The Magpies have endured a rocky start to the 2015-16 season and were eliminated from the League Cup by Sheffield Wednesday, much to the former Magpies boss's disdain
Steve McClaren faces a massive task to turn around Newcastle United's fortunes and he is running out of time to earn the right to do so, according to former manager Sam Allardyce.
The Magpies embarked on a major summer recruitment drive, signing the likes of Florian Thauvin and Georginio Wijnaldum, but have picked up just two points from their opening six Premier League games and crashed out of the League Cup to a much-changed Sheffield Wednesday side earlier this week.
Newcastle are currently preparing to face champions Chelsea this weekend and Allardyce - who managed Newcastle for seven months in the 2007-08 season - believes McClaren needs an immediate upturn in results.
Allardyce told Sky Sports: "Getting a win for Steve is the most important thing now. He is finding out how good his players are, and those players at the moment are certainly letting Steve down, big-style, letting themselves down and Newcastle down.
"The only way Steve will get the time to do the job he wants to do is by making sure Newcastle start picking up some results.
"Steve has got a massive job to turn it around as quickly as possible, to really get into the players and tell them their responsibilities wearing that shirt in such a passionate city.
"The Newcastle fans were crying out over a lack of signings last year. Now they have gone and made those signings. We all know one of the most important things is who you recruit when you are spending £30million, £40m, £50m.
"When players come from abroad you cannot really say whether they are going to be successful or not. You just hope they can take the form they have shown in the country they have been playing in into the Premier League.
"When you have got so many in such a short space of time that don't know each other's strengths and weaknesses it is a massive job for any manager."
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