I would rather have Shearer than Redknapp

[Alberto2005]

I'd rather give Sir Bobby a job till the summer as a caretaker and bring back John Carver whos now out of a job. Or if not them then someone as caretaker. This is probably one of the biggest decisions of recents years and we need to bide our time and make the right appointment. We've made too many mistakes in the past and thats what we're always in the news for. Lets do the right thing and not be the laughing stock anymore

Irrelevant, Mike knows who he wants so why would he take till the summer to make his move?

[Guest neesy111]

I'd rather give Sir Bobby a job till the summer as a caretaker and bring back John Carver whos now out of a job. Or if not them then someone as caretaker. This is probably one of the biggest decisions of recents years and we need to bide our time and make the right appointment. We've made too many mistakes in the past and thats what we're always in the news for. Lets do the right thing and not be the laughing stock anymore

Irrelevant, Mike knows who he wants so why would he take till the summer to make his move?

 

because that manager might still be in contract to then?

 

i.e. hiddink, van gaal

 

this harry redknapp stuff i believe is bullshit now, everything the media has said today has proved to be wrong especially SSN

[Guest alankhaw]

How do we actually know whom he wants? Just because Kelmsley says something it doesn't mean its Mikes. MA is very new to football and I think he should bide his time in finding a manager. Although perhaps hes been looking for a new one for the past few months. Only he will know

[Guest neesy111]

also with ashley out of the country, he would like to meet who he want's first tbh before appointing them

 

that makes logic sense

[Thespence]

Some being the key word there.  For everyone of them there is a Stuart Pearce or John Barnes.  Would you honestly be happy if it was any other "rookie" (Beardsley, Gazza, Speed) or is it just because it is "Shearer"?

 

*Oh and Souness was lucky to manage a big spending Rangers side when no other team in Scotland has any money nor were they any good*

 

Would you get Billy Davies,Peter Reid or Jim Smith in they are all experienced managers. We could trade examples all night.

 

Newcastle is a unique environment & maybe we do need someone who has a feeling for the club,city & the area. I use the history of the club as a guide. Shearer for me would be like previous iconic captains like Joe Harvey & Kevin Keegan, chaps who had little experince before taking the Newcastle job. And of course Sir Bobby Robson may not of been a mag as player but he had  feeling for the Newcastle manager job & everything that it entails.

[Rob]

also with ashley out of the country, he would like to meet who he want's first tbh before appointing them

 

that makes logic sense

 

woudnt need to meet jose, we already know he makes logic sense

[Guest neesy111]

also with ashley out of the country, he would like to meet who he want's first tbh before appointing them

 

that makes logic sense

 

woudnt need to meet jose, we already know he makes logic sense

 

unless he already has

 

if he was going to give redknapp a contract worth 15m + u would thought he would want to meet them first

[Rob]

also with ashley out of the country, he would like to meet who he want's first tbh before appointing them

 

that makes logic sense

 

woudnt need to meet jose, we already know he makes logic sense

 

unless he already has

 

if he was going to give redknapp a contract worth 15m + u would thought he would want to meet them first

 

i'm hoping thats paper bullshit... i really am .. he should have broken the bank to get jose not droopy dog

[chicago_shearer]

Fuck it.  Shearer for manager.  I don't care anymore and this sack & search bollocks is just boring.

 

Who knows, it might work.

[BottledDog]

Redknapp or Shearer? Good luck to whoever, but all things considerered Shearer would be a mental choice.

 

[Tsunami]

It is far too early for Shearer. He was playing golf with Fat Fred when he heard of BS's sacking. Why on earth would Ashley want to bring Shearer in when he is still too close to Fat Fred & a lot of the players yet knows nothng of Ashley & his mob?

 

Give it 5 years & better still let Shearer learn his managerial ropes at a smaller club.

[Optimistic Nut]

Redknapp over Shearer every day of the week. But in an ideal world, I wouldn't be going near either of them.

[Delima]

Nail on head. Indisputable, unrefutable piece of work. Redknapp fans, wake up!

 

The Guardian

 

Newcastle's lucky, lucky escape

 

Harry Redknapp is neither a great entertainer nor the second coming of Houdini. He's just an average manager

Paul Doyle

January 14, 2008 10:35 AM

 

This Harry Redknapp whom Newcastle have been courting because they think he's a devout attacker who will bring thrills and trophies to the Toon's tortured aesthetes - is he in any way related to the Harry Redknapp whose Portsmouth team have failed to register a single home goal in more than three months? That's some quality entertainin'.

 

The myth of Harry the Entertainer is as mystifying as all that Harry Houdini guff that polluted the airwaves two seasons ago. Back then, Redknapp was hailed as a magician because Pompey won six of their last 10 games to escape relegation by less than the width of their manager's hide; almost completely overlooked was the fact that Redknapp had got Pompey into that predicament in the first place, inspiring them to nine defeats in 10 matches soon after replacing the over-ridiculed (by lovable Harry as much as anyone else) Alain Perrin.

 

Also masked by the frothing maw of fatuous acclaim for the disingenuous Londoner was the simple truth. Pompey's upswing in results was primarily due not to their manager but rather to: a) a fluky run of fixtures that meant they met Sunderland when any semblance of resistance from Mick McCarthy's wretches had been removed by the knowledge that they were already down, and Middlesbrough and West Ham at a time when that pair chose to omit their best players to prioritise imminent FA Cup ties; and b) a huge cash injection from Alexandre Gaydamak.

 

Had that sugar daddy not suddenly parachuted into Portsmouth, Pompey would never have clambered above relegation rivals West Brom and Birmingham, who enjoyed no such serendipity. No, all the signs were that without that outrageous fortune, Redknapp would have marched a disjointed and dispirited squad straight to relegation - just as he'd done 12 months earlier with Southampton, who had only been a permanent presence in the top-flight for 27 years. Houdini? Hooey.

 

Since then, Redknapp has made a few canny recruits, mainly veteran defenders to whom his relaxed indulgence appeals. What the hungry-for-entertainment Mike Ashley should realise, however, is that either Redknapp's offensive signings have been poor or he has failed to harness their full potential. For a man who once brought Fredi Kanouté (and many, many duds) to Upton Park, his eye for strikers appears to have been badly affected by the south-coast sun.

 

Benjani Mwaruwari, bought for £4.1m, is tough and determined but he couldn't finish a bag of chips. He hit an uncharacteristic hot streak at the start of this season but, like Nwankwu Kanu's last term, it was never going to last. His run of one goal in the last 10 matches is a truer reflection of his ability. David Nugent was surely supposed to replace him, but the £6m splashed on him last summer is beginning to look like one of those extravagant follies people commit during their holidays. He's been comically awful on his few appearances in a 4-4-2, and manifestly miscast when asked to spearhead a 4-5-1 at Sunderland yesterday.

 

Sulley Muntari and John Utaka were excellent acquisitions, but neither has shown their skills with sufficient regularity this season. Inconsistency stained their club careers before they came to Fratton Park, of course, but Redknapp has so far been unable to correct those quirks, just as he's been unable to convince Muntari to curb his temper. An inability to convince talented players to overcome bad habits and persistent shortcomings is surely not what Newcastle need.

 

Ashley has apparently let it be known that he wants to entrust his club to a British manager. Quite why he would choose to systematically exclude the huge majority of attractive candidates on the irrelevant grounds of nationality is not clear, but if he really is determined to hire someone with the same passport as himself, then he should certainly look beyond Redknapp. Perhaps to serial high achiever Gary Johnson, whose carefully-assembled Bristol City side play a pleasantly slick, adventurous and successful style? Or maybe to Steve Coppell, whose cut-price Reading side finished above Redknapp's Pompey last season and also scored more. Mind you, even Bolton scored more than Pompey last season. Who were they managed by again?