Unbelievable

Then why have John Carver involved in our pre-summer transfer planning meetings? There's a difference between him being asked and being told at these meetings. Why would they tell the interim head coach anything?

Another thing that has me completely baffled with regards to our transfer policy: the stick Graham Carr has been getting lately for the many duds in our squad. Yes, the club bought Riviere, but we also know that if it wasn't for the usual penny pinching we could have had Aubameyang or Lacazette just before their major breakthroughs which saw them double in value and move out of our reach. He can recommend whoever he wants, if it is up to the likes of Kinnear and Charnley to get the deals done you are in trouble and before you know it we hit the bottom of the list with the more risky, cheaper targets. As a chief scout, he only controls who the club should look at, not who they end up bringing in. Which begs the question, why would he even want to be around this club anymore? At his age, assuming he isn't totally skint, one would assume he would rather spent time on the golf course or watching football for fun than have to deal with the snakes on Barrack Road.

Then why have John Carver involved in our pre-summer transfer planning meetings?

The thing I don't understand (well I do) is that they had Carver, by his own admission, involved in the planning of the summer transfer window. So based on that we are to assume that the new manager may not get final say, but would have some say in whoever comes in and goes out. Having known perfectly well since the turn of the year that the moment to make a long term manager appointment was coming (and they should have known at least six months before then even), it is frankly unforgivable to come out with guff like "taking our time", "evaluating the situation", etc. If the man they wanted (Garde?) wasn't available in January for some reason they should have signed a pre-contract and should have been working behind the scenes on the transfer side of things long before the end of the season. Next season will just be another write-off as it stands, and even if decent money is invested we may yet see more players that the new manager may not want. Unless we do get Carver, which was always seemingly the plan and I wouldn't put it past them at all to stick to that even though it nearly backfired this term and will almost certainly relegate us next season.

How dare we even dream

One would assume that Graham Carr would be aware of him anyway. As always though, why would such a promising manager in high demand be willing to work under Ashley's ridiculous conditions for the job? We could easily ruin his growing reputation through no fault of his own.

Good on them. It's a shame for us that he's fighting a losing battle up north, as it means one possible reason for selling up is off the radar potentially, but credit to them all the same for standing up to him and getting their way. Our situation is vastly more complicated with him owning the club lock stock and barrel, but we could learn a thing or two from Rangers fans when it comes to opposing Ashley and fighting tooth and nail to force him out of our club.

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Hope he geta a move to La Liga. Wasting his career here.

Ryder now referring to him as "the head coach". Its obvious he is going to be the guy in charge moving forward. Too many stories being leaked regarding player backing, Janmaat and now Sissoko. Apparently the Chronicle got a call from the club when they called him the "Interim Head Coach" in one of their articles to say they had to call him the "Head Coach". What?

Nothing I didn't expect. Dick Advocaat chases the money, always does. I'm sure he will have been very handsomely rewarded for keeping them up, and he's probably looking forward to some time off before another short, highly lucrative stint somewhere else at this stage of his career/life.

How much?

Seem to remember this as well. Did they manage to interview all 80 on the list then? That must have been a busy Monday morning. Not sure what that has to do with anything? There was a club statement that the search for the new head coach would take a back seat until the end of the season but the prep work meant it could be picked up and progressed from this point onwards. Now they're making it sound like they will have to start all over again. I'm not in the slightest bit surprised by this development btw.

Seem to remember this as well.

As far as I am concerned, as long as the club have not confirmed it will not be John Carver it will be John Carver, same as last January.

Yeah, no rush pal. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/26/newcastle-united-managerial-shortlist-steve-mcclaren-remi-garde-michael-laudrup?CMP=share_btn_tw "In a rare interview last Sunday Ashley pledged to invest heavily in new players next season" I may have to listen to it again but I don't think he pledged any of the sort, did he?

Even if Carver got the nod today, they would be (even more) stupid to announce it today. Why announce it at all in fact? Just keep on going and the majority of our fans will not even understand they have been played like a violin when Carver is still in the dugout come the new season.

What does that say about the people who continue to employ him and promote him ? Equal opportunity employers

Errrr, no I think after four years of McClaren he could well get on my tits as much as Pardew tbh.

This was always the plan imo. The only thing is did Carver do badly enough for them to reconsider or not.

Fingers crossed