MON is good at building hard working British based sides with limited ability, so he'll fit right in there. It's bad luck that a Geordie lad has to sign for the pondlife, but sadly he just wasn't good enough for us to warrant a bid.
The problem with him being a Geordie is that if he has a couple of poor games, he will be another useless 'Mag Kernt', similar to the way Bruce was when he managed them. He will always have that hanging over him with the fans IMO.