Source: FOOTYMAD
Pardew Hopes To Improve On His Record
Alan Pardew defends his record of having won six, drawn nine and lost eight of his 23 games as Newcastle boss. Alan Pardew: "I think we, as a club, have done well since I came here. But we need to improve. “I’m disappointed with the West Brom result, it was a funny game. “We were three goals up without ever playing that well. There were a couple of big errors from them. “We were seeing the game out quite comfortably, but we gifted them a goal and never got back up to speed. “We didn’t look like we were ever going to penetrate them again. I think four or five of our players started to struggle with the amount of time they had been out. “Danny Guthrie has been out for a while, Kazenga LuaLua was out for five months, came off the bench and struggled to pick up the pace of the game. Leon Best as well. “I think that is a reflection of where we are as a squad at the moment. There are so many top players missing. “However, while I’m disappointed I still have to keep myself in the zone that it has been a tremendous effort from this group of players this season. "We lost (Hatem) Ben Arfa and Andy Carroll and to finish 12th is probably about fair – and we need to build on that next year. “We need to eradicate our inconsistency and top players will help us do that."
