Roeder v Fat Sam

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Roeder could have signed Campbell on a Free and I imagine we'd have finished around 10th. He didn't though because he's a talentless b*stard.

 

Also, if Roeder had had his way, Milner would have been at Villa now and he'd have had Viduka anyway.

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"The other problem Sam has is that he and every other new manager will live under the shadow of Alan Shearer, who is the fans' favourite son and rightly so," Roeder said.

 

"Shearer will not wait for ever to manage the club. He was supportive of me last year and he could see that a rebuilding job had to be done.

 

"There will come a time when he will want to manage the club, and in those circumstances Sam can ask for five years - but I don't think he'll get that long.

 

Big Sam telling Roeder he knows.

 

AL TO TAKE SAM'S JOB

FOOTBALL: Only 35 days until the big Premier League KO

SAM ALLARDYCE has admitted he expects Alan Shearer to succeed him as the next manager of Newcastle. Allardyce was only given the job after Shearer told Freddy Shepherd he was not prepared to move into management, despite doing his coaching badges.

 

"I think Alan has made it clear when he wants to come back into football," said Allardyce. "He wants to be a manager, if that is the case he will be taking my job! I think he has made it clear he wants a good rest and he has other things to do in his life first.

 

"He has passed his coaching badge which is great credit to him. But players of his ilk and his status now do not appear to want to move into the coaching or the management fraternity. They take their licences and Alan has shown a commitment to that for later on in his life."

 

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=al-to-take-sam-s-job--&method=full&objectid=19424169&siteid=93463-name_page.html

 

Hugh Mcilvanney on Sam & his 5 year request

 

Many of football’s cliches are endearing veterans of the press-box wars and deserve to be venerated, but the description of Newcastle United as a sleeping giant isn’t one of them. After 80 years without being national champions, and 52 without victory in an FA Cup final, the condition of the Tyneside club resembles chronic catalepsy more than mere slumber.

 

The most abused supporters in English football were led to believe they could expect a dramatic awakening to competitive vigour when Sam Allardyce took charge at St James’ Park. But Allardyce has asked for five years to produce a genuine revitalising of Newcastle. He may not be exaggerating the patient’s ills but he is surely overestimating the tolerance of those who pay the bills. Prescribing expensive long-term treatments is a more secure practice for Manhattan psychiatrists than it is for football managers.

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/hugh_mcilvanney/article2042164.ece