Good on him wanting to stay. Shows that not all players­ are wanting money these days and want to play for the­ pride of saying he got Newcastle back up.

The problem is with recruiting championship level­ players, that is where they belong, unless of course­ you manage to recruit a whole bunch of very talented­ and hungry players who will get the club straight back­ into the top flight. They need to gel from day one and­ be on the same page with a great manager, be it Shearer­ or whoever. But for that to happen over the summer and­ then expect them to win the league next year? It's­ optimistic to say the least. I want to see Newcastle­ back up there in 2010 but it seems like losing Shay­ Given was the start of their nightmare which could span­ several seasons.

Well thats good news fo Newcastle fans that Duff is­ prepared to stay, but what he should ask himself is why­ would they want him to?
He is useless and that goes to­ almost every player in that squad.
The blame is­ completely on the owner and string of useless managers­ that have haunted Newcastle ever since the great man­ Robson was let go.
They have to get there massive wage­ bill down so i would think Duff will be one of the­ first to go along with Martins, Coloccini, and Owen on­ a free aswell as Viduka.
The only good thing that­ could possibly come from this is a chance for Newcastle­ to start again if you like, get rid of all the high­ wages and start again with young players from the­ championship who would love the chance to play for such­ a well supported club with a great stadium plus there­ is some great young players in the lower leagues.
Also­ Shearer cant have full control, they should appoint­ Coppel or someone who knows Championship football and­ let Shearer learn from him so eventually he can take­ over, as giving him complete control could be a massive­ mistake financially if they dont bounce back up next­ year.
See you Great supporters in just over a year,­ the prem wont be the same without you.

can't sell Owen, out of contract (like Fat-uka)

If the first team were so uninterested, why not use the­ reserves or youth team who want to fight

Lets face it the whole team was @#$% ont just some. ­ Hope to see the toon back soon!!!

Duff should have gone to Liverpool when he had the­ chance, it`s way to late for him now..

i admire alan s as much as the next man but what has­ happened to poor joe kinnear.

Mr Duff did you clear this with the club before you­ talked to the Press?.Comments like this are best­ expressed to your manager face to face in his­ office.Its the equivalent of being a turkey voting for­ Christmas.

jason b what if anything have newcastle ever won???­ what have your chosen players ever won???? i agree nufc­ are a well supported club but you have not won anything­ have you cole was at united 5 minutes shearer blackburn­ won the league once then vanished ferdinand came to you­ at 60 years old beardsley a good player what did he­ ever win??? your best player was shay given and he left­ what does that tell you

Too many old men, living a dream, that they could still­ perform as their early days. Taylor at the back had­ the passion while others done a days work and got paid­ without the belief they enjoyed what they are­ doing.

Get some youngsters in who want to play for the­ Club, you are lucky if you buy success with immediate­ affect, all Keegan has done in the past is to survive,­ he can not take the pressure and that comes out on the­ playing field, no wonder he left in September, he saw­ what he had and got out before he was embarassed with­ relegation.

Cliff. S.

duff is talking about owen.

Even us shower at Derby managed to take 4 points off­ you last season which took us to 13 points so I was­ amazed you didn't go down with us then. Whatever,­ we look forward to two more easy games and loads more­ points next season off you. Up the Rams!!!

duff your having a joke m8 you know the players who­ didnt play for the club are you on that list. you had­ so much talent when you were young but what happened­ Newcastle should try to get any money they can for you ­ play for your colors not the money my friend.

the reason no one is commented on owen and viduka is­ because this article is about duff not the latter 2­ that is why, but you are correct they are useless as­ well lol

shearer will take time to say hes a proper manager. i­ dont think he can make tough decision and take off big­ names. he was a great player but as we all know thet­ doesn"t translate to big managers. even on the­ BBC he was taking rubish. on the bbc it is always­ lovely jubbly. whenever a game is on why dont they say­ what really is going on istead of painting the perfect­ picture for the audience. criticise what needs to be­ criticised. rem fans shouting towards Shearer "you­ should have stayed on the telly" to