danswan

FYP

I'm pretty sure all professional footballers have legs like.

Robson won nowt for us either like. Both good managers no doubt, and I'm sure Keegan would never have achieved half of what Robson did if he managed abroad. I'd still have Keegan ahead of Robson for us though. Call me a sentimental fool if you like.

Shearer will not come in as assistant. I wouldn't want him to either.

I would like to see the home dugout named after Paul Sweeney.

GET THE FUCK IN

Hahaha!

What a guy

He's right like - when playing football it is extremely important to stay on the pitch.

Not as low as 49!

lol

Cullercoats.

I think he's talking about a game of football you know. Nice idea, you need someone who can be particularly arsed to sort it all out though. And if it is willies, where do I sign up?

Barton's back next game isn't he? I expect he is off out for a few pints and a burger in Liverpool tonight....

Lets stock up on goals

ironically for years everyone was saying we had to get the shadow of shearer of our backs and when all comes to all it wasn't him that was the problem. On the pitch you can afford to have one Shearer. You just can't have five or six. I think I would just about settle for having six Shearers on the pitch this afternoon like.

But it hurts so good...

The cinema, or the working men's club?

But then how many scouts have brought s**** into this club. If we work on the theory of hes brought all the youth in hes done a decent job a lot better than some. Most hte stems from the man not the work. Has he? How are the reserves doing? Could some of his starlets not fill in some of the positions the threadbare squad can't cover? It seems that the ideal way to run the club would be to give out absolutely no information about who does what (ideally, don't even let anyone know who the people employed are), then when things go wrong noone can be blamed; and if noone's to blame for anything then how can there be a problem? Thank fuck for that, I thought we were in the shit.

only if it's a years trip around the world I was hoping to do it in 80 days. i was figuring in the 9 month incarceration in thailand :-[

Loses heart or recognises he has done what he can and moves aside? I think we all recognise Keegan won't be here for decades but at least there was/is some 'upward momentum' to make me enjoy watching the team play, which tbh is all I am really bothered about.

Brian Kilcline, Gavin Peacock, John Beresford, Paul Bracewell, Scott Sellars (a few of Keegan's first signings, from the top of my head, im sure theres plenty more) weren't bankrolled, they were pretty prudent IMO and Keegan gelled them into a team that absolutely annihalated the opposition in getting promoted. This wasn't chequebook management, and that is what I mostly remember Keegan for. That promotion season, 10 in a row, chanting "Newcastle United will never be defeated" with absolute belief. This was what Keegan does, it was all built on optimism hunger and a desire to play great football, not money. Of course money follows success, but buying then unknown Andy Cole for a hefty sum (was it 1.7m or similar?)was hardly Keegan flashing the cash was it? Having proved himself to be an excellent manager money was then made available to him, he happily spent it but our success back then wasn't built on a chequebook. In my opinion calling Keegan a chequebook manager either shows ignorance or a pandering to the populist view created by the media.

We are shitter this year than last

except that Man U appointed Alex Ferguson in the November, and Arsenal appointed Wenger in September 1996. Bad timing ? Although Man United then gave Ferguson 3 years to win them something, and 6 to win the league. A whole 3 years? Now that's patience! 3 years = 7 managers tbh