Pardew put his name to a letter endorsing a media ban back in October which prevented all ncjMedia titles from using Press facilities and attending Press conferences.
However, questions have still come his way as United don’t have the power to stop journalists covering games at away grounds or asking questions.
Evening Chronicle: Not for the first time this season, Pardew’s post-game Press conference had national journalists tapping at their keyboards for reasons that had nothing to do with the 90 minutes we’d just watched.
Here is the full transcript of Pardew’s post-game Press conference.
National journalist: Are things harder when you are beaten by a goal like that?
Pardew: “Heh, yeah.
“It was a bit of a fluke goal.
“And the wind I thought caught hold of it which made it almost impossible for Tim to save.
“But you know it was, there was a call before that when we should have had a penalty.
“It was a turning point for us, because we need a goal.
“That would have been a nice opportunity.”
National journalist: You thought it was a penalty (Papiss Cisse was upended by Geoff Cameron) ?
Pardew: “Yeah.”
National journalist: The fans seem to be turning against you Alan is it something you noticed from where you were sitting?
Pardew: “Well of course.
“Four defeats as Newcastle manager...
“We have 10 senior players missing.
“It is a difficult hold to try to fill at the moment.
“Their frustration has boiled over a little bit.
“We need to settle it down.
“The way to settle it down is to get a win.
“Unfortunately it hasn’t come today.”
Lee Ryder: Do you think you will be able to win the fans back round?
(Silence for five seconds)...
Lee Marshall, club’s PR manager: “We won’t take questions from you today I’m afraid.”
National journalist: Alan, how will you win the fans back round, do you think you can do that?
Pardew: “The only thing you can do is try and get a performance on the pitch which gives us a chance of winning.
“I thought it was close today.
“I thought we had good character in the group.
“I thought it was an honest performance but we lack creative flair and we lack a little bit of ability in and around the box.
“Loic’s return, which I think will happen next week, will be important to us.”
National journalist: In a way are you the victim of what you did in the first half of the season?
Pardew: “Possibly.
“In terms of the Cabaye and Loic losses, it has made it difficult for us to create and dictate games perior to them both being in the team.
“But I can’t fault the players today.
“They gave the maximum as they could.”
Pardew: “Thank you.”
(Leaves rooms after 129 seconds)