Toon Fans Don't Need To Be Told When To Judge

29 May 2011 15:41
Alan Pardew says: "Don't judge us now ... judge us in August." Alan Pardew: “I always said that the proof (of our ambition) will be when we start the new season. “I think there’s going to be a lot of movement. For a club that goes up, usually in the first year it is the same side that got promoted. “The second and third year it changes. And I think that is where we are now. “I think the statement that Mike (Ashley) put forward, through Derek (Llambias), before the last game of the season was that they want a top-10 finish. "As a manager of the football club I need the tools to get a top-10 finish. “And I think it’s fairly obvious that we need to bring players in here to do that. “It’s just as obvious that we need to keep our best players like Joey Barton and Jose Enrique. “They have been very important to us this year, just as Kevin Nolan has been."  

Source: FOOTYMAD