Carver claims he deserves the Newcastle job because he is a Geordie who has "been at the club a long time".
Well there are 30,000 Geordies at St James' Park who can claim to have followed the team longer ... so perhaps each and everyone of them has a better CV than Carver.
The job is about managing the team - and Carver is NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
John Carver: "An apology, first of all.
"We all know we have a fantastic following, they were behind the team, but when you concede that early goal, it is disheartening. They kept staying behind us and kept signing.
"We weren't great, we came up against a top side. I have seen better sides than us come here and get a hiding.
"My job now is, do I sulk and start talking behind people's backs? Do the players start talking behind people's backs? I hope not.
"We will have a discussion on Monday and air our differences, talk about today's performance and then take that forward into the game against Aston Villa.
"No matter what you plan during the week, when you concede a penalty within the first minute, more or less straight from the kick-off, then you are on a hiding to nothing.
"To concede a penalty in the manner we did is really annoying and frustrating.
"Then all of a sudden we concede another. Within the first 10 minutes of any game you should try and stay in the game and play in their half. We didn't do that."