Newcastle: 10 Things Pardew Should Be Applauded For
4. He Put Up With Mike Ashleys Restrictions
Most of the blame for Newcastles recent failings shouldnt be exclusively laid at Pardews door. The big man upstairs (emphasis on the big) has to shoulder a lot of the blame for the restrictive conditions under which Pardew was working, and under which the fans continue to suffer. Its pretty clear that transfers, at least those leaving the club, werent decided by Pardew at all, and he was made to look a fool by the way the Andy Carroll sale was handled. A less determined man might have spat his dummy and walked, but Pardew stuck at it, and made the best of what was often a pretty bad job (old clichés about the job being a poisoned chalice have at least a grain of truth in them).
