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Pardew 2-1 to survive until Christmas

A NEW manager is the Christmas present most Newcastle supporters would hope for above anything else and if Ladbrokes are correct then their wishes will come true.

Alan Pardew is 2-1 with the firm to be in charge of the Magpies on December 25, although the under-pressure Toon boss is 1-3 to still be Newcastle’s manager for their clash at Swansea on Saturday and 1-2 to be calling the shots for the next home match with Leicester on October 18.

Mike Ashley laughed off quotes attributed to him that Pardew would be sacked if Newcastle lost to Stoke on Monday but Ladbrokes and Paddy Power still make the former Reading, West Ham, Charlton and Southampton chief 1-2 to be the next Premier League manager to leave his current position.
 

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