retired_naidkaad

I fail to see the proof that he has that much to spend! Just the mumblings of the usual tabloid dross.

retired_thomilee

I'm a Newcastle fan and I'm pretty confident Keegan won't spend £20m, let alone £60m.

Stop reading The Sun.

retired_terata

Worth noting for FM09, but beyond that?

retired_dlb72

they should put you in FM and give you 20 in believing everything you are told, and for believing newcastle could attract players to add up to £60M. They are not a big club and are mid table at best. Accept it!

star

eh just for putting alot of money into a club like any of the current big clubs in the league

For england keegan held his hands up and said he lacked something for the job - pretty honest and respectfull in my opinion (also didnt wait for settlement)

For newcastle he didnt really walk away when it was tough becasue it wasn't tough (newcastle were a top club)

and 20 for making up ********

Yet more anti newcastle and keegan crap, your probably just jealous because we have a manager who wears his heart on his sleeve and like to play exciting football. At the end of the day, the guy is a good club manager with a good record, and no the majority of newcastle fans do not demand instant success and aknowledge that fact that it would be very difficult to get in the top 4.

retired_taustin

LOL, are you sure about that?

retired_samiam

eh just for putting alot of money into a club like any of the current big clubs in the league

For england keegan held his hands up and said he lacked something for the job - pretty honest and respectfull in my opinion (also didnt wait for settlement)

For newcastle he didnt really walk away when it was tough becasue it wasn't tough (newcastle were a top club)

and 20 for making up ********

Yet more anti newcastle and keegan crap, your probably just jealous because we have a manager who wears his heart on his sleeve and like to play exciting football. At the end of the day, the guy is a good club manager with a good record, and no the majority of newcastle fans do not demand instant success and aknowledge that fact that it would be very difficult to get in the top 4. </BLOCKQUOTE>


Kevin Keegan has a history of walking out on clubs. He walked out on England, he walked out on Newcastle and he walked out on Manchester City, when things got too tough for him. Maybe he did well to admit his failures, but after being out of football for a long time, I can't see how he's suddenly got better now to lead Newcastle to the instant success they demand.

The Newcastle owners/management did bow to public pressure when they appointed Keegan. They did not go for the right man. The right man was always going to be someone like Deschamps, or even Mark Hughes. Managers that have made success recently, and have worked hard to get to their positions within the current game. Keegan was hired on the basis of his past reputation, and that is hardly ever a recipe for success.

I am a Manchester United fan but have a bit of a soft spot for Newcastle. I know it will take them at least a decade to be serious and consistent title challengers, so as a Man United fan, I'm in no way threatened by Newcastle, so I quite like watching them and having them as my "second team" if that makes sense. I want to see them do well. But I have serious doubts about Keegan's ability to lead them into Europe within 2 years, and they will need to spend big, and more importantly, cleverly, to break into the top 6 on a consistent basis.

Right now, teams like Aston Villa, Everton, Liverpool, Man City, and maybe even Tottenham under their new "best man for the job" Juande Ramos are more likely to achieve anything than Newcastle, and Newcastle will have to improve ten-fold to even think about finishing higher than any of those teams.

Keegan is a feel good factor. Probably not a recipe for success but I hope he proves me wrong.

retired_tega

chill out sidolman

I do think, that with shearer actually saying that he wanted the job, few managers could have got the job without him still looming large in the wings. so keegan is in someways a sensible appointment, and the fans will immediately be on his side.

I, like most, find it really interesting that he is back. it certainly adds something to the league, and if he does go all out attack then thats great. it can only add to the league.I hope he suceeds so other managers may be encouraged to do the same.

I just think that a lot of people are trying to not get too carried away. things are a lot different now to ten years back, but i think it'll be a pity if he plays attractive football and fails, becasue what kind of message would that send out to the rest of the league?

circlewalker

Newspapers have also linked Newcastle with:

Micah Richards (Independent, Star)
Michael Carrick (Star)
Wayne Bridge (Independent, Telegraph)
Richard Dunne (Independent)
Edmilson (Independent)
Eidur Gudjohnsen (Independent)
Johan Elmander (Independent)
Momo Sissoko (Independent)
Jermaine Defoe (Various)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (Telegraph)
Deco (Telegraph)
Scott Brown (Telegraph)
Daniel van Buyten (Telegraph)
Wes Brown (Various)
Dimitar Berbatov (Mirror)
Sol Campbell (Sunday Express)
Carlos Cuellar (Sunday Express)
Barry Robson (Record)
Alan Hutton (Sunday Mirror)
Nicky Shorey (Independent)

So clearly they should all be added to the squad a.s.a.p.

star

Sorry but you just dont understand anything because your not from newcastle, the board did not bow to public pressure becuase no one newcastle believed it would ever happen. Most fans would have been very happy with many of the rumored manager targets.

We do not demand instant success, just because a section of the fans are idots (like any other club) does not mean we are all idiots.

I would say that someone like deschamps is a bit of a risk, he has not been in management long and he is not experienced with enlgish football, this probably makes him a bigger risk than Keegan. I think Keegan is a better apointment than any rumoured manager since he has been here before and made us into a very good team maing him less of risk than any of the others.