I didn't say it was Ashley's fault, so as usual, your post is meaningless.

Two points that did make me chuckle, as well as the Ashley stuff:

Why would yesterday have any bearing on Shearer getting the job?

Secondly, what manager would that be who we played under yesterday. Oh, that's right, we don't have one.

Season starts in 3 weeks and you dont have a manager.....fighting in training and Houghton being undermimend by players..........I know you are a fan Ash but jesus...even you must realise your club is a joke...consortiums buying clubs left,right and centre and nobody touches your lot....why???????????

Fighting in training? Wouldn't say Hughton has been undermined either, the players respect him, but know he's a soft touch compared to Shearer.

We've had offers, just none that have matched Ashley's evaluation of how much the club is worth.

You came out with the gem that the players were making it clear that they wanted Ashley out, so that's why they got hammered.



Fair enough, I'd assumed that if Shearer really wanted the job he'd be sticking around to make the case for him being kept on stronger. Obviously he's standing by his awesome record of last season and putting his feet up instead.

Rumours of it in the papers today and Houghton reading the riot act only to be out voiced by Nolan and Beye telling him he was wrong.


So nobody has offerd 2 pence then.

It isn't as far fetched as it sounds, it was only a suggestion too. I saw the pre-season game against Huddersfield on Tuesday night, I don't see how we would just suddenly turn to tosh in just a few days.


Sticking around, how exactly? You really don't know what you're talking about, go on, admit it.

Not seen it mate. The only journalist I have any respect for is George Caulkin, if it came from him, I'll believe it as he's more often than not spot on. If it was from Louise Taylor or Anal Oliver to name a couple, I wouldn't be so sure.

Alan Shearer was the manager at the end of last season. He got you relegated. At the moment his contract has ended, but the situation at the club is that no decisions of major size can be made because it's up to new owners to decide what they want. So that means that Newcastle United are left with Houghton in charge, who has shown pretty clearly that he's not up to managing those players.

If Alan Shearer was worthy of getting the job, he'd have stayed on as Caretaker Manager, even if it's unpaid (he was amply paid for taking you down, so he'd be taking the pi55 to take more money from Ashley). But that's not the Newcastle United way. Instead he just trumps off, leaving Houghton to flail, leaving the squad to pi55 around when they should be working. And the season is fast approaching. The club still could be weeks or months from a new owner, but everything's okay by you. You really think it'll be in the best interests of NUFC for there to be no manager in place until the club is sold?

The fact is if Shearer won't stay around during the transition then he doesn't deserve to be brought back when the new owners come in. But the sad fact for you is that no decent manager will want to come to your comedy club, so you'll probably have to stick with Shearer or run back to King Kevin again.

Talk about putting words into my mouth. You're well off the mark, don't let that stop you thinking you know what you're talking about though.

You have no idea how much.

I have a colleague who is a Chelsea season ticket holder. She came in to work the other day. Said 'hello', sat down. About 10 minutes later, stood up and started into a rant at me about how we could get away with 'tapping up' Terry.

Eventually I got a word or three in and pointed out that it isn't 'tapping up' when the club has made an official offer and the other club has made an official rejection. This deflated her, but you can hardly imagine the anger beforehand.