article_snippet.sent: Newcastle's fans protested for the board to sack Alan Pardew's as manager and were delighted when Alan Pardew's resigned .
article_snippet.sent: Behind the scenes, owner Mike Ashley was never going to dispense with owner Mike Ashley manager on the say-so of fan fury.
article_snippet.sent: Reputation restored, Pardew’s exit plan was in place.
article_snippet.sent: He’d had enough of playing politician, caught at the centre of a toxic relationship between owner Mike Ashley and the clubPardew’s fanbase.
article_snippet.sent: the sole public face of the crisis club – is discovering just how poisonous that atmosphere has become.
article_snippet.sent: a depressing grey which lacks energy, passion and invention.
article_snippet.sent: This sad situation, however, is the cause of a hierarchy which has stripped the club of ambition and meaning.
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