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Former Newcastle owner Sir John Hall was on BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme on Sunday, to give his steer on events up at St James' Park.

He said that anti-Pardew stance taken by supporters was not helping the Magpies.

"I would say to the fans, step back, it doesn't do the club any good the hassle you're giving it, you've got to have confidence and Pardew has to respond to that confidence. He's the man who has got to get it right, and if he doesn't he'll be in trouble.

"Owner Mike Ashley will make that decision, if he has to, he will know what he has to do. It's easy to say get rid of the manager. But we've seen that before, we got rid of a few in my days at Newcastle and there is always the problem of who is the next manager, will he be as good? Will he resurrect the team?"

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At about 16:23 BST on Saturday, Newcastle manager Alan Pardew must have been wondering whether he should have got out of bed.

His side, at the bottom the of Premier League, were 2-0 down at home to Hull, fans were on his back, owner Mike Ashley looked worried and he could only imagine what scribes were... 'scribing'.

There was intense media speculation over his future in the week after the 4-0 loss at Southampton, including BBC's Mark Lawrenson stating his position at St James' Park was "untenable" and Robbie Savage suggesting in his column that the manager sounded like a "broken man" after the defeat.

However, by 16:50 yesterday his team had fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 against Hull - and the world was almost right again, although that Savage comment still rankled.

"I thought that article was not right and we've had a lot of press like that," he said. "He said I was a broken man and I was far from that this week."

It's football o'clock on the BBC today:

Tune into MOTD2 Extra at 12:15 BST on BBC One and BBC Radio 5 live where presenter Mark Chapman and guests will look back at Saturday's action and look ahead to Sunday's games.

Then straight on to 5 live sports extra at 13:15 for live commentary of Tottenham v West Brom.

Today's main course is on BBC Radio 5 live at 16:00, where champions Manchester City host Chelsea. Jonathan Overend presents live from the Etihad Stadium, with Alan Green, John Murray and Mark Lawrenson on commentating duties.

You might be able to sneak in some dinner before BBC Radio 5 live's phone-in show 606 at 18:06, funnily enough.

And then end the day by watching highlights of today's matches on Match of the Day 2 - 22:30 on BBC One and 23:10 on BBC One Wales and 23:25 on BBC One Scotland.

Oh... and we will have live text commentary of all today's games here.

It's six played and four to go in this fifth round of Premier League games.

Before the action gets under way at 13:30 BST with Leicester v Manchester United and Tottenham v West Brom, we will take a look back at Saturday's action.

Talking points include:

• Relief for Alan Pardew as Newcastle draw. But should he stay?

• Mesut Ozil shines for Arsenal. Has he been unfairly criticised?

• Liverpool suffer their third defeat in five games. Will they finish in the top four?

To have your say on Saturday's matches and reaction use #bbcfootball, external or fire over a text to 81111.

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It is time for some re-labelling. Gone is Super Sunday and instead we bring you 'Supermassive Sunday'.

This astronomical term found its way to the top of our news search engines this week when scientists discovered a supermassive black hole, external somewhere in space.

We're not going to take you there, but climb aboard this BBC live text rocket for a journey to... er... Leicester, north London, Liverpool and Manchester.

We promise you a fun ride, 'star' attractions among a 'stellar' cast. So get strapped in and... I'll stop this and get on with the football.