Source: Daily_Mail
Alan Pardew on Andy Carroll Demba Ba and Newcastle
Alan Pardew will head for Liverpool on Friday night confident Newcastle have made significant progress since he first went into battle with the Reds.[LNB]Pardew stepped into the home dug-out at the then St James' Park for the first time on December 11 last year with the club once again in turmoil in the wake of Chris Hughton's controversial dismissal.[LNB]The fans were in open revolt after Hughton, the man who had guided the Magpies back to the Barclays Premier League, was summarily dispatched with his side making a fist of life in the top flight and replaced by, in the eyes of the most disgruntled locals at least, a new member of the so-called 'Cockney Mafia' in control of the club.
