Eddie Howe's future at Newcastle United will not be decided until the end of the season.
Despite Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth, it is Your Site News' understanding that Howe's future remains something that will be discussed at the end of the campaign and that no immediate action will be taken.
Newcastle currently have no plans to change head coach, although an end-of-season review will be conducted as normal.
ā CEO David Hopkinson said after the Sunderland game that - and it is understood that remains the case.
"I don't have a stance on his future," Hopkinson said after the Tyne-Wear derby defeat.
"Eddie's our manager. I expect to have a great run to the end of the season here and we'll talk about the future when it's time.
"Right now, we're focused on this season's competition."
Newcastle have lost twice more since the Sunderland game, against Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, heaping pressure on Howe with sections of the support unhappy. The Magpies sit 14th in the Premier League table, which would be their lowest finish since they were relegated at the end of the 2015/16 season.
They are 13 points behind the Champions League places, and six off the other European spots.
Your Site News' Keith Downie:
"The situation has not changed since the Bournemouth game but it feels like it's about 50-50 within the fanbase as to whether they want Eddie Howe to remain in charge.
"Is that uncertainty feeding into the poor performances and the general negative mood? Potentially yes. This isn't the Newcastle we've seen under the last couple of years, the swashbuckling style.
"It feels like some players have checked out, to an extent. Four defeats in a row, eight defeats from 11, and at St James' Park which has previously been a fortress, five out of the last six matches have ended in defeat.
"I don't think PIF [the club's owners] will make any knee-jerk reactions. They'll look at the situation at the end of the season, but so will Howe himself and question whether he is ready to go again.
"There is a question over whether he will stay at the club in the longer term, but we won't get an answer to that question until the end of the season.
"There could be as many as eight, potentially nine departures to the playing staff this summer which will mean another rebuilding job, for the second year in a row.
"The last one did not go well after spending Ā£250m in the summer, and three out of the five big-money arrivals have not worked.
"Howe has to wear that, he didn't get his first-choice signings but they were all players still on his list. He was asked a direct question about that a few weeks ago and confirmed that.
"But looking at the big-name stars, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon, who have both been at the centre of speculation about their futures, they're guys who are going to look to move elsewhere if their ambitions don't feel matched by Newcastle.
"The club would expect these players to be looking to move elsewhere given the poor end to the season, and while I don't see the summer being a fire-sale I do expect the likes of Gordon, Tonali and some others to be exploring their options."
Newcastle's record goalscorer Alan Shearer spoke out in defence of Howe following the defeat to Bournemouth, claiming that the players have thrown their boss under the bus in recent weeks.
He also predicted that the slide will ultimately result in Howe leaving St James' Park.
"Did you watch it?" said Shearer about the Bournemouth game on the Rest is Football podcast. "I was going to say I was lucky enough, but I sat and watched it and the players were terrible.
"As tough as it is for Eddie, I don't know what is going to happen with him. I listened to his interview afterwards and I watched him on the touchline and I just think is he going to want to go again? Is he going to get the chance to go again?
"There are so many moving parts with it for him. If all things are equal then, yes, I would like him to [stay]. But does he feel as if he is going to have the chance? Does he want to do it again? Are Newcastle going to have to sell?
"If he has money to spend and he doesn't have to sell then, yeah. But I looked at the players yesterday and if that was what they call fighting for their manager, because he is under huge pressure whether you like it or not, they were terrible. They chucked him under the bus, the players. The performance was c**p from every single one of them.
"It is a tough situation, a tough summer for Newcastle coming up. They have got some big decisions to make. As I am sat here, I don't see Eddie in charge of Newcastle next season, unfortunately.
"I look at his interview after the game and I am not sure the fight is there. It is a very different club now to the one that he would want to go forward. He doesn't look in a good position."
