Davefevs Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 1, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Seemed an odd fit. Sky sports news did a feature on him before the recent cup final defeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Reason for it. Fair play to him. Repulsive behaviour from those supporters. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Never been a fan of his - always seemed a bit self serving. But credit where it’s due - well done that man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyAB Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Fair play Pards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Good on him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 1, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 1 hour ago, The Batman said: Reason for it. Fair play to him. Repulsive behaviour from those supporters. The SSN interview I referenced above, they spoke with Alex Dyer who said he had serious reservations about taking the position out there but during the interview he said he'd not experienced any problems, that was around the time of the cup final Sadly the neanderthals over there ended up being just as many people feared 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Alan Pardew has left CSKA Sofia with immediate effect because of racist behaviour from some of the club's fans. The English coach, 60, became the Bulgarian club's technical director in November 2020 before being appointed manager this April. But Pardew is leaving because of the actions of a "small group of organised racist fans" at CSKA's league game at home to Botev Plovdiv on 19 May. "Unfortunately, my time here is over," read a statement on the club website. "The events before and after the match with Botev were not acceptable for me, for my assistant Alex Dyer, or for our players." Pardew confirmed that former Kilmarnock manager Dyer, who is black, is also leaving CSKA. Pardew had agreed to take charge for the remainder of their current campaign, which ended on 22 May, and for the 2022-23 season. But the ex-Newcastle and West Ham boss, who has managed seven English teams, chose to leave after numerous conversations with club officials over the past 10 days. The Botev game came four days after CSKA lost 1-0 to Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup final and, according to reports, four of CSKA's black players were subjected to racist abuse and had bananas thrown at them. "The reason no-one gave an interview after the match was that we were all very outraged by the situation that had escalated," the statement added. "Our players decided to play only out of loyalty and to protect the club. The small group of organised racist fans who tried to sabotage this match is not what I want to lead and represent the team. "This is not the right path for the benefit of CSKA, because such a club deserves much more." ——————————————- Quite right Mr Pardew 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Remember his 7 year contract at Newcastle …. Credit to him for walking out on those racist bar stewards though, why anyone of colour be it a player or coach would want to play In front of those fans is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 15 hours ago, steveybadger said: Never been a fan of his - always seemed a bit self serving. But credit where it’s due - well done that man. I had the same view of him, it's weird as I think it all came from his Newcastle days and their fans spreading rumours he was one of Mike Ashley's mates from the casinos. Random story - Euro 2016 I was flying back on an early morning Easyjet from Lyon after the Portugal/Hungary 3-3. Wales played in the city a few days earlier and loads of their fans were on the flight. The queue for the gate was full of noisy half cut Welsh fans and who pops up at the back of it but Alan Pardew - carrying nothing, so I guess on a rapid 24 hour round trip to scout a Hungarian signing. There were the usual French airport strikes which meant it took a chaotic, disorganised rabble of a queue of Wales fans over an hour to get through passport control to the gate, and the flight was full. Pardew was the opposite of what I expected - neither aloof or self-entitled, he waited patiently at the back, spoke quietly to people who acknowledged him, he didn't push past or use speedy boarding. On the plane he politely navigated through loud mouth groups of Welsh fans to get to a random seat assignment right at the back - his demeanour was anything but supposed billionaires playboy mate. Not sure why I'm sharing this, it means very little, but at the time and in the circumstances I suppose I was expecting a very different attitude based on everything that was said about him at Newcastle. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 Had problems in Bulgaria with the national side. Fair play AP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 39 minutes ago, Olé said: I had the same view of him, it's weird as I think it all came from his Newcastle days and their fans spreading rumours he was one of Mike Ashley's mates from the casinos. Random story - Euro 2016 I was flying back on an early morning Easyjet from Lyon after the Portugal/Hungary 3-3. Wales played in the city a few days earlier and loads of their fans were on the flight. The queue for the gate was full of noisy half cut Welsh fans and who pops up at the back of it but Alan Pardew - carrying nothing, so I guess on a rapid 24 hour round trip to scout a Hungarian signing. There were the usual French airport strikes which meant it took a chaotic, disorganised rabble of a queue of Wales fans over an hour to get through passport control to the gate, and the flight was full. Pardew was the opposite of what I expected - neither aloof or self-entitled, he waited patiently at the back, spoke quietly to people who acknowledged him, he didn't push past or use speedy boarding. On the plane he politely navigated through loud mouth groups of Welsh fans to get to a random seat assignment right at the back - his demeanour was anything but supposed billionaires playboy mate. Not sure why I'm sharing this, it means very little, but at the time and in the circumstances I suppose I was expecting a very different attitude based on everything that was said about him at Newcastle. Probably a case that most people in football are decent, but perceptions spoiled by the minority. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Olé said: I had the same view of him, it's weird as I think it all came from his Newcastle days and their fans spreading rumours he was one of Mike Ashley's mates from the casinos. Random story - Euro 2016 I was flying back on an early morning Easyjet from Lyon after the Portugal/Hungary 3-3. Wales played in the city a few days earlier and loads of their fans were on the flight. The queue for the gate was full of noisy half cut Welsh fans and who pops up at the back of it but Alan Pardew - carrying nothing, so I guess on a rapid 24 hour round trip to scout a Hungarian signing. There were the usual French airport strikes which meant it took a chaotic, disorganised rabble of a queue of Wales fans over an hour to get through passport control to the gate, and the flight was full. Pardew was the opposite of what I expected - neither aloof or self-entitled, he waited patiently at the back, spoke quietly to people who acknowledged him, he didn't push past or use speedy boarding. On the plane he politely navigated through loud mouth groups of Welsh fans to get to a random seat assignment right at the back - his demeanour was anything but supposed billionaires playboy mate. Not sure why I'm sharing this, it means very little, but at the time and in the circumstances I suppose I was expecting a very different attitude based on everything that was said about him at Newcastle. A good lesson to not judge people from afar I guess - myself included! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 2, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 6 hours ago, steveybadger said: A good lesson to not judge people from afar I guess - myself included! That is very true but even the most evil and people throughout history have met people that liked them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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