Newcastle legend Bob Moncur is convinced Alan Shearer is the man to bring the good times back to St James' Park.
Shearer will send his side into battle at Aston Villa on Sunday with their Premier League status hanging by a thread.
He will do so a little more than a fortnight short of 40 years since Moncur lifted the club's last piece of silverware, although a trophy drought which has stubbornly refused to come to an end in recent years will be the last thing on Tyneside minds this weekend.
However, the former skipper, who flew out to Barcelona on Thursday to bring the Inter Cities Fairs Cup he hoisted above his head on June 11, 1969 back to the north-east for anniversary celebrations next month, believes Shearer's services must be retained whatever happens this weekend.
Moncur said: "Talking about winning trophies seems a bit strange at the moment when we are third from bottom and facing the ultimate test on Sunday. But I honestly think that whether Newcastle can get through this or not, Alan is the man to keep the club going the right direction.
"We are all really impressed with him, and any suggestions he will go in the summer won't go down well with people up here."
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sr.melvin: I`ve just read another of your posts and you contradict yourself 100% about Ashley.
You really should check your previous posts before making schoolboy mistakes.....
Englishman. Blame the fans. After all, we are the cu@@s that decide what's going to happen to our football clubs, not the geezers with the money. I live in Newcastle. I support Newcastle. Sorry if that offends anybody. Be up front. Who's your team? Where are you from?
Man U. Taunton?
Chelsea. Kings Lynn?
Sunderland. Sunderland?
Boro. A mental Institution? ( only joking. my old man was a nut job too. honest! )
sr.melvin: Truth hurts huh. DOUGHNUT!!!
I just wish Newcastle United would stop living in the past, get a good owner....... What the hell are you talking about chump? should we advertise for one in the national press? Can we just appoint one from a vast pool of Good Owners?
Get on with supporting whoever you support, ENGLISHMAN, and leave us good people in peace. Knuckle dragger.
I've had enough of all this jibba jabba
Looky here. Everybody knows that even Keegan's appointment was a bad decision on Ashley's part, but If Ashley had left Keegan to do his job without interference from the board room, and the appointment of ( we all despise ) Wise, then we wouldn't be in the mess we're in today. Ashley should have let Keegan sell the players he wanted to sell, keep the players he wanted to keep, and invested an addition 15 to 20 mil for further player recruitment with a view towards making any necessary changes in the January transfer window. By that I mean, let players who want to move on leave the club, get rid of some dead wood ( from a position of strength, not desperation ), and bring in a few players who can do a job for the club. Also, try to bring down the average age of the 1st team.
Now, however, Ashley must face up to the consequences of his mismanagement. I've heard it said that a team is only as good as it's worst player. For me, Ashley is the weakest link. Just like his predecessor, Shepherd, Ashley doesn't have what it takes to run a football at this level. There's men all over the EPL who run football clubs with more success than Ashley, with fewer resources them ( like 46 thousand season ticket holders), because they know their place and their limitations. Ashley just doesn't inspire people, and he comes across as being dodgy and arrogant. He seems to be in the game for all the wrong reasons.
This is the least Mike Ashley needs to do. Openly apologise to the supporters of NUFC, appoint a managing director who knows the game, to run the club on his behalf - I mean, somebody with charisma like a Niall Quinn, and then get a manager who is going to at least set the club up with the right foundations for the future stability we need. Then what you've got to do Mr Ashley is, get your face out of the picture and let the people who know what they're doing run our football club.
I just wish Newcastle United would stop living in the past, get a good owner, a good manager/coach, buy players who are not past their time, invest more in the youth structure & begin a new era!
1955 last FA Cup Win
1969 last trophy of any worth.
Says it all really.
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