Premier League - Read Kinnear's swear-laden rant

Eurosport - Fri, 03 Oct 16:07:00 2008

Newcastle interim manager Joe Kinnear launched an expletive-laden attack on his critics in which he swore more than 50 times during his pre-match press conference.

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Kinnear, set to officially take charge of his first match against Everton on Sunday, was a surprise choice to fill the void left by Kevin Keegan's departure.

His unexpected appointment a week ago - the former Wimbledon, Luton and Nottingham Forest boss had not been involved in football for four years - had fans and observers questioning his chances of dragging a club in crisis out of trouble.

But he came out fighting with an onslaught of his own against journalists he believes have ridiculed him and tried to undermine his position.

Full transcript of the press conference:

Kinnear: Which one is Simon Bird?

Bird: Me.

JK: You're a ****.

Bird: Thank you.

JK: Which one is **** *******? You are out of order. Absolutely f****** out of order. If you do it again, I am telling you, you can f*** off and go to another ground. I will not come and stand for that f****** crap. No f****** way, lies. F***, you're saying I turned up and they f***** off.

Bird: No Joe, have you read it, it doesn't actually say that. Have you read it?

JK: I've f****** read it, I've read it.

Bird: It doesn't say that. Have you read it?

JK: You are trying to f****** undermine my position already.

Bird: Have you read it, it doesn't say that. I knew you knew they were having a day off.

JK: F*** off. F*** off. It's your last f****** chance.

Bird: You read the copy? It doesn't say that you didn't know.

JK: What about the headline, you think that's a good headline?

Bird: I didn't write the headline, you read the copy.

JK: You are negative b*******.

Bird: So if I get a new job next week would I take the first day off? No I wouldn't. If I get a new job should I call my boss and tell him I am taking the first day off?

JK: It is none of your f****** business. What the f*** are you going to do? You ain't got the balls to be a f****** manager. F****** day off. Do I want your opinion. Do I have to listen to you?

Bird: No, you can listen to who you want.

JK: I had a 24 hour meeting with the entire staff.

Bird: Joe you are only here six weeks, you could have done that on Sunday, or Saturday night.

JK: No, no, no. I didn't want to do it. I had some other things to do.

Bird: What? More important things?

JK: What are you? My personal secretary? F*** off.

Bird: You could have done the meeting Saturday night or Sunday? You could have had them watching videos, you could have organised them?

JK: I was meeting the f****** chairman the owner, everyone else. Talking about things.

Bird: It is a valid point that was made in there. A valid point.

JK: I can't trust any of you.

Journalist: Joe no-one could believe that on your first day at your new club, the first-team players were not in. No one could believe it in town. Your first day in the office.

JK: My first day was with the coaches. I made the decision that I wanted to get as much information out of them.

Journalist: But why Monday, no one could believe it?

JK: I'm not going to tell you anything. I don't understand where you are coming from. You delighted that Newcastle are getting beat and are in the state they are? Delighted are you?

Journalist: Certainly not. No one wants to see them get beaten, why would we?

JK: I have done it before. It is going to my f****** lawyers. So are about three others. If they can find something in it that is a court case it is going to court. I am not f****** about. I don't talk to f****** anybody. Everything I f****** say or do. It is raking up stories. You are f****** so f****** slimy you're are raking up players that I got rid of. Players that I had fallen out with. You are not asking Robbie Earle, because he is sensible. You are not asking Warren Barton? No. Because he is f****** sensible. Anyone who had played for me for 10 years at any level you will find some **** that...

Journalist: How long is your contract for Joe?

JK: None of your business.

Bird: Well it is actually, because we cover the club. The club say you are here to the end of October, then you say 6-8 games which would take it to the end of November. We are trying to clarify these issues. We are getting no straight answers from anyone. How long are you here for. It is a dead simple question. And you don't know...

JK: I was told the length of contract. Then I was told that possibly the club could be sold in that time. That is as far as I know. That's it finished. I don't know anything else. But I have been ridiculed. He's trying to f****** hide, he's trying to do this or that.

Journalist: What happened at your meeting with Ashley?

JK: At the meeting I was asked how did it go, what reception, this that and the other. I told him not too clever. He wanted to know how the team done. I told him. Better second half than we were first half. I asked him what is the situation. Any news or updates on what is going one. He said I have six to eight consortium lined up and that is all I can tell you. That was it.

Journalist: Have you met Mike before?

JK: No?

Journalist: Not even at the Orange Tree pub Totteridge?

JK: You want to get your facts right. Dennis Wise never played under me.

Journalist: None of us have even written that...

JK: Another one you wrote. We met in a pub. We are friends in a pub and that is when it was done, in a pub. Good imagination eh? It is nonsense.

Journalist: We are all grown men and can come in here and sit around and talk about football, but coming in here and calling people *****?

JK: Why? Because I am annoyed. I am not accepting that.

Press officer: What has been said in here is off the record and doesn't go outside.

Journalist: Well is that what Joe thinks?

JK: Write what you like. Makes no difference to me. Don't effect me I assure you. It'll be the last time I see you anyway. Won't effect me. See how we go at Everton and Chrissy can do it, someone else can do it. Don't trust any of you. I will pick two local papers and speak to them and the rest can f*** off. I ain't coming up here to have the **** taken out of me. I have a million pages of **** that has been written about me. I am ridiculed for no reason. I am defenseless. I can't say nothing. I can't do nothing. Then half of you are trying to get into the players... and I am not going to tell you what the players think of you all. So you will think I have a split camp. It just doesn't stop.

Journalist: But it's only been a week!

JK: Exactly. It already feels like it has been a year.

Journalist: It's early days for you to be like this.

JK: This is the last time I'm going to speak to you. You want to know why, I'm telling you. This is the last time. You can do what you like.

Journalist: But this isn't going to do you or us any good.

JK: I'll speak to the supporters. I'm going to tell them what the story is. I'm going to tell them.

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  1. @ Terrance - looks like post 65 has been attributed to me now. It ain't mine either!

    From davidtsmiles, on Fri 3 Oct 3:51PM

  2. This is one of the great rants of football. Probably not best to share it with the press still I did smile whilst I read it. Perhaps he can channel this aggressive energy into the Newcastle side. At this moment nearly anything would be a help.

    From davidbulin, on Fri 3 Oct 3:50PM

  3. what a role guy jk is huh no wonder the cockney mafia went for him the BOSS lol lets hope he ant around long in football bring back kevvvvvvvvv

    From paulbarrett66@..., on Fri 3 Oct 3:46PM

  4. Post 65 is not mine. Maybe Yahoo have drafted in a Sun reader.

    From Terence P, on Fri 3 Oct 3:44PM

  5. Good on ya Jo.
    Time some turned the books on these leeches.
    They are like the selfish gay boys.
    Thay can give it but cant take it : - ))

    From MICHAEL M, on Fri 3 Oct 3:44PM

  6. Is that your Mike Bassett impression? Too much coffee, not enough intelligence. Well done for justifying the "reputation" of football managers :-(

    From davidtsmiles, on Fri 3 Oct 3:43PM

  7. A fine example from a premier league manager, albeit, for a couple of weeks or so. Who can take someone like this seriously. Little wonder that he has been out of football for four years .. so maybe he ought to fcukoff now.

    From Terence P, on Fri 3 Oct 3:41PM

  8. In answere to "petertillie", when do you see the almighty s**t of a man, Ferguson, in the front line. He hides behind his no 2 because somebody dared to tell him the truth

    From Ziggy, on Fri 3 Oct 3:33PM

  9. Go On Joe.......... Give It To Them..........

    From akesan d, on Fri 3 Oct 3:21PM

  10. Kinnear is a disgrace for talking to the media in such graphically obscene terms. He is a disgrace to football and should be banned by the football authorities and fined heavily. His conduct reflects very badly on Newcastle United.

    From WILLIAM, on Fri 3 Oct 3:20PM

  11. Oh dear,oh dear,Joe.
    You really need counselling for anger management.
    If this is your mental state after 1 defeat,you'll be sectioned by Christmas.
    It is possible to buy Prozac on-line now,you know.
    Newcrisis Untidy - footballs' longest running s(h)itcom.

    From steve, on Fri 3 Oct 3:20PM

  12. Just what is the sense of showing this report when half of it is expleted out.
    Lighten up people.
    He might not make a hit with the reporters, but it makes f+++ing sense to me.

    From dvdleet, on Fri 3 Oct 3:16PM

  13. Hope Joe comes up trumps and the lads take a shine to him. They need some stability and I hope that comes from Joe. The rant would never have reached the public Eye if the journalists hadn't printed it.

    From Ziggy, on Fri 3 Oct 3:14PM

  14. too much anger in football again, should have responded on the pitch and ignored the wind up artists

    From ruggers, on Fri 3 Oct 2:59PM

  15. Sounded like a paranoid idiot to me.

    From Ronald B, on Fri 3 Oct 2:50PM

  16. No wonder this guy had a heart attack! Chill out Joe things will only get better!

    From Tony K, on Fri 3 Oct 2:37PM

  17. Good on you Joe, keep it up and good luck, journalists are well known for telling lies, they print what they think it should read, because the truth is always mundane, the only thing that is correct in British newspapers is the date on top, the rest sheer lunacy, been trying for years to discover the location of the journalists school which teaches them to ask stupid questions, all the best "The man from Wigan"

    From wallaceprice, on Fri 3 Oct 2:28PM

  18. Mike Basset, England manager, ring any bells anybody??

    From Growling Alan, on Fri 3 Oct 2:11PM

  19. gbadunolapade, I actually agree with what you say but not the Iraq/Afghanistan bit.

    From Snakehips916, on Fri 3 Oct 2:08PM

  20. Brilliant! That rant will be remembered for years to come well done joe!

    From Michael, on Fri 3 Oct 2:04PM
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