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ALAN PARDEW: I still have faith in this England team and Wales manager Chris Coleman is a class act

08/07/16 20:35

ALAN PARDEW: The celebration of France as a football team is fair enough, but I still think four or five England players could get in their side. And that is why the players who lost to Iceland will be feeling a huge sense of loss as the final of this competition is played out on Sunday. A missed opportunity. Poor results in this tournament do not make England a poor team. There is a rich vein of quality English players and I do feel we are about to embark on a period when England will be powerful again. ...read

England need a man to give our team an identity. I want the job one day... but not yet

30/06/16 19:39

ALAN PARDEW: I want to start this column by declaring my position: I want to be the England manager. It is a job I aspire to and it is an ambition of mine. But not now. Now, I have a big job at Crystal Palace and we have an important summer ahead of us. We have already made a couple of big bids and I want to build our team. ...read

First contact is the key to making corners count but it isn't just England... the quality overall at Euro 2016 has been poor

24/06/16 20:53

ALAN PARDEW: In an attempt to get more from set-pieces, I studied Benfica under Jorge Jesus because they had clever, imaginative free-kick and corner routines. When they reached back-to-back Europa League finals in 2013 and 2014, it was noticeable how important set-plays were to them. I went to see them working and watched their videos. Last season at Crystal Palace we had the most successful record in the Premier League for scoring from corners. ...read