Newcastle United have won just FIVE of 23 Premier League games since Boxing Day and Ashley wants results ... quickly!
This period is seen as the 'easy' part of the league campaign with Newcastle facing clubs they are expected to beat.
But Pardew's recent record has been relegation form.
Now bookmakers have cut the odds on Pardew becoming the next Premier League manager to lose his job, from 9/1 to 4/1, following Ashley's 'little meeting' with the Toon boss on Monday.
Pardew is 4/1 second-favourite behind West Ham United’s Sam Allardyce in the sack race betting market.
After the meeting there was "a flurry of bets on Pardew being the next top-flight manager to go", according to Ladbrokes.
One report claimed last night that Pardew has two games to save his job.