Pardew's sacking a 'crazy decision' (From Daily Echo)
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Sacking Alan Pardew is a crazy decision by Southampton, says Mike O'Callaghan
11:10am Monday 30th August 2010 in Saints News
Mike O'Callaghan
"It's a crazy decision, and a crazy wrong decision as well."
Those are the words of Southampton Independent Supporters Association chairman Mike O'Callaghan in the wake of Alan Pardew's shock departure this morning.
"I don't understand it, just like I don't understand a lot of Nicola Cortese's decisions," he said.
"We had stability again, now it's been taken away.
"It beggars belief.
"I would say 90 per cent of the fans would not agree with Pardew's sacking and will be sad that he's gone."
"Pardew has been very harshly treated, he did a good job last season and won us a trophy.
"He's only had three games this season!
"Why not sack him last week, why wait until we've won 4-0 away.
"I wouldn't have agreed with sacking him if we'd lost 4-0 at Bristol Rovers.
"At least give him until the end of November."
Comments(23)
ludacris..
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11:19am Mon 30 Aug 10
ludacris..
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11:20am Mon 30 Aug 10
bitterneboy76 wrote:WTF are you talking about??
cannot believe the buffoons running our club
dannyfloyd
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11:30am Mon 30 Aug 10
chopperbomb
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11:50am Mon 30 Aug 10
eaglespark
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11:53am Mon 30 Aug 10
ludacris.. wrote:Another clown from a defunct organisation claiming to speak for Saints fans.
Shut up Mike
Ignore the fool!
dannyfloyd
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11:56am Mon 30 Aug 10
justsane2
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12:10pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Personally, I think Pardew is an excellent manager, but is the sort of person who needs a fair bit of time to bring his teams together. Just look at the way he conducts signings for an example - leaving it until the last minute to be absolutely sure the decision is right.
With Marcus & Nicola's plan, it was very structured and very clear - AP missed the objective last year, although many would say the objective to be too tough.
Swiss business is extremely clinical - that is how such a small country has become one of the most prosperous in Europe. They work on giving very clear objectives, if they are not achieved they are not scared to make change.
Sadly (for AP) this is exactly what has happened at the club. We must not allow ourselves to forget that SFC is not a 'toy' for ML's family and NC. They expect to increase it's value, which can only be done through footballing success.
There lies the big difference between them and the likes of Sheikh Mansour (at MCFC) and Abramovich (CFC).
leosaint
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12:18pm Mon 30 Aug 10
chopperbomb wrote:Thank god for the idiot Cortese. He was idiot enough to get ML(may he rest in peace) to invest in the club,then he was idiot enough to allow a man like ML to talk him into running the club,then he was idiot enough to emplot AP to do a job which he did not do and now he is idiot enogh to try and rectify his error, still I suppose without this idiot we would all be supporting Totton as we would have no other local club.PS Pards was good manager just not good enough for us, i wish him and his family all the best in the future.
Our club is a laughing stock once again. I feel like renouncing my life-long support. Cortese is an idiot and we'll never get a manager as good as Pardew in League One. I for one would like to thank Alan for all his efforts at the Saints...
Forester7
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12:26pm Mon 30 Aug 10
shaun_inuk
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12:29pm Mon 30 Aug 10
What would sisa know?, here speaks an association that holds it's meetings in a phonebox
ramptonfromsouthampton
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12:40pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Fides
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12:50pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Personally - out of the two, Cortese or (any) manager - I think that Cortese is by far the most important as this stage in Saint's history. Pardew did well over the last year with his signings, and general motivation most of the time. But plenty of fans have, at times, questioned his tactics - particularly at home where the support is more unforgiving than at at many other clubs.
So time to say thank you and goodbye and ask who's next. Hopefully the words about wanting to take some time to find the best person is a smokescreen while contracts are being signed for the new person to take up the reins. I don't really care who it is, providing they can motivate the players.
However, it would be interesting to see a so-called top-flight manager to see if they really do make much difference. Or at least more difference than the money to buy top-flight players.
KCAJRETSOF
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2:48pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Forester7 wrote:Banning of Pies! - this is possibly due to the fact that in the land of the Swiss, as well as in Austria and Germany there are no pies. Steak, pork, chicken, mushroom, apple, you name it - no pies!
Cortese is an unmitigated disaster for the club. Ridiculous ban on photographers, outrageous ticket booking fees, scrapping of season ticket instalment plans at no notice, banning the Echo who quite correctly predicted the demise of Pardew, sacking a manager four games into the season after a 4-0 win. Time to go Cortese and "give us our club back".
da boss
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3:21pm Mon 30 Aug 10
EricMartin'sHat
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3:22pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Bad luck for AP - yes we won the JPT; but we didn't make the play-offs. Whether that's AP's fault, I don't know - but I think there are many more motivational managers out there and that's what we need now as we're stuck with the team we have (not half bad for this league - but not guaranteed top two finish) - Saints need someone to stir the blood - stiffen the sinews and frighten the opposition - and Quick!! COYRS
oz498
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3:48pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Fides wrote:For once i argee with you fides although i think there may have been behind the scenes issues as well
I love football fans - so quick to judge. Personally - out of the two, Cortese or (any) manager - I think that Cortese is by far the most important as this stage in Saint's history. Pardew did well over the last year with his signings, and general motivation most of the time. But plenty of fans have, at times, questioned his tactics - particularly at home where the support is more unforgiving than at at many other clubs. So time to say thank you and goodbye and ask who's next. Hopefully the words about wanting to take some time to find the best person is a smokescreen while contracts are being signed for the new person to take up the reins. I don't really care who it is, providing they can motivate the players. However, it would be interesting to see a so-called top-flight manager to see if they really do make much difference. Or at least more difference than the money to buy top-flight players.
saint Compo
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9:49pm Mon 30 Aug 10
I just wonder whether it was about to happen before the sudden death of Markus but delayed (for obvious reasons) for a couple of weeks. I thought it odd that Pards did not speak at the memorial service for Markus at St Mary's Church (correct me if I'm wrong about that). Was that because Pards' own fate was already decided, although not yet communicated to him?
However, I feel sorry for Pards - I think he did a good job last season and should have been given longer this season to prove his ability. We did poorly in our first 2 league games but that was, in my view, partly due to the absence/lack of match fitness of Ricky, Adam and Punch. Even now they're not fully fit. Saturday's performance and result were outstanding and yet Pards was shown the door the next day.
Good luck, Pards, and thanks for what you achieved last season. The JPT final, with 50,000 Saints fans at Wembley, was a massive uplift for the club and the fans.
Back to Nicola - he (in his own way as much as Markus) was the saviour of SFC. Without them we probably wouldn't have a club to support, certainly not one with a really promising future. So let's not rush to judgement. What Pards' sacking does tell me is that Nicola and presumably Markus's family are seriously committed to getting Saints back into the top flight. We shouldn't be complaining about that!
COYR
sdhcapital
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10:40pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Strange...
Southampton Heart
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11:21pm Mon 30 Aug 10
Southampton Heart
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11:23pm Mon 30 Aug 10
davesbabe
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10:55am Tue 31 Aug 10
TaiwanSaint
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3:41am Wed 1 Sep 10
shaun_inuk wrote:The only poll I've seen is showing 87%, it isn't far off!
90% of fans would agree it was a bad decision?
What would sisa know?, here speaks an association that holds it's meetings in a phonebox
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bitterneboy76 says...
11:14am Mon 30 Aug 10