Throughout Pardew's success at Reading and West Ham he enforced a strict 4-4-2 with his tactic always working

best with 2 target men. His best season at ewcastle was the combination of the !enegalese duo "iss# and $a% this season howe&er before the introduction of Remy has sa&ed their season. !ince 'oining the (ag)ies he has started in * matches and has scored + goals. ,f we look at the games that Remy has )layed with another striker -Remy and "iss# or Remy and !hola .meobi/ we can see a better win success. 0ther combinations of strikers are successful at different rates but )aired with the key man Remy is what is im)ortant as he should start e&ery match. When Remy and "isse are starting together ewcastle's win success is 1+2 -2 out of 3/ com)ared to 442 without the )air starting and when Remy and !hola .meobi are combined in the starting line u) has a 5662 win success -2 out of 2/ com)ared to a 422 win success. 7ouffran was not considered in this analysis as he is considered a winger% rarely starting through the middle. When Pardew attem)ts to alter his tactic he is often faced with a hea&y loss% most famously the 4-4-5 used at home to 8i&er)ool at the end of the 265292653 season -2+96492653/ which resulted in a 1-6 away win.