Unbelievable

He has previous too.. What a bastard, and what a vile idiot Ashley is to move us into a position where this is now almost a certainty. We haven't even got rid of one shit manager and we've already appointed the next..

You've got your logic backwards mate..

What a thing of horror that haircut is..

Even if he needs to pay the full term, Pardew is reported to be the lowest paid Premie League manager in terms of basic pay. I seem to remember around the 300k mark per year. Even for 7 remaining years you'd be looking at maybe 2 million. Why go through all this trouble for the sake of 2 million if he really wanted rid, which it's clear he doesn't.

Aye, I'll never again allow somebody to tell me Ashley can't be a full blown idiot because he's made a fortune selling tacky sportswear.

if that is his goal though, the idea is f***ing genius...in fact he's basically sat and thought "why did keegan leave?" and then come up with a plan to repeat it if that's his goal...it's the best explanation i've heard tbh...the only one that makes sense Do you remember what happened next? And you call this an ingenious plan?

He'll refer to himself as the manager.

Can't wait.. So I guess noone within the club told him to shut his fucking gob today.

He probably edited it himself, and pointed to it to convince Ashley of his suitability for the role.. Edit: damn you Ishmael

"My record speaks for itself..."

So his constant lying and overinflated opinion of himself doesn't bother you? I cringed at every sentence he uttered in that Sky interview.

You like him!? I can't find any likeable thing about him..

Joe Kinnear as our Director of Football man..

It was David Lamb's idea. God knows why or who he even is though..

We weren't looking for a DoF, we were looking for our replacement manager. As such, there was only ever one candidate for Mike.

I can see Marveaux being the sort of player Kinnear doesn't rate, maybe Gouffran too..

Where? Must have missed this.. Also, there were some comments about Arab invasion in the thread. What was that all about?

He's said he will be shifting 4-5 players this summer who he thinks aren't good enough, so aye, sounds like it..

Rule number 1 of good holidays: stay away from any Newcastle United related news.

Nah, you wanted a DoF, so you got your wish.. Parky vs the rest of NO would be more suitable.

Certainly his outrageous claim a few years back that a contract was just waiting to be signed for his return seems a million times more likely after today's events..

I've found the mental strength to watch that entire Sky interview. There isn't a single sentence in there without an outright lie (verifiable facts) or a gross exaggeration (more subjective statements). In that sence it both terrifies me and gives me hope: maybe he IS lying or exaggerating about what has been discussed and/or agreed?

The blokes just a little f***ing liar isn't he.