27 Sep 2012 18:01:49
8 year contract for Pards and his staff surely is a good sign. Have to agree that long term stability is what the club needs. Onwards and upwards.
Got nothing against him but i think it's too long.
8 years is a long time, anything could happen. what if ashley needs to sack him come 2 years, pay 6 years of comp? just saying.
When he came in he got a 5 year contract and we had a 5 year plan (which we're ahead of) but does this mean theres now an 8 yr plan. Wel be self sufficent by then and deffinatly should have won something, adam campbell will be 24ish by then too. :)
Hope it has something to do with Ashley selling up.
That kind of contract and length just breeds complacency. Could be difficult to motivate yourself and show ambition when you know you're sitting nicely for the foreseeable future. Strange move in my opinion.
In addition, I always thought you got rewarded for success? Pardew ain't won anything yet!
He's won my heart x
To the guy who said it breeds complacency, that's a good point. But it could also breed confidence.
This could go two ways, we could push on and challenge for europe every year now, or we could slump to midtable.
We'll see over the next couple of seasons which.