Alan Shearer has been taking tips from his former Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson as he attempts to drag the club back from the brink of disaster.
The 38-year-old was plunged in at the deep end when he agreed to take over at St James' Park for the final eight games of a traumatic season which will come to a dramatic conclusion at Aston Villa on Sunday.
Shearer said: "Yes, I speak to Bobby on a regular basis. We speak to each other quite regularly after games and before games."
He added: "He has given me little bits here and there, which is great. It's nice to speak to him."
Robson, of course, guided the club to successive fourth, third and fifth-place league finishes during a five-year reign which re-established them as genuine challengers at both home and abroad.
He also reached FA Cup and UEFA Cup semi-finals and guided them into the second group stage of the Champions League in 2002-03, a far cry from the mire in which they now find themselves.
The former England boss was among the crowd at St James' on Saturday when Newcastle saw their hopes of easing themselves out of trouble blown apart by Fulham and referee Howard Webb's controversial decision to rule out Mark Viduka's equaliser.
Shearer was furious with that call, but admitted he could not complain about the red card he showed French defender Sebastien Bassong from his 60th-minute challenge on Diomansy Kamara.
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comment 2 i bet the white lightning & buckfast makers are ringing their respective hands in anticipation...
...still at least when you are on the dole you wont have to ring in sick!!!
to$$er
Although it kills me to say this, I actually would be quite pleased to go down, Hopefully this would lead to the present owner selling up, after wrecking our world famous club, with his stupidity, and input from a x useless player, who was hated befere even setting foot on tyneside, Get rid of the lot of them, including LLambias back to wherever they came, and let someone who wants success come in ,not to make a fast buck, as Mr Ashley obviously thought, but who actually cares about the team, the stadium, and the magnificent supporters, of Newcastle United Football Club.
the clooooown army fans are a load of fat underpaid mugging car robbing sister sacking inbreeds FTM SAFC.................
Camaroon............ Tony K inbreeds your down down down
dont worry boys Sunday will be great, the biggest party the notrtheast has ever seen
The Tooonnnn gooiiinnngggg doooowwwwnnnnnnn Party.
A good goal ruled out. This was a game where the Toon needed at least a point and got nothing.
Once again the magnificent fans of Newcastle United and even the armchair supporters have seen a season end with nothing to show and the great possibility of **********.
Every season so much was promised and nothing ever happened.
come on aston villa
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