sitontheball

I think Shearer is a big gamble but its one we have to take because if its not him, no-one will the same force of personality or position of strength with the fans will be appointed. We need a manager with the ability to take on Ashley et al and get the club sorted out. Noone else is going to come in and go straight on the offensive against their boss. Getting the most out of our playing resources is not priority number one for our manager this time. As for Shearer's performance so far, all I can say is that it absolves Hughton and Kinnear of a *little* bit of the blame thrown their way. It has just confirmed how bad and feckless the players are. For that, we can thank mainly Allardyce and Wise. If Shearer can stop the slide, that's enough for me. Personally I don't like having a bar named after him or the divine right he's been assigned to manage Newcastle, but we're up shit creek and he's a better bet than leaving it all up to the administration at the club. They are fucking clueless. If the worst comes to the worst, at least it will be out of our system and our next manager won't have the legend of Shearer hanging over him.

Maybe a a bit less bollocks written about the Toon on slow news days.

His assessment is mostly right, but let's face it, he must have okayed the Souness, Roeder and Allardyce appointments and the purchase of Luque, Owen, etc. He ultimately jumped ship without leaving much of a team or structure in place, or really giving a fuck.

Aye he's a classic modern example of someone not giving their all and wasting what talent they had. Wouldn't mind Coppell like personally, though it may take a presence like Shearer's to force the club in the right direction.

Logic-wise a lot of folk have reservations, but there's no need to put the blerk down. Three promotions with three different teams, all in a season or two. Got England into Euro and was two minutes off the second round before that mong Neville dived in. Got Newcastle higher up the league than anyone could have hoped, and made that big stadium we have possible. Established us as a team that can sign much bigger names than before. That's not failure. The big criticism you can make is that he jumps ship when he feels like it. You don't have to pay him off though.

Bob Hazell

Does anyone have the big Photoshopped one of Peytar Reid as a chimp? It used to be at "www.monkey-heed.co.uk" or a similar address.