Pardew looking forward to getting his balls out!

Pardew talks about the task ahead.
Alan Pardew has been looking ahead to pre-season training and getting his own chance to put his stamp on things today.

Speaking to the local press he revealed that today is the first chance the players will have to get their balls out and have a kick about since their staggered return to pre-season training which started at the beginning of the week.

The past few days have been used purely for medical reasons to give the boys a good looking over, and with no new news of any setbacks it looks as though the players are all good to go and intensify their training ahead of the first pre-season match a week tomorrow at Darlington’s rather expansive Northern Echo Arena.

It also give Alan Pardew the chance to look at a few players up close and personal for the first time. Players like Hatem Ben Arfa and Dan Gosling aswell as the new boys of Yohan Cabaye, Demba Ba and Sylvain Marveaux are all relatively unknown quantities to him so today he’ll be able to see a bit more of what they are all about and how he is going to fit them into his team, which you could argue seems to be his only job responsibility!

“This is the first day we will all train together,” Pardew told The Chronicle. “I’m very excited about it, and it’s nice for all of the guys to be together again with all of the staff.”

He continued: “It is the day we have been waiting for and we get a chance to get the balls out for the first time. It is always a day when you can begin to put your dreams into practice and start working ahead to a season you hope will be successful.”

Dreams? Success? Those are words that seem a million miles away from the fans at the moment as the debate continues to rage on about the £35 million. It’s quite boring now and it’s been done to death, but it does seem to be THE hot topic amongst fans at the moment.

Thankfully there will soon be football to distract us and give is something to talk about. You never know, but some fears may also be allayed once fans start to see the lads in action.

This is Alan Pardew’s first bite at the cherry in my opinion. It’s the first chance he will have had to mould the team and get them playing in his way right from the word go. He won’t have to concern himself as much with keeping the stability of the side halfway through the season as he had to do last season and consequently all of the results, positive or negative, will be achieved with his team. He’s looking forward to it though. Bless.

“For me, it makes a massive difference for a manager to be in charge at the start of the season,” he said.

“It is unlike coming in mid-season like I did last year, and I can tweak the way we play from here on in, add some discipline to our shape, and see how the players respond to that.”

“It is very much going to be how we play this season. We believe we can have a successful season and move forward.”

“Last season was very much about getting stability and making sure we stayed in the division. This year will be about getting a reputation and moving forward in the right direction as a football club.”

A lot of fans are still undecided on Alan Pardew, including me to an extent. I think he did what was required last season in terms of results without pulling up any tress. Mind you, he wasn’t exactly blessed with a vast array of talented players in some games to be fair.

This is his time, his team, his chance. Will he be able to make the most of it though?

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160 thoughts on “Pardew looking forward to getting his balls out!

  1. makem john,do you really think you have a lot to gloat about,you have bought a couple of hasbeens and a lad that is unproven in the prem.
    carnt see nowt to be happy about me like..

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  2. Mackems giving 31 yr old who’s past it a 4 year contract is hilarious – he must be pissing his pants laughing

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  3. All you’ve signed is some French fancies, Arsenal had a look at Cabaye and said he wasn’t up to the physical side of the Premier League and that was last season. So who’s gunna score ya goals?

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  4. I wonder how many Newcastle fans sit commenting on Sunderland sites 😆

    Obsessed *******

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  5. john, cabaye is a french international…
    he will still run rings around brown and oshea

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  6. Wickham’s the Makem Shearer and you’ll find out how up to the Premier League he is when he scores a hat-trick against yous.

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  7. MAKEM JOHN
    July 7, 2011 at 18:24

    “Wickham’s the Makem Shearer”

    😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

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  8. John you’ve bought two players who are very injury prone and aren’t worth the money that you have paid for them. Their best years are behind them and wickham only scored one decent goal last season, you’re going to rush him into your squad so that he steps to be like henderson for you. So what we’ve signed french fancies, they are quality players that you don’t seem to have!

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  9. They even obsess about our legends. He could be the next Phillips, Quinny, but no, he has to be the next Shearer. You couldn’t make it up 😆 😆 😆

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  10. Toonsy,

    Howay let’s not try pick on those vastly inferior to us. Let’s show them a bit of pity.

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  11. Considering Phillips was 5 foot 6 you can’t compare him with Phillips can you? And on the subject of buying has beens you’ve bought a player that’s failed 2 medicals because of his knee and you’ve signed a player that hasn’t played since November and a midfield player that’s not up the Premier League – ask Arsene Wenger.

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  12. “Considering Phillips was 5 foot 6 you can’t compare him with Phillips can you?”

    And Quinn?

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  13. Arsene Wenger –

    Ask any Arsenal fan what they think of his recent judgement in Ligue 1…

    Squillaci

    Mint signing that like

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  14. You know what John, why do you come on here? Is it just to rile us fans? You act as if your team are the better ones but hey we beat you 5-1 last season and we plan to do that again to you twice this season.

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  15. MAKEM JOHN
    July 7, 2011 at 18:30

    “Considering Phillips was 5 foot 6 you can’t compare him with Phillips can you?”

    So you can’t compare him to Phillips because he is a different size, but you can compare him to Shearer who is a different size?

    Mackem logic 😆

    Nice to see you keeping a watchful eye on our business. Obsession for Mackems 😆

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  16. haha,

    had no intention of doing so as he is showing up his whole fan base, I hope he keeps going.

    You could actually write an article titled ‘makem logic’ with some of the guff this boy is spewing

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  17. You’ll live on that 5-1 forever but at the end of the day it was only 3 points and you still finished in the bottom half of the table but the books will be balanced when you come to our place.

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  18. Cheik Tiote, Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye,marveaux,gosling,jonas,barton.
    all quality..
    what about your midfield 😆

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  19. Well after a **** day, all that above has cheered me up no end.
    Fuggin hillarious.
    Should call himself ‘comedy john’ 😆 😆
    Cheers muppet :mrgreen:

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  20. “balanced when you come to our place.”

    What? you planning to scrape a flukey draw again?

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  21. so what? we can actually improve on our finish, gives us a target to aim for. What you gonna aim for? don’t see you seeing finishing in the top 10 and what’s this about Gyan leaving you? Players on their way out

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  22. fk me yous all spunked your y-fronts when you managed a draw against us at your place..
    plz you finished 1 point above a newly promoted team.

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  23. only 3 points ffs :mrgreen:
    what else do we play for.
    And dont you mean, another 3 points 😕

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  24. We’ll be in the top 6 you’ll be in the bottom 6. Bartons on his way, so is Enrique and Gutierrez all you’re gunna be left with is grape crushers and Peter Lovenkrands. We’ve signed players that have won European cups for the biggest team in the world, there’s a saying he who laughs last laughs longest and that will be s this season.

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  25. Hitman – One point is “light years” ahead you know 😆

    What these dense feckers don’t realise is that Quinn and Short are equally as good as Ashley and Co are at selling off the family silverware. Bent = Gone. Henderson = Gone. Gyan = Has been whoring himself to other clubs “flattered” so he’ll be gone. Wickham = Gone if he even improves.

    My irony bell is going like a good’un here 😆

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  26. MAKEM JOHN
    July 7, 2011 at 18:43

    “We’ll be in the top 6”

    Another belter 😆 😆 😆

    “We’ve signed players that have won European cups for the biggest team in the world”

    Aye, so did Nicky **** 😕

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  27. Top 6 😯

    Waaaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaa haaaaaaa
    PMSL
    😆 😆 😆

    more please, 😳 😳 😳

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  28. Henderson’s gone but we are spending the money that’s why we’ve been top dogs in the North East for the last 4 years but make it 5 after next season.

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  29. MAKEM JOHN
    July 7, 2011 at 18:47

    “Henderson’s gone but we are spending the money that’s why we’ve been top dogs in the North East for the last 4 years but make it 5 after next season.”

    Perfectly highlighting the ambition of Sunderland in that one post. Nothing else matters as long as they are above us, even just by one point. That is success. Not a cup. Not European qualification. Just finishing above their local rivals.

    I’m glad our ambition as a fanbase extends further than that 😆

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  30. Don’t worry we’ll definitely be in Europe next season while you’re having a relegation scrap with the likes of Swansea. Your manager’s been sacked from every job he’s ever had but you don’t need me to tell you what a mess your club’s in.

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  31. MAKEM JOHN
    July 7, 2011 at 18:53

    “Don’t worry we’ll definitely be in Europe next season”

    Aye in pre-season 😆 Nothing else.

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  32. so what your telling everyone in here is that you will finish in the top 6..
    so whos place your taken.
    manu.
    chelsea.
    arsenal
    man city.
    liverpool.
    spurs.

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  33. Have you not seen who else we’re signing? N’Zogbia and Defoe. I hope yous are jealous when you’re watching Lovenkrands, Ameobi and Demba Ba -Ba.

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  34. defoe,would get a nose bleed if he movewd passed the watford gap,he got home sick when he was at portsmouth 😆

    the zog wouldnt even touch your club

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  35. Makem john, the fact that you can’t even spell mackem correctly says everything. 😆

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  36. Look, the days of the Kevin Keegans and Alan Shearers have long gone. You’s are a bargain basement small northern club who scratch around looking for cheap players. We are the top team njow the sooner you accept it the better, you’ll see it when you play us the second game of the season.

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  37. Makem,

    Heard it all before from your lot.

    Why don’t you prepare a song for the occasion?

    Don’t spend too much on your choice though as it’s unlikely to be played!!

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  38. @121 and you’de know wouldnt you 😉 😆

    Hope I got the right Andrew 🙄 😆

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  39. ‘We’ve signed players that have won European cups for the biggest team in the world’

    You’ve signed two Man United rejects…Geremi has a Champions league winners medal and two Premier League winners medals, doesn’t make him class. 🙄

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  40. They’ve suspended the betting on Defoe and N’Zogbia joining Sunderland so you’re little team will be getting a slapping when they come to the Stadium of Light and you’re team will hit the snooze button.

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  41. Mackem, I could get the betting of messi coming to newcastle if I put enough money on it.

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  42. that means nowt they suspended the betting on the zog coming here also,it means nowt..

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  43. They don’t even open the betting for Sunderland to finish in the top 6, the bookies don’t believe anyone to be stupid enough to even consider it!

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  44. odds on the zog.
    Join By End Of Summer Transfer Window
    Newcastle 8/13
    Aston Villa 7/4
    Sunderland 3/1
    Tottenham 20/1
    Everton 20/1
    Malaga 20/1
    Liverpool 20/1
    Arsenal 25/1
    Chelsea 25/1
    Juventus 25/1
    AC Milan 25/1
    Stoke 33/1
    Marseille 33/1
    Roma 33/1
    Valencia 33/1

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  45. Think about August 20th when the new look Sunderland hammer the old look Toon with their garlic chewers and us with our England under 21 international Connor Wickham and yous have sold your England under 21 international.

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  46. so did yous numbnuts,
    as for the zog being up here ready to sign for scumberland,you want to check his twitter by the sounds of it hes in cheshire..

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  47. Hitman the only numb thing going on here is the thing between your ears. You’re destined to be a Newcastle supporter all your life watching third rate French players while we’re signing top English players. On August 20th when you’s get a good slapping you’ll realise you’re a third rate team. So don’t cry because the truth hurts.

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  48. MAKEM JOHN
    July 7, 2011 at 19:20

    “garlic chewers”

    MAKEM JOHN
    July 7, 2011 at 18:43

    “grape crushers”

    Mind you, I’m sure Darren Bent’s mother will testify that you guys have a history of it 😳

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  49. Toonsy why don’t you grow up you left wing oaf? No wonder Mike Ashley smiles all the time when he can fleece people like you.

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  50. I love it how Whickham is already a ‘makem’ without having kicked a ball.

    With us, it takes years to become an honorary Geordie and a lot of dedication to the cause, the majority never get close.

    Being an England U21 is good enough to make you an instant makem though!

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  51. ha MAKEM JOHN bater is *****, as for “top English players” cant name 2 of theirs i would have in our starting eleven. Some would’nt even make the bench (titus) 🙂

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  52. Toonsy, people like you shouldn’t be in the world of football you should sit with your knitting watching coronation street cos you’re obviously a very fragile person. I suggest you don’t watch the match on August 20th because a person of your nervous disposition will have a breakdown.

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  53. CharlesNzo Charles N’Zogbia
    @
    @AndyRobinson212 I’m not in Seaham, but near Wigan !
    2 minutes ago

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  54. This is defiantly getting book marked, come back on the 20th john 😉

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  55. Oh and by the way…’Makem’ is a derogatory term used to describe people from your area… (you can find ‘derogatory’ in the dictionary – aka: that big book wiv aal the words in)

    Calling yourself it does make you look a bit stooopid.

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  56. Mackem Racist is getting all touchy because he’s been exposed for the racist scumbag he is 😳

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  57. Toonsy,

    What do you expect, they’ve never been in Europe to experience a bit of culture!

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