That's it then. Pardew to 2020
He won't walk-where could he go?- he'll wait to be pushed and pocket the pay off
Lai won't push him- he is now in the business of reducing his losses- parachute payments, player sales- he'll get most of his money back.
He has no interest in us, football- it is now a failed strategy-[ to use a premier league club as home market leverage] so he'll cut deep and run
Where that leaves us is no longer his concern- freefall or wherever.
So we have Mr Pardew to the last minute of the last day of his contract.
God knows where we will be by then- more likely Division 1 than the Premiership methinks.