Mind your language

[Guest Synthespian]

thats the kind of attitude we need at the minute - good on him, hope it rubs off on the players they need motivating

Yup.

Would agree with that thought.

They need a bit of fire in their bellies, and this sort of thing could unite them together and make them work again.

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

first opportunity I've had to listen to it, although I'd read it before.

 

Fucking brilliant! 

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Sir Bobby Robson

 

Stop trying to turn Newcastle into another Crazy Gang, Joe

 

We all want Joe Kinnear to get Newcastle United out of the mess they're in, but trying to turn the club into the Crazy Gang is not the right way.

 

I was staggered about what went on between Joe and the Press this week, with his 52 swear words and personal insults. Some people have suggested Joe's outrage was all an act to build a siege mentality.

 

think the anger was genuine, but he needs to be bigger than that. I found it all a bit unsavoury and in my view he let the club down. If he hoped the confrontation would motivate his players, I'm not sure it will work.

 

Senior professionals like Shay Given, Damien Duff and Michael Owen aren't suddenly going to become inspired by their manager swearing at some reporters. To them it's irrelevant.

 

They want a proper manager who will do things right to win matches. If Joe wants to work wonders, it will be achieved with time on the training pitch, not in the press room. Although the media are an easy target and a minority may be glad to see a reporter or two get their comeuppance, Newcastle fans aren't daft.

 

They will respect Kinnear only for his results, not for picking fights. If you look at Newcastle's most successful managers of recent times - Kevin Keegan, Kenny Dalglish and myself - you couldn't imagine us being foul-mouthed in a Press conference.

 

We weren't that type of manager and Newcastle are not that sort of club. It might have worked at Wimbledon where everything was done on a limited budget and they tried to build a team of 'characters'.

 

But Newcastle is a different thing altogether. It's the third bestsupported club in the England with good professionals who need their confidence building and work on the training pitch.

 

Whoever is in charge has a responsibility to get over their views to the public in a composed manner. I don't agree with Joe's original complaint about the newspapers. He was unhappy they had run stories about the players not going to training on his first Monday in charge.

 

I think the coverage was fair. If I'd been manager during all this turmoil, I'd have got them into work on the Sunday, never mind giving them Monday off as well. Having spent eight years with England taking all kinds of flak, I have to say I thought Joe would have been able to handle a couple of days of mildly irritating headlines!

 

The important part of the week comes this afternoon, however. Newcastle have to get results quickly after losing five on the bounce. Joe had a good record at Wimbledon, now it's time to see if his methods on the training ground still work. He might not believe this, but a lot of people are rooting for him.

 

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