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Yes but there's just something about the way they play together, and the manner that they've done it, which reminds me so much of Wenger.

I still don't think they'll make top 4, but to have got to where they have already is a credit to the way they have executed a policy very similar to ours.

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Newcastle are having a good patch of form, they have got some good players in like cabaye and ba who are better than barton and carroll.

Newcastle fixtures so far has not been that "hard". They still have to play Liverpool, Chelsea and both Manchester team.
Let's talk about them again in January....

I have a real dislike of Pardew, but it can't be denied he's done a brilliant job at the Toon and this season Newcastle look a genuinely decent side.

As well as spending money wisely and practically (Demba Ba looks an inspired bit of business right now) he's seemingly got the best out of his players.

Colocinni for example looked like a very average player at Prem level, yet this season he looks reborn, could say similar things about Guiterrez.

Like I say, not a fan of Pardew as a bloke, but he deserves credit so far this season and so do Newcastle!

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How he had the balls to confront Wenger.

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All I remember about that coming together of worlds was Pardew performing a really carp dance about a metre or two infront of Wenger. It was as funny to watch as it was peculiar.

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I bet you any money you like we will be above Newcastle at the end of the season.

I think people are taking the tone of the article the wrong way. I'm not saying Newcastle are untouchable this season or that they're going to beat all the top teams and 'do a Blackburn'....

I'm merely pointing out the similarities between their policy in recent history and how a lot of their recent success is down to emulating something that we've been trying to do for quite a while!

It was better than that! He ran up and celebrated right in Wengers face
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I have missed that one but just one question, I though that the last 2 times we've played Newcastle, we drew?
That's just show how much Perdew is expecting from his team

Why is so bad to be smug as a manager?
Maybe that's what Newcastle needed having been so poor over the past decade. Pardew deserves praise. You probably wont finish in the top 4, maybe not even in the top 6, but he's laid the foundations for a solid season.

Newcastle will come midtable. One loss and they will fall down like domino's

That might be the case, but you cant knock Pardew for starting them so well. Atleast they wont be looking over the shoulders at relegation.

I read something interesting about the type of contracts Mike Ashley has introduced(not sure how many players are on them though). Apparently they're based far more heavily on wins/goals/clean sheets etc than a normal weekly wage. Anyone else heard about this?