I agree to an extent but that last game at Villa, the second half was the worst i've seen from a team that needed a point to stay up. Shearer couldn't get them up for a game like that. I guess it how you judge it, the rot had set in way before Shearer took over, but that half time teamtalk at Villa, god knows.
Aye, as I say, I'd have liked to have seen him get more from them and I guess you can only judge on what you have seen, but to completely write him off as well as pin a large chunk of the blame on him is unfair IMO.