Extremely unpopular among the Toon fans, being told there's no money in January, Sissoko might be sold, Mike Ashley being contempt with the current state of Newcastle (lack of future project), Londoner, Old favourite in Palace.
Assuming Pardew is there only to save Palace is naive. Pardew is part of a project in Palace and project he wanted to be a part of. Whether or nor Palace's gets relegated will not chance that much for Pardew in the long run. If he wanted a 'safe' job he could have stayed. Clearly he wanted something else and in that sense the Palace job isn't as laughable as you make it.