Newcastle United manager Steve McClaren has insisted that he will not walk away from the club despite their 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Bournemouth this afternoon.
The Magpies fell to their fifth league defeat in their last six games at the hands of their relegation rivals, leaving them 19th in the table and now a point from safety.
A large section of the home supporters voiced their displeasure throughout the match as the pressure on McClaren grew, but he has not considered resigning from his role.
When asked whether he would walk away, he told reporters: "No, no way. That's for other people to decide. I don't do that. I have enough experience. I have been through this, I have had chants like there have been today quite a few times and that's the perils of being a manager, and especially of this team this season.
"We have got 10 games, it's a four-team league, we play everybody around us in that four-team league. It's up to us. But I'll tell you, if we play like that, we are not going to stay up, and they know that, the crowd knows that. Accept the criticism, grow stronger, become a man and get out there and play.
"I came here, I said this is a great club - it still is a great club and I still think it can be a great club. I think it needs things doing to it, but we can do anything about that now. I think I said last week it's not about before, it's not about the summer, it's about now."
Newcastle's next match sees them take on league leaders Leicester City a week on Monday.
Barney Corkhill
