£6m seems quite reasonable for a 22 year old Englishman that has played regularly for a Premier League side in this day and age. If he becomes a star and starts banging in the goals to activate the £3.5m in add-ons then it has been more than worth it.
A shrewd piece of business by Pardew.
He should have put up a bigger fight to keep Pardew
But the key issue is the present. He won't appoint Carver now.
At the end of the day Mike Ashley has made more sensible business decisions than daft ones throughout his career and the money he would save by appointing JC is just a drop in the ocean to what he would lose if the clubs gets relegated
Yes, the team sit a respectable 9th, won yesterday, 2 pts behind media darlings Swansea and and will in all likelihood beat Burnley at St James's the next day
"end game", indeed. "end game" my hole
Like NUFC learned a couple of seasons ago ti can be tough to juggle the Premier League and Europa League. Even managers like Martinez are struggling with it
You appreciate the competency of your average pro goalkeeper when seeing lads like Alnwick thrown in at the deep end. The amount of skill required is truly under-appreciated. Alnwick struggles with the basics like routine catches and his positioning is almost always wrong.
He is still a far better goalkeeper than 99% of the population but an absolute country mile off the standard needed.