Guest icemanblue Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Luton Town have sacked Mike Newell after a run of five consecutive defeats. Newell has been dismissed after The Hatters slipped into the relegation zone after just one win in 14 Championship games. He had been at the Kenilworth Road helm for almost four years after a brief spell in charge of Hartlepool United. But his dismissal comes on the back of heavy criticism of the Luton board, with Newell questioning where money from the sale of key players had gone. Speaking after Tuesday's 2-1 home defeat to Hull City, the ex-Hatters striker demanded answers with regards to the sale of the likes of Carlos Edwards and Rowan Vine. "Where's the £9million gone?" said Newell. "Give that to me and I'll get five experienced players in, I'll pay them fortunes and we'll get ourselves out of it. "It takes three or four years to build a reputation as a decent manager and three months to lose that reputation. But if you take the four best players out of any team it will hurt them. "Give me the money and I'll replace them - but I can't. "The reason we're in this position is because we've sold our best players. Someone should investigate what's going on at this club." With comments like that, I think he knew what was coming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
localshop Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 seemed like a bit of a moaning buck-passer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 So he's free to become Toon Assistant when Shearer gets the job then. Least we won't have to pay any compensation now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 So he's free to become Toon Assistant when Shearer gets the job then. Least we won't have to pay any compensation now. Yeah. I bet Fred would love him like! However, when it comes to Newcastle, what Shearer says is gospel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 seemed like a bit of a moaning buck-passer To be fair he has had to put up with a lot of shit and he is right, they sold their best players but still expect results without putting the money back in! If they took your pc at work (or whatever you do) and still expected you to get the same amount of work done would you be happy? Quite like Newell, he is an honest bloke who expects people to be honest with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicente_14 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Surprised he lasted this long tbh, thought his loose lips would have got him the sack before now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
localshop Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 seemed like a bit of a moaning buck-passer To be fair he has had to put up with a lot of s*** and he is right, they sold their best players but still expect results without putting the money back in! If they took your pc at work (or whatever you do) and still expected you to get the same amount of work done would you be happy? Quite like Newell, he is an honest bloke who expects people to be honest with him. If they took my pc away I'd probably get more work done but i see your point. I honestly think it's the scouse accent which made the moans more annoying than they really were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I agree with him, it's impossible for any manager to be able to progress with his team if the best players are sold without any replacements coming in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 get him in. Not as manager like, i'm pretty sure he could fill in at left back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Absoloutely ZANY sig change there, Burnip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Absoloutely ZANY sig change there, Burnip. i can put all sorts in, name, email address, mobile phone number birthday etc... its MAD. anyway - Mike Newell, sexist etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 hilarious tbh maybe now he won't be in the papers so much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delima Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 While personally I detest his comments on female officer (thought he was being sexist, perhaps out of sheer frustration), he has done pretty well football speaking. Revive Luton in impressive style, and he has to sell 5 of his best players - Curtis Davies - Championship best defender Rowan Vine - One of Championship top scorers. King of assist. Carlos Edwards - January championship player of the month. Best Championship right winger. Steve Howard - One of Championship top scorers. Currently top scorer for Derby. Kevin Nicholls - Team captain. I don't think Newell will be out of job for long, and I think he can definitely a good Championship manager at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I think he's good enough for Manchester United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 My mate reckons Newell only spoke out about the female assistant because he wanted to air his comments about the board but knew it would get a hell of a lot more focus with his controverisal comments on her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Magic Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I say we hire him and Ian Holloway as our management team. It's about time we had some proper entertainment at this club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 He's a nob of the highest order, not for any of the stuff that's come to light but the majority of stuff he done down at Hartlepool that never got leaked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 The nob who runs Luton was shiting on today on the radio. Proper, proper liar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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