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    Shearer: I have the passion

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    I am not pointing the finger at anyone but at the moment is seems the cool thing to do is knock Shearer. If he was asked the same questions and remained in silence he would still get criticised. We all know he wants to manager the club at some point and if someone is willing to offer him the job why should he turn it down, do you think he should turn it down and say well actually I'd rather cut my teeth at Bury first as they are looking for a new manager?

     

    It's the manner in which he has done it and the timing.

     

    Shearer says in his own piece. "They're looking for someone with experience, which rules me out." (paraphrasing)

     

    That is, by the rules, Shearer is inelligible. Then he says he would do the job, which all of us already new he would, at some stage, want to. But the timing of this piece is all wrong as is its manner.

     

    I will stake everything I own on the fact that neither Ashley or Mort will be pleased with this on the back page of the Sun today.

     

    Shearer: I have the passion

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    It also piles more unnecessary pressure on whoever does get the job.  Many of the fans would be thinking, "Shearer could have had this job", every time something goes wrong.

     

    Creates a negative feeling for the new regime in those same supporters minds. "Should have been Shearer but they got that fuckwit, ZeManager instead!"

     

    All in all it doesn't seem beneficial for Newcastle United at this time. :(

    Deschamps jumps from 80/1 to favourite with bookmakers

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    Rob Stewart and Alex Hayes

     

    Didier Deschamps

    Flattered: Didier Deschamps is favourite to become manager

     

    The odds on Deschamps, 39, taking the helm at St James' Park plunged from 80-1 to 2-1 yesterday although suggestions the former Monaco and Juventus manager was already flying to Tyneside for talks with Newcastle's billionaire owner, Mike Ashley, were wide of the mark.

     

    Are all journalists taught that as a stock phrase or is Oliver moonlighting under another name?

    Deschamps jumps from 80/1 to favourite with bookmakers

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    I'd like to be excited but quite a few of our French connections have failed badly.

    Somebody please convince me that this will be different to Rangers who were also excited about Le Guen.

     

    Only thing I could say is at least Deschamps knows English (British) football. Don't believe le Guen had a clue except for what he might have seen on telly.

    Chris Mort: Criteria for the new man in charge

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    Houllier's transfer record is absolutely abysmal in English football - compare it to Mark Hughes (who i'm not overly excited about either and it's ludicrous).

     

    Cheyrou

    Salif Diao

    Sinima Pongolle (and that other lad who came with him)

    Smicer

    Cisse

    Traore

     

    He wasted so much on those players as well, they weren't cheap buys. He made allardyce look like a genius!

     

    Can someone please prove me wrong with a list of all the decent players he brought to Liverpool (under 35, so Litmanen and McCallister don't count!) and kept there (failing to secure anelka when they had him on loan, another error). I'm genuinely asking here, as i'd like to have my mind changed if it's likely he'll come in

     

     

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    Date  Player              From              Fee

     

    1998

    July  Vegard Heggem        Rosenborg        £3.5m

    Nov  Jean-Michel Ferri    Istanbulspor      £1.5m

     

    1999

    Jan  Frode Kippe          Lillestrom        £700,000

          Rigobert Song        Salernitana      £2.72m

    Feb  Djimi Traore        Laval            £550,000

    May  Sami Hyypia          Willem II        £2.6m

    June  Titi Camara          Marseille        £2.6m

          Stephane Henchoz    Blackburn        £3.75m

          Sander Westerveld    Vitesse Arnhem    £4m

    July  Vladimir Smicer      Lens              £3.75m

          Erik Meijer          Bayer Leverkusen  Free

          Dietmar Hamann      Newcastle        £8m

     

    2000

    Mar  Emile Heskey        Leicester        £11m

    June  Markus Babbel        Bayern Munich    Free

          Bernard Diomede      Auxerre          £3m

    July  Pegguy Arphexad      Leicester        Free

          Gary McAllister      Coventry          Free

          Nick Barmby          Everton          £6m

    Aug  Christian Ziege      Middlesbrough    £5.5m

    Sept  Gregory Vignal      Montpellier      £500,000

    Nov  Danny Sjoland        West Ham          £1m

    Dec  Igor Biscan          Dynamo Zagreb    £5.5m

     

    2001

    Jan  Jari Litmanen        Barcelona        Free

    May -

    July  John Arne Riise      Monaco            £4m

          Milan Baros          Banik Ostrava    £3.4m

    Aug  Chris Kirkland      Coventry          £6m A

          Jerzy Dudek          Feyenoord        £4.85m

     

    Nothing really jumps off the page at you.

    FFF president 'reassured' Houllier not moving to Tyneside

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    Houllier quotes from 2004

     

    Houllier admits his decision to join Lyon this summer was swayed by not facing the task of rebuilding the club the way he had to with Liverpool.

     

    "I don't think I would have had the strength to do with Lyon what I did with Liverpool," he added.

     

    "When I signed there, after Shankly, (Bob) Paisley, (Joe) Fagan, (Kenny) Dalglish or (Graeme) Souness, people started to hear the name Houllier and it was a cultural shock for them.

     

    "I totally changed the club's approach and way of working and Benitez is the first one

    to admit it.

     

    "I had three objectives when I joined: winning trophies, have an influence on the club in terms of style and make the players progress.

     

    "In the end we won six trophies and we got the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League four times.

     

    "We created new facilities and re-did everything from scratch.

     

    "As far as the players' progression is concerned, (Michael) Owen was voted European Player of the Year and a lot more reached new heights in their careers.

     

    "But now I must say I would not have the strength to rebuild a club again. That is why (Lyon president Jean-Michel) Aulas' comparison of his club with a Formula one car suited me.

     

    "The club is already on the right track, there is a quality team. The key is to jump into the car and drive it fast."

     

    If he's a genuinely interested contender I guess he's changed his mind about the bold comment.

    Chris Mort: Criteria for the new man in charge

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    All sounds almost professional, except perhaps this bit - 'However, we are not currently a Champions League team, and in six seasons out of the last ten we have finished in the bottom half of the Premier League.'

     

    That shouldn't be a detractor but a positive. We should have done better and with you at the helm we would have done - and now will if you come on board. Saying we can't get a top manager because we haven't achieved as much as we could have hardly seems apt somehow.

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