Saturday was a big day for Bob Bradley.
With his Swansea City side without a win since he took charge of the club, the visit of fellow strugglers Crystal Palace – on a run of five defeats in their last five league outings – represented a real chance to start moving in the right direction.
In the end, they got there. Having thrown away a 3-1 lead to trail 4-3 as the game reached stoppage time, a couple of Fernando Llorente goals turned the result on its head. This dramatic last-gasp win, coupled with Sunderland’s defeat at Anfield, was enough to lift the Swans off the bottom of the Premier League table by a point.
But while the majority of talk after the match centred on the significance of such a result for Bradley and Alan Pardew, the American’s post-match interview – more specifically his pronunciation of ‘Pardew’ – proved to be a talking point in itself.
Nick Thompson here knew what was on the cards…
Bob Bradley pronouncing Pardew on #MOTD will create a lot of social media noise 😁 #ParDoo
— Nick Thompson (@NickThompson20) November 26, 2016
And viewers weren’t disappointed…
Superb pronunciation of ‘Alan Pardew’ by Bob Bradley there. pic.twitter.com/KBgV0cXILO
— Limpar33 (@Limpar33) November 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/DailyMesut/status/802621340016635912
https://twitter.com/RichieWalker5/status/802726247184867329
https://twitter.com/BenWalker1984/status/802824298456961024
I had the exact same though. He made it so glamorous pic.twitter.com/0zBgTcoD5C
— Gwilym Cox (@gwilymcox) November 26, 2016
Bob Bradley comes across as a very likeable bloke: plus, respect for anyone who calls Pardew, "Pardoo".
— Ok?? Okay! (@DickLaurent96) November 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/Hadassah75/status/802636751902834688
Bob Bradley's pronunciation of Alan Pardew is a game changer https://t.co/e5pydzBY86
— Liam S (@lijasp) November 26, 2016
Man born and raised on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean pronounces something differently to us lot. Who’d have thought it? At least it seems to have added to man’s popularity.
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