Newcastle fans on Pardew: 'Nobody wants him here. He knows that.'

When Alan Shearer returned to Newcastle as the horseman in black as well as white striped panzer division which would usher them down to the Championship two seasons ago, throngs of adoring, carefree supporters swarming together outward St. James' Park, snapping pictures as well as proclaiming their conviction in the male who scored all those goals for them as the player.

For Alan Pardew -- who was decidedly not the fan's choice to reinstate Chris Hughton -- there were three. And they weren't very nice.

From the Independent:

None bore placards, though their sentiments were clear. "None of us are fans of his," John Shearer said, incompetent to bring himself to discuss the name of the brand new Newcastle manager. "Nobody wants him here. He knows that. It stinks now as well as it'll stink till he walks out."

Welcome to Newcastle, Alan!

And judging by the brand new gaffer's photo op inside the stadium, it wasn't just the fans who weren't all which in to the event...

They didn't even turn the lights upon for him. And Pardew is so not smiling which his lips appear to be inverting themselves back in to his head. Even the sky looks menacing. You really couldn't capture the more soul-crushingly perfect visual representation of Newcastle's impending doom if we tried.

OK, maybe if there was the vulture upon his shoulder as well as Death from The Seventh Seal in the background, though that's it.

Photos: Action Images, AP

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