Cabaye Defends Pardew
By Tyne-Talks
January 21 2013
Newcastle United midfielder Yohan Cabaye has defended manager Alan Pardew after he was booed for substituting the 26 year old off in favour of Gael Bigirimana. Pardew acknowledged after the game that Cabaye was struggling with the groin injury which he had just come back from, but that he has got the substitution of Sylvain Marveaux wrong, thinking that Cabaye would play the full 90 minutes. Since the 2-1 defeat to Reading the odds on Pardew being the next Premier League manager to be sacked have shortened.
Cabaye told The Journal;
"I asked to come off because my groin became tight. I didn't want to take any risks on my first start for so long - I have come back much earlier than was planned. The pitch was very heavy. I think it was the right decision for me.
The fans were very angry, but they did not realise I needed to come off. They should not blame the manager for that. It was my decision. I was not fit enough to finish the game. That was why I came off. It is unfair to blame the manager when it was me who made the decision. I am not worried now because I came off. I think I will be all right.
In this league, you can't afford to relax for one moment. It only takes a few seconds to win a game. Reading turned it around. What happened, we couldn't foresee, and we are all bitterly disappointed."
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Good onyer Cabaye.
