So now the great cull is complete. Mike Ashley has gone. Steve Bruce has gone. Newcastle can become united again.
We await the appointment of a new manager with heightened excitement so that lift off can begin. And the arrival of a taxi load of new players come January.
Both are vitally necessary if survival is to be attained. There is much work still to be done but it is a good start.
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Supporters can come together with the club once again in a common cause.
Tottenham was a match too far under Bruce. The winless run had gone on for much too long and with hindsight was definitely going to continue if he remained in place. His presence on the touchline did nothing to inspire, instead being a visual and constant reminder of failure to frustrated fans.
Even now after his removal it is Crystal clear whichever way you want to pitch it that Newcastle are in dire trouble.
A visit to the Palace is no garden party but a grim battle for survival against mounting odds.
Eight PL matches no wins. Three points out of 24. Nineteen goals conceded in eight visits to the green baize. Shocking, shocking figures from a relatively kind fixture list.
Ominously but inevitably in the relegation dungeon, Newcastle are cut adrift by three points and cannot allow that to grow. Especially not with European champions Chelsea next up here after a visit to the smoke.
Yet this is a confrontation between a team very difficult to beat and one that has been relatively easy to beat.
These Newcastle players cannot defend their own honour. From front to back it gets worse. Midfield easily overrun, back four Championship at best.
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Why Palace is so important is that the next 11 games up to the end of the year and opening of the transfer window give us a set of matches that are tough, tricky, or terrifying.
Tough: Chelsea (h), Arsenal (a), Liverpool (a), Man City (h), and Man United (a).
Tricky: Brighton (a), Brentford (h), Leicester (a), and Rafa's Everton (a).
Terrifying: Norwich and Burnley at home. Because they form with us the current bottom three and if we don't take six points we may as well forget a survival fight.
So Palace is a must not lose match, must win if at all possible. The long wait cannot go on.
However their record is one of warning. Maybe they have won only one PL game out of eight but they have only lost twice and have consistently faced the quality of opposition which is now coming Newcastle's way.
For example Palace's losses have come against Liverpool and Chelsea - no disgrace there - while they have drawn with a host of decent sides like Leicester, West Ham, Brighton, Brentford and Arsenal and beaten Spurs 3-0.
It may be a fact that Palace are the draw specialists of the PL but they were deprived of four points by 95th minute equalisers against Arsenal on their Emirates patch earlier this week and against Brighton.
A change of owner is one thing for which United's supporters are eternally grateful but the club is still suffering in the aftermath of Mike Ashley's terrible dereliction of duty.
It is an awful mess for Amanda and company to clean up. They have the money, we must hope they also have the footballing nous or at least the experts who have their ear can provide it. It is what everyone wants.
Palace have some good players. Patrick Vieira has subtly changed the way Roy Hodgson played. Centre backs Andersen and Marc Guehi allow the side to play higher up the pitch and keep possession, Conor Gallagher has been a stand-out performer, ex-Celt Odsonne Edouard has added an extra dimension up top, and club legend Wilfred Zaha is due to return against United after missing the last match at Arsenal through illness.
Can the Magpies keep them out? They have not managed a PL clean sheet this season through kamikaze defending but somehow tactics must be devised using the same shaky personnel to stem a relentless tide.
A change of ownership alone was not enough to spark victory on day one of The Coming but we must hope that the further departure of Bruce sees the increasing feelgood factor created amongst fans spreading to the field of play.
If the consortium have done their bit then the players must now stand up and be counted.
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