you agree or not, it IS up to pardew now to get us out of this mess. whether it's tactics or motivation or whatever, he's the one getting paid to do turn this around i agree with DMW, five games with only a win and a draw (very possible) and whether some like it or not, the pitchforks will be out Lord only knows what state Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan left the Toon in on Sunday night after the most successful comeback in the north east since Joe Kinnear embarked on an after dinner speaking tour. The gruesome twosome -- soul mates, party bros and roomies -- took a walk down Wonga Way for old times' sake and pulled down the pants of the gaffer who flogged them on. The grateful recipient of Newcastle's decision to hawk the titans of their Championship season on the open market is that unique human being Sam Allardyce, who will no doubt build his Real Madrid team around Nolan and Carroll just as soon as he gets that long overdue call from the Bernabeu. Twice Big Sham has been back to Tyneside since being sacked by Mike Ashley, and twice he has won. Not only did Sam triumph, his compact unit drugged Newcastle into aping the style he so loves as they repeatedly hoofed long balls up to Ba, Cisse and Ameobi -- the latter pair playing so poorly it became clear the only way they'd be able to make the ball stick