OzzieMandias

Oh, what a brilliantly original response. "Same to you." I'll have to try and remember that one.

what a load of rot. Ref your first paragraph - plenty of people have said in the past, when it suited them, everything stops with the owner [personally I don't necessarily agree] but why move the goalposts ? 2nd paragraph - I really don't think he did too much right at all 3rd para - of course he's to blame. He even had a chance to reverse the situation but didn't. The manager is his most important employee, so how the hell can you absove him of any blame . NE5 decoded: The owner is to blame for everything, except when the owners are Hall and Shepherd. Ashley was wrong to appoint Keegan, whereas Shepherd was right to appoint Souness. (Insert emoticon for someone talking out their arse here --> )

Says Fat Sam while pointing the finger at everyone but himself.

It's news to me if Shepherd ever put a single penny in.

Me.

Wake me up if you ever think of anything on topic to post.

Or blabbed it to some sheikh in a brothel.

Where was this "news"?

Then why did he refer to "ex-players"?

Agreed.

It certainly illustrates stupidity, but a person would be mad not expect more stick for Kinnear after that press conference.

It probably did begin with Stevenage, given that we were perceived as trying to bully this tiny club. The "fake sheikh" thing was next up, followed by assorted other dumb and arrogant pronouncements by Shepherd. I mean, given that even 99 percent of us lot can't abide the tosser, imagine how he's viewed by the rest of the footballing world. Shearer became very unpopular too, especially after the Neil Lennon thing. And then we signed one seriously disliked player after another. Bowyer was the worst, but also Bellamy, Woodgate, Dyer etc... and all the Quayside shenanigens that went on during Sir Bobby's reign. And then Sir Bobby was gone and things got really ridiculous....

It's cheering to see Temuri doing well. Don't know why it should be, but it is.

If there are professional agitators, who is supposed to be employing them?

What did Souness say, then?

It's a risible failure of both imagination and intellect if you believe Keegan is the only manager in the world who can handle the job. Do you guys really believe this bloke is the f***ing Messiah? Embarrassing. I personally have never called him a Messiah; my opinion that he is more likely to succeed here than most is based on an objective appreciation of his record. The usual emotional response (of 'quitter', 'toys from pram' and so on) given by many on this board doesn't hold water; he is too honest and too principled for many though. Objective?

It's a risible failure of both imagination and intellect if you believe Keegan is the only manager in the world who can handle the job. Do you guys really believe this bloke is the fucking Messiah? Embarrassing.

No, no. People call you a cunt, not the other way around.

Shearer's not so volatile, anyway. But who knows, maybe everyone would start boycoutting pies if he resigned, too.

There aren't any other bids to discuss.

He's a friend of Keegan's, isn't he?

He was in Newcastle days before Keegan left. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/football-news/2008/08/26/newcastle-blue-star-6-garforth-town-1-61634-21602427/ Garforth are 3rd bottom of there League. I'm even less impressed now.

Not impressed by the prospect of this Clifford bloke.

The more this goes on, the more I definitely don't want Keegan back. The idea that the whole club is so completely in thrall to one temperamental, volatile man is frankly appalling.

Fewer fans or simply a smaller stadium?