The Newcastle DelusionI'm still shocked at the way Newcastle sacked Sam Allardyce, the latest managerial 'Messiah' to be dismissed for not providing them with the success they feel is their divine right. I still can't understand why Newcastle feel they're a top club. They've not won anything since the 1960s. They always pay over the odds for average players. Every player who joins the club ends up as a worse player whose value subsequently decreases.
Their fans are always banging on about the need to play football the Newcastle way - whatever that is - and keep going on about how they're the most passionate in the land. However, whenever I see them on Match of the Day they're always moaning about their team and streaming out of the ground before the end of the game if they're losing.
Of course, they've got wealthy backers who will know doubt again pay over the odds for another 'top' manager. There's huge support for another local hero - Alan Shearer (who won the league whilst playing for Blackburn, not Newcastle, incidently) who's never managed a club in his life. Harry Redknapp is favourite. He'd be mad to leave Portsmouth, but he'll be paid a fortune.
Good luck to him. He'll need it.
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Why Harry Redknapp would want to leave Portsmouth has not even been taken into consideration.
The Newcastle job is a poisoned chalice, no manager will ever live up to the frankly ludicrous expectations of the Toon army and will be out on his ear in a few short months.
Newcastle don't have the players to challenge for the titles, and a set of fans who think that they are better than they actually are.
So pleased Harry turned it down. Agree with all you've said!
Hope Keegan fails spectacularly as well.
He was a decent player, but is sadly mistaken to think he will ever get anything out of the Newcastle job apart from furthering his reputation as a decidedly average manager.
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