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Alan Partridge has warned his Newcastle United players that the pressure is on to beat Crystal Palace in tomorrow nights Capital One Cup clash at Selhurst Park. The Magpies have just one win to their name this season which came in the same competition against Gillingham. And Pardew is set to name a senior looking side against the Eagles with Neil Warnock baying for a scalp in Croydon. Pardew is sweating over whether Papiss Cisse can start the game but Cheick Tiote should be fit after hobbling off with cramp in the closing stages against Hull City. The Toon chief goes back to his old club tomorrow night and after playing Fabricio Coloccini, Tim Krul and Remy Cabella in the last round at Gillingham will make a call today on whether they start again in the League Cup. The Magpies board told fans 12 months ago that the domestic cups arent a priority. But going into the clash with the Eagles, Pardew, whose side are 22/1 to win the trophy, said: We need to win every game we can at the moment to release some pressure. It is difficult to play under pressure. I am being accused of making excuses but just want to defend the team. We were really good at times (against Hull). I hope our fans see that and maybe they can digest that this week and we can follow it up. Pardew opted against holding a pre-game Press conference for the game at Selhurst Park. And he admitted that life had been made difficult by fan protests, social media and the wider Press of late. In an interview with BBC Newcastle he said: Its difficult for us. We are trying to create an atmosphere in a stadium. Its difficult for my media staff. Its difficult for me. We dont quite know what to say. And there has been some reporting that quite frankly has been outrageous really. But we accepted all of that. After the performance at Southampton I said to the players theres no point in whinging about it, peoples comments or whatever they want to do, because we didnt deliver. For this football club that performance wasnt right, And he also stated that despite talk of him resigning or waiting for the payout that would release him from his five year contract, he was never considering quitting atSouthampton after the 4-0 loss. He said: I was never, never, never going to walk out of the club on the back of that performance. Im proud of being manager here. I dont have an arrogance or an ego about me that I am going to sit it out and waiting for whatever.

He really does just open his mouth and let the wind blows his tongue around.

in July after signing De Jong, Riveriere, Cabella & Janmaat he said "We pitched in and signed players that we think will give us a chance to push on for the Champions League"

@ club spin doctor look at my post #8400

Uno they wood

Firstly, and most importantly, thank you to all the supporters who backed our campaign before and during the match with Hull City yesterday. Prior to kick-off our group of volunteers distributed more than 20,000 SackPardew.com flyers and over 100 banners, with many people who wanted the latter turned away as we did not have enough to meet demand. The support we received before the game has left us in no doubt that a majority of fans share our view that Alan Pardew is not fit to manage Newcastle United, with the response in our multiple locations almost entirely positive. We would also like to thank Britannia Banners of Wallsend for their exceptionally hard work, the proprietors of the pubs that allowed us to display and distribute our material, the Newcastle fans at PrintNE for their incredible generosity and the media outlets who have allowed us to shine a spotlight on Pardew’s disgraceful performance since the summer of 2012. We have noticed a sea-change in the tone of discussion about Newcastle United in the media in the two weeks since our website was created, with far more focus on the manager and his record now apparent. As this was our primary aim when we started, we are delighted to have had such an influence in such a short space of time. Regretfully, the vote of no confidence in the manager was not as visible as we had hoped within the stadium. Despite the club’s prior assertion that non-offensive protest material is allowed into the ground, a vastly increased number of stewards were confiscating banners and flyers on turnstiles and placing them into black bags, many of which were full to bursting by kick off. Stewards were also seen to remove material within the stadium itself. We were nevertheless extremely pleased to see many fans who did manage to get banners and flyers into the ground stand with us and demand change, and we hope these fans will stand with us again soon. We are also well aware that there are a large number of supporters who do not wish to protest in any form within St. James’ Park. That is their prerogative, however with the team currently bottom of the Premier League and one of only three in the division who have failed to win a single game, we are more certain than ever that Alan Pardew’s continued employment is a serious danger to both the short and long term future of Newcastle United Football Club. Therefore we will not stop until either this employment has been terminated, or until Pardew gives the club a chance to remain in the top flight by offering his resignation. To this end, we will continue undeterred in our efforts, invigorated by the fantastic local, national and international support we have been given to date. A more comprehensive response to Saturday will be released in due course, after we have made contact with the club, local council and Northumbria Police.

Back down to 19th after Tottenham lose 0-1 to WBA.

Canny price CT 6 for £2.50

Tell you what Shane shove it up your arse knowbodys interested.

nee bother.

We all no it's "damp squib" I thought the "damp squid" was an in joke we had with CT.

As long as we dont finish lower than 17th Ashley will be satisfied. The players and Pardew may not get their bonuses but as long as were in the premiership its all that matters.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alan-pardew-thanks-toon-army-7805398 That's the article the quotes from.

It was the same last season, it'll be the same this season & every season they're running the club. Best get used to it nochange.com

After yesterday Ashley's got everyone just were he wants them.

Ashley today has ordered all seating to be removed from SJP and replaced by barrels.

I bet after the match Ashley & Pardew made some planes out of the sackpardew.com posters to see whose would fly the furthest.

"I think our fans are realistic – they know the top six is beyond us" "We can’t compete with those clubs at the moment" "But we should be competing for seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th. We have proven that we can do that in the past" He said this yesterday yet in July after signing De Jong, Riveriere, Cabella & Janmaat he said "We pitched in and signed players that we think will give us a chance to push on for the Champions League" Fanks but which one is it Alan ?

Ok I'm like most people I'd rather see the back of Ashley than see him continue running the club the way he is. But after yesterdays un-protest I'm damned if I know how it could be done now. I mean yesterday everything was set up for the protest it was well publicised well organised it had the go ahead of the police and the council. All that had to be done was hold up your poster or banner (ok a few were taken off people) and shout your disdain at Pardew. It was set up for something special it was actually very poor and was met with a little smirk from Ashley & Pardew probably didnt even notice it. All the good work by the anonymous sackpardew.com amounted to nothing their idea was if it didnt work yesterday they would be back again but now I'm not so sure. Yesterday could have been spectacular it turned out to be a damp squid.

Pleased for Cisse getting his goals but we struggled at home against a very average Hull side. As for the sackpardew.com for something that was so well thought out and well publicised & funded it turned into a huge disappointment in the ground. Ashley could be seen having a little smirk at 5 minutes for the "protest" . It'll be interesting to see if/what the sackpardew.com group have in mind now. As we've said before the only way to bother Ashley is to vote with your feet other than that we're stuck with him & Pardew until HE'S had enough.

Alan Partridge a happy man.

Fucking hell

What is the point of crossing it into the box

Well well well

Rivierie wants piss off mind what a waste.