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Sam took over what he called his greatest challenge - when he was officially appointed Newcastle United Manager today.
We expect Sam to sort out any problems with current players very quickly - as he gave numerous interviews today - and comes across as a very fair, down to earth man - someone the Geordie Nation [...]

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Sam Allardyce indicates the meeting with chairman Freddy Shepherd last Friday convinced him to take the managerial job at Newcastle United.
Newcastle’s new savior Big Sam landed on Tyneside on Tuesday morning and was unveiled at a Press conference at St. James’ Park at 1pm, having signed a three-year contract.
At the press conference there were no [...]

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Sam Allardyce took over as Newcastle Manager this morning on a three year deal - and we believe he was the only manager Freddy Shepherd considered - even though other names were being banded around in the press.
As expected Sam said his first task was to have a good talk to Michael Owen - regarding [...]

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There are multiple reports in today’s papers of discontent within the ranks of the Newcastle squad - but we wonder if all of this is not blown out of proportion - since it’s that time of a vacuum between managers.
We’ll look at who’s supposed to be in hot water - but we think once Sam [...]

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Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today - in no particular order of priority.

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Sam Allardyce knows that a club with Newcastle United’s support, resources and wage bill should be in the top six every season.
His endeavors over the last eight years at Bolton make Sam qualified to be a success at Newcastle.
However, for all his success - with minimum resources available - he understands the silverware missing from [...]

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