Start of a new (sh)era?
Posted on June 18th, 2009 | 71 Comments |
Should he or should he not be manager? Well it all seems pretty immaterial now as he seems to be the favoured candidate and for the sake of the short term stability of the club if he is selected as manager we need to put our full support behind him. No whingeing and griping about his lack of experience, his suspect tactics, the massive ego etc. We need to stand behind and support the manager despite some bad decisions he will undoubtedly make or poor results he may achieve. We’ve been on the merry go round of swapping and changing managers at least a few times a season for years and look at where it has led us. We need to embrace the change to new ownership (please god let it not be FFS as that may be too hard to stomach) and to a new management structure who we hope will help take NUFC back where it should be in the top flight.
Alan Shearer while not everyone’s first choice as manager will be a uniting force between the beleaguered players, club staff, fans and new owners. He feels passionately about the club and it’s supporters and I’m sure he will do his utmost to try to bring success to the Toon. Hopefully he will be given time to learn his trade. If he surrounds himself with experienced coaches and wise heads, his lack of experience should have little impact. I was impressed with Alan Shearer during that interview after the Villa game. The man spoke with dignity and that’s something that has been in short supply at NUFC for years. If he’s chosen which I’m sure he will be, I wish him the very best of luck and every success in turning round the fortunes of our great club. Most of all I wish for him the time that is required to achieve that success.
“If he surrounds himself with experienced coaches and wise heads”
Fat Freddy / Iain Dowie “dream ticket”, Deb? :-)