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Pardew on 4th round Carling Cup Draw: “It’s a tough game”

September 26th, 2011 | 25 Comments |

Pardew sees 4th round Carling Cup draw as tough for Newcastle.
Tough, but could be worse
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew sees our fourth round Carling Cup draw as ‘tough’.

Alan Pardew sees the next rounds’ Carling Cup draw as ‘tough’ but is thankful we weren’t drawn away against one of the ‘top’ clubs. Pardew said:

“It’s a shame [that it’s an away draw], but we want games because these players want to play.

“It’s a tough game, but we could have been drawn against one of the top clubs, who are all still in it, away from home, so it’s not the worst draw we could have had, but it’s still a tough draw.

“Blackburn will be hurting from today [Saturday’s game against them] and that’s going to make it even more difficult.” (more…)