Mick

How are we going to survive without the fraud?

Hard lines Gouffran.

I hope we score early.

He's pathetic, he seems to be dropping Bobby into every conversation.

That team tells you all you need to know about Carver, he's like his old boss and clueless.

I haven't heard or seen anything to suggest we've actually made an approach, all I've seen is rumours.

Lock this thread.

It has.

Pardew did such a good job with a tight budget, paying next to nowt for players and selling them on, well done Pardew.

He couldn't do much with a struggling squad at Charlton.

And some people wonder why some of our fans are called mongs, well that's why, some of our fans are.

Some of the Palace fans are referring to him as "Super Al."

Who?

Two have ruled themselves out, that might change if they are actually approached. No manager in his right mind is going to openly put his name forward for a job that hasn't been and might not even be offered to him.

No doubt but they weren't speculating about anything, they were interviewing somebody who knows more than we do about what is going on.

They were interviewing the bloke who is looking after the team while they look for a manager.

SSN Negotiations going well between Pardew and Palace. Pardew hasn't met the players yet, he may be in the Villa stand or Palace dugout today. The Palace players are looking forward to working with him.

My sarcasm detector is all over the place in here, for the record I don't want him anywhere near our club.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30645948 John Carver: Sir Bobby Robson 'will be looking down' on Newcastle Newcastle caretaker manager John Carver says he believes Sir Bobby Robson will be "looking down on him" when he takes charge of the team against Burnley. Carver and Steve Stone have been named as temporary managers, with Alan Pardew poised to join Crystal Palace. Robson, who died aged 76 in 2009, managed Newcastle for five years. Carver, 49, said: "He will be there with us. He will be in the technical area, let me tell you that, because I never stop thinking about him." Carver worked with Robson during the former England manager's spell at St James' Park and took temporary charge of the first team when Robson was sacked in 2004. Carver said: "For some reason, I started reading Sir Bobby's autobiography this week. There was a message on the front of the book that read 'Thanks for a fantastic, successful five years, it should have been a lot longer. Cheers, Sir Bobby'. Former Newcastle winger Chris Waddle on BBC Radio 5 live: "I think John Carver will enjoy the chance - he's been number 2 for a long time. John won't say it but deep down he has probably waited for this opportunity to take over his boyhood dream club, so I think if he was honest, I'm sure he would love the opportunity to take it at least until the end of the season and see what happens." "When he gave me that book, he said to me, 'You do realise how big this football club is, and if ever you get an opportunity, don't be scared of it, enjoy it and take it with both hands'. So I am going to take it with both hands. "I'm a Catholic and I believe he will be looking down on me, I really do." Newcastle, who are 10th in the Premier League, accepted an approach from Palace for Pardew on Monday. Carver said the circumstances of Pardew's expected exit made the situation unusual ahead of the team's Premier League meeting with Burnley on Thursday. Carver told BBC Radio Newcastle: "It's never ideal but it is totally different to normal circumstances because it's usually because a manager's been sacked that I'm in this position. "It's pretty unique because managers usually lose their jobs from clubs fighting for their lives. In this situation, that's not the case and it's a really nice feeling. "It is a strange feeling because he hasn't been sacked and there's a good spirit in the football club, so it's not as if the players are down and disappointed. It's been business as usual."

Happy New Manager.

Carver out.

For, nothing. Against, he's Carver.

The end of Pardew is so good and I think it being a drawn out affair is typical, he can't do anything right. He's like the end of a long illness that just won't go away.

Familar with: 1. The area (sort of). 2. A ridiculous media spotlight. 3. European style management, and particularly one of our transfer hunting grounds. 4. Winning stuff at all levels, as a manager and coach. 5. Working with some of the biggest managerial and playing egos around. 6. Operating without massive budgets. His current team are doing well and scoring goals, and one of his right hand men (recently voted goalkeeping coach of the year) played for us. Could be worse I guess. He's not an egotistical prick, that's a massive plus for me.

If we do go English I think I'd prefer Schteve to any of the others.