It was funny how leading up to the final Pardew took to wearing specs, presumably in the hope that it made him look 'clever'. The new clever version of Pardew first declared that he'd be the first English manager to win the cup 'that I can remember,' before noting that Harry Redknapp had won it, and then went on to opine that the mancs 'tend to fade from games in the last half hour'. That went well, then. No wonder the specs came off and the wideboy dance returned. He just can't suppress his inner perve.