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Dissing KK is the only real crime of blasphemy on the planet and there's a few in this thread I'd happily see hanged.

 

Why not burn us alive instead.

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Dissing KK is the only real crime of blasphemy on the planet and there's a few in this thread I'd happily see hanged.

 

Why not burn us alive instead.

The Tyne bridge is an appropriate ready made hanging location - along side Pardew for his derby record.

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One of his lesser known, yet biggest, achievements was to make Michael Owen enthusiastic about something for once in his miserable little life.

 

"Kevin sat next to me and said, 'You've played for some big clubs like Liverpool and Real Madrid and have experienced what the atmosphere can be like there - but believe me, you haven't seen half of what this place can be like yet.'

 

"Kevin convinced me that there are exciting times ahead for Newcastle. I definitely want to be part of it. You tell me a striker who wouldn't want to play in a team with Kevin Keegan as manager.

 

"Managers can have different philosophies. For instance, Sam Allardyce might prefer to concentrate on his back four, keep a clean sheet and nick a 1-0 result. Kevin Keegan will also want to keep a clean sheet but he will want to put on an entertaining performance and score plenty of goals - and that means everything to me.

 

"He definitely believes in playing more football, with plenty of passing and movement. I will settle for that.

 

"You could sense there was a change of mood around the club. There was an even bigger buzz in training on Friday morning. The session was no different to normal but you could sense there was an extra spring in everyone's step.

 

"Then I got home and watched Kevin's press conference. It was fantastic to see him at work. The whole room was spellbound. You could feel the enthusiasm.

 

"Anyone who is not uplifted by his arrival must have something seriously wrong with them - the fans and players are certain to respond.

 

“It was the most enjoyable time of my career there.

 

“Everybody loved playing for him.

 

“I had often read what people said about him and wondered how you could enjoy the game or gain confidence so much from a manager.

 

“Yet it was true. It was an absolute privilege to play under him.

 

“I enjoyed my football then more than at any other point for Newcastle.

 

“We picked up some great results and he changed the system.

 

“He played myself, Viduka and Obafemi Martins as a three-pronged attack with me as a deep-lying forward.

 

Owen had never played in a deeper role before in his career, but admits he a change was as a good as rest.

 

He added: “It was an eye-opener for me as I changed my role.

 

“However, it did not take away my goals or enjoyment or anything else.

 

“I had been a striker all my life. Yet there was a real good feeling about that new role.

 

“Unfortunately, it all ended too prematurely and we could not continue what we had built up.”

 

Looking back, Owen said: “It is always sad when a manager leaves.

 

“Even when I haven’t got on with certain managers in my career, I still feel a sense of sadness when somebody leaves.

 

“It is not a nice thing. You are talking about livelihoods and people putting in a lot of time and effort – and dedication of their life in a certain role.

 

“I have always been upset when managers go.

 

“However, Kevin is a different kettle of fish.

 

“Everybody bought into what he was doing and the whole sense of feeling and exciting around him was fantastic.

 

“Every day in training was good fun. You would do your work but with a smile.

 

“It is amazing how much better you play when you are enjoying what you are doing. He created that.

 

“So it was even more of a sad day when he decided to leave.”

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We replaced him of course with arguably our best place ever, and it was very easy, within a few weeks, to say who's Keegan? 

 

What does this mean? :lol: You on about when we replaced him with Dalglish who led us to 2nd place with Keegan's squad before being given a chance to fuck it up?

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We replaced him of course with arguably our best place ever, and it was very easy, within a few weeks, to say who's Keegan? 

 

What does this mean? :lol: You on about when we replaced him with Dalglish who led us to 2nd place with Keegan's squad before being given a chance to fuck it up?

 

 

is dom77 not a scouser talking about replacing him as a player with funnily enough Daglish?

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Guest John Carvery

The King

 

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/15/586bad6da07b6aee87638df3d6dbc340.jpg

 

Looks like the king left his shoes at the bowling alley

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"It is very special to win a derby match, even though we did not play well. We started well and got an early goal. We also got the penalty at a psychologically good time and we won the game.

 

"We played 50-60% compared with what we could do. Our passing was not as good as it could have been, but the attitude and endeavour was spot on. And the atmosphere was magnificent. I think we got an atmosphere like that because the supporters are happy with what we have done in the last few games rather than our performance on the day.

 

"I don't care what anybody says, you can go around the world twice if you like and you would not get an atmosphere like that anywhere else. During the game Terry McDermott turned to me and said it was just like the old days. He's probably right, it used to be like that every week as the fans came into the ground motivated and happy because of what they had seen last time.

 

"The players here have not seen the atmosphere like that because of the season we have had. I told them they are the best in the world and you can earn an atmosphere like that every week if you keep these results coming. In the last five minutes or so I was just soaking that atmosphere up.

 

"I read somewhere that he (Ashley) could have bought Leeds or Newcastle, so I just said to him, 'Aren't you lucky you bought Newcastle?'

 

"No disrespect to Leeds, but you just can't buy that. He has, but you can't normally buy an atmosphere like that in a stadium.

 

"You have never heard anything like that at the end. I don't care how many times you come to the stadium, when it goes like that and you hear them singing, it's absolutely the only place in the world to be, as far as I am concerned.

 

"I have played at Liverpool and I have played in derbies, I have played in the Maracana, I have played in the Nep Stadium, Liverpool, Boca Juniors but this is the best place in the world when you are winning.

 

"I've told the players it used to be like that before kick-off. It's a tough place if you are not going well, but hey, they are the rules of the game."

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We replaced him of course with arguably our best place ever, and it was very easy, within a few weeks, to say who's Keegan? 

 

What does this mean? :lol: You on about when we replaced him with Dalglish who led us to 2nd place with Keegan's squad before being given a chance to fuck it up?

 

 

is dom77 not a scouser talking about replacing him as a player with funnily enough Daglish?

 

Aha, I see. :thup:

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We replaced him of course with arguably our best place ever, and it was very easy, within a few weeks, to say who's Keegan? 

 

What does this mean? :lol: You on about when we replaced him with Dalglish who led us to 2nd place with Keegan's squad before being given a chance to fuck it up?

 

 

is dom77 not a scouser talking about replacing him as a player with funnily enough Daglish?

 

Aha, I see. :thup:

 

 

mind its confusing- I think he calls Daglish a place? :lol:

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I can't blame anyone for having their own opinion on something, however how anyone can't see Keegan is one of the most important/influential people in our recent history doesn't make sense to me in the slightest. Not once, not twice but 3 times he came in our hour of need and all three times he delivered. One of my all time heroes and with good measure.

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Guest Bert Shaft

Dissing KK is the only real crime of blasphemy on the planet and there's a few in this thread I'd happily see hanged.

 

Why not burn us alive instead.

 

I prefer to laugh at your mackem tendencies.

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We replaced him of course with arguably our best place ever, and it was very easy, within a few weeks, to say who's Keegan? 

 

What does this mean? :lol: You on about when we replaced him with Dalglish who led us to 2nd place with Keegan's squad before being given a chance to f*** it up?

 

 

is dom77 not a scouser talking about replacing him as a player with funnily enough Daglish?

 

Aha, I see. :thup:

 

 

mind its confusing- I think he calls Daglish a place? :lol:

 

Sorry, it wouldn't let me edit, yes as a player.

 

No offence meant in what I said, just the way I see Keegan, and that was before he ever went to NUFC at all.    I've not read anything here that would change that.

 

LFC had the first option of re-signing him after Hamburg, they didn't take up the option and I've never felt we missed out at all.

 

 

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I can't blame anyone for having their own opinion on something, however how anyone can't see Keegan is one of the most important/influential people in our recent history doesn't make sense to me in the slightest. Not once, not twice but 3 times he came in our hour of need and all three times he delivered. One of my all time heroes and with good measure.

 

The football we played under Keegan was the best we had seen. It has never been matched since.

We were called the entertainers and every bodies favourite second team for a reason.

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Remember when I went to watch training at Maiden Castle, and he was already in his car after finishing training etc, and signing loads of autographs. When I went over he got straight back out of the car to sign my top.

 

I've just ordered that Ian Ridley book about him, looking forward to reading.

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Do you resent Keegan for walking out?

 

No, not in itself. I resent the bullshit that's come in the wake of each walkout.

 

In the first case, he walked when the transfer money ran out. In the second case, he walked when he realised that he wasn't going to change the owner's policy and get him to spend - the Gonzalez issue gave him the opportunity to go with his nose clean.

 

And of course, with England he was a failure because there's no opportunity to spend money. You have to work with what you have.

 

Keegan will always have a special place in the club's history, because he was the catalyst for changing the club's thinking from small club to big club. Unfortunately, he didn't have the all-round ability to capitalise on the opportunity that - in fairness - he largely created for himself by hauling the club's ownership in the direction that he wanted.

 

 

Are you special needs?

 

 

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