Sam Allardyce: "I have never quite found myself in this predicament before to be honest with you.
New Territory For Allardyce!
"But I have dealt with some difficult situations and this one is a good challenge.
"You roll your sleeves up and you get on with your job. You know what's right and you know what's wrong and you get it put right.
"Hopefully, that starts at Blackburn Rovers next week.
"We have hit rock-bottom at the minute and we have got to get ourselves out of it.
"There's only us who can do it by sticking together and trying to get as many players fit as we possibly can and showing a lot more grit and determination to acquire that result."
Allardyce has ruled himself out of the race to replace Steve McClaren as England manager, but the Toon fans sang, ironically, "Big Sam for England".