Jimbo 133 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 3rd first day on the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 3rd first day on the job. "Ok, my backroom staff are key to my success here, Pearson, I know you've said a word or two about Allardyce going, but I know you can teach players how to defend, I can't so you're pivotal. Round your well respected in the game and you did a fine job for the FA, I want you to keep up that good work.... .....Mcdermott, get my bags out the car would you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 According to SSN the press conference is Friday at 2pm, they were saying it was going to be today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 According to SSN the press conference is Friday at 2pm, they were saying it was going to be today. Anyone know if it'll be on Setanta Sports News, or is it a Sky Sports News exclusive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitheh 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 According to SSN the press conference is Friday at 2pm, they were saying it was going to be today. Anyone know if it'll be on Setanta Sports News, or is it a Sky Sports News exclusive? Just been announced on Setanta Sports News that they will be there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 According to SSN the press conference is Friday at 2pm, they were saying it was going to be today. Anyone know if it'll be on Setanta Sports News, or is it a Sky Sports News exclusive? Just been announced on Setanta Sports News that they will be there as well. Thank ferk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Test your Keegan knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7193753.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 You know, you still get the impression that we'll win fuck all with him here...but you can't help feeling it'll be a lot more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Test your Keegan knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7193753.stm 9 out of 10. Got the Toshack one wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13830 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Test your Keegan knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7193753.stm 9 out of 10. Got the Toshack one wrong. 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Toon Army soldiers march to Keegan's beat By Henry Winter, Chief Football Correspondent All ages could be found in the queue of eyes-ablaze Newcastle United disciples stretching around Gallowgate last night, and it was probably the youngest supplicant, a three-year-old girl, who embodied the mood best. Perched on her father's shoulders, she waved a box of cereal in the air: Special K. It's madness, of course, letting a tactical naif like Kevin Keegan (not the three-year-old) in charge of an ambitious Premier League team, but then Newcastle are different. The hordes of Toon Army foot soldiers, men who crave breathless attacking football to the exclusion of the defensive pragmatism also required for success, were beside themselves with glee. "We're in heaven, we've got Kevin", declared one banner. Toon Army foot soldiers march to Keegan's beat Talk of the Toon: news of Kevin Keegan's return to Newcastle United spread like wildfire across Tyneside News spread fast, even into local maternity wards, where a new-born was immediately named Kevin Keegan (there was no immediate word whether it was a boy or a girl). Such was the excitement around St James' that kick-off for Stoke City's FA Cup visit was delayed 15 minutes because so many were trying to squeeze in. Messiahs have that sort of impact. In "Shearer's" bar at the back of the Gallowgate, hundreds of fans pored over copies of the Evening Chronicle reading and re-reading the headline that screamed: "Return of King Kev". They held the paper with such awe, like scholars feeling the Dead Sea Scrolls, touching the words to check whether it was really true. And then came a familiar sound from inside: St James' DJ had finally found "Football's Coming Home" and the noise just rose and rose. "Keegan's coming home" reverberated around this famous ground. The mind rewound to the Messiah's last coming, when even training became so popular with fans that fast-food vans parked by the entrance did a roaring trade. Keegan, a one-man adrenalin rush, stirs people. Emotion rules. Common sense can go hang from the Gallowgate. Kevin Keegan rerturns to Newcastle United Keegan's second coming Outside this mad, glorious cathedral to Geordie pride, the reaction will range from mirth to cynicism. The rest of football will laugh at the loony Toons for their obsession with such a brittle individual as Keegan. The sceptics will remember his failures, particularly with England, when he made Steve McClaren resemble Sir Alf Ramsey at times, but only the iciest heart would not have melted before the black-and-white heat generated by Newcastle's ecstatic supporters yesterday evening. Maybe Newcastle fans are the purest of fans, watching their team simply to have their hearts lifted, rather than to see trophies lifted. Maybe it is all about the thrill, the memory of a David Ginola twisting the blood and sinews of a right-back, the sight of Philippe Albert strolling up from the back to chip Peter Schmeichel, and the stock-piling of entertainers like Tino Asprilla, however unneeded. Maybe football should not just be about meticulous training sessions, tactics boards and in-depth scouting of the opposition. Maybe it can just be about a charismatic soul like a two-time European Footballer of the Year striding into a dressing-room, and lighting the fires of 11 professionals with his presence and rhetoric. Maybe. But the pursuit of honours in football demands something more. Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger inspire their players, and organise them. Passion is not enough. Keegan needs to bring to Newcastle more than fervour, more than exhortations to "go out there and drop a few hand-grenades" (as he did to Paul Scholes, who promptly left his studs in Hakan Mild's leg in an England game against Sweden). Brain is required as well as heart, defenders as well as attackers. Keegan replaces a caretaker in Nigel Pearson, who was filling in for the departed Sam Allardyce: so a former crowd-pleasing forward has seen off two no-nonsense ex-centre-halves at Newcastle. How symbolic. If Keegan is to survive, he must find a clever tactician, an experienced training-ground coach, a creative central midfielder, another centre-half to partner Steven Taylor and a left-back. Keegan will also need to have a swift chat with Michael Owen, a scorer against Stoke last night but not the greatest admirer of his new manager. The pair never saw eye-to-eye with England and Owen unleashed a few barbs at Keegan in his autobiography. Keegan will say all that is history. Yesterday was just about hysteria. It will probably all end in tears again, but the three-year-old with her box of Special K will know only that St James' Park is a fun place to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Test your Keegan knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7193753.stm 9 out of 10. Got the Toshack one wrong. 8/10 John Anderson one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Test your Keegan knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7193753.stm 9 out of 10. Got the Toshack one wrong. 8/10 John Anderson one? 5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Henry Winter is an outstanding journalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Henry Winter is an outstanding journalist. He's excellent, plus he actually likes us, which makes a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyshinton 59 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 What did Owen say about KK in his book? That must have passed me by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Maybe Newcastle fans are the purest of fans, watching their team simply to have their hearts lifted, rather than to see trophies lifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 What did Owen say about KK in his book? That must have passed me by. Linky 'I used to go into games believing the opposition was scared of me. That belief evaporated when I played under Keegan' - Michael Owen in his autobiography Michael Owen was a national hero after breaking into England's team at the 1998 World Cup under Glenn Hoddle. But he feared the worst when Keegan took over to revive the ailing Euro 2000 campaign. Later, writing in his autobiography, he recalled: "For me, the warning signs were all there on the training pitch. Owen did not enjoy playing for Keegan at Euro 2000 "I assume the manager had conveyed to his staff what he thought of me, and plainly it wasn't complimentary. "I felt I was being singled out, not just by the manager but the whole coaching staff." A 3-2 defeat to Romania put England out of Euro 2000. Owen missed the ball completely after 15 seconds. He wrote: "A terrible thought filled my head: 'That's exactly what he wants me to do, because it confirms what he's been saying all week'. "Guess what? When I caught sight of the manager he was throwing up his arms, shaking his head and gesticulating at the coaches as if to say: 'Did you see that?'. "That, I can assure you, is one of the worst feelings in the world. "I used to go into games believing that the opposition was scared of me and that nothing could get in my way. "That feeling, that belief, evaporated at times when I played under Keegan. "I don't think Keegan had any sort of personal agenda against me, I just think that as England manager at a major tournament he felt under enormous pressure and he needed something or someone to blame. "I was an easy target. I wasn't on top of my game." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Maybe Newcastle fans are the purest of fans, watching their team simply to have their hearts lifted, rather than to see trophies lifted. Puarly belter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RlCO 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Our faith is truly divine. We are the one true home for the Messiah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Divine-righters tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Test your Keegan knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7193753.stm 9 out of 10. Got the Toshack one wrong. 8/10 John Anderson one? 7/10 Wtf are music questions doing in there!? Toshack wrong as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Test your Keegan knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7193753.stm 9 out of 10. Got the Toshack one wrong. 8/10 John Anderson one? 7/10 Wtf are music questions doing in there!? Toshack wrong as well. Little and Large? Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplayerjj 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 looking back at Keegan's 'interview' by sky earlier in the week when he is dodging questions, it's fucking obvious he had the job back then, he can barely hide his smile bless him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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