WhatTheFunk

Exactly. Don't know about Redknapp. Not "special" enough for me. You're right in that he does have character.....just a bit too much of a southern man maybe?

See, that's what I used to think as well. But it just seems to be part of the make-up of the club. It's just the way things have always been in all my 14 years as a supporter (I'm 28). Maybe we just have to accept it, and go along for the ride. For the record, I'm not saying we're the ONLY special club. All I'm saying is that we need someone who will match the club's character. We're loud, abnoxious, entertaining, controversial, passionate, etc.etc... We need someone who is the same.

How often does one hear the phrase "Only at Newcastle"? When it comes to anything related to the club? We are the club that has showcased some of the premiership's most scintillating and enigmatic players (Ginola, Asprilla, Robert). We have had some of the best goalscorers around for years (Cole, Ferdinand, Shearer). We have been tagged in the media as a club that doesn't know the meaning of defence, and have had some of the most shocking defenders the league has ever known (too many to mention). We clearly have a defined personality as a football club, which has always promised to deliver, yet always flattered to deceive. Only at Newcastle would you lead the premiership by 15 points, only to end up falling flat on our faces. Only at Newcastle would 100 million people turn out to welcome a sheet metal worker's son return home after top scoring at an international tournament. Only at Newcastle would you have sat there with your heart in your mouth until the 99th minute against Feyenoord only to win the game at the death and qualify to the next round of the champions' league having lost the first 3 games. Only at Newcastle would you lose a 3rd round Carling Cup match at home to Wigan's reserves. Only at Newcastle would you buy England's best goalscorer since Bobby Charlton and have him play as many games as the figure he was signed for before writing him off as a has-been. I have chosen the above events almost at random, and you could insert many many more that would make you think the same thing....Only at Newcastle. The point I'm trying to make is that we are a special club. We know it, and despite their apparent hatred for us, the media knows it. Opposing fans and managers know it. This is a club with a unique character, and its no use trying to pretend that we're conventional. We're not your Boro's, or Pompeys, or Villas, or even Arsenals and Chelseas for that matter. This club is as unpredictible as it can get. Success in football has always been built on a successful marriage between the fans, players, manager and ownership, regardless of who these individuals are. We have the enigmatic and unpredictible fanbase, and now the enigmatic Mike Ashley at the helm. Our playing staff possibly does not match our character, which is why they haven't performed. Sam Allardyce was conventional, which is why he has failed to perform. Now the question is, where do we go to find that one man, that one enigma who will come in, accept and understand us for what we are? Where do we go to find that one man who displays the same characteristics this city and this club possess, without even trying because he is just that way? I know it's certainly not the conventional man we're looking for. We don't need a Harry Redknapp, or a Mark Hughes. Maybe not even a Hitzfeld or a Lippi. We need a Kevin Keegan or a Bobby Robson. Someone who's charisma and charm will win you the game before it's been played. Where do we go to find the man who will stand in the dugout at the end of the game, and no matter the result, will have you shaking your head and thinking....Only at Newcastle. Jose is that you??

Yes before any of us had seen how shit he was. Redders bought him after he showcased his "talents" for years.

Someone who's bought Amdy Faye and Andy O'Brien?

I have a lot of time for Harry Redknapp. Think a character like him is good for football. However, I wouldn't want him sat at the SJP dugout unless he is managing another team playing their away game. Regardless of his abilities as a manager, he would be the wrong appointment at the wrong time. Totally wrong imo

nail and head and on comes to mind

amen

Sir Alex Ferguson!!!

a mate of mine close to the Bolton set-up, and to big sam himself said she knew about him leaving this morning. just got the text. trying to get hold of her to find out more

Can't believe there are some cunts voting for McClaren on the skysports poll Jose Mourinho for me, without a doubt

Thanks for the effort Big Sam. Wrong time for you. Good luck. Interested in Diarra and a portuguese defender. Got to be Jose!!! Fuck me! what happens to the backroom staff??

Got to be Lippi.....or Jose?

confirmed on official site

He has his reasons for doing that though!!! We might not know these reasons, but I'm sure he's not playing players out of position because he has an agenda to make us fail!!! We may not agree with these reasons, but we should just let him f****** get on with it and see where that takes us. He's playing players out of position BECAUSE OF SHEARER! Didn't you read the article? It's the ghost of Shearer that's causing the team to play poorly. It's so obvious now I've had it explained to me by a clever newspaperman. I posted this earlier: "Dont think the writer or article is shearer bashing in any way. What the man says is true. NUFC does have a penchant for the emotive. We really ARE suffering from what he calls messiahtitis or whatever. This is why it's essential that this period, with Ashley at the top, Mort running the show, and big sam on the touchline be separated mentally from the past 15 years of Newcastle's history, where messiahs have come and gone on a consistent basis (Hall, Keegan, Beardsley, Shearer, SBR), and where we ultimately achieved f*** all. The club needs a true fresh start, which the aforementioned ashley-mort-allardyce are trying to give us. We need to spare them the weight of our unrealistic expectations, and just let them f****** get on with it". is what he is trying to say

He has his reasons for doing that though!!! We might not know these reasons, but I'm sure he's not playing players out of position because he has an agenda to make us fail!!! We may not agree with these reasons, but we should just let him fucking get on with it and see where that takes us.

Dont think the writer or article is shearer bashing in any way. What the man says is true. NUFC does have a penchant for the emotive. We really ARE suffering from what he calls messiahtitis or whatever. This is why it's essential that this period, with Ashley at the top, Mort running the show, and big sam on the touchline be separated mentally from the past 15 years of Newcastle's history, where messiahs have come and gone on a consistent basis (Hall, Keegan, Beardsley, Shearer, SBR), and where we ultimately achieved fuck all. The club needs a true fresh start, which the aforementioned ashley-mort-allardyce are trying to give us. We need to spare them the weight of our unrealistic expectations, and just let them fucking get on with it.

Best player on the planet by a country mile. Maybe not worth the 80m figure itself, but he will be well worth that from Real's point of view. They have nothing like him, and haven't had a player like him in recent years.

Everton were a state when Moyes went in, he kept them up and then got them into the top 7 in his first-season so he earned himself a bit of time when they struggled the next season. Allardyce has shown me nothing to suggest he can get us even upto 7th anytime soon. Based on that, Roeder could have done the same with us had he stayed on? Remember Moyes almost relegated Everton in his 2nd season. Survived by the skin of their teeth, and then never looked back from there onwards.

No offence Tempi but thats a load of bollocks. Can you imagine the factor of favoritism coming into the game because of this? Such and such manager must be doing such and such player up the chute, as he's playing him ahead of such and such other player clearly so he can earn the better pay. Would never ever work. The only clear cut occasion on which this may work is regarding perma-crocks, as its not a subjective thing whether you're injured or not. This will never work when it comes to team selections.

Just out of curiosity....how big a football club do you think Everton are? Smaller than us in terms of fans and probably revenue, but not hugely different. They have been consistently looking better though for mine over the past 5 or so years. That may be true. However, keep in mind Everton have recently won titles and cups, and were it not for the English european ban, who knows what that team would have done in the european cup. Based on that, Everton fans have more to expect from their club than we do, as I'm sure you will know, we are yet to win a major trophy in about 600 million years. What I'm saying is, we do not have a divine right to expect to be finishing 5th or 6th year in year out. Of course there is always the hope and desire to be league champions every season, but it doesn;t work out that way does it!? You don't give time to a manager just for the fuck of it! You give time to a manager to allow him to stamp his own style of management on the club, and you give him time to allow him to bring in the players who will physically, mentally and footballing wise be able to understand what is required of them. This is the way it works with any other business, and football is no different.

Just out of curiosity....how big a football club do you think Everton are?

Oh, and for what it's worth, imo we will not achieve the success we have been craving for all these years under Allardyce. However, I think Allardyce will overhaul the club and prepare it in the right way for the man who has that little bit extra, who will eventually come in and be successful. So if Allardyce is a stepping stone in the right direction, I'm personally willing to wait out the temporary shite football and disappointing results, so long as the club is moving forwards.

I've been waiting over 45 years for success at NUFC so don't pidgeon hole me as a Keegan bandwagon fan who can't wait for success. I know an average manager when I see one and Allardyce is at best just a clone of Souness. I am quite sure if we had given Souness 5 years or more he may well have eventually turned the club around, but not many were prepared to put up with the rubbish on the pitch, so he had to go! So come on smart guy what makes BSA so different from Souness?. For starters, Allardyce hasn't yet signed players for over-inflated prices. We all know that regardless of what one thought of them as players, we paid way over the odds for Boumsong, Owen and Luque. Souness didn't have the wheeling and dealing prowess of Allardyce. Big Sam has already proven that at Bolton, and the only time he went all out was when he was sure he was bringing supreme quality in Anelka. Granted Bolton couldn't afford to splash around like we did, but imo the tight budget he was on has taught him a fair bit about players. Whether his summer signings have worked (or will eventually work) is still undetermined imo. Allardyce is lightyears ahead of Souness when it comes to the club's infrastructure. I don't think 2 people can actually disagree on that, including yourself. Souness gave jobs for the boys, whereas Allardyce has expert professionals working alongside him. Allardyce has the ability to switch things around throughout the game tactics wise. I know his tactical ability hasn't been his shining light so far in the short while he has been here, but that comes with time. We could debate further whether or not Allardyce is the right man for the job, but imo there is no doubt that Big Sam is a much bigger improvement on the nightmare that was Souness. What I can;t understand, (and you seem like a level headed poster on here) is if longevity has proven to bring football clubs relative success down the years, then why is someone like you not ready or patient enough to give Sam the time he needs to give it a real go!? The man is clearly highly rated by his fellow pro's (Sir Alex, Mourinho and Wenger to name a few). So why are you calling for his head already before he's even had one full season in charge? IMO, there's already been marked improvements off the pitch at NUFC under Big Sam, and I think that given time, the improvements on it will start to show.

I cant believe some of the shit spouted on here on a daily basis!! The vitriol aimed at Allardyce is needless, and serves no purpose! He's not the first or last manager in the history of football to oversee the serving up of shit football or shit results just a few months into his first season in charge. As someone has rightly pointed out, if you don't like it, then don't pay, and don't watch the games. Might as well pack in supporting the club altogether with attitude like that!! The way some of you lot are going on these days one would think Allardyce has been here 5 years and spent 100m quid!!