Robster

I thinks its either this, or he is desperate because everyone else has turned us down andwe dont have a single option left. Cant decide which it is

This is in no way offensive to Keving Keegan as I love the man to bits and wish he was still here but is this going to be like before when Ashley cant get the man he wants (Redknapp) and ends up going for someone (maybe anyone) else (Keegan). One by one we seemed to be hearing "I am not interested" statements from potential manager's. Would love to know who their "No 1" target is

Just seen that Steve Clarke has handed his resignation in at Chelsea... rumoured to be off to join Zola at West Ham

Not sure whether Ince's comments mean anything. Its so difficult to believe anyone these days. Quotes to the media mean nothing to me. Must admit though my first reaction was that he obviously is in for it and is just fielding the question. If we had gone for him before Keegan I might have thought it a bold, adventerous move (as I felt Blackburns was). Now I just dont know what I think

Fucking cunts at Talksport have now got an advert for the match on saturday using some bloke doing an impression of Keegan. They are totally taking the piss out of us at every angle. Cunts.

Would it really be healthy for the club to have the 2 of the most important roles, staffed by 2 people who were almost to a man, hated by everyone one of our fans because of their arrogant, cocky, nasty manner when they were players?

The Sky guy interviewing him was a right prick. Was it him that has the phones on the desk on transfer deadline day ?

I think there would be hell on. I honestly think the next man has to be an unknown to us so that we have no pre-concieved ideas of how good/crap he is

So our potential new manager knows a player when he see's one

Bugger'in hell

I would expect them to be. Certainly would hope they will be. He is as respected an ex-player of a major rival that its possble to find. Nothing to dislike about Zola. Seems a decent fella.

Every time i got to listen to bits of the match on the radio, they just seemed to be telling me that Terry had just hit another long meaningless, wasteful ball up to Rooney's head

The club make it quite clear Kevin Keegan worked within structure until his resignation. The are his roles. To sum up for Kaka & other people who havent grasped what the club are saying: Keegan from the day he returned to the day he left worked within his role & transfers in/out are not his gig, so he knocked nobody back or stopped us selling players. Source of info Newcastle United Football Club & Me. Well spotted

Oh the irony !!!

And The Guv'nor so where the fuck that puts him in the chain of command goodness only knows

I am sure Setanta have all the away games + no highlights of those games are available to anyone else ITV have the home qualifiers on Live

I havent seen it mentioned anywhere previously. I was reading the thread "Did Keegan turn them all down". If we are to accept for a moment that the OP is a true account of what happened, then what is strikingly clear is that the clubs targets (Gomis, Arda, Derdiyok, Sahin, Gomez, Pandev, Garay, Veloso, Digard, Chamakh, Skjelbred) are all foreign/overseas players whereas . Kevins targets, if reports are to believed, were supposed to be Dunne, Warnock, Woodgate etc etc Is it possible that Kevin felt the targets the club were focusing on were in danger of taking away, what he felt, was the connection between fans and players. Maybe he felt that by filling the team full of overseas players, it meant that the fans felt less and less connection with the guys on the pitch. All throughout the summer, he kept telling us that they wanted players "that were right for the club, that understood the club". Maybe in Kevins opinioon, the clubs targets didnt meet this criteria. We dont know, that in intial discussion with any of these players, they showed no desire for the club, its fans and simply started asking about money. John Hall had the vision of a team full of Geordies. Maybe Kevin felt that Ashley and Wise were/are doing things that were taking the club in the opposite direction. Keegan isnt stupid and knows that in the current game a selection of foreign talent is inevtiable and of course has signed plenty of foreign talent before. I have felt however, that certainly in his time at Newcastle, he wanted to keep a predominantly British feel to the team. Just a thought.

Would explain his treatment of Kevin then

Player Manager ?

What was he doing, nicking your bicycle pump ?

With all thats gone on, I havent heard if Martins is close to being ready.. any chance ?

Yeah "better" was probably too simplistic. Better = More stable, better decision making, sensible transfer policies (i.e. no mad salaries paid to average players) We are nearly there i agree but they still have a lot to learn In response to Dave comment though I think this will rumble on unless Ashley proves himself near flawless (I think a couple of seasons like Villa have had... steady, promising, good squad building, Owner conspicuous by his absence) should do the trick

Sorry Dave

souness ? Sonuess did say he would take the job on again "in a heartbeat" (shudders)

Sadly because the current board have not give us reason to blow rasberrys at the previous board and say "we told you they were better".