Toon_Demon
Vital Football Hero
I saw it mentioned somewhere about Kinnear coming in because pardew had placed some blame on ashley for last seasons poor performances (which given that he'd got us 5th the year before and ashley spent fuck all consolidating he was entitled to do). Ashley brought kinnear in over pardew to show him who was boss. IT had the effect of pushing llambias out, but he'd supposedly fought pardew's corner and fallen out with ashley as a result. It's all conjecture. The important thing is kinnear has gone and ashley has effectively thrown away his shield.