JUICE690 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) Joe Kinnear is to make a sensational return to Newcastle as manager today. Owner Mike Ashley has turned again to the man he asked to take charge last September as the club, whose future remains uncertain, lurched into another unpopular move. In a crushing blow to Alan Shearer which will infuriate already angry fans, the 62-year-old is expected to step into the breach as Newcastle approach life in the Championship without a takeover imminent. Joe Kinnear Would you believe it? Joe Kinnear is set to return to the Newcastle hot-seat Kinnear took charge of 26 matches last season, but was forced to step away from the game when he suffered a heart attack in February which required a triple by-pass operation. The former Wimbledon manager, whose Newcastle contract had expired, has a history of health problems but claimed recently that he was back to full fitness and prepared to become interim manager once again. 'I've gone from bad to being much, much better than I was. I've got the all-clear,' Kinnear said. 'Things are working out well. I feel as fit as a fiddle.' Chris Hughton has been in charge of Newcastle's pre-season matters this summer while Ashley has tried, so far unsuccessfully, to sell the club. He is said to want £100million. Shearer was initially involved in planning for life after his doomed eight-game bid to save the club from relegation but has grown frustrated at the delay of any appointment. Representatives of the former Newcastle and England No 9 insist he is still very keen on taking charge despite Ashley refusing to appoint him on the basis that he may not be the choice of prospective new owners. However, the return of Kinnear casts doubt on his future at St James' Park because the former Match of the Day pundit is unlikely to stay on the bench once the new season is under way. Alan Shearer The people's choice: But Alan Shearer has been left waiting since the end of the season Ashley has antagonised the Toon Army with a series of unpopular appointments but the latest one will also upset players. Goalkeeper Steve Harper claimed this week that Newcastle are 'dying a slow death' and a long list of first-team members have called for the appointment of Shearer. With key players said to be on the verge of revolt over the chaos at the club, captain Nicky Butt admitted that relegation from the Barclays Premier League and the ensuing uncertainty has brought the toughest period of his career. The former Manchester United and England midfielder, who has taken the armband from the departed Michael Owen, said: 'I have never experienced anything like this. I don't think anyone has, in football or at Newcastle United. We just have to wait and keep our fingers crossed. 'It's been a difficult summer. Everyone was disappointed at going down and the way we went down but we've got to try and put that behind us now. The Championship will not be easy and will be a massive challenge we have to match. 'It's difficult for some players because they don't know where their future lies and the job needs someone of Alan's stature. I do feel Alan is favoured by a lot of people and I do feel that he would do a very good job. 'But we're fed up with waiting to see what's going to happen. For the last five or six weeks it's been, "Something is happening at the end of this week, or that week", and it never does. We're all in the same position - young lads or old - no-one knows.' Kinnear's appointment is unlikely to assuage the concerns of Butt and his team-mates unless the club are taken off hold. Ashley had hoped a sale would have been completed by now and long-term commitments appear to have been avoided. There is thought to have been interest in buying the club from Malaysia and America, but Kinnear's reintroduction suggests a takeover is still some way off. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...d.html?ITO=1490 Bollocks surely Edited July 14, 2009 by JUICE690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) If that's true then Ashley needs shooting. Coppell and Curbs are on the scrap heap and in all probability would take the job if asked. Cunt of a man. Edited July 14, 2009 by Ketsbaia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUICE690 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) I suppose it would be better then Hughton... A little bit of sick came out of my mouth then. Edited July 14, 2009 by JUICE690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2762 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 fucking depressing if true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teed 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Benny Hills got nowt on this like!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I could actually cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13811 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 No way on earth is that true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordiejihad 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 RIP NUFC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13811 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Ashley must be doing this deliberately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsy 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Surely not... when you thought it couldn't get any worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I'd love to see the players faces when he roles back onto the training ground. Ashley must be wanting to hurry the transfer requests along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13811 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I can imagine everybody whacking in a transfer request if Kinnear comes back, including quite a few despondent fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I can imagine everybody whacking in a transfer request if Kinnear comes back, including quite a few despondent fans. My immediate thought. Of course the club wouldn't then have to give the players their 10% of a fee, if that were the case. A clever ploy for LardAsh to maximise player sale fees, or just sheer, downright, utter stupidity of a monumental scale? Mind you, the OP says it will happen today so we wont have to wait long to know if there's a shred of truth in this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13811 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 All the players seem to want Shearer so I can't see why they don't just appoint him on a rolling contract till things are sorted. Surely whilst we aren't selling Ashley would be better putting money in to get money out? This seems to be suicide on every scale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34170 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 You've got to take your hat off to Ashley really though. When he sets off on a pisstake he sees it all the way through to the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38563 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 The Telegraph are also running this story. Mike Ashley, you are without doubt the most despicable cunt on this earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Well I think with the amount of draws he would get us we should manage to stay up at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 The Telegraph are also running this story. Mike Ashley, you are without doubt the most despicable cunt on this earth. They are just reporting that it was in the Daily Mail rather than them claiming to be ITK Kinnear, 62, has been asked to return to the St James’ Park hot seat by club owner Mike Ashley, the Daily Mail claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 According to PM on Newcaste-Online David Craig just said on SSN that he's just spoken to the club and they say there is 'definitely no truth' in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Ashley doesn't want to fire him and trigger an immediate demand for his compensation right in the middle of "the two offers of a hundred million" Joe wants to be there to show he is ready and willing and so any termination will be unfair. They all know the new owners (???) will shoot him on Minute One - it's just a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I doubt you could find a jury in Newcastle that would convict Ashley's murderer, someone should just kill the cunt now. Do Derek at the same time and you'd be eligible for the keys to the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 SSN claim to have spoken to the club who confirm there is no truth in this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I can imagine everybody whacking in a transfer request if Kinnear comes back, including quite a few despondent fans. My immediate thought. Of course the club wouldn't then have to give the players their 10% of a fee, if that were the case. A clever ploy for LardAsh to maximise player sale fees, or just sheer, downright, utter stupidity of a monumental scale? Mind you, the OP says it will happen today so we wont have to wait long to know if there's a shred of truth in this story. I worry this might be very close to the truth. I'd personally like to see the players make a statement and every single one of them (right down to the kids) put a request in if this happens but I doubt there's enough of them who are thinking about anything other than themselves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38563 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Ashley doesn't want to fire him and trigger an immediate demand for his compensation right in the middle of "the two offers of a hundred million" Joe wants to be there to show he is ready and willing and so any termination will be unfair. They all know the new owners (???) will shoot him on Minute One - it's just a game As I understand it, JFK had no permanent contract, so compensation is not an issue. If there is any truth in the story , it's another tick in ashleys already full box marked " Twat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 SSN claim to have spoken to the club who confirm there is no truth in this There's no one running the club so who could they speak to though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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