Big Geordie

5Live defending Chelsea fans invading the pitch. Apparently because it's jubilation, it's OK!

Lampard scores. Breaks Bobby Tambling's record.

Would you expect him to at that time?

Bairns ! Yes, everyone under 40 is a bairn. The guy wouldn't give two hoots about the club if he wasn't getting paid for it. I'm not old enough to remember his time as player (I'm 40) but he has always spoke about us with a real passion and you can tell he cares. Yes, he's a gobshite and always has been (the older lads will confirm it) but it doesn't give folk the right to stick the boot in, because their is no need. The alcohol problem came about with the serious knee injury that he got left with when he stopped playingl, so he was self-medicating the wrong way. PFA managed to get him a knee op and he's been clean ever since. Looks at the blokes goals on you tube - the quality of the footballer is simply immense and that at a time when he had real competition for the England striker role.

Oi, SSR. The blokes been tee-total for a good few years now! What is it with some of wor lot who love to stick the boot in to black and white legends?

Supermac

2.....2. Thought that was an earring for a minute there. The much vaunted Teeth Girl who has several groupies on here?

The day was always gonna come. Don't like him much as a person, but as a manager - he has been superb and will rightly be remembered as a legend. Will be interesting to see who the Mancs fetch in. It'll be a huge change in culture for the club - make no mistake.

He'll play safe and play for a draw. Think we all should know that by now.

Gotta still go for the win and not have to rely on others. Think we all know Pardew will go for a point though.

Steve Wraith on 5Live now.

Thank you Swansea!

9 mins added on.

YES!

Swansea equalize!

I missed Swansea's goal as I went for a dump. Shall I go back to the bog?!

Lawrenson bigging up Sian Massey on 5Live. Obviously after his leg over.

you just noticed? Had expected Swansea to make more of a game of it, but hey-ho. Not gonna watch - will tune in via 5Live instead.

Looks like we'll be in the bottom three at 10pm tonight, lads!

Bugger. RIP to a legend from my time of first going to the match.

Wallsend gonna be going into hiding for a bit, I reckon!

I believe that the fan base has been ground down since Ashley took over - expectations have been lowered, plenty of flim-flam coming from Llambias/Pardew and total toilet performance on the field for the most part of this season. Even after the defeats to the unwashed and scousers, there was more of a feel of resignation than anger, although we all know what the knuckle draggers did in town afterwards. I think in the main, most folk realize that Ashley will do what he wants and be damned to everyone else. Some of us made the choice some years ago (myself included) to turn in our s/t's. I was fed up and to be honest I had better things to spend my hard earned on, with a bairn on the way. Times are now harder and I reckon for most, being able to afford to go to the match is a struggle - especially with the rubbish that is served up and the never-ending excuses. As it is, I believe Pardew will be in charge next season, come what may. He doesn't look like a man who is fearful of his job. Relegation will be paid for, by our 'top players' being moved on, and a promotion charge will be attempted on the cheap (should be go down, which I believe we will)

Shows how bad things are when you have folk who are seriously considering turning in their season tickets. This will not be going un-noticed, regardless of what happens. Respect to those that do decide to do it.

From Football365 - a fair assessment? Reckon so; http://www.football365.com/faves/869...ref_map=%5B%5D After recent heavy defeats against Sunderland and Liverpool, Newcastle's hard-fought 0-0 draw with West Ham will have come as a relief to Alan Pardew. That relief may only last until Tuesday, however, when the Magpies could drop into the bottom three for the first time this season if Wigan beat Swansea and Sunderland pick up at least a point at home to Stoke on Monday. It's an embarrassing predicament for Pardew and, despite Newcastle's improved defensive performance at Upton Park, the manager should be worried by his team's lack of invention ahead of three crucial matches to secure survival. The Magpies have now scored only one goal in their last four Premier League fixtures - and three in the last seven - with Papiss Cisse again cutting a lonely figure in attack on Saturday. The loss of Demba Ba to Chelsea has obviously had a detrimental impact on Newcastle's form in front of goal, but Pardew must also take responsibility for failing to address the Magpies' barren run. While Roberto Martinez has encouraged Wigan to repeat last year's incredible survival feat by adopting an open, attacking style of play, Pardew seems fearful of allowing Newcastle's players to express their quality in a cautious, uninspiring system. It's one thing to play dull football and grind out results - as West Ham have done for much of the season - but Pardew's perennially negative tactics have continued to bring poor performances throughout a disappointing campaign. The manager showed that he is capable of making necessary changes to his team's system by switching to a 4-3-3 formation in the second half of last season, but this year he has failed to act to prevent Newcastle's slide, persisting with the same players and approach week after week. Pardew has struggled in similar circumstances before, with Saturday's trip to West Ham offering a timely reminder. The manager's rudimentary tactics gained promotion, a top-ten Premier League finish and an FA Cup runners-up medal in two full seasons with the Hammers, but when performances started to slip he had no answers. A dreadful start to the 2006/07 season, in which West Ham lost 11 of their first 17 games and scored only ten goals, resulted in Pardew's dismissal, and many Newcastle fans are now hoping that the same fate befalls the manager at St James' Park. It is too late for Ashley to act on the manager's future at this stage, of course, but the fans' shocking reaction to the Sunderland and Liverpool defeats revealed that they have finally run out of patience. Newcastle have enough quality to comfortably finish in the top ten and yet they have remained in the bottom half since mid-November with Pardew seemingly bereft of ideas on how to change his team's fortunes. It seems that last season's achievements may have left a negative legacy in terms of Pardew's loyalty to his underperforming players. Jonas Gutierrez and Cheick Tiote have been in terrible form for most of the current campaign, yet both can expect to be in the starting line-up when fit. This complacency underlines Newcastle's significant backwards step this year and, even if they survive, Pardew's past record suggests he will struggle to learn from his mistakes.

No. Good. Hopefully, the lad has a future with us. We may well need him, next season.