The flip side of that being that i the ST went on sale 3 weeks ago and Pardew does leave next week, then you would have thread upon thread of people saying:
"I paid good money for an early bird ST in good faith to see Pardew lead the team next year. Now the club have got rid of him AFTER selling thousands of STs. Dirty tricks in my book".
You get the idea.... basically the club is always damned if they do, and damned if the don't on EVERY matter. They always will be, no matter who is in charge.