Professor Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Does Alan Pardew have enough confidence in his squad and his team? His downbeat assessments of what can be achieved seem more designed to provide an excuse for failure, rather than to fire up the team. Ahead of the most high profile game of the season - this week's FA cup game - Pardew's warcry is 'we are in with a shout' and 'we have a chance'. Quite frankly that is pathetic - he should be saying that he expects nothing less than a win. Doesn't matter whether he believes it or not, it should be setting the mood for the players and the crowd. Instead he seems to be preparing his excuses for the chairman. This lack of confidence has been apparant in the league with his defensive approach to team selection which does seem to have been noticed by Cortese. Pardew has built a good squad and he needs to encourage his players to perform by setting high targets. I hope he's more upbeat in the dressing room than he is in interviews, but I have my doubts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channon's Sideburns Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 I get the feeling that he's trying to deflect the pressure from our players onto theirs. Well, that's what I hope his intention was ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pele Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Wot a load of cobblers professor! Realistic view taken by AP they are for now a premiership side whilst we are still unfortunately a league 1 side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Mind-games if you ask me. Pards is piling the pressure on P*mpey. At the end of the day, they're still a Premier League side and they SHOULD win, right? The onus is on them to come here, get the win and do it with relative ease, after all, we're a League One team. However, we're in a win-win situation IMO. We lose and we just say that they were expected to win, they're 2 divisions above us after all, but we still have bragging rights about our club's financial position in comparison to theirs. If we win, then we have local bragging rights, a cup upset and we can still mock them about their current plight. I actually think Pards has played the media brilliantly in the build-up to this game. He's taken the pressure of his players, put it onto P*mpey and played down expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintkiptanui Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 I hope behind closed doors he is telling the players they can beat them and to come put of the blocks like they did against MK on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Yeah he should of said..."we are going to kick the sh1te out of them" or "we are going to get stuffed" .....can't win can he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martel Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Mind-games if you ask me. Pards is piling the pressure on P*mpey. At the end of the day, they're still a Premier League side and they SHOULD win, right? The onus is on them to come here, get the win and do it with relative ease, after all, we're a League One team. However, we're in a win-win situation IMO. We lose and we just say that they were expected to win, they're 2 divisions above us after all, but we still have bragging rights about our club's financial position in comparison to theirs. If we win, then we have local bragging rights, a cup upset and we can still mock them about their current plight. I actually think Pards has played the media brilliantly in the build-up to this game. He's taken the pressure of his players, put it onto P*mpey and played down expectations. That's how I read it, clever mind games and like you said taking the pressure off us, smart move IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 12 February, 2010 Author Share Posted 12 February, 2010 If Pardew is trying to take the pressure off his players is exactly the wrong approach. They should be under pressure to win. Pmouth may be playing in the Premier but they are the worst side by far, 6 points off the bottom and the team above has a game in hand. That makes them mid-table CCC standard at best. Ripe for the plucking. I expect us to win despite our cuptied players and Connolly out injured, and so should Pardew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 If Pardew is trying to take the pressure off his players is exactly the wrong approach. They should be under pressure to win. Pmouth may be playing in the Premier but they are the worst side by far, 6 points off the bottom and the team above has a game in hand. That makes them mid-table CCC standard at best. Ripe for the plucking. I expect us to win despite our cuptied players and Connolly out injured, and so should Pardew. Are we giving out awards for drunk posters so early in the afternoon? You expect us to beat a team of players on £70k a week eh?? Well, nothing like growing up wanting to be an astronaut I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Before the MK Dons game he said "i'm not as excited as I probably should be and that's disappointing". In the build up to tomorrow game he has said "i've got the same level of excitement as I did for Mk Dons". If we have the same result as well, I will be very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Pressure to win can and will only result in errors or people not taking their chances for fear of failure. If you don't take risks you can't be blamed. Taking the pressure off of our players and landing it straight on Pompeys shoulders is win-win for us. Our players feel relaxed and can play without fear and Pompey get the added pressure of expectation working against them. I thought it was quite obvious? It's what successful managers have been doing for years and it's been enjoyable to watch the likes of Sir.Alex do exactly this in readiness for big games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Pardew knows exactly what he is doing regarding all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 12 February, 2010 Author Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Are we giving out awards for drunk posters so early in the afternoon? You expect us to beat a team of players on £70k a week eh?? Well, nothing like growing up wanting to be an astronaut I suppose... I do expect Saints to win, but what I, as a fan, expect is not the point, and neither is how much players are paid in the bloated premier league. No one should fall into the trap of thinking that a £70K a week wage makes a player 10 times better than a £7K a week player, or even twice as good. The gap is marginal, but only the Prem clubs have the TV money that is funding the ridulous pay rates. The point is that Pardew should be telling his players HE expects them to win, whether he believes it or not, and he should be telling himself the same. If you start off expecting to lose, you are halfway to proving yourself right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 I do expect Saints to win, but what I, as a fan, expect is not the point, and neither is how much players are paid in the bloated premier league. No one should fall into the trap of thinking that a £70K a week wage makes a player 10 times better than a £7K a week player, or even twice as good. The gap is marginal, but only the Prem clubs have the TV money that is funding the ridulous pay rates. The point is that Pardew should be telling his players HE expects them to win, whether he believes it or not, and he should be teling himself the same. If you start off expecting to lose, you are halfway to proving yourself right. Will you fill me in on the team talks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 I do expect Saints to win, but what I, as a fan, expect is not the point, and neither is how much players are paid in the bloated premier league. No one should fall into the trap of thinking that a £70K a week wage makes a player 10 times better than a £7K a week player, or even twice as good. The gap is marginal, but only the Prem clubs have the TV money that is funding the ridulous pay rates. The point is that Pardew should be telling his players HE expects them to win, whether he believes it or not, and he should be telling himself the same. If you start off expecting to lose, you are halfway to proving yourself right. How do you know he isn't telling them he expects them to win? Perhaps what he says to the cameras and what he says to his players aren't the same? Or do you know for a fact this isn't the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 How do you know he isn't telling them he expects them to win? Perhaps what he says to the cameras and what he says to his players aren't the same? Or do you know for a fact this isn't the case? Have you ever heard Fergie slate a player of his? Apparently this is also true in the dressing room where he is nice a pie to them all, even Nani... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 Pards has given up...He asks if The professor can give the team talks...Suggest the proff take derry along with him.....I will bring Rupes old tactics board and borrow his tracksuit.. Between the top team.... The prof, derry and ottery.....no problem 2-0 to the mighty Saints... Pards..you can come back for the league games... OPINIONS...got to luv em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 12 February, 2010 Share Posted 12 February, 2010 There's been quite a few times if I remember rightly where pardew has played mind games. For exampl he said lallana is unlikely to play a few times and then he does so I I think it's all mind games this time around ;-) and why not if it gets results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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