Manchester United boss tells Newcastle to keep faith with Allardyce
by stresster on December 29th, 2007
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Newcastle United currently sit 11th in the Premier League. While they’re unlikely to be playing in Europe next season, they certainly won’t be relegated, having as many wins as defeats so far this campaign. However, you’d think the Magpies were rooted to the bottom of the division given the sheer volume of media coverage devoted to Sam Allardyce’s future at St James’ Park.
Is he teetering on the brink? According to the BBC, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson thinks that would solve nothing and actually believes Allardyce is one of the best Newcastle managers of recent seasons.
“I would be astounded if they got rid of Sam. Of all the managers they’ve had, he’s capable of doing better than most,” he said.
“It seems to me as soon as Newcastle lose a game, the manager’s career is threatened,” he said.
“The worst thing that happened to Newcastle was when they beat us 5-0. How many years ago was that?
“But since then, they seem to think they should win every game 5-0. I am not sure the Newcastle job is one you would want to take.
“I will certainly never understand why they got rid of Bobby Robson given his experience and enthusiasm, plus the fact he is a Geordie.”
It appears that the St James’ Park hotseat is fast becoming a poisoned chalice, with the weight of expectation meaning a new manager is given little to no time to turn things round.
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Newcastlefan - December 30th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Sometimes you get things right ( Joe Harvey, Athur Cox, Jim Smith, Kevin Keegan, Bobby Robson) and sometimes you get it wrong (Gorden Lee, Jack Charlton, Ossie Ardiles, ) and it looks like Big Sam (although the Toon is split) has got it wrong. So no we do not harp on about the Keegan days ( player or manager). This is with out mentioning Stan Seymour and all our early success. The reason we think we are one of the top clubs, is because of our fan base. Like Man U if it is successful the money brought in from other competitions will pay for top quality players. There are footballing people that think stars do not want to go to the Northeast, but the Sheppard era has proved that wrong. If the players do not like the cold then why does Rangers, and Celtic, do so well ? Manchester is surly not as cool or as warm as Paris, and I do not see them doing well in Europe ? In fact the French seem to prefer London. I tell you what, it may be great to shop in London, but at this time of year it is no south of France ! If players want to win with a great club, like our Shearer won the Prem for Blackburn, then come on, and be a legend. If our new director is to bring success, then he must know he has to spend big, and I mean big, and for that to happen he must have the right man, and then afford to get it wrong, which he will. Titles do not come cheap, but like for Man U it is worth it.
Newcastleunitedfan - December 30th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
It has never been any different up here. Even the days before Keegan. He played the kind of football the fans love under Arthur Cox. Gorden Lee sold our beloved Super Mac, and finishing leauge cup final against Man City, it just was not good enough. He even put us in the top six of the first division, not achieved since 1950’s But after finishing just above the drop zone he was sacked, having sold all our top players. Jackie Charlton had the Big Sam tag. So all this rubbish that Keegan has given us high expectations is rubbish. He kneew under Arthour Cox what kind of football we wanted, and he knew he needed the Terry Mac’s, Jimmy Smith, David Craig’s to do it. He also knew how we loved our number nine Super Mac. Any chairman who takes over, any manager that comes in should do his homework.
JimmyMcClellan'sSoiledUnderpants - December 31st, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Fergie loves big Sam coz they eat pistachio nuts together at Cheltenham. He wants him to stay at Toon so he can be assured of 3 points every time they meet.