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Pardew: I’m the right man
- Updated: November 25, 2016
Alan Pardew insists he is the right man to lead Crystal Palace forward despite a run of five straight Premier League defeats.
Palace have picked up just three wins since the start of the season and are now only a point above the relegation places.
Pardew admits he is “under scrutiny” heading into Saturday’s must-win game away at bottom-club Swansea, but the 55-year-old believes he is still the right man to lead the club and insists he would never walk away from his role at Selhurst Park.
“I am an experienced manager, I have been in this position many times,” he said. “This is my ninth season in the Premier League and I would like to make it 10 at Crystal Palace.
“I know where I stand. In terms of the board, the only real conversation I have had with Steve is that he is as committed as I am about getting a result this weekend to make our position a lot clearer and to take some pressure off us.
“I am realistic about it, if you lose five games in the Premier League you are going to come under scrutiny.
“No one can be immune to that but I have been in this situation before and I have never asked for assurances from a board ever.
“I have to look at the …
