on the subject of managers for newcastle,once the shock­ of the drop is over.any new possible creditable manager­ will immediately be put off,the reason,the fans­ ridiculous immediate expectations.longevity will ensure­ success at newcastle,but who will want the abuse and­ critisizmn"whoops"that will be forthcoming­ from those who proport to be fans.experience is­ required here,not a demigod explayer looking for a nice­ pension.or a messiah or chat show host.newcastle united­ needs to go back to its roots,turf out the glamour boys­ and instill respect and honour even when loseing,pride­ from the players and the will to win must take­ precidence.venables,morinho,keane,"who do you­ think could do the job".!!!!!!!!!!!

when newcastle go down,there will be a couple more­ going with them"youlle never walk­ alone".!!!!!!!!

bobr,i take your point,but ashley is already a hugely­ succesfull business man,and obviously knows his stuff,i­ find it hard or even impossible to believe that ashley­ failed or did not consult the relative managers of­ newcastle united.sir bob was a bit before this time,and­ he was treated badly,and yes by the fans who were not­ happy with newcastles position ,i believe top 6,so he­ was shoved.the question is "who rules"the­ fans ,the manager,the staff,eh who!the owner must be­ somewhere surely,or does he sit back and drink his beer­ in the stands with the shirt.They know who the boss is­ at chelsea,dont they,or is this a weak comparison,there­ again we know who the boss is at manu.very different­ situations,anyway bobr you are entiteled to your­ opinion and i respect that,however i stand by what i­ say and it would be interesting to have decent comment­ from other users on this site.

Read my point barry. Players were bought and sold­ without Robson or Keegan's knowledge. Where else­ has that happened? Businesses go bust as soon as the­ owners start thinking they know more than the experts­ they employ about particular aspects of the business.

bobr Arrogant players,the manager cannot be a manager­ if the dressing room rules now,can it.you telling me­ keegan could not control the players.the owner,being­ the owner can do what he likes after all its his­ money.keegan should have waited for a suitable­ replacement,you know like giving notice,not walking out­ knowing you were leaving a pile of,excuse me,mess­ behind you,keegan judged correctly that this would­ cause the maximum damage,and boost his ego no end.he­ betrayed the fans and the club by these actions.

Milner was sold from under him, poor quality players­ were brought in without his knowledge, Keegan had to­ make a stand. When Sir Bobby was in charge a similar­ thing happened with Speed being sold and others being­ brought in without his knowledge, arrogant players lost­ respect for Robson and this led to his sacking. The­ problem with the club has always been the owners who­ all seem to think they know better than experienced­ coaches who've played the game at the highest­ (international) level.

bob r,precisely my point,by issuing the ultimatum,like­ say,to your boss,what would you expect your boss to­ do.keegans ultimatum was unjust and insubordinate,not i­ repeat not to the benefit of this fine club,he got his­ knickers in a twist,and was unable to back­ down,therafore it was his own interest,pride if you­ like,not newcastles great football history,not all the­ supporters going way back,yes keegans bloody­ pride!!!!!!!!!!

All Keegan asked for was a left back. One could've­ been picked up for a couple of million, instead we got­ Xisco???? How can you fight that sort of incompetence?­ Keegan issued an ultimatum him or Wise and Ashley chose­ Wise. How could he back track without losing the­ respect of the players and staff?

ime sorry to say that keegan is the catylist for­ newcastles dillema,instead of walky walkies,he should­ have fought the internal battle with ashley and wise.by­ leaving,he knew the huge problems this was to­ create,Ashley was left with a rather large headache­ forcing him to take the defensive and trying to defend­ wise,this man is not used to being rebuked,the­ resulting decisions were made to defend himself and­ albeit the club.shearers appointment was made to­ appease the fans,but this was sadly the wrong move.as­ much as shearer says his loyalty to newcastle is­ unparallel,he is too close to the players,which results­ in a loyalty to them as well,and so instead of making­ decisions like bring on the hungry kids.he sticks with­ his pals,the old guard and we all know the result of­ that.dont we.!!!!!!!

why are other clubs fans constantly "roman"­ on our pages

cant see liverpool taking their foot off the gas,can­ you.the fact is those teams knocking on the door of the­ premiership have slogged it all season,wheras newcastle­ like rome believed they were invincible,rome is about­ to be sacked and the high and mighty senate dragged off­ to slavery.will the colossium be half empty next­ season,i wonder.the fans should go on strike and remove­ nero from his throne.!!!!!!

liverpool will stuff the toon very bad side div 1 is­ there place

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Bob, you're missing the point - i actually enjoyed­ going to the match back then.
This lot take the p(iss),­ and i take it personally.

Cameron. I know things are bad but they have been worse­ in the last 35 years. What about when Bobby Shinton led­ the line or more recently when Frank Pingel, George­ Reilly or Tony Cunningham were our best chances of­ goals. As for sunderland and Jack I think they will­ replace Ricky S at the end of the season regardless of­ whether they go down or not. The lad who manages Wolves­ has done well, do you fancy giving him a go Jack?

Les A: As for you, GROW UP it happens at EVERY football­ ground in the country at ALL levels - have you ever­ been to a game in your life!

jack, there are no new stories on the safc pages to­ comment on, that's why there are no NEW comments­ from NUFC fans - we've exhausted all the articles.­ As for your reply jack, here you go:
Jack: they­ weren't booing Shearer and you know it!
I repeat,­ nobody outside of Shearer could've done any­ better!
I have banged the drum all season that this­ NUFC squad is the worst i have ever witnessed in my 35­ years of supporting them; there is a saying about not­ being able to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear­ etc... - if ever a situation applies, then this is it.­ You are again letting your prejudices cloud your­ judgement; to judge Shearer after 4 games of a­ relegation battle (which in itself is a traumatic­ experience football-wise) is harsh and unfair.­ Remember, these are not his players; if he stays on, i­ wager no more than 2 of these players will remain. Tell­ me Jack, who would you have brought in, or would you­ have stayed with the Chuckle Brothers? The damage was­ done months ago; there is no creativity as Milner and­ N'Zogbia were never replaced due to ashley's­ penny-pinching doing iton the cheap mantra. The table­ does not lie jack, NUFC deserve to be where they are­ and if they fail to beat a similarly dreadful team in­ 'the boro', then they deserve to go down.­ Absolutely no complaints from me; i will add however­ that they did (for once) at least give their all . . .­ they're simply not good enough and the fans were­ truly magnificent (as has been commented on from ALL­ neutral quarters today . . . . wearside, obviously­ isn't neutral). I said several weeks ago that hull­ were the get-out-of-jail team for NUFC and i stand by­ that; but we now defo need 2 wins from 2 home games and­ maybe a point at on-the-beach Villa - with this squad,­ extremely unlikely, but not impossible.
There you go­ jack, like i said - i will always stand up to be­ counted.
ps
have you seen all the nasty stuff on here­ jack; everybody seems to want to have a snipe at­ 'small-club' NUFC . . very, very sad!

@65 yeah, that's what it will take to stop them­ dropping into the lil' league and prevent­ S'land/Boro slating them for the next 50 years lol.­ Took charge knowing the situtation, desperate times­ call for drastic measures..!

newcastle are douce bags.full of rejects.harper-couldnt­ get into newcastle squad until givin left.barton-man­ city rejected thug.-smith-broken leg guy & united­ reject.martains-inter milan reject.viduka-midlesbough­ reject.owen-im not evan sayin anything about the guy­ who ruined his career.duff-chelsea­ reject.guthrie-couldnt break into liverpool 1st team so­ he left.i mean this team is not evan worthy of stayin­ in pl.they dont have ambitions.infact there ambition is­ to ruin other teams ambitions.cos thats newcastle.hope­ they do a leeds and dnt ever come back 2 the pl

After the disgraceful way the Newcastle fans booed­ Portsmouth when they touched the ball they deserve to­ go down. So much for the wonderful North East­ hospitality