Another thing, considering that Pardew remained at Charlton when they went down. And remained there when he was destroying the club under more pressure than most managers can even imagine..I think he's been under worse than this. Not to mention, Pardew and Ashley are buddies are they not? I however, wont be surprised if he walks and says that his reason is the pressure from the fans. Because I would never manage Newcastle simply because some of the fans are rather fickle and harsh. I'd even manage the bin dippers over us, simply because there loyalty to managers is better than ours. But eh, that's just me.