Steve McClaren has reiterated his belief that he can turn around Newcastle United's fortunes this season - providing he is given time to do so.
The Magpies, who have won twice all season, sit second from bottom in the Premier League table after Saturday's 5-1 mauling at Crystal Palace left them two points adrift of safety.
Brendan Rodgers is the bookmakers' favourite to replace the 54-year-old at St James' Park, but McClaren is hopeful that the board back him, insisting that brighter days lie ahead.
"I think that's the key thing, that there's no panic. If there were eight games to go then people would, but we're not," he is quoted as saying by Sky Sports News.
"And that's where experience tells. We know we're doing the right things every day, we know we're doing the right things, I know through experience.
"Everybody knows and everybody can see that. In time that will turn around and work, at the present moment it's not, we're having huge disappointments that I hope will toughen us up and make us stronger in the long run."
It was reported earlier on Monday that ex-Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is also in the reckoning to replace McClaren.
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