Shearergol

"Oi'd 'ope he can do as good a job as Oi did up there. Oi'll leave it at that." Thanks. I missed it.

8. Looking at it, we only really need 3 or 4 wins. That was never going to happen under Schteve, so who knows now?

Has Pardew commented on this yet?

Wish we'd kept Pardew though.

SSN say so.

We'll lose 4-0 :-D

Keep it easy, if we get relegated he's out. Let's hope he can keep us up. I think he'd stay, until a big club came in for him.

Gives a fair amount of hope that people in football still see this club as a giant (albeit a very sound asleep giant). Wonder if he'll try and sign Aquilani? :-D

The biggest positive for me if this happens is it shows that Ashley realises that this model doesn't work. Going back to having a proper manager running the show is huge! #timewilltell

Rafa's first job will be to sack him. Remember, he's head coach so will be part of the backroom staff for the manager ;-)

He actually is living in his car isn't he!

Are we to believe that Bournemouth was the straw that broke the camels back, not Chelsea?

Multiple players testifying to it? You believe footballers??

People say he's a coach, not a manager. Where's the evidence that he's even a good coach??

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It has to go beyond the manager though surely? The culture of mediocrity is top-to-bottom throughout the club. McClaren has been awful but I'm not convinced a new man would be able to turn it around. Of course, the entire club needs destroying. However, Ashley's not gonna walk away tomorrow whereas schteve might do.

I've never seen a more obvious example of a team not wanting to play for a manager. It's been like this since day one though.

He should walk out now, like from the dugout.

What about Gary Hooper? Goes without saying.

Brian laws

He'll be sacked next season if he doesn't get us promoted. That's the best we can hope for.

Both clubs need burning to the ground.

Dooooooon

Dave was injured in the warmup.

Judge him after 110 games.