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Glenn Roeder...did the honourable thing

Premiership Newcastle United
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It is usual on a day like this for most toon fans to say 'good riddance' and rant about how they never wanted the guy in the first place and while this may be true without the passionate hate which normally comes with it, i just wanted to express my joy at a mnager being able to stand up and say 'this is not working and i want this club to do well and this is not going to happen under me, therefore i am going to do the honourable thing and not wait for a big large paycheck like souness' and co and stand down because i love the club'. Glenn did this unlike other managers who did not even go when the '... out' chants started ringing round. He was honourable and i thank him for the way he has done this. Thankyou Glenn and good luck

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posted May 7, 2007

Dont know why he was appointed in the first place, why was souness also appointed. Poor choices.

The reason newcastle are so bad is the defence. The entire back 4 needs replacing. Titus bramble shouldnt be playing football!

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posted May 7, 2007

Good Man Roeder, left when he did. Like most I'd like him back at the academy. Just don't think he has what it takes to be a big manager. Think he's got an eye for talent though, so academy's the best place for him. Playing both Butt and Parker in centre mid when you can't score a goal strikes me a bit of a lack in common sense.

Big Al I think would be the man. He's been critisesed for lack of style, the journeymen he's brought in etc, but he's had to work within his means. He never has had any money to work with. With a bigger budget and the youngsters at newcastle he should be able to make a team out of these players. We've got a lot more quality than bolton on paper as well. so if if can take them to top 6 and lets face it, not too far away from arsenal, i hope he can do the same and more for newcastle.

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posted May 7, 2007

Roeder... Nice guy, Bad Manager. The injuries were bad but we played better with the injuries. C'mon lets admit i wasn't excited at the prospect of Stephen Carr returning to the back 4 i was just as happy with Huntington. We need the belief and a decent back 4, and i think we should start a younger team like Bobby's beliefs when he signed players such as Jenas, Ambrose, Milner, and Dyer.

I dnt agree with the 3 year wait for a manager to prove. We are a team with money, as are Tottenham, Everton, Chelsea and Liverpool.. Did they wait 3 years for their manager to prove?

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posted May 7, 2007

Newcastle just need to chill out and try to enjoy their football. Everything that surrounds that club is just so intense and depressing.

How about Holloway smiley Ok seriously, Big Sam seems the right choice. Bolton are the 'new' Newcastle after all.

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posted May 7, 2007

Get ready to see Nolan, Davies etc in stripes once big Sam moves in. This has been in the cards for months. You seem like a nice guy Roeder but not premiership management material.

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posted May 7, 2007

big sam in charge of newcastle would be a disaster for the geordies. big sam is a long ball coach, his brand of football should be kept in the lower leagues not at a top club like newcastle. how anyone can appoint him ahead of other names mentioned like juande ramos, erikson and even shearer is beyond me... yes he has got bolton to a high position in the EPL but Bolton are a thugish team playing long ball football.

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posted May 7, 2007

Roeder did well last season considering the mountain he had to climb when Souness went. However, he shouldn't have been given the job full time for this season. Again, Mr Shepherd was looking for the cheaper option!!!! The players need to get their fingers out too as half of don't seem to have the heart or love of the club to play for us. Lets hope next season is a lot better. Afraid Allardyce isn't the bearer of trophies though.

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posted May 7, 2007

Well im very upset about Glenn Roeder's departure...sure we all saw it coming, but it ws a bit sudden...they could have at least let the poor guy have our last game out...one bloody game wasn't going to make much difference was it?

Now onto my main point, what really ticks me off in cases such as this is that whenever a team is doing bad like newcastle have been, it's always the manager that gets it first...come on people open your eyes...a maanger can only do so much, tey can only tell their players to go out and play their backsides off...whether those overpaid schmucks choose to listen or not is another thing...so people from now on...please...when a team starts to perform poorly...look to the players for not listening to their managers instead of getting rid of the poor man.

If anyone should have gone...it's freddy 'the fat controller' shepherd.

Anyone else agree with me on this?

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posted May 8, 2007

I agree that Fat Freddy should go. He showns no emotion at all yet says he's black and white through and through. If you are black and white through and through Freddy then do the decent thing and step down for the good of the club.

As for the narrow minded comments from Shody1976. Is it wrong for us Toon Fans to want to be at the top of the pile and playing in Europe every season. We don't want mid table mediocrity, other fans may be happy with it, we are not.

Since when has it been wrong to show ambition and want your club to do well.

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posted Nov 9, 2008

Bring back Roeder?

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