Kinnear facing cold Christmas

MAYBE Paul Ince had a point.

The Blackburn manager was widely derided last week for complaining at the pressure being loaded onto his shoulders while Joe Kinnear was being widely indulged, but the Newcastle manager’s luck might not hold.

The Dubliner might have been given a contract until the end of the season by Mike Ashley, but nobody on Tyneside is suggesting he is immune from criticism.