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I guess unless you are watching us every week, it would look like Pardew is doing a decent job under very difficult circumstances. Most journalists will only see the highlights and maybe read occasional match reports e.g. it was said we did OK against Chelsea. Caulkin is forever arguing with his journalist colleagues at their misperception of the NE teams but those journalists who rarely venture out of London or Manchester, still think they know more than the locals do. No doubt they buy into the propaganda that Llambias used to feed them about those nasty Geordies hating all Cockneys. But when you are a fan and see every game and know all the ins and outs, you see how things are developing and the same shortcomings not being rectified and players not improving and so on and know that it is only going to get worse. For example, many of us were surprised about Laudrup but Swansea fans were not - they could see how things were deteriorating. If you look at fans's websites, you often get a different impression to the one that the national media portrays which shows they really are not fully aware of all the facts. I think if Pardew had anything about him, he should resign as I don't think his stock will ever be higher than it is now. He would be guaranteed a Premier League job albeit not at such a big club as Newcastle but he would probably get a bigger salary and be allowed greater influence in transfers. The longer he stays, the more tarnished his reputation will become.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/abel-hernandez-dreams-move-newcastle-united-or-real-madrid-1436318? "I dream of Newcastle, Real or Atletico for the future," Hernandez was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.

Is he? I saw a tweet just now where he's saying the problems are the same as last year and then were solved by signing players. The implication being none of it is pardew's fault. Again. Nah, he's saying that Pardew's shiteness was masked by the new signings and will be again if we spend in the summer. Was that Douglas' view or is he claiming that the board are thinking along those lines? His view. He added that he doesn't expect any action with the current agenda/ambition. Below are a selection of tweets that Douglas has posted and he does say that he thinks Pardew should go. Also said last night that he expects there to be a lot of changes in the next 2-3 months but not sure exactly what they will entail. In his newspaper articles though he has said that he thinks Pardew is on borrowed time. Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 2 hrs @DaveyVasey You're not stopping supporting them, you're just not going. There's a difference.... Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 2 hrs @DaveyVasey I know mate. But the alternative is what's happening at the moment. Surely that's not acceptable? Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 2 hrs @DaveyVasey Difficult to bring together protest groups. And the problem at the heart of it all is that ppl just don't want to turn on club Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 2 hrs @DaveyVasey Watch how jumpy they get if the gates start to tumble. I'm not saying I could pack it in (I couldn't) but it will make an impact Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 2 hrs @DaveyVasey Chip 5-10,000 off the gate and people start to take notice. I'm not advocating it, but not buying food is drop in ocean Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 3 hrs @moonhoover @rammlet It's not 9th with a view to kicking on, it's 9th with no plan and the club going backwards. Manager part of it Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 4 hrs @moonhoover @rammlet the point ppl miss is this isn't mediocrity, it's the half way house to ruin. Ppl cancelling ST, players not bothered.. Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 4 hrs @Patty_518 @JJFletcher7 @LeazesTerrace Exactly what the problem was last year. Solved by... Signing players Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 4 hrs @rammlet @moonhoover The national commentaries like Michael Owen see nufc in 9th & think 'what's the fuss?' Correspondents on the ground... Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 4 hrs @moonhoover You're right tho. Think he has taken it as far as he can. All the 'that was for mike' and signing his name to statements.. Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 14 hrs @dansheridan Grim days Dan. Club in the grip of ppl who burn bridges & don't care. What goes on on the pitch a manifestation of that. JJ Fletcher ?@JJFletcher7 15h @MsiDouglas Mark for the love of god and the sanity of all the lads who paid to watch that tonight please print this tomorrow : PARDEW OUT! Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 15h @JJFletcher7 Don't blame you for that. Think his race is run, personally JJ Fletcher ?@JJFletcher7 15h @MsiDouglas delighted you agree, he's lost the dressing room completely, turned talented players into shadows of themselves! Ive had enough! Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 14 hrs @JJFletcher7 Should have gone in the summer IMO... JJ Fletcher ?@JJFletcher7 14h @MsiDouglas Agreed! However in Pardew, Ashley has his perfect man! A puppet! What I'd give to see Laudrup take over! But he won't! Mark Douglas ?@MsiDouglas 15 hrs @JJFletcher7 It's depressing, isn't it? Sad really

http://blog.paddypower.com/2014/02/13/kinnear-out-on-a-free-nice-bit-of-business-newcastle/?

There were a lot of moans and groans at Taylor as well. But mostly it was just silence although for the first time around me in the Gallowgate there were a lot of people voicing their dissatisfaction with Pardew saying it was time for him to go.

I see that from the tweets last night and this morning that Mark Douglas thinks Pardew has run his course.

Pardew said before the game that he was fairly confident that he would be back - that Tiote was doing the right things for a change (??) and hence his recovery was going exceptionally well. That probably means we won't see him till April.

Heard or read somewhere today that the last time we won a game without Cabaye was in 2012.

When is the Champions League place for the winner for the Europa League introduced? I would have thought that would make it more attractive despite the relatively poor income although I guess the Champion's League dropouts would take it more seriously as well if they are struggling in their own leagues.

Heard on the radio yesterday that Man Utd receive £20m per year in loan fees! If that is true, I would expect Chelsea get even more and Spurs have tons of players on loan as well so that is quite a lucrative source of revenue.

I could see Cabaye coming back to English football in a year's time if he ends up not playing very much.

John Anderson just said Remy is back for Wednesday but I thought he was still banned for one more game? Still in 8th place

They were saying on the True Faith podcast that the reason we don't have category 1 status is only because of the lack of coaches. A pretty pathetic reason. Obviously this is reserves but it just shows what a mess we are. Going the extra bit for something that could payoff big in the future just isn't worth it to Ashley. I really hope it means that he's looking to sell. The lack of success at the Academy is meant to be an a real issue for Ashley but if he really cares surely the extra investment would pay off in the longterm. There are too many people at SJP doing 2 or 3 jobs and certainly I heard that one of the reasons why we keep failing Category 1 status is because we don't have staff fulfilling a single role but multiple roles instead. If that is the case then Ashley can only blame himself for the Academy's failings. However, every thing the club does at the moment screams short-term so you have to think he is looking to sell up soon.

Just shows that despite having spent 4 years here, he learnt very little about the club and the city.

I hope that he is not seriously considering reverting to long ball after last week's disaster and that it is just the journalist's interpretation of his comments based on the last game. It is patently obvious that having signed all these "technical" players that few of them are suitable to that style.

I look forward to FIFA banning West Ham from all football. Don't they have a thing about not involving the courts in footy stuff? dunno about FIFA but every single club signs up to not before each season to the system and not to bring courts into it, frankly I'd hope the rest of the clubs would work together and throw west ham out for trying it. What do they think makes them so special that they can get away with it, every single club had had bad reffing decisions every single club has had appeals go against them when they thought it shouldn't have. None of those have decided to throw their toys out of the pram and go crying over it. Christ its not as even if it was clearly wrong, theres enough in the rules for the incident to be a red despite Flores's crying like a 4 year old girl. Apparently the FA are allowing a personal hearing tomorrow morning. Hope they don't let them off as it will send out the wrong message.

Well exactly. I can't believe that Kinnear could make a £20m decision without consulting the boss. This was raised on Twitter with Mark Douglas earlier. Mark Douglas ‏@MsiDouglas 3 hrs Resigned? #nufc sacked Kinnear over Cabaye deal. Details here: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mike-ashley-asked-joe-kinnear-6672931 … Steph. ‏@StephNUFC 3 hrs @MsiDouglas Mark, if Ashley wasn't happy with the fee why did he give it the go ahead or was he mislead by Kinnear? Mark Douglas ‏@MsiDouglas 3 hrs @StephNUFC He has been v. hands off of late. My understanding is Joe jumped the gun on the deal - undue haste in selling him, Wesley Fucking Brown ‏@lewisinho 3 hrs @MsiDouglas @StephNUFC Cabaye said it was already in his contract that he would leave in January? Mark Douglas ‏@MsiDouglas 3 hrs @lewisinho @StephNUFC It wasn't in his contract. Think there was verbal agreement - but price had to be right Wesley Fucking Brown ‏@lewisinho 3 hrs @MsiDouglas @StephNUFC But if everything goes through the owner, then surely Ashley agreed for this fee with PSG?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2551807/Joe-Kinnear-resignation-came-worrying-fall-season-ticket-renewals-Newcastle.html This one says it down to the fall in season ticket renewals.

Someone on Twitter is saying there have been 4000 season ticket cancellations since the game.

http://blogs.thetimes.co.uk/section/the-game/107597/newcastle-are-profoundly-unsatisfactory/?shareToken=e76a4c07c746972504cb04e7980b380c Free till 6.30pm

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-united-alan-pardew-must-3108255#.Uu_PU_l_vA1 Alan Pardew must stand up for himself at Newcastle - or risk throwing away all the good work he's done Feb 03, 2014 14:120 Comments OPINION BY SIMON BIRD The Magpies boss isn't helping himself by towing the party line at St James' Park, believes our man in the north east Alan Pardew played the corporate man and tried to put a new spin on Newcastle's failure to replace Yohan Cabaye. After the dispiriting loss to Sunderland Pardew was given the chance to vent his disappointment that a disfunctional "transfer team" were unable or unwilling to make a serious bid to land top target Clement Grenier. He answered: “I didn’t particularly say in this window, though. I said, you know, we’ve got to get players of that class, there’s no doubt about that. So don’t try and angle that for this window because I think that’s unfair on me.” That is nonsense of course. Pardew was wriggling, trying to keep owner Mike Ashley sweet. Trying not to rock the boat publicly with director of football, Joe Kinnear, whatever he does. Two days earlier he had warned: "We need to bring someone in, for sure. We can’t lose someone of his quality and not replace him. That would leave us vulnerable." Pardew must wise up to the fact that his stock will plunge with Newcastle fans, until he stops being the public apologist for the failings of the folk who employ him. He will soon lose the credit he has built up guiding Newcastle to a decent first half of the season, unless he stops being the spokesman for the incompetence of employees like Kinnear, who should be nowhere near a senior role negotiating deals. In short, Pardew should strap a pair on, forget the tap dance he does to keep Ashley and Kinnear happy with kind words and say, diplomatically, what he actually thinks. And that should be that not replacing Cabaye - just before or after he was sold - has killed Newcastle's season. Any outside chance of chasing top six, and Europa League, has been extinguished. It has left a squad shorn of its best player, with other suspensions and injuries rendering the first XI looking, at best, average. That has left the fans to stew for months on what might have been. Who on the terraces is inspired the one challenge left: can Newcastle hold on to eighth place!? Pardew must have been as desperate as any fan to see Grenier, or Remy Cabella, or both, added to his squad before the deadline. And he should say so. I've not met a manager who would argue otherwise. Football bosses know it only takes four or five bad results to tip them from security to dodgy ground. Pardew has been shafted by Kinnear and Ashley, and it is HIS managerial reputation that will suffer if Newcastle peter out and slip down the table. So why play along? Pardew is in a strong position. He is a rare example of an English manager who has proved he can guide a club into the top five on limited resources. The mistakes of last season were corrected and he could have gone close again this year if he worked for an owner who wanted to have a go within his own tight financial boundaries. Now it seem Ashley isn't content with breaking even and United "wiping its own nose" - which is a favoured phrase. It seems he wants to asset strip, make a big profit each season, and claw back his £129 million loan. Pardew would walk into the next top flight job if he was sacked. A sacking would leave Ashley searching for a new boss who may be far less compliant than Pardew has been in the last three-and-a-bit years. Pardew, as I've written before here, has an almost impossible job keeping the peace between owner, fans, Kinnear and other internal power struggles at St James' Park. But there comes a time when he has to be true to himself and take a risk treading on Ashley's ego, which is said to be fragile and sensitive for a man whose been so ruthless in retail. I have been a fan of Pardew over these last few years. He has misfortune of being the only tier of management on Tyneside who regularly speaks in public. But there really is no need for him to laud Ashley like he did for instance after Newcastle beat Chelsea. He said at the time: "That one is for Mike." He explained Mike really is a fan. And he insisted that despite suggestions to the contrary in the nasty media, that the club did have a well functioning management structure. Pass the sick bag. Having missed out on Grenier, and been left with a weakened squad for the rest of the season, surely Pardew regrets those fawning comments about the men who have left him "vulnerable"?

I wonder if Ashley would go for a foreign manager who cannot speak English and then he can stop all communication from the club!!

Perfect. That should go on a banner.

His press conferences would be interesting seeing as the club have banned him from speaking publicly because he is regarded as a PR disaster.

The same exchange is also in the Telegraph and The Guardian has used a few quotes in their match report.