All Eyes On Pardew?

Last updated : 28 April 2014 By Footy Mad - Editor

Pardew was hit with a record sanction from the Premier League after losing his composure and headbutting Hull midfielder David Meyler during the 4-1 win at the KC Stadium on March 1.

Arsene Wenger: ‘‘He will try to control himself much more.

‘‘You feel frustrated when you are not close to your team physically because you are used to it and you feel you still have a level of intervention. Maybe it is purely subjective, but it exists in your mind.

‘‘It is a job where you are under huge pressure – at the Emirates (Stadium) we had no incidents because the distance between the two managers is big.

‘‘Sometimes you get upset because you hear what the other manager is saying and you go ’what is he doing? Why is he talking to the referee and the fourth official?’

"At Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, you basically are very close.

‘‘I think it (space between the dugouts) is better for the incidents, for you (media) maybe it is worse.

‘‘Sometimes I stand up, sometimes I sit down, sometimes I speak with (assistant manager) Steve (Bould), but still most of the time I am up.

‘‘Sometimes I try (to stay away from touchline), yes, consciously, because when you get up there you know you are tense.

‘‘I try to sit down when I feel I am in a negative mood, because then on the touchline you can become a handicap and you can have a negative influence (on the players), your presence can be negative.’’