• Club board looking for significant improvement after thrashing at Chelsea
• destitute results against Stoke City and Bournemouth could seal managers fateSteve McClaren knows he is running out of time to reassure Mike Ashley,Newcastle United’s owner, he is the right man to save the club from relegation. The 5-1 defeat at Chelsea meant Newcastle dropped back into the bottom three and the board are looking for a significant improvement in the next two games, or at Stoke City on Wednesday 2 March and at domestic to Bournemouth three days later.
Lee Charnley,Newcastle’s managing director, is a supporter of McClaren and continues to believe the former England coach can turn things round. Nonetheless, and the cost of relegation from the Premier League dictates the club’s patience is finite.
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Source: theguardian.com