Pardewgate
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JollyGreen
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This is wrong on so many levels and sums up the problems which exist in the modern game.
Only last week I was watching Newcastle play and I was with my nephew who is a big Toon fan. I told him that Pardew was suffering from small man syndrome and he agreed. We both said he always has too much to say and one day he'll cross the line. We have now seen that line crossed and he should be for the high jump.
This is no different to what happens between players but you would hope a man of Pardew's age and position would know better. If you watch football, at some stage there is always a "Monkey Dance" as they try to impose their dominance over one another.
In the real world this would be seen as the first step to getting a beating. If you found yourself in a Monkey Dance in the street, the last thing you want to do is put yourself at a disadvantage by trying to "push someone away using your head" something I have paraphrased from Pardew.
Generally you would be pushing up from your feet, possibly standing on your toes to appear taller. That is a massive mistake because your adversary only has to step back and before you know it you're off balance and will find yourself on the floor eating a shoe!
So this posturing we see in games week in and week out does nothing but make the perpetrator look immature and weak. Sadly there is a minority who see this as macho and it is allowed to continue unabated. It's the next step up from players surrounding the ref with their faces pressed forward with bulging eyes and veins. They need to deal with it now and make Pardew an example for all. If they don't then things will escalate on the field.
Only last week I was watching Newcastle play and I was with my nephew who is a big Toon fan. I told him that Pardew was suffering from small man syndrome and he agreed. We both said he always has too much to say and one day he'll cross the line. We have now seen that line crossed and he should be for the high jump.
This is no different to what happens between players but you would hope a man of Pardew's age and position would know better. If you watch football, at some stage there is always a "Monkey Dance" as they try to impose their dominance over one another.
In the real world this would be seen as the first step to getting a beating. If you found yourself in a Monkey Dance in the street, the last thing you want to do is put yourself at a disadvantage by trying to "push someone away using your head" something I have paraphrased from Pardew.
Generally you would be pushing up from your feet, possibly standing on your toes to appear taller. That is a massive mistake because your adversary only has to step back and before you know it you're off balance and will find yourself on the floor eating a shoe!
So this posturing we see in games week in and week out does nothing but make the perpetrator look immature and weak. Sadly there is a minority who see this as macho and it is allowed to continue unabated. It's the next step up from players surrounding the ref with their faces pressed forward with bulging eyes and veins. They need to deal with it now and make Pardew an example for all. If they don't then things will escalate on the field.
I also know someone who vaguely knew him at ReadingEuler wrote:He used to live next door to some friends of mine in Reading.
I don't know how true this is, but apparantely in the early days of management he used to actually dye his hair grey, in order to create a more authoritative image
