Alan Pardew praises Newcastle United’s medial staff after victory Wolves victory

Alan Pardew set for first game in charge of Newcastle against Liverpool (Getty Images)

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Alan Pardew has praised Newcastle United‘s medical staff after his side’s convincing 4-1 win over Wolves, which sends them into the top half of the Premier League.

First-half goals from Kevin Nolan and Shola Ameobi sent Newcastle on their way against Mick McCarthy’s side before Peter Lovenkrands and Jonas Gutierrez sealed victory in the second half.

Pardew commended his medical staff at the club after a number of first-team players were ruled as doubts before the match, but were passed fit to face Mick McCarthy’s side.

“It was worth the wait because it was a great victory for us,” said Pardew.

“Wolves are in tremendous form, coming into this game. We worked very hard not just the staff but the medical staff as well to make sure we had a team out there that was worthy of Newcastle United.

“There was one or two that were really struggling and we managed to get a good 11 out on the pitch. The atmosphere in the stadium was terrific. We put Wolves under pressure and that constant pressure told.”

Pardew praised Ameobi’s performance and insisted the older personnel at the club are starting to provide inspiration for Newcastle’s younger generation.

“I think any level of football it’s important to get the first goal,” said Pardew.

“It was a good goal, Shola was magnificent all day and dominated the two centred halves, created it and Kev Nolan as you would expect finished it.

“It gave us the platform to go on, but you know when you have a young boy like Ferguson making his debut you need all the ingredients and we had that today.”

“The rest of the players were on form, the stadium was positive, and we’re going to be a very difficult team to beat when we’re like that.”

“I think we were well aware, if you work for the football club here in Newcastle, you know football up here is a religion to some people, it’s really taken that seriously and everywhere we went we were reminded how important this fixture was, It wasn’t lost in the dressing room rest assured of that and we made that we won that game today.”

Shane Ferguson made his debut in the emphatic victory and Pardew was quick to praise the performance and character of the youngster.

“You need characters to absorb that and as I say, I mentioned Fergie Shane Ferguson this boy, it’s before his time really, he shouldn’t be playing in a game of that magnitude.

“We didn’t have that many bodies today he’s come in and was absolutely brilliant. The good work the academy and the development squad have done, Peter Beardsley and Wily Donaghue saw him through today because he hasn’t done much work with us. I really enjoyed his performance.”