However, the club is prepared to review the situation if relegation becomes a realistic proposition further down the line.
The Magpies' endured another disappointment on Saturday when they were thrashed 5-1 at Selhurst Park by Crystal Palace, who are managed by former Newcastle boss Alan Pardew.
15. Swansea 14
16. Norwich 13
17. Sunderland 12
18. Bournemouth 10
19. Newcastle 10
20. Aston Villa 5
McClaren's men have won just two of their first 14 Premier League games this season and are second-bottom of the table, two points behind 17th-placed Sunderland.
Newcastle face testing fixtures at home to Liverpool and away to Tottenham over the next fortnight before welcoming bottom side Aston Villa to St James' Park on December 19.
Newcastle suffered their eighth defeat of the Premier League season at Crystal Palace on Saturday
Newcastle suffered their eighth defeat of the Premier League season at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
CRYSTAL PALACE 5 NEWCASTLE UTD 1
21. Rob Elliot
22. Daryl Janmaat
18. Chancel Mbemba
2. Fabricio Coloccini
3. Paul Dummett
4. Jack Colback 70'
8. Vurnon Anita
7. Moussa Sissoko
17. Ayoze Perez 45'
5. Georginio Wijnaldum 70'
9. Papiss Cisse
Subs
10. Siem de Jong 70'
11. Yoan Gouffran 70'
15. Jamaal Lascelles 45'
20. Florian Thauvin
26. Karl Darlow
42. Jamie Sterry
45. Aleksandar Mitrovic
Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace inflicted a hugely damaging 5-1 defeat on his old club Newcastle to heap yet more pressure on beleaguered Magpies manager Steve McClaren.
Yannick Bolasie struck twice as Palace claimed their first Premier League win over Newcastle at Selhurst Park, with the visitors a structureless, defensive shambles.
James McArthur's brace and Wilfried Zaha's strike completed the hosts' goal glut as the Eagles rammed home just why Pardew chose to trade Newcastle for the south Londoners in January.
Papiss Cisse bagged a goal on his first Newcastle start since September, but this capitulation to former boss Pardew only serves to underscore McClaren's widespread problems at St James' Park.
McClaren tore into his failing Newcastle charges in a midweek training-ground altercation following the 3-0 home drubbing by Leicester: that rant had singularly zero impact on his abject squad.
The visitors slipped back into the relegation zone with a seventh defeat in 11 Premier League games, leaving owner Mike Ashley under pressure to splash yet more cash in the January transfer window.
Newcastle shelled out £13million on Aleksandar Mitrovic in the summer, but the former Anderlecht striker has fired just two goals in 14 turns for the Tyneside club.
The north-east outfit remain toothless in attack despite Cisse's early goal, leaving the close-season decision not to sign QPR's Charlie Austin all the more baffling.
Neither Newcastle nor Palace seized the chance to snaffle Austin in the summer, and so the man who claimed 18 Premier League goals in a relegation season stayed put at Loftus Road.
The 26-year-old's current QPR deal expires in the summer, making Premier League suitors hard pushed to rival the kind of contracts that will be on offer for Austin as a free agent.
Just as pressing as the front-line shortcomings, however, are Newcastle's rearguard woes, allied to a defensive midfield cordon more sieve than shield in front of the calamitous back four.
Cisse handed Newcastle the perfect start, and the kind of front-line play so missing for the majority of the campaign.
The Senegal hitman ghosted onto Daryl Janmaat's chipped ball into the box, and nodded past the stranded Wayne Hennessey.
Just when the visitors thought they could cling to Cisse's foothold opener, their defence and midfield evaporated in alarming fashion.
First Fabricio Coloccini's poor misread allowed Connor Wickham to feed McArthur, the midfielder's shot looping home via a huge deflection off Paul Dummett's back.
Then Wickham's poor, trickling attempt at a low cross somehow bobbled past Newcastle's six statuesque defenders, gifting Bolasie Palace's second goal.
And on the stroke of half-time the hosts capitalised on yet more horrendous Newcastle defending, Chancel Mbemba diving in horribly to allow Wickham to float a deep ball right across the box to Zaha.
The former Manchester United winger kept his shape to stay over the top of the ball, but so much so that his strike bounced straight off the turf - and past the hapless Rob Elliot.
Pardew's men turned around three goals to the good, and with Wickham claiming all three assists by little more than default thanks to Newcastle's ineptitude.
The second half was hardly under way when Palace captain Damien Delaney headed former Newcastle star Yohan Cabaye's free-kick into Bolasie's path.
The Democratic Republic of Congo forward tiptoed round Newcastle's porous defence and prodded home, ending any shred of a Newcastle comeback.
And at the death McArthur tapped in his second after Elliot's weak parry gifted him the chance to seal Palace's rout.
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NEWCASTLE UNITED
Fri 10th July
Gateshead FC 0 Newcastle Utd 1 (Cisse pen)
(First half): Darlow, Janmaat, Haidara, Lascelles, Williamson, Anita, Colback, Gouffran, Cisse, Sissoko, De Jong. (Second half): Woodman, Bigirimana, Satka, Good, Ferguson, Tiote, Obertan, Aarons, Perez, Armstrong, Riviere.
Tue 14th July
Club Atlas (MEX) 2 Newcastle Utd 1 (Sissoko)
Krul (Darlow 46); Janmaat (Bigirimana 72), Williamson, Lascelles, Haidara (Ferguson 72); Anita, Colback; Sissoko (Obertan 72), de Jong (Perez 72), Gouffran (Aarons 72); Cisse (Armstrong 72).
Sat 18th July
Sacramento Republic FC (USA) 0 Newcastle Utd 1 (og)
Krul (Woodman 46), Janmaat, Williamson, Lascelles (Taylor 46), Haïdara, Anita, Colback, Sissoko, Obertan (Aarons 69), de Jong (Perez 69), Cissé (Wijnaldum 69).
Tue 21st July
Portland Timbers (USA) 4 Newcastle Utd 3 (Wijnaldum, Aarons 2)
Darlow (Woodman 46), Bigirimana, Satka, Ferguson, Aarons; Abeid (Anita 65), Wijnaldum (Janmaat 46), Gouffran (De Jong 76), Sissoko (Obertan 46), Ayoze, Cisse (Armstrong 46).
Sun 26th July
Sheffield United 2 Newcastle Utd 2 (Wijnaldum, de Jong)
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Taylor (Lascelles 69), Haïdara, Anita (Obertan 59), Colback, Sissoko (Abeid 80), Wijnaldum (De Jong 73), Perez (Aarons 45), Cissé (Armstrong 80)
Wed 29th July
York City 2 Newcastle Utd 1 (Perez)
Darlow (Elliot HT); Bigirimana, Lascelles, Satka, Ferguson; Abeid, Gouffran; Aarons (Kemen 59), De Jong, Perez; Mitrovic (Suddick 70)
Sat 1st August
Newcastle Utd 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1
Krul, Janmaat (Mbemba 62), Williamson, Taylor, Haïdara, Anita (De Jong 75), Colback, Sissoko (Perez 81), Obertan (Aarons 62), Wijnaldum, Cissé (Mitrovic 62).
Sunday August 9
NEWCASTLE UTD 2 SOUTHAMPTON 2 (Cisse, Wijnaldum)
Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara; Colback, Anita (Tiote, 67); Sissoko, Wijnaldum (De Jong, 81), Obertan; Cisse (Mitrovic, 75). Subs not used: Darlow, Taylor, Aarons, Perez.
Saturday August 15
SWANSEA CITY 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 0
Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita, Colback, Sissoko (45' Taylor), Wijnaldum, Obertan (82' Mitrovic), Cisse (54' Aarons). Subs: Williamson, Perez, Tiote, Darlow
Saturday August 22
MANCHESTER UTD 0 NEWCASTLE UTD 0
Krul, Mbemba, Taylor, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita, Colback, Perez (78' Tiote), Wijnaldum, Obertan (69' Thauvin), Mitrovic (88' Cisse).
Subs: Williamson, de Jong, Aarons, Darlow
Tuesday August 26
NEWCASTLE UTD 4 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1 (Thauvin, Janmaat, de Jong, Williamson
Darlow, Janmaat, Lascelles, Williamson, Haidara (78' Toney), Tiote, Gouffran, Aarons, de Jong, Thauvin (65' Mitrovic), Perez (72' Colback).
Subs: Dummett, Wijnaldum, Mbemba, Elliot.
Saturday August 29
NEWCASTLE UTD 0 ARSENAL 1
Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita (72' Perez), Sissoko (78' Cisse), Wijnaldum, Thauvin (87' de Jong), Mitrovic
Subs: Obertan, Tiote, Darlow, Taylor
Monday September 14
WEST HAM UTD 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 0
Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita (60' de Jong), Colback, Sissoko, Wijnaldum (79' Aarons), Thauvin (60' Perez), Cisse Subs: Gouffran, Obertan, Lascelles, Darlow
Saturday September 19
NEWCASTLE UTD 1 WATFORD 2
Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara (80' Aarons), Wijnaldum, Colback, Thauvin (88' Obertan), Sissoko, Perez, Cisse (45' de Jong)
Subs: Williamson, Anita, Lascelles, Elliot
Wednesday September 23
NEWCASTLE UTD 0 SHEFF WED 1 (League Cup)
Krul, Janmaat (45' Mbabu), Lascelles, Williamson, Mbemba, Anita, Wijnaldum, Thauvin (45' Perez), Sissoko, Obertan (71' Toney), de Jong
Subs: Coloccini, Gouffran, Elliot, Barlaser
Saturday September 26
NEWCASTLE UTD 2 CHELSEA 2 (Perez, Wijnaldum)
Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Mbabu, Sissoko (90+2' de Jong), Colback (54' Obertan), Anita, Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic (85' Toney)
Subs: Williamson, Lascelles, Thauvin, Elliot
Saturday October 3
MANCHESTER CITY 6 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Mitrovic)
Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Mbabu (53' Lascelles), Sissoko (66' Tiote), Anita, Gouffran (66' Thauvin), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Perez
Subs: Williamson, Cisse, de Jong, Elliot
Sunday October 18
NEWCASTLE UTD 6 NORWICH 2 (Wijnaldum 4, Perez, Mitrovic)
Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett (65' Haidara), Sissoko, Tiote (45' Anita), Colback, Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic (88' Cisse)
Subs: de Jong, Lascelles, Thauvin, Woodman
Sunday October 25
SUNDERLAND 3 NEWCASTLE UTD 0
Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett (78' Thauvin), Sissoko, Tiote (45' Lascelles), Colback (49' Anita), Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic
Subs: Cisse, de Jong, Haidara, Woodman
Saturday October 31
NEWCASTLE UTD 0 STOKE CITY 0
Elliot, Janmaat (83' Lascelles), Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Tiote (71' de Jong), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Perez
Subs: Cisse, Gouffran, Haidara, Thauvin, Woodman
Saturday November 7
BOURNEMOUTH 0 NEWCASTLE UTD (Perez)
Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Tiote, Anita (90+3' Mbabu), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic (63' Cisse), Perez (77' Thauvin)
Subs: de Jong, Gouffran, Lascelles, Woodman
Saturday November 21
NEWCASTLE UTD 0 LEICESTER CITY 3
Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Tiote (20' Thauvin), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic (62' Cisse), Perez (81' de Jong)
Subs: Gouffran, Lascelles, Woodman, Sterry
Saturday November 28
CRYSTAL PALACE 5 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Cisse)
Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback (70' de Jong), Anita, Sissoko, Perez (45' Lascelles), Wijnaldum (70' Gouffran), Cisse
Subs: Thauvin, Darlow, Sterry, Mitrovic
Sunday December 6
16:00 Newcastle United v Liverpool
Sunday December 14
16:00 Tottenham v Newcastle United
Saturday December 19
17:30 Newcastle United v Aston Villa
Saturday December 26
17:30 Newcastle United v Everton
Monday December 28
15:00 W Brom v Newcastle United