to "change their mind set on the number of games played".
But he has been as guilty as anyone, suggesting cup ties get in the way of his priority of the Premier League position.
If we get into Europe ... that MUST change ... and he knows it.
He will have a lot more than Carling Cup and FA Cup ties to contend with, and he knows he needs a bigger squad.
Alan Pardew: “I think it’s very, very important next year that the mind set of some of our players is to try and get a maximum of a 55, 60, 70-game season in, whatever it takes.
“We are already looking at what the other clubs have done, how much game time, how many players they’ve used, (we’re) starting to bring in that information even though we haven’t qualified for Europe yet, just in case we do, so we’re armed with all that information.”