Steve Wraith the editor of fanzine, and spokesman for the Toon Army supporters group feels that Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is on borrowed time, and that it is a question of when director of football Joe Kinnear will take over.
The Magpies were terrible against Everton on Monday night, and especially so in the first half eventually losing to the Toffee’s 3-2 with Wraith thinking that if they lose to Cardiff City on Saturday that it will spell the end to the 52-year-olds reign at St James Park.
“There is more support for Alan Pardew now than there was at the end of last season, when many wanted him out,” said Wraith.
“They feel he has been undermined and the Joe Kinnear situation has made it inevitable he will replace him as manager.
“I don’t think Pardew would argue with that assessment – and I am privy to certain conversations he has had with certain people.
“Pardew knows he’s on borrowed time and if results continue to go pear-shaped, there’s only one man who’s going to get his job.
“Kinnear approached Mick Harford in the summer to be his assistant – who ever heard of a director of football having an assistant?
“That was Joe’s way of telling us what is going to happen. It just seems inevitable and Pardew does not deserve to be treated like this.”
