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Yes we are but i worry that the hierarchy at our club doesn't have a clue on footballing matters. Poyet or some other Spurs/Cockney related manager, would be the most likely outcome. Redknapp? If he wasn't at Spuds he's precisely the manager we would/did go for.

I remember when Birmingham said that they approached Lippi to become their manager, i choked on my cornflakes that morning i tell you. Shearer would be a masterstroke, the sheer aura of signing him would lift the club and to safety this season and he would have time to see the players in perfect time for the summer. However, the relationship between the owners would be a disaster.

Yes we are but i worry that the hierarchy at our club doesn't have a clue on footballing matters. Poyet or some other Spurs/Cockney related manager, would be the most likely outcome.

You reckon it's so set in stone that we will go for someone new? Ashley and Co will probably give it a couple of weeks and hope he gets better TBH.

What about heart bypass don't you understand? The part where i missed that thread, clever fuck You would have thought a topic as important as that would have stayed top of the pile.

Preston boss. Ironically i would have the current Preston boss in, if we are looking to build for the future, who happened to be Moyes right hand man... Irvine.

If Kinnear does sign a contract extention, he will be gone within 3 months of it and we will have another "transition" on our hands next season. I genuinely believe they will let his current deal run out and get someone else. My guess? Martin Jol.

nowt to say then ? Just joking man, I'm pretty bored, we all know spending money improves your chances of doing well, but it's not a given, you need the right manager, the right scouts and the right amount of money but you can do well without spending massive amount if you have the right manager e.g. Moyes and Everton. on the other hand, if you are lucky enough to get a decent manager, and it IS a lottery, and don't back him, he'll be off. Like Moyes, unless Everton are taken over or it all suddenly goes tits up for him. When you say "do well", how well do YOU want to do ? It's a lottery getting a good manager? No it's a skill, not an easy one but it is definately a skill. is it now ? We'll see how easily Arsenal replace Wenger and ManU replace Ferguson. Or Everton replace Moyes .......... Even a "good manager" isn't necessarily the "right manager", which I suppose adds credence to NE5's "lottery" theory. Bit simplistic on the whole though, as usual. Man U will appoint a good successor to Fergie because I bet right now Fergie is invovled in identifying him and monitoring them over a decent time span. not necessarily. But it depends what you mean by "decent". Didn't Chelsea think they appointed a worthy successor to Mourinho ? Two appointments later, and this is an owner who knows about football. I assume you mean Scolari and not Grant! Imo Abramovich is a names man, he wanted to build a team full of superstars, or at list a large number of star names. Hence his eternal pursuit of Sheva. In an ideal world Roman would have got Hiddink in last summer but couldn't for reasons to do with his relationship with the Russian FA, Scolari was the biggest name that he could get, iirc as many people had reservations on how well he would adapt as thought it was a great move. Man U on the other hand will have had a time span for Fergies departure for a couple of years (as soon as he breaks Liverpools record imo) and will have been planning for it accordingly. There will be dossiers on the likes of Hughes, Bruce, Moyes, Quierroz (sp) etc etc detailing every aspect they beleve to be necessary to carry on the success of the past decade. Scolari is also a World Cup Winner. You don't get anything better than that. it just proves that even the best looking CV makes it a lottery in respect that the best CV's will not succeed. Do you think the Glaziers will go looking for an up and coming tracksuit manager or a big world name ? It took them over almost 30 years to replace Matt Busby. TBF, there are alot of people who thought Scolari was risky and an equal amount that believe they should not have sacked him but i agree with the sentiment. Of course it's not easy but it's not a "lottery".

nowt to say then ? Just joking man, I'm pretty bored, we all know spending money improves your chances of doing well, but it's not a given, you need the right manager, the right scouts and the right amount of money but you can do well without spending massive amount if you have the right manager e.g. Moyes and Everton. on the other hand, if you are lucky enough to get a decent manager, and it IS a lottery, and don't back him, he'll be off. Like Moyes, unless Everton are taken over or it all suddenly goes tits up for him. When you say "do well", how well do YOU want to do ? It's a lottery getting a good manager? No it's a skill, not an easy one but it is definately a skill. is it now ? We'll see how easily Arsenal replace Wenger and ManU replace Ferguson. Or Everton replace Moyes .......... The difference being that Arsenal and Man U have to replace people who have built their clubs, with huge success. When hiring a manager, you need luck because noone is guarenteed success. However, you hire good managers and you get good results (in most cases), therefore the luckiness is minor. We hired Robson, we had success. We hired Souness, we fell on our arse. One was always going to be a good choice, where as one was never going to be.

nowt to say then ? Just joking man, I'm pretty bored, we all know spending money improves your chances of doing well, but it's not a given, you need the right manager, the right scouts and the right amount of money but you can do well without spending massive amount if you have the right manager e.g. Moyes and Everton. on the other hand, if you are lucky enough to get a decent manager, and it IS a lottery, and don't back him, he'll be off. Like Moyes, unless Everton are taken over or it all suddenly goes tits up for him. When you say "do well", how well do YOU want to do ? It's a lottery getting a good manager? No it's a skill, not an easy one but it is definately a skill.

I see this game as very similar to the Villa, City and Spurs games which we picked up points from. You could argue that Everton have a worse attack than those three. I noticed that there are only something like 6 teams who have lost fewer games at home than us this season.

In short because they are not good or intelligent enough. It annoys me when i see young english managers in the premiership because i think, who exactly has told them that they are good enough to do it? Most of the best football managers were average players, and some of the very best managers never had great footballing careers. I genuinely believe that alot of fans would make better managers than some ex footballers.

There are plenty of other young midfielders who i would go for before him, Morrison, Barnes and Larsson to name three.

One centre midfielder? No thanks, as crap as Nicky Butt is. Harper Raylor Coloccini Bassong Enrique Butt Nolan Jonas Duff Martins Viduka Yes, i know Kinnear won't pick that side.

He's a great option like. Obviously seems very competant at right midfield and i can imagine he would be equally good at right back.

Plenty of holes in that performance but by god was it a much needed 3 points. Hopefully we can get Viduka and Martins back for next week and we can go on a little run.

I can

Free kick to them

No, when was that? Mind you i'm only 21

8 minutes or so

Fucking hell it's football manager for dummies. Make all three subs seperately in order to waste time.

If we don't make changes they will score. The writing is on the wall.

COME ON NEWCASTLE!!!!!!!!

Shola you knob head.

Duff, Loven and Taylor