Newcastle United – News Roundup – 16 July 2009.
Posted on July 16th, 2009 | 25 Comments |
Louise Taylor can never seem to resist writing some gloom about Newcastle though and her article in The Guardian bleats on about stalled sales and the club’s lack of communication with Shearer about things. There’s nothing new in the article so she tries to spice it up with quotes from ‘a source close to Shearer’, who says:
“Alan is completely in the dark.
“Alan is in talks with the BBC at the moment. He currently has one year left on his contract with them and they want to keep him but they also know how much he loves Newcastle and are being extremely understanding.“
She goes on to try and stir things up a bit by quoting some of Kinnear’s comments to the Irish press over the weekend:
“Alan has been a phenomenal player but he’s never been in management or coaching.
“The whole of Newcastle wanted Alan Shearer though and they got him. They have delusions of grandeur. They want someone who can put together a winning run on a regular basis.
“When I went into hospital we were 13th with 13 games left. It [avoiding relegation] was looking an absolute doddle. We were on a great run.”
The BBC reports of our match with Leyton Orient on 25 July, arranged to replace the cancelled match against Utrecht.
In The Journal, Nicky Butt tells of how he feels this will be a tough season (no kidding!) and there’s a nugget of information at the bottom of the article about how Jermaine Beckford’s desire to come to Newcastle may be scuppered by Leeds if our ‘in limbo’ state continues and Leeds receive a decent offer for the guy.
Going back to the official site, they have a report on our reserve side’s 3-2 win over Ashington with goals from Wesley Hgo Baheng, Fabio Zamblera and Sammy Ameobi. It’s really nice to be reporting on some football for a change, and a win at that!
I see Sports Direct has suffered a staggering 91% drop in profits: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8153274.stm
That can’t be pleasing Mike.