumours had it that he wanted pardew gone long before he was actually sacked. Remember that really weird post match interview from pardew? it was heavily rumoured at the time that markus wanted him sacked
either way, they were just rumours but how the hell would you know he was some great softy?
he saved us and forever a legend and will be remembered forever but lets not make him out to be something we have no idea of either way