The Newcastle boss saw his side succumb to Stoke City on Monday, extending their winless streak, and admits he will discuss the situation with the club’s owner this week

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is preparing for “serious conversations” regarding his future with owner Mike Ashley after Monday’s 1-0 Premier League loss to Stoke City.

Defeat at the Britannia Stadium – Peter Crouch’s first-half header was all that separated the teams – leaves the Magpies still without a league win in 2014-15 and puts Pardew under even further pressure after a week in which Ashley was reported to have claimed that the sack would follow a negative result.

Pardew was jeered by the travelling support as the game wound to an end, and has borne the brunt of fan frustrations for several weeks, but the 53-year-old has vowed to continue to fight to save his job.

When asked if he expected to face crunch talks in the immediate aftermath of Monday’s game, Pardew told Sky Sports: “No, we will have some serious conversations before Saturday. He [Ashley] doesn’t want to lose and neither do I.

“I’ve never really been in this situation before, it’s a bit unique. But I’m a professional football manager and that’s what I’ll continue to do.”

Jack Colback rattled the crossbar from four yards in the game’s dying stages as a point slipped out of reach and Pardew conceded a lack of spark up front had cost his team throughout.

“We didn’t come up with the answers tonight,” he said. “We just need a little bit of something in that final area.

“Jack is beating himself up in there, I thought his game was terrific tonight against a good midfield.

“We let ourselves down on the goal and that was the difference really. It leaves us in a position where we are in the bottom three. I have to fight, the team has to fight, to turn this around.”

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