Guest Geordiesned Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Seriously, when will this failure just shut the fuck up and go away?? Souness has dig at United fans FORMER Toon boss Graeme Souness has launched a scathing attack on Newcastle United’s loyal fans, labelling them “unforgiving, critical customers”. Souness — paid a £3.2m golden handshake after being sacked in 2006 — rounded on them for their lack of loyalty to managers, saying he won’t return to football management because he’d been “sickened” by his 18 months at St James’s. His astonishing outburst came yesterday on Ireland’s main radio station RTE Radio One, during an interview with sports presenter Eamon Dunphy. During the hour-long show Souness, 54, who managed Rangers, Liverpool and Blackburn before coming to Tyneside in 2004, also criticised fans “up there” for assuming Newcastle is a big club. He said: “The last job well and truly sickened me. The Newcastle one was a bad experience . . . I’m sure if you asked Sam Allardyce he would tell you the same, it was just an unhealthy situation there. “I believe Newcastle is a club that gets 52,000 people paying to watch them every other week and they have 22,000 supporters and 30,000 customers. They are extremely critical. “You ask yourself why are they so unforgiving? They’ve done nothing since 1969, so where this opinion comes from that they are a big club and should be winning things comes from . . . .” “It should be a fabulous club and could be a fabulous club. I was there 18 months. We reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. “I think it was nine consecutive wins which equalled the club record and I can remember going into that period where we had these semi-finals coming up and thinking ‘If we lose these they will be calling for our heads’ and that’s the way it is up there.” (The club actually won seven games in a row under Souness, and the club record is 11.) The Scott, whose unpopular reign as Newcastle boss ended in February 2006, also recounted the end of his tenure and the notorious home game against Aston Villa, in which teammates Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer were sent off for fighting. He said: “They ended up fighting each other and they both got sent off. And that’s typical of that club. “There’s just something about it. It should be a fabulous club but they all have to take a deep breath and count to 10, the supporters, and say to themselves we’ve got to give someone a chance. “As far as I can see only Kevin (Keegan) or Alan Shearer would be given anything like the time needed to turn that club into a powerful club.” Billy Furious, life-long Magpie fan and sports writer for Newcastle United fanzine, The Mag, said he and other loyal fans would be outraged by Souness’s comments. He said: “Like Sam Allardyce, he walked away from Newcastle with millions of pounds of supporters’ money, which he didn’t earn or deserve. All they both do is look for someone to blame for their own inadequacies . . . and no one ever asked him to justify spending £8.5m on Jean-Alain Boumsong. “And as for calling us critical, it’s because we know rubbish when we see it. “The thing that most galled us about Souness is that he tried to tell us something was great when it clearly was not, and he chased all the decent players away.” Michael Martin, editor of fanzine True Faith, was equally enraged. He said: “It was his fault he failed at Newcastle and he got a big payout for it, and we’re a big club that bought very badly under his reign. “He was a fantastic player but a disaster as a manager . . . a phony and a coward. “If he wants to discuss it, I know a few people who would like to talk to him here, so maybe the big man can come here and say it.” Last night Newcastle United weren’t prepared to comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Fucking tosser. Love BF and Martin sticking the boot in though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 HA HA HA!!! It is the only way pricks like him can stay in the media talking about the village team in the north east that wins fucks all that they used to manage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 We reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. Yes, and then your management style fucked it up within the space of 7 days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 What a cock muncher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Like a jilted ex who shows how much she doesn't care by following you around and hanging outside your house in the middle of the night. Get over it, Graeme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Is it me or does he have a look of Killian from The Running Man? http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7017/killianvj4.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Is it me or does he have a look of Killian from The Running Man? http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7017/killianvj4.jpg I could imagine Sourness looking in the mirror everyday & saying "Who loves you & who do you love" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 What's up with the quotes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Quoted from when they first commented on it in the Sunday Gossip thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 What's up with the quotes? The article was posted in the Sunday Gossip thread, they're from there. What a fucking cock he is though, I'm sure he must've said a million times during his tenure here that we are a big club. Edit: Damn you Jon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 There were enough idiots on here saying he should have more time. Same as there are cockmunchers who thought Dyer was international class, or that we'd bid for Rooney, or that Shearer was NAILED ON to be manager. Souness IS a fucking cretin, yes. But many 'fans' of NUFC got what they deserved when he came. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 There were enough idiots on here saying he should have more time. Same as there are cockmunchers who thought Dyer was international class, or that we'd bid for Rooney, or that Shearer was NAILED ON to be manager. Souness IS a fucking cretin, yes. But many 'fans' of NUFC got what they deserved when he came. We didn't? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 There were enough idiots on here saying he should have more time. Same as there are cockmunchers who thought Dyer was international class, or that we'd bid for Rooney, or that Shearer was NAILED ON to be manager. Souness IS a fucking cretin, yes. But many 'fans' of NUFC got what they deserved when he came. Good morning Mr Grumpy, did someone get out of the wrong side of bed this lifetime? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Bitter cunt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Quoted from when they first commented on it in the Sunday Gossip thread. I've seen it now, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hate this bloke so much just wish he would shut up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 “I believe Newcastle is a club that gets 52,000 people paying to watch them every other week and they have 22,000 supporters and 30,000 customers. They are extremely critical. the customers are always right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Wonder what it would sound like if we were to "have a go" at him in a similar interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I believe Newcastle is a club that gets 52,000 people paying to watch them every other week and they have 22,000 supporters and 30,000 customers. They are extremely critical." You can't really argue with that mind you. There are so many people in the ground who are content to just moan and swear at the players when they're playing badly, but be the first to suck up when they play well. You can really argue with it, a shit manager took the team from 5th to 14th while spending £50 million, 30,000 had every right to have a go at the useless bastard, the sad thing is that it took so long for them to complain and it wasn't 52,000 doing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon55544 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 The other month on SS1 he was saying he'd love to be our manager again. Anyone remember that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Souness has dig at United fans saying he won’t return to football management because he’d been “sickened” by his 18 months at St James’s Yeah thats the reason you not in management anymore Mr Souness, nothing to do with being a total failure as a manager or being connected to dodgy transfers etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mobiius Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 The other month on SS1 he was saying he'd love to be our manager again. Anyone remember that? yeah he said, when asked if he would consider going back to the toon as manager, that he would "in a heartbeat" just shows what a bitter twisted prick he is tbh. now that KK is installed as manager and there is no chance of the fleecing cock even getting on the xmas card list he decides to come out and slate us. well at least his pay off will help to soften the obvious mental trauma we caused him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross magoo Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 He's just frustrated because he doesn't have Ruud Gullit to argue with anymore. Ignore him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 It's ridiculous, really. It comes into the job and says, 'Na, it's not an impossible job. It's a great club. I don't care what anyone has said in the past.' Then he leaves and starts saying the same shite as everyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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