spionfox
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*Especially* at Newcastle? Deffo not in Leicester, Manchester, Sunderland, Portsmouth.......................
Shearer Newcastle boss (rumour)
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*Especially* at Newcastle? Deffo not in Leicester, Manchester, Sunderland, Portsmouth.......................
Profondo Rosso
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Well, given that mostve those fans also support England, id say, yes :icon_wink
Besides, when do you have to support a team to consider one of their players a legend?
Redditch Fox
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I think so too.
The people involved and most of all Shearer have taken the view that they have enough home games to gain the points and 'Big' clubs like Newcastle sometimes get a few favours from others in these types of situations.
As people have said - Shearer can't possibly lose on this one. If they stay up then he and Ashley get the credit- if they go down Shearer doesn't get the blame.
Shearer may not come across as the brightest but this is a seriously smart move for him.
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Profondo Rosso
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why are people thinking Shearer wont get the blame if they go down? 
From any fans eyes, theyve got Stoke, Boro, Portsmouth and Fulham all to play. Really winnable games, and possibly Villa in the form theyre in. You dont think if he loses all those games hes not gonna get blamed just a bit?
Fans are fickle, i remember some of our fans singing "Gerry Taggart, what a w*nker" when we were losing a game last season when he was in joint charge, and they didnt even have that a bad a record, certainty no worse than what had come before iirc.
From any fans eyes, theyve got Stoke, Boro, Portsmouth and Fulham all to play. Really winnable games, and possibly Villa in the form theyre in. You dont think if he loses all those games hes not gonna get blamed just a bit?Fans are fickle, i remember some of our fans singing "Gerry Taggart, what a w*nker" when we were losing a game last season when he was in joint charge, and they didnt even have that a bad a record, certainty no worse than what had come before iirc.
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Redditch Fox
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why are people thinking Shearer wont get the blame if they go down?
It's so very simple why he won't be blamed. It lies in the old adage "He who smiles in adversity has thought of someone else to blame".
Shearer has the owner as the number one scapegoat - and rightly so too, the 'London Mafia' has a whole and Wisey in particular.
I would quite like to see Newcastle relegated - but for no particular reason, but I think it will be WBA (already gone), Middlesborough (little quality) and I've always thought Hull would struggle to get to 41/42 points.
My guess is that Newcastle will now be galvanised and turn it on - especially at home. This won't mean that Shearer is a good manager - but it is a very smart short term fix (at the very least).
We shall see, won't we.
Redditch Fox
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The difference being that Holloway was only an iconic figure at Leicester to a few idiots - whilst Shearer (who I find to be extremely boring) is nonetheless a talismatic figure on Tyneside and that might well inspire short term success.
FIF
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I think he'll do OK.
Darth Vodka
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oh dear Denis Wise is on the dole
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/engla...ves-newcastle-as-shearer-prepares-to-takeover
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/engla...ves-newcastle-as-shearer-prepares-to-takeover
beaumontfox
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Feck knows why, he's not exactly covered himself in glory in his playing days there.
One good thing, at least it means he probably won't be on MOTD or any other game as summariser til the end of the season, can't stand the tosser.
SJN-Fox
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Redditch Fox
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Yes - I expect life will now be one of extreme financial hardship for the family Wise - just like all the other people who were in low paid employment and have become victims of the recession.
Redditch Fox
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If he keeps them up - and I think he will, I can't see him stepping down and I think it even less likely that Joe Kinnear will ever return as manager whatever happens.
Brauny Blue
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Blackburn just taken the lead against spurs going into injury time. Looks like Shearers bonfire has been pissed on already :icon_lol:
Now a result
Now a result
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