Memphis

Former Southampton trainee to save former Southampton manager...

Given all the incredible upheaval this week, today is definitely all about whatever result can be scraped out, not the quality of the performance. Which is good for Pardew, because despite the 1-0 lead, the performance has been really uninspiring and scrappy. Not keeping possession very well, allowing them to completely control the game, relying upon the few set pieces we're getting to give us chances. Tiote's been awesome, Barton OK in spurts, but Nolan's playing deeper than under Hughton, making the link play between the midfield and the strikers harder. Jonas and Jose have been very subdued and the defense has been just about good enough without making you feel at ease. Edgy game.

Was close.

Miracle the ref didn't give that foul. Maxi is a diving twat.

Jose chants now raining down from the crowd. Hope they inspire him to play better.

Been underwhelmed by Jose tonight. Looks well below his best.

We cannot come close to keeping hold of the ball. I mean, the possession stats have to be 65/35 them... We used to be able to string 2 or 3 passes together, you know.

Good set piece, it has to be said. As it pertains to the remit of playing more attractive football, however, not so much. We are quite longballtastic right now.

It's like 20 pictures of the indoor training session, then randomly, Best just looking clueless alone out in the snow... "So, uh...what do I do now?" http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5046/5249198550_b5fe50a0b2_z.jpg

He's probably going to pronounce Wor Cheik as "TYE-OAT"

We are so much more fucked than even we expected.

From Simon 'The Cunt' Bird - Pardew: I am not going to win the pr battle. Have to win on pitch. I understood what would happen #nufc

66 months. Fuck.

What a fucking nightmare. Is the audio of this cunting shitfest going to be streamed live?

If he has indeed been party to a preemptive arrangement made several weeks ago, as is claimed, (or even just a week and a half ago) then he is part and parcel of the undignified and callous process we've been subjected to and deserves all the scorn he will receive. And he embodies all that is wrong with Mike Ashley's reign. That'll be enough right there.

He's earned plenty of negativity in the period of time he's been waiting in the wings to take over.

I desperately need another straw to clutch at.

I've actually heard it's going to be Cock Jol. COCK IN

Because of course Klinsmann would want ALAN FUCKING PARDEW as his assistant... http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2008/10/07/lennartpreissafp460.jpg

Supporting Newcastle is second nature to me, so I could never ever turn away entirely. But it's like any relationship - as a supporter, you invest so much time, energy, money, emotion into something hoping to be repaid by success, trophies, sure, but also the feeling of pride that comes with believing in your club and believing that they care about the same things you do. It can't be measured in financial terms but it's always been a hallmark of the relationship between this club and these supporters. In this case, with the callous way Ashley has treated supporters, a lot of supporters will be divorcing themselves from Newcastle United Football Club. And that's entirely justified. You'll always check the results, you might even go to the matches, but you won't care quite as much because it hurts too much to see how that emotion is ignored and openly scorned. As much as I disagreed with so much about the way Freddy Shepherd ran the club, at least his mismanagement seemed to be done in the spirit of results and energizing the supporters. And he seemed to understand the relationship although at times he abused it. Ashley spits on it. I'm just more sad than angry. I can't even muster up the energy to be angry.

Closest to my feelings really, we've just seen the final confirmation that we have no chance under Ashley and no prospect of him leaving. We have been confirmed to the general public as a club run by a thoughtless cunt. Having the thought process of how this club is run put on public display like this is sickening. And laying bare the true motivations of Mike Ashley and knowing that a sale is so, so unlikely at this stage - with our eventual relegation making it even that much more difficult - seeing the formless void that is our future...yeah, it's the low point.

Definitely lowest for me. As others have said, this represents a concrete, irrefutable example of how this club is run and it is terrifying. We've always been clueless but now we're officially hopeless.

I feel totally deflated.

Basicaly imagine your mate crashes your brand new Audi and replaces it with a Y-reg Ford Escord, this is how it feels. I personaly wouldn't hold any qualms against the car, but I could never love and nurture it in the same way I did it's predecessor. That's fine, but it's not the car's fault, is it? It's not Pardew's fault he's a shit manager, no. But he's still a shit manager. A shit manager and not a particularly nice human being. A shit manager and not a particularly nice human being and a clear representation of everything that is wrong with the way this club is run.