Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer

how many years you reckon it'll be before they're in league 1?

With Ashley running the show...one!

With Shearer helping Ashley... 2.

That would be as a player as well as a manager...

so wrong. he has a premier league medal from his stint at Blackburn UberGunner2009-05-25 10:54:56

To a degree though, I blame the players whom seemed quite happy to accept over-inflated pay packets and gave f**k all in return.

Mate i totally agree, ive always said that its been a comination of ashley, the players being overpaid and not caring about the result and the infastructure the club has. Some newcastle players are on top 4 wages, it really is a joke.

You should have stayed on the telly...

And with the over inflated pay packets came over inflated egos with certain individuals yet again believing they were better than they really were. Newcastles best times finished with Man City winning that League Cup final. Since then, they have tried various stars and super stars whom have just not put in the effort for the most part. Sheerer and Keegan (as a player) being two obvious exceptions.

I still don't know how Newastle fans can lay the blame at MA's door!

End of the day MA has kept you afloat financially. He is not a idiot he aint going to bank role you to the hilt just cos Newcastle fans have this thing that they think they are a big club. Yes they have a big stadium but they are for sure not a big club.

If anything Wise and the several managers are to blame for thier stupidity in thinking if you throw money at it it will get better.

You only have to look at Wigan, Fulham, Stoke etc to see you don't need money to have sucess.

She Fulham fans be calling for Mohammed Al Fayed's head as he don't spend much cash? or should we just support the team in a slow but steady improvement and now European football, top half finishes.

Newcastle fans are soooo impatiant they think they are owed sucess and are quick to lay the blame at the door of anyone except who they deem to be ''gods'' at Newcastle! E.g Keegan and Shearer - both of whom had appaling records at the club! in manigerial terms.

So it is now the fizzy pop lleague for Newcastle, personally can't see them getting out of it in the first season. Having seen Fulham play through all 4 pro divisions in the last 15 years I must say the Championship is the hardest of them all, promotion and play offs normally go to the wire with several clubs in with a shout. Expect to see Reading, Cardiff, Preston, West Brom, Boro, Sheff Utd, Swansea, Peterborough (Who are going for a 3rd straight promotion) Doncaster etc be up there fighting for a place in the premiership.

I think a few years down in the Championship would do Newcastle and thier fans a load of good. Time to clear out all the crap, and start again.

Yes defiently agree time to clean out the crap but believe we have a good chance to get promoted next season.

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Players sold

So there was money spent, cant find stats for season before,

I think I speak for all Stokie fans when I say:
"Thank you Newcastle, thank you, thank you, thank you"

Yes but Newcastle are a business! a feeder team if you like. Same as Fulham. You can expect to sell players for high amounts and buy in for less. It is about what you do with the players rather than the cost of them.

No business that wants to survive can continually have bigger outgoings then incomings. As i said before MA has kept you financially secure.

Is he a 100% owning Newcastle? Reason i ask is I would assume any money he has invested was a personal loan etc to NUFC, in which case since the value of NUFC just plumitted with relegation, attemps to kick him out would land NUFC in serious debt to MA!!!!!!

Just watching News here in the UK and looks like Shearer will be taking the job!

Anyone else thinking this is the most stupid thing NUFC could have done! They have just appointed/ing a man who has NO managerial experiance! not even in the lower leagues!!!!!!!

Surely Shearer should go manage down in League 1 or 2 before even thinking about taking a job like this!

When will Newcastle learn?????

I remember when Sir Bobby got you guys up into third - and were challenging for the title up until March! That must have been 2003... then we beat you 6-2 at St James's to end the challenge but it was the glory years in comparison today...

Yes getting rid of Robson was a big blunder...that team was good to watch too and played with passion  (Shearer and Bellamy up front _ scary!).  Toon could have cemented a position similar to Everton and Villa now but heh!!

WOW your predicting Sheff Utd to come nowhere???? No Preston?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYrLSMQy35E&feature=player_embedded

Im a newcastle fan and found that quite funny.