posted Jan 13, 2008

"I wouldn't say no to Mourinho as manager"

And I wouldn't say no to Billy Piper as a girlfriend!

I reckon the odds are comparable.

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posted Jan 13, 2008

why do Newcastle fans and the club assume they are still a huge club, what have you won in the last 50 years? Nothing worth talking about. Alan Shearer is unproven, you take him as a manager and it goes wrong, you will end up disliking him. Sacking Allerdyce was a mistake.

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posted Jan 13, 2008

Sadly i can't speak as Stan Seymour, but only as his grandson. I lived with Stan during much of my childhood. So I spent a lot of Saturdays attending St James to watch the first team or the Central League. I also travelled many saturdays to watch young hopefuls on which Stan had his eye. Never exciting places, but in the 3rd Div North or the Second scottish league.
The formula was always the same. On Saturday at the away matches, there would be the "special " lunch. I can't remember what is was, nothing too special I thought.
As he used to say, today's teams would thrash his teams because they are much fitter. I left Newcastle and followed my life overseas, ending in Hong Kong and now in Canada. But every saturday or Sunday it was always the same, to find out how Newcastle had fared. i am one of the silent band of followers, and I sympathise with my more vocal friends who want Newcastle back to its former glory.
They should remember that after Stan stopped playing for Newcastle, he went to lesser clubs. He and my grandma kept a shop in Newcastle where many came to buy their sports kit and most of all meet the great man and have a chat. I even saw and held the FA Cup a few times back in the 50s.
After he left Newcastle the club fell on very hard times. By that time Stan was writing for the Express. ( probably the equivalent of commenting on the BBC. Listen up Alan). The board of directors asked him to come back, initially at an arm's length. But the rest of the story is in the reocrds, ending in the 1950's. The crucial point is that the then owners of the club gave Stan a few percentage points ownership in the club. They were weren't worth a lot in those days. But it meant commitment. The salary he received was pitiful by today's standards. But then he was a great supporter of removal of the minumum wage for the players...... and it nearly had him drummed out of the FA. He had to agree not to publish his book which contained a chapter on this subject.
The football business is a business, I agree. But there are two sorts of businesses. People businesses, and asset based businesses. In people based businesses you need to give people ownership to tie their hearts and minds and get commitment. It isn't just about the money. ( Believe me, it has been my life)
So, Mr Ashley, break the mould. Find a sparkler and give him part of the club over five years. ( If he doesn't stay he can give back the shares) Not every club has a Russian oligarch behind it. A good but not special salary, and most of all, commitment. Building a team, and a business takes time. have a committed board to help the club. And find out if Mr Shearer is up to it.

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posted Jan 13, 2008

I am so glad Redknapp refused the Newcastle offer. His Portsmouth team could not even beat Sunderland, which a requirement of any Newcastle manager.

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posted Jan 13, 2008

Lets be honest with ourselves we all want silverware and yes we are a big club but we dont have the players that we need to win we certainly dont have the depth in our squad!!

We need a manager who will come in and sort out our defence yes big sam started this but the players are not the standard we expect. We also need a natural goal scorer which we lack at the moment.

Is it any wonder Harry said no!? Look at our expectations. If i was a manager as much as i love the club you would have doubts about taking on this challenge it could seriously hamper you credability. In a dream world we would have Shearer learning under Keegan.

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posted Jan 13, 2008

There is not enought players on the Team with the required passion to progree the team beyond mid table. I think the problem lies with the players and the coaching and not with the management. One thing the players lack in abundance is spatial awareness, they run scurry around like rats stopping every now and again to see where every one is or was in most cases. Teams like Arsenal and Manchester United seem almost telepathetic in comparison. I we had a few more players with the required passion and a little more awareness of where there team mates are, or are going to be, we would be a lot higher up the table. To win you have got to want it, when was the last time you seen a Newcastle forward pointing to the ground in front of him asking for the ball to be played where he was pointing?

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posted Jan 14, 2008

6-0 can you blame Sam A for this one, i think not...like i said before, it's the rubbish players that need to be sacked. then you can think about getting a manager.

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posted Jan 14, 2008

6-0... hahahaha!!

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posted Jan 14, 2008

We don't expect much from ManU fans. Not even an IQ in double figures

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posted Jan 14, 2008

i thought you were outplayed by man u in the end

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