The Fans’ Forum meeting minutes from last Monday night’s meeting have just been released, and the club has said that Alan Pardew will be staying on as manager.
Alan Pardew – staying on as manager
Here’s the section of the minutes – right at the beginning – that says Alan is staying:
The board explained that a detailed statement had been issued to announce LC’s (Lee Charnley) appointment so that supporters were clear on how the club intends to move forward, but that questions posed by members would be addressed as openly as possible.
In addressing the document, the board stated that Alan Pardew (AP) will remain the club’s manager. The board stated that incorrect media reports which claimed Newcastle United had contacted other individuals about the manager position were in the hands of the club’s legal team.
So we may get more newspapers banned from the Newcastle club, whoever first started that rumor that we were after St Etienne manager Christophe Galtier – but the news was first published in France: 🙁
Here are the minutes of the meeting from last Monday night held at St. James’ Park, if you want to find out what happened.
Fans have been unhappy with Alan Pardew all this year becasue of the terrible results, but since late last week the news being leaked out was that Pardew would stay on as the Newcastle manager.
So now we hope that Alan, Lee Charnley, Graham Carr and others will now work their tails off to get some good new players to the club in the summer – maybe we can thn make a new start in August.
Comments welcome.
179 comments so far
cyprus
May 14, 2014 at 8:56 PM
Comment #121When will UEFA face up to the fact that that extra referee is a waste of space and money?
Big Pappa Cissé
May 14, 2014 at 8:57 PM
Comment #122@ Geordietwo
🙂 .
Ian Toon
May 14, 2014 at 8:57 PM
Comment #123I first came across the blog when away from home at University in 2007 and it still is simply the best. Certainly worthy of a re-post. Clearly there are the same problems today but Ed Will overcome:
This Is Why We Created The Newcastle United Blog
September 15, 2009
Written by Dr. Ed Harrison
As long term readers of the blog will know, we have had our own problems with this web-site we created back in April, 2007.
And there have been at least a couple of times, mainly due to the comments getting way out of control, that we have considered just shutting the thing down completely.
When we started, one of the main reasons we cited for creating the web-site in the first place, was because we were stationed in Raleigh, NC in the US, and we thought we had a unique opportunity to put our own opinions out about all the news surrounding the Tyneside club, and there’s always a lot of that, to be sure.
That was especially true at the time, when the Premier League and Newcastle’s games were being beamed live around the world.
Every single PL game in truth is televised and shown over here, and if it’s not live on TV, it can be found on one the many growing PC sites that show football games live.
We can tell you that’s hardly the same now, in the Championship, which is one reason we considered giving the gig up, when the club was relegated in May – because we just couldn’t watch many of the games.
And by the way, just to kill the myth about how much money this site makes – and the nasty letters I get from people who seem to think I’m making a bundle on this.
My personal billing rate per hour, when I was an Executive Consultant at IBM and hired out to other companies, at the end of my consulting career, was more than I receive in one full month from this site.
That’s absolutely true – so let’s hope that will end any debate , and no more nasty letters please. Good job I’m not doing this for the money.
Well, back to the only reason for this article – here’s one of the heart-warming letters we received on the 2nd of September:
How are you doing?
My name is Sgt. Caleb Heagerty, and I’m an Infantryman in the US Army, and I found the beautiful game of football back in 2004 while in Baghdad, during my first tour to Iraq.
All the kids there played and I saw one kid who I became close with from the Al Amiriya neighborhood, who I called Frankenstein and he had a Newcastle United shirt on.
We struck up a bond of friendship and I discovered Newcastle – I’ve been in love with the Toon ever since.
Although it feels like I boarded a sinking ship I can’t shake my loyalty to the Magpies.
I was wondering if y’all knew of any supporters clubs in Missouri, USA and if y’all new how I could watch the soda pop games on TV stateside.
Anyways just a Yank who loves football and loves Newcastle United.
We sent Sgt. Heagerty the information about PL games being on Fox Sports, Setanta Sports and now ESPN over here in the States, which all show PL games live.
Kevin Keegan is the new, rather impressive analyst at ESPN, and Warren Barton does a great job as the main analyst at Fox Sports.
And whenever Warren was reporting on a live Newcastle game, he would wax lyrical about both the club, the fans and the St. James’ Park Cathedral. Let it never be said that Warren Barton doesn’t just love Newcastle United – it was so great to hear him!
So you can see Newcastle is all over Stateside, even though the club is currently now in England’s second division.
But to get that letter from Sgt Heagarty was just so heart warming, because he is now a firm Newcastle United fan, and an avid reader of the blog we may add.
And apart from that, he is one of the thosuands of Military men in both Britain, America and other countries , who have shown so much courage, in the terrible wars taking place in both Baghdad and Afghanistan.
That’s another reason why we greatly admire Sgt. Caleb Heagerty.
This article is dedicated to Sgt. Caleb Heagerty, and all those brave souls like him around the world.
cyprus
May 14, 2014 at 8:59 PM
Comment #124Actually, the Europa final is really good. Next year (well, year after next) it’s us.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 8:59 PM
Comment #125Well said Ian Toon @123. You have the heart of a true blogger mate.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:01 PM
Comment #126We’re going to host the Europa final cyprus mate? Who’s going to be in it?
Ashton
May 14, 2014 at 9:03 PM
Comment #127cyprus
What?!! pussy.
I’m going alone so it should be interesting.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:04 PM
Comment #128The list of players we can’t afford is quite long as it turns out. Who would have guessed?
cyprus
May 14, 2014 at 9:04 PM
Comment #129It’s the ONLY way to go 😉
Ian Toon
May 14, 2014 at 9:04 PM
Comment #130Geordie- I don’t have the same staying power.
Big Pappa Cissé
May 14, 2014 at 9:05 PM
Comment #131Basketball Football 🙂 , I love it .
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:05 PM
Comment #132The same staying power as who Ian Toon?
toon kk
May 14, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Comment #133G2
It might be surprising who we tried to sign well “we just couldn’t get them over the line”.
Pards will be working on his excuse speech,
you never know next season we could be challenging for champions league football, our Mashy may just may surprise us all.
Big Pappa Cissé
May 14, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Comment #134Is there a more Spanish looking man than Reyes 🙂 ? .
David Villa Maybe 😉 .
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Comment #135Important new book coming out this summer by Alan Pardew entitled “The Use of Scrambly Bits in Modern Football – A Master Tacticians View.” Beautiful.
clinath@ed
May 14, 2014 at 9:09 PM
Comment #136Toon king….I will always watch the toon no matter what league they’re in. My beef is with the state of the game in general. I simply do not enjoy overpaid pansies falling all over the place trying to control the game by deceit. The game was a physical contest as well as a game of skill, the powers that be have removed one part of it completely.
Might as well as watch my son play FIFA and cheer one of those sides on.
The soul has gone out of the game for me.
Ian Toon
May 14, 2014 at 9:09 PM
Comment #137As Ed!
Ashton
May 14, 2014 at 9:10 PM
Comment #138cyprus
I think you should pick me up from the airport and host me at your place. Then drive me there and pay for hotel and drinks and stuff. okay?
Big Pappa Cissé
May 14, 2014 at 9:11 PM
Comment #139@ GeordieTwo
I thought it was going to be called :
Once,……Twice,……..Three times a left back 🙂 .
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:14 PM
Comment #140Hmmm. Pardew should think about that Big Pappa mate. It’s a very catchy title compared with his. Still scrambly bits are his specialty. Left backs? Not so much apparently.
toon kk
May 14, 2014 at 9:14 PM
Comment #141G2
Do you think Our manager will sign me a copy of his new book? Sounds thrilling mate.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:15 PM
Comment #142Ahhhh! I see now Ian Toon. Yes Ed is a stayer. He’s got the right stuff for bloggery. I admire his patience in putting up with us. Well it’s mainly welshie and beermonkey he has to put up with.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:16 PM
Comment #143Yes he will toon kk @141. For a small fee. He has to print it with a crayon and it takes a long time so he charges for it now.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:17 PM
Comment #144If you’re lucky you’ll get one of his famous stick figures along with his signature.
Ian Toon
May 14, 2014 at 9:18 PM
Comment #145clinath- Certainly Suarez shouldn’t have been player of the season simply for his constant cheating as we saw on Sunday.
cyprus
May 14, 2014 at 9:19 PM
Comment #146Good offer. You must be a business man.
The Europa league is end to end. Reyes still looks a decent player. Jesus would make a good NUFC coach, he’d rival Mourinho in the news.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:21 PM
Comment #147I can’t wait for the new book to come out so I can add it to my collection of Pardew books (well there’s only 1 other actually). His first book “Scrambly Bits, A Beginner’s Guide” was stunning.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:23 PM
Comment #148Cyprus steady on mate! You’re getting carried away again! You know we’re sticking with wor Alan. He’s got the tactical knowhow we need.
toon kk
May 14, 2014 at 9:23 PM
Comment #149G2
He’s been writing it for a long time mate, I always wondered what he was writing on the touchline now I know..
a small fee sounds reasonable though. .
can’t wait to get my hands on a copy! !!!!!
cyprus
May 14, 2014 at 9:27 PM
Comment #150G2,
good point. But, can you imagine a Jesus head butt? Would he miss?
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 9:31 PM
Comment #151Good point cyprus. But would he want a wage to come to us? We don’t like wages. And are there any agent’s fees involved? I mean I don’t want to get his hopes up or anything that he could be coming in as our new manager.
cyprus
May 14, 2014 at 9:32 PM
Comment #152And the headlines:
Jesus saves Newcastle.
The new Messiah, etc.
cyprus
May 14, 2014 at 9:36 PM
Comment #153ok, checked his salary… You are right. We could have 8 Pardews for one Jesus. Forget it.
soundoid
May 14, 2014 at 9:47 PM
Comment #154Full boycot of sjp first day of the season. Pardew is not the problem he’s a symptom Mike Ashley is the cancer.
toonking
May 14, 2014 at 9:50 PM
Comment #155clinath@ed
i wasn’t getting at you, all i was saying myself is whilst some fans think it’s only ashley and pardew at for the misery of newcastle, really as you say and i say it’s really football in general that is a complete mess.
fifa uefa FA and premier league are all just useless.
players put money before anything, the ambitious type have gone.
owners take advantage of all the money that is in football.
even fans i think are no help themselve because fans put too much pressure onto managers and expect them to do well right away. the thing they don’t know is that the owners and players are taking avantage of this because they don’t care about clubs they just want money.
money has did to football what it does to so many other things in life, it’s ruined football.
soundoid
May 14, 2014 at 9:57 PM
Comment #15677million +20million for cabaye
97 million should be invested back into this club which is the amount we need to sort out the sad state of affairs we find ourselves in.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 10:05 PM
Comment #157We need a man who knows his scrambly bits. We need someone who doesn’t need paying. We need an independently wealthy football genius/eccentric as manager. Right then, whose name do I put down first?
ochytoon
May 14, 2014 at 10:06 PM
Comment #158Only thing we can hope for now is that West Ham sack Allardyce and go for Pardew to replace him.
The boards lack of ambition is disgusting. We know the potential the squad has (maybe that should read had) and European qualification is within our reach. I am convinced that Mike Ashley owns us for the sole reason of promoting his business, the money which he has made from us is an added bonus.
The way in which he masks his true intentions is through the use of Alan Pardew. This man would certainly have a far more successful career in PR than he ever has or will in football management. His constant lowering of expectations is an insult to our collective intelligence and I’m surprised anyone still stands by him in all honesty. I actually gave him until this season to win me over but the negative football (worst I’ve seen us play in my 20 years as a Toon fan) he’s enforced on us is a disgrace to our tradition. He knew he was never in any danger of losing his job as Ashley has no intention of firing someone who tows the party line, taking the flack for him, and hiring someone he has never worked with before. Even if Ashley was to do the unexpected and replace him, he’d most likely bring in a Wise/Kinnear-esque manager or promote one of the backroom staff, likely Beardsley, to the role.
Whilst I have attacked both Ashley and Pardew for their role in the demise of our club, we need to recognize the worst enemy of Newcastle United Football Club; Us.
We are quite possibly the least functional, organised, and united fans in the country. Its not a question of which fans group should we follow, since most of us are divided on the present and future of our club anyway! Unfortunately, there will always be a core of fans who are happy to go to St, James’ week in, week out, and watch the utter dross served to them by the Ashley regime. In addition to this, we now have fans who are more concerned with the financial side of the club and somehow are overjoyed that we’re one of two clubs in the Premier League (more likely all of English football) who run a profit season after season. At what point did football become about enjoying the accounts? I’m not denying that its admirable but we are nothing like Arsenal, who at least invest in their squad and youth development every summer.
Finding a common goal between us Newcastle fans is going to be incredibly difficult, if not impossible. The current fan groups are failing to represent us and our ambitions for the team. We need a new, proactive fan group which is able to effectively organize us fans into a coalition of sorts. We’re never going to agree on everything but if everyone is at least in the same group, with fair representation of everyone’s views, at least we will make some progress. Whether that’s, the removal of Pardew and Ashley through means of popular protest, or the backing of the team to turn St. James back into the stadium it was, remains to be seen. However, before we achieve any of this, we need to form a new fans group capable of galvanizing and uniting us.
Just my opinion on the current state of the club.
GeordieTwo
May 14, 2014 at 10:07 PM
Comment #159I can put my own name first of course, but I’m a little embarrassed about it since I already have so many official duties at the club. 😳
ochytoon
May 14, 2014 at 10:09 PM
Comment #160Perhaps I’m an idealist but I really believe that if we can effectively form a new fan group, which is run correctly bu the right people, then I think we can really make a change. I do not agree with the ultras of Italy, Russia, and Eastern Europe, but their influence on with the board is impressive to say the least. That is something we as fans need. We need constant communication with the board but we also need leverage; not in the form of violence, but in the form of popular and mass protest.