Mattoon

Loans or not Ashley sees NUFC as an extension of his empire, one which he makes a good profit from, I never thought we were anything but another business model to him. He's quite within his rights to run it how he likes and take out what he likes, it's not ideal and I'm not particularly pleased about it but in business, the ultimate plan is to make a tidy profit and take what's your share out of it. All this corner cutting, including the bargain basement yes man just yields better profit margins for the fat man, it's what we have to accept. I don't think Ashley is a big believer in speculate to accumulate, he's a low risk taker so he'll be happy with sustainable mediocrity rather than take the risk of a higher outlay on a better manager and back room staff in the hope that it reaps better rewards and ultimately better profit margins.

Keep asking Bimpy, you might be happy one day! Just not today matey

We should randomly announce that they're flying in to replace their manager with Pardew and want to give us £20m in compensation to cover his contract. Then keep feeding it to the press, two birds one stone

What gets me is this blind faith and amateur belief that keeping things the same creates stability!? Success breeds stability, having the RIGHT people in the right places creates stability. It'll all end in tears!

To be replaced by what though? What I'm saying is that these ups and downs are just a part of football. I think we're prolonging/extending our own decline. That has an effect on matters. If anything with this skid mark in charge we're accelerating our demise, we had all the right words to attract some good quality continental players with our ideas and plans, how are we gonna sell a vision to anyone now with the evidence we have on record. Players will leave, others, based on evidence, won't join. This was a pivotal moment in our modern history and we took the wrong fork in the road.

I don't recall, was it Ben Arfa or Cabaye that called for more ambition last year? Whoever it was has got their life ring firmly round their arse and is stood on the stern of the ship ready to jump!

He's still relatively short odds to not be here at the start of the season 6/4 which is a little odd?

I don't even blame him tbh, he is what he is. He's a fraud in the first degree, he'll happily ride the gravy train until he's thrown off it, easy money if you just keep nodding at Ashley. Why would he walk, he has no shame?

What a complete show of ineptitude, I'm utterly dumbfounded that we have so little ambition. There's a proven manager with a good, if not impressive footballing pedigree and we stick with this skid mark of a man? Something is fundamentally wrong with the sanity of our board. I think I've even lost hope that we're we to be struggling next season he might be replaced, if they're believing his horse shit now then he'll keep peddling it until the end of next season. They've given him a minimum of a top half finish, this season we could have managed that up until the final week, that tells me he'll be here all season. Last year was a blip, a great blip, but one that Pardew has no chance of repeating. We will never buy the type of players he's after because premiership experience comes with a price and those that don't, don't because they are shit! No amount of players will change his limited tactical skills and negative approach to the game so I expect nothing to change. Unfortunately Ashley doesn't care about the style of football, he has no pride in the team, they're just his employees and so long as they reach a certain bench mark in the league, he's getting paid an that's what counts. I will support the team next season, because I bleed black and white and I have to, I just can't not, but I'll back Pardew when hell freezes over, he can fuck right off, had enough of his bullshit excuses to last me a lifetime. Underwhelmed and prepared for perpetual mediocrity!

He's systematically destroying and potentially technical, fluid and attacking side. The tools and the skills are there but I don't think he can utilise them, he's way out of his depth and keeping him on in the aid of stability is just delaying the inevitable. A few new players won't change his style of play and although I think they may listen to what kind of players Pardew wants, they aren't gonna change their policy or financial structures for buying said players. It doesn't make sense but if that's how they want to play it then I guess I'll have to accept that for now, however after the beginning of the season starts and we've inevitably the same negative football I can imagine the easy ride he's been getting will vanish quickly. He won't be here by 2014 it's just the wait that's painful!

Cat sums up the N-O posters trying to come to terms with the latest news that Pardew is more than likely to stay now: http://youtu.be/AaAEsOXu90Y

And in other news 1+1=7

Your right hand?

Proof it could go either way and no one really knows, it's really tight right now

Oh dear! http://www.nufcblog.com/2013/05/22/newcastle-are-top-of-the-long-ball-league/

Interesting read but no evidence supplied, pure conjecture but obviously makes sense, sorry if a Giggs: http://www.football365.com/f365-says/8728047/F365-Says

Myself

All quiet on the North-Eastern front! No news is good news? My arse!

The last thing we need right now after that season is another crock, his injuries are becoming a worry, rumoured to be a 4 month lay off now!

Hope is draining by the minute, but if he is to stay, as I suspect, there has to be a decent financial backing this summer, possibly a new number 2 and a few new coaches employed. If we're keeping him he needs retraining and new ideas as currently he seems to have hit a brick wall and can't take us further.

Just f*** off you fraud, you're accountable for most of the shit that's gone down, want to evade relegation? There's only one solution, f*** him off!!

I just vomited 36 times!

It could be, but not gonna happen, but maybe, but probably not, but it could be, but I doubt it, but you never know, so I'll not commit just yet

It's really gathering up steam on twatter tonight, really hope there's some element of truth, but I'm just clutching at straws