By Aston
September 17 2004

Ipswich Town captain Jim Magilton is out to silence west ham manager Alan Pardew and his “automatic gums” at Upton Park tomorrow.

Jim Out To Shh Pardew

Ipswich Town captain Jim Magilton is out to silence west ham manager Alan Pardew and his “automatic gums” at Upton Park tomorrow.

Magilton believes that Pardew has been talking with a lot of hot air since taking over at Upton park nearly a year ago. Pardew has had to see a lot of good quality players leave Upton Park over the summer but he has replaced those who left with 8 new players four of those eight have come inside the last two weeks.

Jim has said: “Nobody wants to see quality players go out the door, but they had to do it for financial reasons, just as we did.

“He is making noises saying that this is his side now, meaning he has no excuses.

“This is the team he built and one he feels can go on and win the Championship.

“We will have to wait and see. I think Alan Pardew makes a lot of noise.

“He felt his side should have gone up last year, but for me Crystal Palace deservedly went up, so a lot of hot air comes out from him.

“Pardew has made a lot of bold predictions and in this game I don't believe you can afford to do that.

“Going into a club like West Ham, with the players he had, he didn't need to make those statements. All he had to do was go and win football matches.

“He didn't make those sort of comments when he was at Reading. People appreciated what he did there and the side he built.

“But, and no disrespect to Reading, he went to a bigger club with higher expectations and suddenly he found his voice and developed automatic gums.

“That said, he runs that football club and I'm not interested in what he has to say.”.

Source: EADT.

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