Keep the good feeling going

Calls for Pardew to face the axe may be long gone but football fans are a fickle breed.

Supporting the manager and the team goes a long way to getting the players up for a game and wanting to play right until that final whistle.

One defeat might not be enough for fans to turn on their manager once again for most clubs, but the relationship between Pardew and Newcastle fans has never been the most stable – and it has to remain good over the festive period for the team to achieve their full potential.