David Harding
Chris Leahy
Cain LynchA pardon for Pardew
Then he was replaced with a manager that most fans around the world have labelled a terrible manager, Newcastle fans became even more angry when in January Andy Carroll was sold to Liverpool.
Pardew had said he was not going to sell Carroll and then at the 11th hour, Carroll was gone, fans directed their anger at long time target Newcastle owner Mike Ashley, and Newcastle new comer Alan Pardew.
Life without Andy Carroll started with a home game against Arsenal, it started terribly Newcastle were being out played and weren't able to stop Arsenal scoring. It was 4-nil at Half Time and some fans were gone way before the half ended.
After the break, it was a changed Newcastle side, and the comeback was on, walking away from a game which they should have lost started something for Pardew. The fans haven't been too kind to Pardew, but that day he helped slightly win them over.
A year on, and Newcastle are closing in on a Champions League place, something that some former Newcastle players have said was quite possible for this team.
It's almost a reality, but the Newcastle team will need to keep on winning, I believe it will come down to Manchester City and Chelsea games. Getting either 1 point or all 3 may assist in bringing Champions League back to Tynside.
But if there is Champions League failure this year, It will be next year, Pardew has been on the prowl looking to imrpove this side even more.
When Andy Carroll went fans were wanting a striker, they were demanding Newcastle signed a striker it took some time and then Demba Ba was signed.
He started off in a blaze of glory scoring goals everywhere, then he went off to Africa, and people expected another striker to have been signed to replace him while he was there. Newcastle then signed Papiss Demba Cisse, his strike partner for Senegal.
Where was he? Also away at the African Cup of Nations, fans weren't very confident of the Newcastle fortunes during that period, but some results went badly, but when they came back the wheels have been reattached to thseason.
Cisse has scored in almost every game he's played for Newcastle, Hatem Ben Arfa has finally started to find his feet at the club. Danny Guthrie is having a very good season, and James Perch has found himself as being a utility player.
Pardew has helped things along at Newcastle by bringing in a fresh new look for the club, he's taken a team of individuals and made them work as a team. There is peace, harmony and love at the club.
Alan has had a few bonding sessions for the players, and they've bonded this is no longer a club in crisis like it was. It's no longer a team which carries passengers from game to game, there's a team there.
Alan Pardew has slowly earned himself a pardon, the fans have pulled back, and his mangerial career at Newcastle has gotten a stay of execution. The next step is European Football, that will surely see the club show that it's the club it used to be.
The next test is the next transfer window, Tiote, Krul, Ba are all names that have been raised as possible transfers from the Toon. Even though Krul signed a long term contract his future seems to be uncertain yet again.
Ba has said he has loved his time at Newcastle, keeping the partnership of him and Cisse could be something that helps Newcastle. But Pardew has decided that he will be looking for more strikers to help the club.
Pardew is also a candidate for LMA Manager of the Year, it could be a big year for him, he could have Newcastle in Europe, and be manager of the year all in the one season. But I am sure he'd love to have that Champions League spot more than manager of the year.
For now, there is a job to do, win most of the games on the run home, and there could very well be Champions League there for Newcastle.
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