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Heard a couple of bits of the radio last night where they seemed to have decided that as Pardew is not going anywhere the fans might as well get behind the players. The implication being that if we were to get relegated, it would be our fault rather than Pardew's. I guess that is the message the club are trying to get out there and it is starting to succeed. They then said that if we did get relegated, we would storm the league anyway like last time so it wouldn't be so bad. Have those idiots looked at our players and compared them to what we had last time. There is no way we would come straight back up and the better players would definitely leave this time.

What's stopping him owning both clubs? Nothing, I believe, unless both NUFC and Rangers entered the same UEFA competition. Rangers are probably a lock-in for the EL every season once they get up, you'd only need NUFC having an good season (like the one where you finished 5th) and there you have your ownership conflict. Don't the SFA also have a regulation where you cannot have more than a 10% shareholding if you own another football club. There have been a few articles recently suggesting that Ashley might try and put pressure on the SFA in implement a change.

Good read. Finally people are starting to see where the fans are coming from and that we are not such a demanding bunch after all.

I think Liverpool are in the market for another goalkeeper. There seems to be a lot of talk coming out of Liverpool that they are not happy with Mignolet. Maybe Cech would be an option for them but Chelsea may be reluctant to sell to them. Wonder if they are interested in Krul? He's been in poor form for a while but I am sure he would improve a lot with better coaching.

He does seem to give up quite easily when he loses posession and on Monday left Janmaat very exposed at times because he wasn't tracking back. Colo actually went mental at him late in the game which surprised me as you rarely see Colo that animated towards a teammate. He's a Pardew favourite though so tracking back doesn't seem to be an issue with him as it was with Ben Arfa.

Maybe he has been given the nod, similar to Cabaye. Well Pardew was saying last week they were going to give him a new contract so maybe he is just getting it out there that he would prefer to leave. It gives potential suitors plenty of opportunity to contemplate signing him.

I just can't see it. Even if he has his money back, nobody in their right mind would walk away from a business making about £40m a year and also providing massive amounts of free advertising for another venture. I know but why act so foolishly? But if we get relegated? There won't be so much TV exposure for SD then and the TV money would be much reduced. He'll have the full TV money for next season - doesn't it get paid at the end of the season? After that, if he is planning on selling up then it becomes someone else's mess to clear up.

I expect Krul and Sissoko to also be looking to move on if things don't improve very quickly.

Talk of Wonga pulling out. http://www.cityam.com/1412125255/wonga-set-ditch-its-newcastle-united-sponsorship-deal-after-crash-profits?

I wonder if he has serious plans to sell at the end of next season or whether by letting the fans think he is planning to sell, he thinks they will get off his back. If he is planning to sell, he must have some interested parties because you can't just sell a football club on a whim (Villa seem to be struggling to find a buyer and Everton have been looking for years) so maybe there is an exit strategy in place and he is saving the TV money to pay off the loan. I am sure that if there was a buyer out there who would give him what he wants for the club, he would sell immediately but he is probably pricing the club well above the market value. The club is probably worth less than he paid for it anyway as it is a lesser entity these days as so much seems to have been sold off.

I wouldn't say that. The breakfast show yesterday was embarrassing listening as they tried to claim that where he was from was a big part of the reason for us wanting him out. The press really don't look at his stats do they, thinking it's where he is from yet forgetting other cockneys we have embraced, blaming not having sufficient quality of players yet ignoring the fact he endorsed every one of them in the press. They need to wake the f*** up and see that the last 2 years and start of this one he has played atrocious football, has forgotten how to win games and all players go backwards under him given enough time. Let's just jump on the f***ing stereotypical geordies hating cockneys, I mean don't get me wrong I don't have much affection for the south but that's mostly because of the way the north east is being starved of opportunity while all attention is placed on London and surrounding areas. I actually do believe one of the issues is because of where they are from but not for the reasons portrayed in the media. It is actually the reverse of what the media say. I think because the people running the club are based in/from the South and refuse to engage in the city or the people here, it means that their decision-making is influenced by their prejudiced and ignorant views of the North East. There has been no effort to develop an understanding of what the club means to the people. Instead they encourage the image that we are all poor, stupid, ill-educated and rather insular. It's like the politicians at Westminster who think they all know what is best for us without ever having visited the area.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/martin-hardy-mike-ashley-must-act-now-and-end-the-alan-pardew-reign-9765825.html Martin Hardy: Mike Ashley must act now and end the Alan Pardew reign COMMENT: This situation cannot go on any longer. Enough is enough MARTIN HARDY Tuesday 30 September 2014 “He loves football but he sometimes can’t understand how it works and it confuses and upsets him, and when he is upset he does things that aren’t brilliant for the football club.” These are the words of the Newcastle United manager, Alan Pardew, talking about the club’s owner, Mike Ashley, in October last year on the Goals on Sunday programme. They now feel more relevant than ever. Ashley fumed at the indiscretion back then, but the nature of Newcastle means that Pardew’s point was not addressed. A year later, there is a new, all-engulfing crisis and while Rome burns, Ashley stands defiant. Even his greatest supporter cannot argue that the current situation is brilliant for the football club. There is an isolation to clubs in the North-east. Newcastle has one football team. Sunderland, 13 miles away, has one football team. Middlesbrough, another 20 miles further south, has one football team, and the sense of remoteness and uniqueness – the next nearest big league side is Leeds United – adds to the significance inside each community. The football club is a symbol of regional pride. With that in mind, this situation cannot go on any longer. Enough is enough. Mike Ashley looks on during the game between Stoke City and Newcastle Mike Ashley looks on during the game between Stoke City and Newcastle There have been damaging periods in the seven years that Ashley has been in control at St James’ Park. This new one, however, has left heads being scratched everywhere. Newcastle’s players have forgotten how to play for Pardew. Their record is one win in 14 Premier League games – none this season. Red Adair would usually be expecting a call in such a situation. There have been admirable shows of support towards the manager from Ashley in the near four years Pardew has been in charge. Ashley was gung-ho on his entrance into football in 2007. Sam Allardyce was sacked after a draw at Stoke and Harry Redknapp had agreed to take his place, only to change his mind and Kevin Keegan came in. Along with the decision to appoint Alan Shearer for the final games of the 2008-09 season, they have been the last two populist calls made by Ashley. There is a danger here that, as Pardew suggested, the current policy is a bloody-minded approach to defy public opinion. In that, Ashley denies the brilliant instinct that has made his Sports Direct company such a huge and successful business. Within 72 hours of the Tesco profit error last week, Ashley and Sports Direct had agreed a £43m “bet” (a put-option agreement) to buy shares in Tesco through Goldman Sachs (essentially meaning that Ashley believes the share price will rise). There is instinct in retail and there is inertia in football. Tyneside is incandescent as a result. It has, in all truth, not helped Pardew, who will be stained by this run for the rest of his career, wherever that may be. What has caused such consternation is the lack of desire at least to identify that there is a problem. Newcastle’s bad run started when they sold Yohan Cabaye in January and did not replace him. Everything revolved around the playmaker and loan striker Loïc Rémy. But since Pardew’s headbutt on David Meyler at Hull in March they have won just twice. From a possible 48 points they have mustered nine. They have scored 11 goals in 16 Premier League games and have failed to score on 10 occasions. Newcastle’s players are no longer hearing Pardew’s message. Surely this is apparent. The only belief now inside the boardroom must be that there are worse sides than Newcastle and that at some point the club’s fortunes will turn. Pardew looks likely to remain in charge at Swansea on Saturday. The international break comes next and then they face Leicester at home. There must be dignity. Ashley and Pardew should be discussing a parting of the ways this week. The current situation is crushing him and will be remembered for years. Newcastle have had good times under Pardew. There was an unexpected push for the Champions League. It was only two years ago. They finished fifth, Pardew won awards, the club was back on the European stage. They signed just Vurnon Anita, who is still not a regular in a side second bottom of the Premier League. There was no appetite to kick on. Now there must be a desire to hold on to the Premier League status that sees St James’ Park awash with Sports Direct logos. Change will now surely come – that it should be sooner rather than later looks beyond question. I think the line in bold sums up where we are at present - anger and frustration that the club seemingly refuse to accept that we are sleepwalking our way into a relegation.

You'd see flames off the back of his shoes he'd be gone so quick. Every interview now there's a subtext of behind his "I won't quit I'm a professional football manager." Basically he's implying "Pay me off, because I'll ride this till I get my money." He also keeps mentioning that he has a contract in interviews which always sounds as if he is reminding Ashley that he won't walk and so will have to be sacked.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/terry-venables-alan-pardew-cant-count-on-mike-ashleys-bravery-at-newcastle-for-much-longer-9759864.html Pitching for the job?

Regardless of whether the contract has to be paid in full, it's worth for the amount of money he would lose otherwise. Relegation would cost millions and every place in the Premier League is worth £750k so just moving a few places up the table would pay for it alone. I don't know why more Premier League clubs just don't do one year rolling contracts. It is ridiculous that very rich men are paid a fortune in compensation for having failed at their jobs.

I think Roeder is someone who does well as a short-term caretaker manager but gets a bit carried away with himself once appointed as manager. Considering the players he had at his disposal, he did remarkably well to get us into 7th place.

I see there is a Twitter account called SavePardew desperately trying to prove he is good manager.

Some stats from Teamtalk's preview: The Magpies have only mustered one clean sheet in 10 previous Premier League encounters with the Potters. Alan Pardew's side have conceded two or more goals in 10 of their last 13 league games. Newcastle have lost their last four Premier League games on a Monday, conceding 12 goals in the process.

Guaranteed goals.

The club have done him a favour in cutting back on all the media stuff. They need to go a bit further though.

Performances may have improved but they are still not good enough to beat anyone really. Last night would have been another draw without extra time. Virtually every other team I have seen are putting in better and more consistent performances than we are.

Another 2 goals conceded. We are not going to win many games if we have to score 3 each time.

Wish he would stop mentioning the fans. He can't help but patronise us and it sounds so insincere. I do think the protest has given him a kick up the backside and shaken him from complacency. However it was only the reserves so let's see what happens on Monday.

I can't help but think when Pardew says "he's a player who excites us as a club" that they are already working on their transfer strategy to maximise the sale price for the lad.

http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/columnists/mike-calvin-pardew-must-prioritise-cup-S11363933852158? I would dispute several points in this article but at least some journalists realise what is going on. Pardew accepts a place in the top six in the League is “beyond us.” His squad lacks quality, and the club is in desperate need of stability. His honesty is commendable, and offers a perspective sadly lacking in the crisis management experts employed by Ashley to manipulate public opinion.