Pardew signed a new 8 year contract with Newcastle

[Nicosia Gooner]

[barrybueno]

[Pat Vegas]

These long term deals always seem like a good idea at the time.
a patch of bad results and he'll be gone by Xmas

[Nicosia Gooner]

[barrybueno]

the FA there as terrible financial decisions go

[Pat Vegas]

their fans demanded it they'd appoint Jimmy Nail as the manager.

[barrybueno]

[Supermac1976]

[Pokster]

have decided to invest in the long term... if so, makes sense as if they do well they will get more compensation if he gets taken by a bigger team