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• 1 Hadrian // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:13

  alan hasnt even got his full coaching lisence, there is no way in hell he would be stubburn enough to not work alongside someone like kevin keegan at newcastle . this story could have written itself months ago , its been on the minds of everyone , our own lads back at the club sorting the mess out .

• 2 Tom_Toon // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:15

  Keegan for toon!

  Shearer has all his badges and can manage.

• 3 Edd Case // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:16

  I dont want Keegan back - what point will it serve?

  He was shite at Fulham, Man City and as England manager.

  Yes, at Newcastle things were very, very good - but that doesn’t mean it’ll happen again.

  We need someone new, young and able to drive us forward, someone who’ll not crack under the pressure and someone who will demand respect.

  We have to think bigger than Keegan/Shearer etc.

  We must install a world class manager.

• 4 Tom_Toon // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:19

  Just get Chikhaoui, he can play as one man, manage the team and get us into europe, he really is that good!

• 5 GalloMate // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:20

  Edd

  We are not going to get a world class manager because we treat them like shit and do nothing but slag them off if they dont pander to our creative “flair” needs.

  WE HAVE BLOWN IT!!!

• 6 Latex // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:21

  I have to agree with Edd, world class manager is required and nothing less even if it takes us the rest of the season.
  Things have to change for the better especially now that the rest of FS crap is gone from the club.

• 7 valle // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:23

  Id rather have Shearer as the manager than Keegan… Shearer wont be number 2

• 8 Murvar // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:25

  But why would a “world class” manager want to come? WHY?

• 9 Gordon // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:25

  I’ve said to my mates since Sam left Keegan #1 & Shearer #2 to give Alan the time to get all his badges and time to learn then take over in about 2/3 years.

• 10 Walker // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:25

  Van Gaal would transform club in a way that I, as a long-time fan, would appreciate - pace, to feet , and goals from several players - don’t think he would think much of Butt, Smith, Geremi as centre midfield but nor do I. If not VG then Keegan/Shearer as they would also look for something more imaginative in central midfield

• 11 shearer // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:26

  we wouldnt treat a world class manager like shit and how have we blown it. souness,roeder,allardyce world class have you been to the mancs crack den

• 12 graham // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:26

  I very rarely listen to gossip but I have just got a text from a good ‘friend of a friend’ who insists that keegan is happy to manage till the summer but is prepared to sign for 3 years if shearer will assist…

  Not excavtly what I want but I have no reason to dis-believe.

• 13 Beardsley's Love Child // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:27

  Hmmm this is the same source who said that ‘Arry was on his way eh?

  Bollocks. the lot of it.

  Edd is 100% correct we do not need to flogging our own memories to move forward, we need some one new to move us forward and Shearer ain’t it.

  Anything else and we just play into the Media’s narrative that Toon fans are a fickle stupid lot who live in the past and don’t deserve what they feel they are entitled too.

  BTW did anyone sing for Shearer at Old Trafford today? I sure as shite hope not but some clown probably did…

• 14 Latex // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:28

  Money is still a very good motivator IMO and if you check it seems we’re in 25 biggest clubs worldwide, we need someone to help get our act together. Thats why a “world class” manager would come. Houllier, Hitzfeld, Scolari, Lippi, I’m sure we can get one of them if we tried hard enough and maybe for even less than the 5m we offered Redknapp.

• 15 shearer // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:28

  HOULLIER WILL BECOME TOON BOSS BY NEXT SATURDAY……………. WATCH THE SPACE

• 16 Beardsley's Love Child // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:29

  Hmmm this is the same source at the Daily Mail who said that ‘Arry was on his way eh?

  Bollocks. the lot of it.

  Edd is 100% correct we do not need to flogging our own memories to move forward, we need some one new to move us forward and Shearer ain’t it.

  Anything else and we just play into the Media’s narrative that Toon fans are a fickle stupid lot who live in the past and don’t deserve what they feel they are entitled too.

  BTW did anyone sing for Shearer at Old Trafford today? I sure as shite hope not but some clown probably did…

• 17 Jim // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:29

  What more is there to say after todays 2nd half show at Man Utd? Why not give Thora Hird a shot at the job as I’m not sure who else would accept it.

  All the top managers are now hitting the band waggon. Ferguson, Wenger, O’Neil, Rednapp, Bruce and more have all been dragged in to our freakshow. Depressed and humiliated begin to describe my own feelings.

  My lifelong blinkered support of the Toon is beginning to feel a bit jaded and I’m not sure how much more I can stomach. I understand that it’s now a business first and sport 2nd. I know that Premiership football is the centre ring and I wouldn’t get to follow the Toon much if they were relegated as I’ve moved away and am wondering if my 3 sons and I should be thinking more about personal sport like Athletics.

  The Geordie nation deserves more from their unstinting loyalty. It’s OUR team. The owner makes money from pimping it and the Manager gets paid to maintain our dignity. The players get cash to do what they love. Anyone fancy a mutiny? Could you imagine what could be achieved if the entire Toon Army turned it’s back on the money men and created a new club? Start from scratch and create something to have true pride in that speaks for the City?

  “Oh God, I’m so depressed.”

• 18 Leo* // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:31

  tom toon whats with this chikhaouri guy?

  alan shearer for the manager with keegan as his assistant is my guess. dont want it to happen but reckon it will

• 19 Edd Case // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:32

  Those that have read my thoughts on here over the last few days will know that I’ve been convinced that Mike and Chris have had a plan up their sleaves all along and that sacking Sam was done because they had their man in place.

  I saw Mort sitting in the ground at Old Trafford today, glum-faced and that was before the first of Man Utd’s six goals flew past the hapless Given.

  Now, I have to say, I’m not so sure about Mike and Chris at all.

  I mean, Mike’s in Honk Kong - clearly sorting out other business, which suggests that he had nothing to do with Sam being sacked and wants nothing to with the appointment of a new man.
  Wouldn’t it just be nice if Mike Ashley was in Newcastle and came out of his office at SJP and spoke to the fans and said, “I’ll deliver the best I can for you”?

  Well, I guess that’s not his style as we know and all that’s left for Mort.

  Another thing troubling me is this Redknapp deal.
  Mort has admitted we appraoched him!?? Why would he do that??
  Surely, whoever else we approach is going to think they weren’t first choice??
  Who wants to be second choice?

  I can’t help thinking that this isn’t actually a smoke screen and IS a whopping great big mistake.
  But then, you never put all your eggs in one basket - SURELY Ashley and Mort simply asked a pool of around 5 managers who they could pick from?
  Surely, Redknapp’s desire to stay at Pompey was considered?

  I’d love to believe that they’ve asked around 5 managers and simply waited, or are still waiting for replies - when they get them all, they can then pick the one they want?

  I dunno, I’m so fed up with all this, I just don’t know what to believe in…

  Mort, Ashley - we need a pick-me-up more than ever before.

• 20 Shearer's the man // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:33

  I said it yesterday and I will say it again. Shearer will be our new manager and Venables will be appointed as a shoulder to lean on (if not cry on!). Shearer has a lot of respect for Venables from his Euro 96 days. Yuo can talk all you want but this is what will happen…watch this space!

• 21 Tom_Toon // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:33

  whats with him?

  he could actually do that

  i really dont care who we get now, as long as we stay up.

• 22 lezb // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:33

  Is this the same Mail that wrote this classic have they no proof readers.
  JOE BERNSTEIN - More by this author »

  Last updated at 21:21pm on 12th January 2008

  Comments

  Manchester United are incompetent in the boardroom and even more so on the pitch. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Manchester United hat-trick as the champions returned to the top of the Premier League with consummate ease.

  It ended up at six but would have been 12 had it not been for Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given and four goalline clearances.

  Think mabe they ment NUFC not manchester

• 23 ToonKing // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:36

  I don’t know man…………..if Mike tried everything and no decent manager is willing to take us on than ok, bring on of them in, but not both of them. I would prefer Shearer tbh. And to be really honest i agree with Bobby Robson ( lol ), this Shearer as a manager will always be there, going from mouth to mouth, whispering in the wind. If the manager we bring in is not absolute world class, and i mean Mourinho-class, then the Shearer shadow will always be lurking around him. I say let’s give the man he’s chance now, at least if he fails it will be out of the way and not impeding following managers work.

• 24 shearer // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:37

  it just shows how far we have fallen a pompey manager turning us down. another embarrasing day to be a toon fan

• 25 Shearer's the man // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:37

  Spot on ToonKing….

• 26 rubbix // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:37

  I would love it…just love it if ………….if we could get him….and a few thousand others supporters would too….realisticaly we only want shearer or KK….all the rest be non backed for this that and the other….only shearer or KK gonna be given the time …FACT….cos they are our legends…..glad that pompy fag never got the job cos he no better or worse than SA …..GO GET KK ffs and give him the 5 million a year and MA can double his money with season tickets and footy shirts and then most of us would be happy !

• 27 Tez131 // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:37

  I think we should get Houllier in, even though he is not my 1st choice but to be fair I don’t think we could get better in the situation we are in, and he is a very good manager.

  He has been said to be interested in the job before Sam got it.
  He has primership experence.

  The only negative would be he doesn’t really play the most attackin football.

  Get him on a 2/3 yr deal and let him make us a solid team getting european football. Then attempt to bring in a “world class manager” to take us further.

• 28 Tom_Toon // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:39

  Id really like jol, he’d be very willing to come.

• 29 Punk Skunk // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:39

  What’s so F***in’ good about Keegan, we won nowt with him, then he left us in the shit & shell-shocked!..He’s a bottler!..Oh yea, he did win us a load of new plastic fans for a few years, great!.. Can’t everyone get it into their thick heads, Shearer doesn’t feel ready to do the job, so if he’s talked into it, it’ll be under duress & that won’t bode well & it may just blow his chance at his beloved Toon!..Sad!..Oh soooo very sad!..
  …That said, if it comes to pass, i’ll support them the same as i’ll support whoever is brought in, it’s the only way!..Howay the Lads!..

• 30 daiv // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:40

  Mort and Ashley are muppets. They sacked Big Sam in January without a peplacement lined up. It cost Ashley tens of millions. Some plan!!! And what is Ashley doing in the Far East at this time of crisis??? Earning dosh. Newcastle come second. He may have got Rednapp if he had bothered to speak to the bloke. Hope he and his company go down the pan. He’ll sell whenever he gets the chance.

• 31 Nev // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:40

  im not against shearer, but i still would like a van gaal
  i am against keegan as thats a step backwards
  but tbh with my current state of mind id take anyone … excluding mc’clown

• 32 boywatts // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:40

  the team of shearer, keegan and terry mac !!!!! perfect !!!

• 33 graham // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:41

  Edd case- don’t worry too much. Nufc have been in turmoil since the joe Harvey days. Every year or so when things go wrong is like finding out your wifes been sleeping with your brother. Yes it hurts at first but you always let her back into your heart in the end.

  Ps my wife has never slept with my brother.

• 34 Jim // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:46

  For Gods sake get real!!!

  Shearer is a very recently retired player. He’s playing at being a pundit and relaxing for a while. He’s got NO BLOODY EXPERIENCE!!! Give him a small time club to get it right under his skin and 10 years to mature and then, maybe, consider him.

  Why not let a good web surfer manage Google. I know… what about letting Gerry Haliwell take over Sony Music. WTF is everyone on here!!!

  Shearer is a PLAYING legend. Let’s keep him as a legend, not throw him to the lions before he’s had a chance to crawl.

  Depression is beginning to turn to despair.
  GET A GRIP

• 35 KevinHann // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:46

  Some of you are very ridiculous in their self-contradicting comments.
  Shearer can’t be anyone’s number 2 - how do you know, you asked him personally? Or you can say by watching him play on the field with 10 others?
  Let me remind you managers can also be a duo, not necessarily manager and assistant. Remember how Houllier started with Liverpool? Ring any bells?
  Look to the future not the past - brilliant piece. More beautiful as literature than making any sense.
  Who says Keegan will do good, no matter he did awesome at first - emm let’s see, how about Harry Redknapp at Pompy, he left the club after promoting them, they nearly got relegated and then got him back. Oh, a miracle, their fans didn’t say look to the future forget the past Harry is shite look what he did to S’ton, and where is Pompy now? Defo not in losing 0-6 to Man Utd. Besides, Keegan was no shit at Man City. They played the most entertaining football of the time, they beat Man Utd and they beat us too! When he resigned they were nowhere near relegation scrap. And after him they moved backwards.
  Let’s presume the board does not turn to anyone outside England. Is there any better option than Keegan - Shearer partnership? Any that can happen, not I-DEMAND-MOURINHO-EVERYONE-ELSE-SUCKS rocket science fiction?
  Oh, and world class managers have lots of cash and reputation. Why would they risk the second to get more of the first which they can easily have elsewhere, where people don’t sack their managers in 8 months?

• 36 graham's brother // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:46

  Sorry Graham, I have…..

• 37 ToonKing // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:47

  not that you know of , graham

• 38 Warwick Hunt // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:48

  I personally wanted Jose and have knocked Kevin for dropping the reserve team (which I still think we’re paying the price for now) but after today’s game the dream team is sounding much, much better.
  KK had our team playing with passion.
  AS played the game with passion.
  We could be in for a roller coaster in two ways, we appoint the right Man or Men otherwise we are going down. No doubts about it it folks we are that bad at the moment.

• 39 gareth // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:51

  Why do you geordies think you are a trophy winning team???? You are a 1 team town. 100.000 seats would not be enough if that was the case in most major cities. How many of you went to St James’s Park when in bottom 3 of the old 2nd division??? under 10.000 and if you dont believe me check your stats. Where were you when you were s**t comes to mind. Man City dropped to the 3rd tier of english football and still had capacity crowds at home games and broke almost every away teams attendance record. So get a grip boys and be thankful your watching good teams at St James’s even if there not your team. So please stop moaning and all the best for the rest of the season.
  good luck.
  Man City Gaz

• 40 Shearer's the man // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:52

  Jim, Shearer is never going to go to a small club. Period. If he did that and it didn’t work out for whatever reason he would never get the chance at his beloved Toon. Your analogies are lame. Shearer has been a top player for nearly 20 years, captained club and country and is repsected the world over. Just like when Dalglish managed Liverpool or Klinsmann with Germany, Cruyff with Ajax.
  It’s going to happen….get used to it!

• 41 JS09 // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:53

  http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7220576,00.html

  Mike Ashley saying he wants us to play the way we did under keegan and that he wanted to get rid of BS in the summer.

• 42 KevinHann // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:55

  Who says we are gonna beat Stoke 3 times the next 18 months?

• 43 Savic Vladimir // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:55

  from Daily mail:

  Sir Bobby Robson:

  Shearer factor won’t go away, so why not offer him the job?

  Life is never dull at Newcastle. If I was shocked at the departure of Sam Allardyce, it was nothing compared to yesterday’s startling news that Harry Redknapp had decided to stay at Portsmouth.

  I had assumed he was on his way. Owner Mike Ashley now has a simple but important decision to make. Does he turn to local legend Alan Shearer, even though he is untested, or choose a man with experience, a safer option, such as Mark Hughes,Gerard Houllier or Martin Jol?

  Ninety-nine times out of 100, I would call for experience.Newcastle would normally be too big for a first-timer. But Shearer is different. He has the status and charisma of few other personalities in this country.

  In the last few days Bayern Munich have chosen Jurgen Klinsmann, who has never been in charge of a club, to be their next manager simply because of his aura in the game. And if I was the Newcastle board this week, I would hand the keys to the manager’s office to Alan Shearer and tell him: “Get us back in the Champions League where we belong.”

  I know Shearer hasn’t been a manager before. But he is a unique case because of his standing in the city and the force of his personality. It’s not his fault but whoever takes the job will have his ghost on their shoulder because of the strength of feeling towards him in the North-East.

  Until he becomes manager, the Shearer factor won’t go away. So why not silence everybody now? He is available, lives in the town and is an iconic figure. He doesn’t have managerial experience but he does have plenty of big-match experience.

  If he comes out and says he wants the job, Newcastle should give him a chance. They cannot afford to be turned down again by someone like Hughes.

  Shearer is also what Newcastle need right now. I’ve seen the team play many times this season and they are lacking confidence and courage on the ball.

  Shearer will provide that with his presence in the dressing room. The players will respond to him because of who he is and what he has done for the club.

  And after the turmoil of recent seasons, Shearer will go back to basics. He believes football is essentially a simple game. I expect he’d consider a lot of Sam’s backroom staff as over-complicating things and, having spoken to Damien Duff last week, a few of the players would welcome getting back to the football.

  I know most Geordie fans would like Kevin Keegan to come back so Alan could learn from him. But I don’t see Shearer as anyone’s No 2. If anybody came in, he would have to help Shearer rather than the other way round. Make Shearer boss or there is no point in having him.

  As I said, I was stunned by Harry’s decision to stay put. I know contentment is important and Harry is happy walking his dogs on the south coast whenever he wants, but if there is a job worth disrupting your life for, it’s at Newcastle.

  I hope he doesn’t regret his decision because the power of 52,000 Geordies roaring you on is immense. He has done a splendid job at Portsmouth but you can’t really compare it to being at Newcastle and I wonder if he’ll get another chance at a big club. I believe Sam Allardyce’s track record at Bolton was good enough to warrant giving him more time. But you can’t blame Mr Ashley for making his decision. He inherited Sam, and when you invest £250 million in a club, you deserve a manager of your choosing.

  Besides the style of football which was alien to a lot of Newcastle fans, Sam’s big downfall was his buying record. No manager gets it right all the time but Sam signed nine players and only two — Abdoulaye Faye and Habib Beye — could be considered successes. That’s not a great percentage. Jose Mourinho told me last season that Geremi’s legs had effectively gone. “Mister, he plays like a 40-year-old. He can not run any more. He will not play for me in important matches again,” was Jose’s typically forthright response.

  Naturally, I was alarmed to read that Newcastle wanted to sign Geremi. I passed on my information to someone at the club (this was before Mike Ashley took over) but Geremi still ended up signing. In fact, Sam made him captain.

  Whoever comes in now must wheel and deal in this transfer window. You need 18-20 top players in your squad these days. Duff, Steven Taylor, James Milner, Charles N’Zogbia and two class goalkeepers — Shay Given and Steve Harper — are certainly good enough.

  Michael Owen would join that group if he could get back to what he was. Beye, Emre and Nicky Butt are also adequate but they are not enough.

  David Rozenhal and Jose Enrique cost £10m between them and there is also Claudio Cacapa but the best defender is still a home-grown boy Taylor. Alan Smith and Joey Barton don’t have the guile of Emre or steadiness of Butt. Up front,Oba Martins has good pace but not much footballing nous. Mark Viduka will look a maestro one day and make you want to tear your hair out the next.

  Newcastle need new recruits. But, please, no more players Jose considers to have the legs of a 40-year-old.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=507925&in_page_id=1951&ito=newsnow

• 44 Shearer's the man // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:56

  For the record, Keegan left because he was held to ransome by the club over a new contract.

• 45 Mac // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:57

  it really is this simple,We are not good enough to attract a world class manager. We’re a Mid table at best and we’ll attract a mid table manager ie Martin Jol or perhaps King Kev but we need a few years to get back into Europe then we can start looking for world class managers duch as Jose,Van de gall or even Benitez. Roll on Martin Jol i’d take him with open arms,belive me my Black and White friends we’ll be back in Europe within 2 years

• 46 Jim // Jan 12, 2008 at 23:59

  Shearer’s the man…
  I beg to differ, and there have been muted reassurances from the board to that effect, thank god. If they go back on those then I think we’re really in the brown stuff. Daglish was OK. Want to compare that to Rudd?

  Keane is an fair comparison which I’m watching with interest. I just don’t want Shearer to cop a whack after 18 months. I hold him in too much regard. Perhaps a Championship but not a multi-million pound club. Our City as well as his and our pride at this stage in his career.

  If there’s truly the groundswell to get him on the bench then it has to be as a trainee. Simple as that.

• 47 domtoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:01

  Ed, Klinnsman managed Germany during the last World Cup - that’s far more experience than Shearer has to offer at this point in time. What he does have going for him is he’s a local lad who the players will actually listen to, he will fire things up at the club and turn this sorry mess around, but it will not be through experience as a manager but knowing the Toon inside out. I still think it’s a very risky prospect though and although it’d be a dream come true IF Al got the job, he’d have alot riding on his shoulders and would need someone with experience to help him - either as the main man with Shearer beneath or advising Shearer with Al as manager. Only problem then is that Shearer may undermine the other party..

  Siiiiiiiiigh what a mess - let’s just stick together whatever happens, as we’ve always done

• 48 Dalston // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:03

  Why wound Jose come to the north? I can’t see any reason.. I doubt those big names would like to take the challenge at this time either, and they are not quick fixes.
  We should get either Moyes or Martin O’Neil at all cost. They are our Alex Ferguson in the long run.

• 49 Steve H // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:04

  It hurts yes but when has it not been painful to watch Newcastle over the last few years?? yes we got obliterated off the Mancs !
  Our position has not changed in the table only the smoggies gained a point on us ,so everything is more or less the same as this morning.
  Come on people Fat Sams gone and we are getting a new manager wehay !!!
  PS look at it this way,we have probably played our toughest fixture of the season,only feel good people !!!

• 50 Punk Skunk // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:05

  “For the record, Keegan left because he was held to ransome by the club over a new contract”…
  & his ‘OWN PERSONAL FEELINGS’ were more important than the Toon-So we lost!..He could’ve just proved the board wrong, but he’s a stubborn bottler!..

• 51 tian // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:06

  newcastle deserves a world class manager like jose mourinho or guus hiddink. i don’t think keegan can make it good at newcastle and shearer still needs his managerial experience unless hes willing to be assistant to mourinho. if we get mourinho we will definitely be challenging the top 4 in years to come. mourinho is he best candidate.

• 52 Latex // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:06

  If we get a manager from another mid-table club by paying him a lot of money then firstly there’s no guarantee he’ll start doing well immediately and secondly there’s no guarantee he won’t leave us once he’s got a big offer as well.
  We need someone that’s loyal and that will stay faithful for the long haul.

• 53 Shearer's the man // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:08

  Jim you can beg all you like mate.

  Dalglish was just ok was he? He won the league 4 times and the FA cup twice as a manager including the double in his first season. Can we have a bit of that ‘ok’ managerial ability here please.

  The comparison with Keane doesn’t stack up. He is hardly respected throughout the world except perhaps by those who are frightened he might chin them. Great midfielder yes, great bloke, not!

  I hear what your saying about not wanting him to fail cause he’s our hero but fortunately people like Shearer don’t fear failure otherwise they wouldn’t become what he has become….

• 54 Clouded // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:10

  Keegan & Shearer?…mmm tasty prospect. I like the idea, i’m sure this would spark the club back to life after the rather depressing last few days. I’d be fully behind it if it were to be, if theres anyone who can excite the geordie masses, then its one or the other.

• 55 rlw // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:10

  wor kev get him back no chance with jose or alan obvaiass choice brill last time will be again.

• 56 GraemeR // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:11

  I cant believe the amount of flack flying around the like of Ashley and Mort. They have got rid of FFS and SA and we are whinging because they havent delivered ArryRedhat.

  Give them a chance - they will get it right - after all 250 million of his own money is riding on it. Looking at the table the likes of Arry, Moyes and Hughes are not that far ahead of us. What we need is someone who will fire hte club in the way KK did - as a player and manager. I can remember the buzz around the ground when he played and managed and that is what we need again.

  If it is the KK and AS show - so be it. As most Geordies I would prefer to be beaten 4-3 than 1-0 (and definetly not 6-0) so the sooner we get a TOP manager in place the better.

  For what its worth my preferences would be :
  Hitzfeld
  Morinho
  KK and AS

• 57 Steeley // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:12

  domtoon - Klinnsman has agreed to take over from KItzfeld at Bayern in the summer.

  Ashley has come out and said that he never wanted Sam anyway, and that he wants to see us return to really attractive attacking football and will get a manager who can do that….I think we can safely say that Mark Hughes is therefore out of the running! This is good that Ashley has actually come out and said this as it has calmed me down a bit. The more and more I think about it, the more Keegan and Shearer sound good. Shearer hasnt got all of his badges yet, so he would have to be No 2 to someone anyway, until at least the summer when he should have them anyway.
  Oh, and Ashley said he bought the club “to have some fun”……I hope he doesnt just lose interest and give up on us!

• 58 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:12

  Bravo - common sense may prevail.
  OK its not everyones dream ticket but its a realistic option. I honestly cant see Mourinho, Hiddink, Hitzfeld etc taking the job.
  Choices are Hughes (bookies favorite), Jol or Keegan.
  Keegan would be reluctant as he could ruin his status with the fans if it all went wrong but if he is seen as stepping in to help us out, with Shearer he could be tempted.
  I agree there are alot of negatives if this happened but at the end of the day we are not in that great a possition to pick and choose and I see Keegan as a bloody good option for the here and now, and lets face it, he couldnt do alot worse than what we have endured since Sir bobby was sacked - i am all for this one.

• 59 Steeley // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:13

  Graeme R - I Couldnt have said it better myself. I agree with everything you just said.

• 60 Hadrian // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:14

  exactly , it was the bloody board that forced keegan out last time , so anyone on his back just read’s like the southern press , same as the we didnt defend malakry only nobody reminds people we had second best def record behind manu then , and we didnt need to defend we were always bloody scoring .
  killed the reserves aye that was a bad move, but says more about the funding to me , he obv didnt think it possible to keep them both runing and have a good crack with the first team .

• 61 Eve // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:15

  Keegan eh, I’m getting a strange sense of deja vu, why does it feel like we’re going around the circle again, oh wait..OMG we’re just going through the ex managers again aren’t we??

• 62 Jim // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:16

  Shearer’s the man…

  “Dalglish was just ok was he? He won the league 4 times and the FA cup twice as a manager including the double in his first season. Can we have a bit of that ‘ok’ managerial ability here please.”

  We had it. He managed Newcastle and did OK, won nothing and got a shed load of cash. Then he became part of the circus.

  We have to be rational. Decision making based on our guts, heart and disapointments have brought us to this unenviable position. Even Kevin Keegan secumbed to it. Remember the Manky saga?

  OK. Take Shearer. Drop to the Championship. Fight back and build from there. I’d be happier to see that than to ‘dream on’ that a magnificent player automatically equals a magnificent manager.

• 63 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:18

  Also i would like to add, Keegan never really looked at home at either Fulham, City or even in the England job like he did up here at the Toon - he is the messiah, born again to raise the Toon from the dead!!!

• 64 Clouded // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:19

  Seems surprising that it was actually Chris Mort who instigated the sacking. I think we are extremely lucky to have someone like Mike Ashley buy the club, especially as it seems he really wants to get the club back to its stylish footballing days.

• 65 gareth // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:20

  HANDS OFF SVEN HAHAHAHA. Your not big enough!!!!

• 66 brad // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:21

  we lsot 6-0 today and i say we need keegan now and ffs theres no point getting any 1 else the will fail and i think we all no it deep down so i ‘ll say take a rish with him nothing to loss fter getting f***ed my man u

• 67 Jim // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:23

  This is more like therapy than a rational debate. There’s not that many Toonsers in this neck of the woods.

  So… Keegans name on the door with Shearer learning his trade in the side office, next to Bobby Robson, who should be there too. Let’s get the whole crew back together. Now that’s a prospect. Just gan cannie with Bobby.

  All pie in the sky so lets go the whole hog. Limp through the rest of the season with the above and come out slugging next season. The last game of the season will be against the Manks for the title and we win 7-0. Keegan goes to shake Fergusons hand but instead puts his thumb on his nose and blows a raspberry. Shearer texts Keane to laugh at him as they are relegated from the Championship and Sir Bobby simply sits with a smile….

  If Carsberg made football dreams…

• 68 Stantos // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:24

  I m really struggling to give a shite right now about anything. Since KK left weve had one disappointment after another.

  We pushed out Big Sam because we wern’t happy about the way he played, well one things for certain, scrappy or not, if Big Sam had sent us out today we wouldn’t of got fu**ed by 6 goals……. But it’s all cool cos we tried to play some nice attacking football right ?

  Absolute f***ing shambles we are !!!!!!!!!

• 69 Punk Skunk // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:25

  ^^^^^^^^HA!..

• 70 Shearer's the man // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:26

  If I remember rightly he wanted to scrap the reserves becasue the board insisted on them playing at SJP and Keegan wouldn’t have anybody on the playing surface other than Sir Les, Ginola, Lee, Albert, Cole, Beardsley…..oh god I’m going to cry!

• 71 Gordon // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:27

  BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN BAYERN

  Stop it Ed!!! Every single article!!!

• 72 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:27

  http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/26440/Shearer-Keegan-to-take-Toon/

  This is the article that probably sparked this thread.
  Just have a look at that photo, remember that day and tell me it dosent bring a bit of a tingle down the old spine!!
  I honestly feel this is the best option, and OK its not going to guarantee us winning the league but hell, its go to be better than the tripe we have been putting up with since Sir Bobby got the boot!

• 73 rlw // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:27

  finace come on what could u get with the 16 mill hes put up any way transfers to late no one will come cos were we are foces on manerger get one for more than 1 season please anyone thought about a diff old player who was brill like rob lee macdermot ferdernand ect come on no chance with big manergers no finance for them chealse liverpool ex manergers nowadays will want huge spending.

• 74 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:29

  And would sh** all over ‘Arry blood Redknapp’s philosophy of ‘good football’, oh and at least King Kev and Big Al would talk to the beeb!

• 75 Tom_Toon // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:31

  If KK and AS get then job either way round, e.g. KK and AS or As and KK, ill be squirting everywhere, i really think it will work.

• 76 Punk Skunk // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:31

  Phuck the beeb, wan*ers!..All they ever do is slag us off!..

• 77 Shearer's the man // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:31

  Jim, we’ll just have to agree to disagree.
  Dalglish had a phenomenal managerial record when he came to the Toon. He finshed 2nd in his first season (albeit he was left a nice legacy by KK, and got us to the cup final in his first full season where we disappointingly finished 13th. He was sacked after 2 games (2 bloody games!!!) of his 2nd full season. We wonder why we have a reputation for not having any patience. If we can do that to a legend like Dalglish, what chance the mere mortals?

• 78 Shearer's the man // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:32

  …. Don’t worry though, Shearer won’t fear failing.

• 79 Jim // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:35

  Shearer’s the man…

  Agreed, and it’s not Shearers feelings of failure I’m thinking about, it’s allof ours if he does.

• 80 gareth // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:36

  All you geordies out there please can you answer one simple question. Where were you in the real bad times just before Keegan? Coz you weren’t in St James’s

• 81 daiv // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:38

  Shearer or Jol are a match in heaven for Toon.
  Shearer never won a thing for Toon as a player and as an unproven manager is just the sort of chap we would choose. Don’t mention other players going into management.. most never won anything and those that made the jump to a top club like Klinsmann or Beckenbauer won a World Cup or league titles with their clubs.
  Jol… a middle tier manager who plays attacking football but cannot defend for toffee..left Spurs second bottom… heard that story before ……….

• 82 Tez131 // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:40

  Ok Shearer is a footballing legend and I will always have the greatest respect for him.
  I agree Shearer would be good for the club and demand the best from the players, he would also probably be given more time by fans than most.

  The one thing no-one knows is how good would he be Tactically?
  How good would he be in the transfer market (Could probably attract players but would he pick the right ones)?

  I am just not convinced, at a delicate time like this for NUFC, tha Shearer is the answer to our management problems.

  ALTHO if we could convince him to put on the no.9 shirt and stand in the box for us I would be happy.

• 83 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:44

  daiv, hope ive not misread your comment but Shearer did win a league title, all beit at Rovers.

• 84 Geordie // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:45

  Quique Sánchez Flores - why hasn’t anyone mentioned him? Did very well at Valencia and Getafe before a falling out with the board.
  He’s young, arrogant, foreign…basically the Newcastle equivalent to Mourinho.

• 85 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:47

  seems i may have read it wrong daiv, totally agree tho, Shearer would be a gamble but in our position have we got much choice.

• 86 nightfall // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:52

  i think we already signed a manager, but he didn’t want to lead our team against man utd… he’d have to play without his own players and against a team that would surely beat us 4-0 (wouldn’t lift players or ours morale), so i think he’ll start up tomorrow or the day after, but i belive we’ve already signed him…

• 87 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 0:56

  And I will say again, whoever it it wont please everyone but I really do think we need to give him our full support, at least let them prove themself before we get on their back.

• 88 lewdavies // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:05

  Ah ! good the alcohol has kicked in good style!!!!

  Bring in the dream team with a no sack policy and all will be well in the end.

  BOLLICKS, I’m off to bed.

  Keep the faith, TOON TOON.

• 89 domtoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:05

  Steeley - I know - my point is in response to the article that Shearer is a parallel to Klinnsman taking on Bayern i.e. Klinnsman has more experience. That’s not to say Al couldn’t do it, just that I dont think you can’t totally compare the two in the way the article does, although of course, there is some element of parity. Imagine if Shearer had led England during the last world cup (and assuming he did okay).. then the whole situation of him taking NUFC now would be much more feasible

• 90 TOON TOON // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:09

  I have always been against Alan Shearer being appointed Newcastle United manager, and was sick of hearing he was going to be the next Newcastle manager when he was still playing for the club however after reading Sir Bobby Robsons latest installment in the Daily Mail there is only one man for the job…. that man IS ALAN SHEARER!

  I don’t understand why everyone is literally obsessed with him not having enough EXPERIENCE, did Richard Branston have any EXPERIENCE when he started Virgin Records…NO, did J.K. Rowling have any expirence of writting books before Harry bloody Potter… No (As trivial as it sounds)!

  For me what is essential is having the correct characteristics or building blocks, innately installed within a persons personality for the job in hand. Alan Shearer possess these characteristics I have no doubt about that whatsoever. He was the captain of not only Newcastle United but England for Gods sake! A postion which requires:

  Leadership
  Motivation
  Discipline
  Man Managment
  Ambition
  Dedication

  All skills you would also associate with a manager of a football team. The only skill I would say is ‘potentially’ missing is a tactician, and are you telling me Alan Shearer for Gods sake has no clue about different tactics of the game he has played or watched for pretty much his whole life, I’m not buying that!

  And as for people now slagging off Mike Ashley you have got to be JOKING! The man has invested millons of his own hard earned money into this club and is trying to take the club back to the top!

  Now lets get behind the lads, and give the new manager some bloody time!!

  And on todays performance I thought we were a little rusty in the 1st half but we were putting passes 2gther and had a perfectly good goal chalked off! The F*** ing 2nd half wasnt so much that we collapsed except for maybe the second goal, we were just outclassed by the BEST team in Europe!

• 91 domtoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:12

  By the way, my point doesn’t seem to have been explored by others so I’m probably wrong!

• 92 Punk Skunk // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:20

  You’re not wrong domtoon!..

• 93 domtoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:22

  As long as it isn’t McNoob…

• 94 Punk Skunk // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:25

  Aye, i’d gan boil ma heed & eat it if we choose McSheepsteeth!..

• 95 domtoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:31

  Nah, I think we’re pretty safe - I’ve read McClaren isn’t MA’s favourite man in the world right now, as he’s cost him millions in shirt sales after the dabacle that was England’s Euro 08 campaign. So, as bad things are, they wont ever be THAT bad.

• 96 JS09 // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:32

  http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/1301_ashley.shtml

  Mike Ashley interview in full…

• 97 Ausgeordie // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:39

  its like the field of dreams! If you pay them they will come. Sam got 6 mill for 6 months. Not bad. If you dont do well at least you know you’ll be on your way fairly quickly. Sounds like a dream job! Its a shame Sam was not still in the job becasue after that defeat you could not blame Ashley for getting rid of him. Now it looks like jumping on sinking ship. This is why my fantasy football team is called Geordie Drama

• 98 Dragoner // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:45

  i would like Jol,, people on here dont because his name aint big enough, stop remembering what he did at the end of his reign at spurs and remember what he did for most of his time there, 5th place twice remember!? you would not be performing great either if you knew the board had it in for you

• 99 Hadrian // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:58

  Ashleys interview to newsof the world
  http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/1301_ashley.shtml

  good read , lotta ambition in those words , shame he didnt match that with redknapp

• 100 domtoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 2:59

  Ed, get that article and disseminate it! It’s quality! I wonder how the media will spin it though

• 101 Charles Ma // Jan 13, 2008 at 5:26

  To bring in a top manager such as Mourinho or Lippi, the manager has to have some sort of good impression of the club to begin with. I personally feel the Newcastle faithful has not done the club any good. The fans want entertaining football, but in truth, winning games is more important. Just take a look at Liverpool when they won the Champions League, they didn’t play entertaining football, but they played very effective football and won europe’s biggest prize. Mourinho did the same too with Chelsea. So I certainly hope the fans will start thinking what they really reallly want.

• 102 indian toon // Jan 13, 2008 at 6:05

  WHERE ARE THE LOCAL HEROES WHEN WE NEED THEM BADLY!!!!!! CMON KEEGAN!

• 103 Hadji // Jan 13, 2008 at 6:55

  Geordie…I don’t know how many times i mentioned Flores.
  Here’s a good and forgotten manager:
  Nevio Scala,i always admired this manager from rhe days when he was in Parma and Borusia Dortmund
  Mircea Lucesku,another great manager with a strong sense of super talented players
  Radomir Antic..the legend of Atletiko Madrid when he won the double in 1996 and saved Barca from a possible relegation 5 years ago.
  All these Shearer talks are just useless cause if we choose him as our manager this January,then all i can say that the most exciting game for us next season’s gonna be against Leeds in the Championship league.
  Big NO to Shearer.

• 104 Craig Allen // Jan 13, 2008 at 7:28

  Good interview thanks for the link Hadrian. I’m wondering if Mike even spoke directly to Redknapp. I remember seeing a quote about Harry wanting to hear it from Ashley’s mouth. But it’s good to see his intentions in print so I guess we wait until Tues when the boss gets back. Only positive I can take out of the game is that chelsea pasted manc earlier in the season and they’ve bounced back.

• 105 broontoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 7:51

  Forget local heroes. Forget the so called big names. A good tactician and solid up and coming manager Steve Coppell is what we need. Build slowly and strongly for the future and give him time.

• 106 scotty // Jan 13, 2008 at 8:41

  They have to get it right with their first manager imo. Too much crap has passed under the bridge since the departure of SBR.

  If MA has the same ambitions as us then he would be looking at Morinho as first choice - NOT Redknapp!!!

  Only a manager of this calibre will suffice. I’d also be happy with Hitzfeld or hiddink……………

  Please dig deep and go for the right guy!

• 107 Southern_Magpie // Jan 13, 2008 at 8:49

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/01/13/sfnfro113.xml

  Some promising stuff in this article, stating that Gerard Houllier, Louis van Gaal and Ottmar Hitzfeld are all now in the frame. It also points out how unlikely any January arrivals will be, which makes me even more depressed. I’d rather M&A take their time and appoint a world class coach than rush into anything though.

• 108 UTD111 // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:10

  Good to see Mike Ashley’s statement today - this is just what I for one want to hear:

  Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has vowed to stamp his authority on his troubled club and run it the way he wants.
  The billionaire, who has invested £250m so far, was speaking as he defended his decision to sack manager Sam Allardyce.

  “I had to act, and I did what I should have done in the first place,” he told the News of the World.

  “I must admit that when I bought this club, my instinct was to bring in my own team to run it straight away, including a new manager,” he said.

  “That’s no reflection on Sam, that’s just the way I have always done things.

  “But for once in my life I ignored my intuition and, looking back, that was a mistake.”

  Now is the time to put away my Newcastle shirt - I have to be hands on

  Mike Ashley

  Newcastle had hoped to bring in Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp to replace Allardyce who left the club after only eight months in charge.

  But Redknapp said on Saturday that he had rejected Newcastle’s “terrific” offer, and the club are still searching for a new manager.

  Ashley, who is famed for wearing a replica Magpies shirt and sitting with the fans despite his vast wealth, says now is the time to take a more hands-on role at boardroom level.

  “Now is the time to put away my Newcastle shirt,” he said.

  “I’m not saying I will never go back on the terraces, but now I have to be in the boardroom - I have to be hands on.”

  He said he is desperate to bring silverware to St James’ Park, but more importantly he wants to see exciting football at Newcastle.

  He said: “I want a team that will go all out to try to give Chelsea a walloping, that will try to stuff Tottenham and that will be brave and bold enough to attack Manchester United.”

• 109 Deano // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:17

  spot on there like scotty, if MA is an ambitious billionare, he has to break the bank and get a WORLD CLASS PROVEN WINNER to be the next manager and give him loads of money. Its the only way that this club will win anything

• 110 Spacey // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:18

  talk is cheap…

• 111 Bobby Ollox // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:24

  Looking for the good news out of yesterday

  1) No Harry Redknapp - on any day I would rather get beat 6-0 by Manure than have HR getting rich at our expense

  2) Alan Smith exposed as the temperemental spoiled brat that he is - with absolutely no chance of ever picking up the captains armband again.

  These are both very very important steps towards our recovery. Dont be so disheartened everybody - sometimes something has to break so it can be fixed properly. Never have we had such a good opportunity to put things right once and for all, as we have now.

• 112 Bobby Ollox // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:31

  Spacey - that is completely out of order.

  What more do you want the man to do ?

  He has bought the club, written off the debt, invested money into players, put in place a credible chairman, listened to the fans from the terraces and the coaches, sacked the manager who was taking us nowhere, and then goes into print to tell us what his vision for the club is.

  and you slag him off with a cliched few words - its that sort of nonsense that undermines the quality of the support this club gets from its fans.

  talk is cheap but £250M isnt.

• 113 Deano // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:41

  spot on bobby, ive just read his interview and its softend the blow in the wake of the thrashing we recived yesterday. MA wants to do it his way and for someone who has made 1.9 billion out of nothing, his way will do for me. I just hope evrything he says will come true! keep the faith

• 114 UTD111 // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:47

  Couldnt have put it better myself Bob

• 115 Edd Case // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:48

  http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/7669144

  Brilliant article - seems Mike really does want things to happen for us.

  No more Smith shirt, more like suit and tie.

• 116 Dave Atkinson // Jan 13, 2008 at 9:58

  Things could have been so different yesterday - had Owen’s goal been allowed; had Given not been a muppet and mis-kicked the ball against Enrigue; had Butt never been selected; had Smith been benched; had Owen been left out and kept in shape for a quick sale, etc etc.

  If we’d lost 3-1 it would have been respectable but it looked a shambles in the second half. How anyone in the management team can think that a midfield packed with Manure rejects can compete with a team that never stands still, they want shafting.

  Butt is past it at this level. Smith is ineffective in midfield. Enrique is more than good enough. Given should be sold and the back will be consequently freshened.

  My vote for manager? Get Shearer in (with or without Keegan). Why? Because it will allow the fans (and the club) to put this bloody ‘legend’ where he belongs - in the history books. If he succeeds then fantastic but if not, then the club can at least have a fresh start.

• 117 James // Jan 13, 2008 at 10:30

  Shearer is a very strong person and single minded. He wouldn’t be anyone’s number 2 except Keegan’s. People also seem to forget when he was injured under Roeder he helped out as a number 2 on the sidelines.

  As we all know and Mike as well, we all want an experienced Manager that can stand up to Fergie and Wenger. Only 2 men can do that, Mourinho, and Hitzefield. But beyond them, we would rather have Shearer than Hughes, Redknapp, or Jol.

  Shearer would grow into the role, and given an experienced man as his number 2, and a big transfer kitty, he would get it right eventually.

• 118 GraemeR // Jan 13, 2008 at 10:50

  I see the Sunday Mirror is ‘reporting’ that Hughes is top of the list of managers - as well as slagging off toon supporters for ‘running’ the club like a celebrity show.

  For me Hughes is no better than average - unlikely to impress the average geordie and his teams play to a set format with little flair. So if it is Hughes, we should of stuck with SA as it would of been cheaper.

  As for the fans, we are not the first and definetly not the last to slag a manager and perhaps shape the thinking of those in charge. Perhasps it was easier as he was in the away end.

  Notice that the paper fails to mention the scallys who want rid of benitez after any below par performance or the silence experienced at manure - no its open season on NUFC. Every manager has come to the party and backed SA and slated the club - possible because it was 6 easy points for them. Perhaps the london press fears another toon revolution and the fact they may have to report more from the north east in future instead of their southern pastures. Either way, we must move forward with a TOP manager - one thats won competitions and leagues - and not another promising contender. Cant see one in the UK (Wenger ??) and the receding transfer window makes it more difficult to fill the void. This leaves the likes of Jose or Ottmar as the likely canditates as both are available, winners of the calibre we need.

• 119 lewdavies // Jan 13, 2008 at 11:12

  GraemeR - spot on M8

• 120 hanzemre_ // Jan 13, 2008 at 11:19

  As they might say we have to take ‘one step backward to go 2 steps forward’ , clearly my vote is Mr. Alan Shearer as our next manager, then asssisted by whoever KK, Venables, Sir Bobby Robson etc. He’ll be given time, fans’ll back him & be patience as we know he can delivers to get NUFC to Europe again challenging the title in 3 to 5 years time .

• 121 Greg B // Jan 13, 2008 at 11:36

  Im not as concerned about new players comming in before the window shuts, it getting shut of players before it shuts im bothered about!
  There has been very little interest in our players from other managers. I think we need to get some of the Allardyce, Roeder and Souness signings so the new manager can build his own team.
  Im not mentioning names but we all have different opinions on who we feel is good enough for Newcastle and who we could do with getting of the wage bill.

• 122 domtoon // Jan 13, 2008 at 12:11

  Spacey, you’re an idiot for saying something like that. Have you ever seen a quarter of a billion pounds? It’s a lot of money of one’s own to invest! NUFC represents just under one eighth of his business portfolio. 1.8 billion. Imagine if you invested around an eighth of your hard earned money into an ailing north east giant (albeit yes, as a business investment) only to see it for over half a year apparantly crumble with little indications of a return (defeats to Wigan, Derby - not entertaining defeats either, but horrendous displays of droll football - then home thrashings to liverpool and portsmouth!!? and I dont need to mention the purchase of a £5 mil walking, talking liability) led by a man who you didn’t appoint, but as he rightly says, he gave, against his better judgement, time to deliver at least a little something. No. You’d be quite p***ed off frankly . Ashley has done what Sheps wouldn’t have - he’s admitted what’s gone wrong, accepted what must be done, and is (at present, and god only hopes he delivers as well)going about it in the only way he knows how. Give him a break - he WILL sort this sorry mess out, but not with stupid comments like yours.

• 123 Jeff D. // Jan 13, 2008 at 17:51

  Felt a great weight lifted from my shoulders yesterday when we found out that Harry wasnt the man. even the 6-0 drubbing could,nt wipe the smile off my face.
  My personal choice would be
  Mourinho,
  Hitzfeld,
  hiddink,
  Keegan // Shearer,
  Lippi,
  me

  Any of these please Mike!!!

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