Dowie

[Martin Lol]

His experience in the championship (as mentioned) will be invaluable, as will his brothers if the reports are true.

 

Add in Carvers experience and Rob Lee's apparent tactical nouse (I dont know where this assumption has come from but it sounded good)

and the coaching should have very decent depth and quality.

 

 

I can well imagine the Shearer/Dowie partnership proving successful in the long term.  Shearer is singleminded, knows what he wants and how he wants the team to play.  Dowie knows the Championship, knows which players might fit into Shearer's plan for the future and, perhaps most importantly, Dowie knows what it takes to get a team out of the Championship.  I still doubt whether promotion will come next season though.  Newcastle seem to be starting from such a low base I find it hard to believe Shearer and Dowie will be able to get in all the players they need, get them to gel as a team and do enough to get promoted.  Time will tell.