Magpies sack Souness

• the Bear

  4 Feb 06, 09:55

  someone did say that he took over LFC and turned them into a bunch of mediocre fellas (he had "injury problems" too)
  
  then he took over Blackburn and he was fighting relegation immediately (and he had "injury problems" also)
  
  now, he took over Newcastle which was fighting for UCL and UEFA Cup places all the time and now NUFC is fighting relegation (due to "injury problems" )
  
  uhh... what the heck has he been doing on the training field? an all-out brawl?
  
  i bet every team out there is quaking, hoping their management doesn't lose their marbles and hire the walking disaster
• dragg

  4 Feb 06, 09:58

  Originally posted by Poolman:

  to be fair to Souness , he don't deserve to be sacked .
  
  Cos injury problems from his import seemed to be a jinx to him , he can't do anything to injuries .
  
  In football terms , the sacking can't be any help to Newcastle .
  
  Newcastle still will be in the same shape due to injuries .
  
  Poor Souness , hope his heart can take it .
  
  P/S : Souness did had a triple by-pass heart surgery when he's in charge of LFC .

  the 5 million pounds compensation will do his heart a lot of good.
  
  
• kpo

  4 Feb 06, 12:48

  ah val's prayers has been answered ...
• RaTtY81

  4 Feb 06, 12:57

  i wonder y newcastle recruit him at the 1st place. blackburn was lying in the bottom of the league when newcastle recruit him. n yea tats a big relieve when he left
• dragg

  4 Feb 06, 13:00

  and under mark hughes blackburn is now challenging for a european spot.
  
  
• RaTtY81

  4 Feb 06, 13:08

  Originally posted by dragg:

  and under mark hughes blackburn is now challenging for a european spot.
  
  

  yeah v v
• dragg

  4 Feb 06, 13:09

  i have a feeling newcastle might lose the next five matches.
  
  
• babymac13

  4 Feb 06, 13:43

  Blackburn rovers is lucky to get Mark Huges after souness era.
  Somehow i'm gald Souness left Rovers and bring MH.
  
  
• The man who was death

  4 Feb 06, 14:41

  oh come on, he signed morten gamst pedersen for blackburn!!
• babymac13

  4 Feb 06, 17:24

  Originally posted by The man who was death:

  oh come on, he signed morten gamst pedersen for blackburn!!

  One key contribution for him. but he also sell off David Dunn who was consider a strong and hardworking midfielder.
• kpo

  4 Feb 06, 18:49

  at newcastle he signed boumsong who has become the main scapegoat ... to think we almost signed ah song *shivers*
  
  owen is probably his best signing?
• progene

  4 Feb 06, 19:46

  Y newcastle so jialat....even wif mickey ard leh.....
  
  C'mon!
• ghimpheng

  4 Feb 06, 20:34

  Newcastle chairman: Applications already arriving
  tribalfootball.com - February 4, 2006
  
  Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has revealed he's already received three applications from top candidates for the vacant manager's position.
  
  He told the Evening Chronicle: "We've already had a lot of top names applying for the job."
  
  However, Shepherd insisted: "The board won't be hurried. We have to get the appointment right and we'll take our time.
  
  "Glenn Roeder and Alan Shearer are quite capable of getting us through to the end of the season.
  
  "I have great faith in two people who are black-and-white through and through."
  
  He added: "Of course people want the job. It's one of the biggest in world football, so why shouldn't they?
  
  "But we don't want to be rushed into giving it to the wrong man and we'll take our time and be very careful. There is no need to hurry.?
  
  "We have no preconceived ideas, no one is lined up."
• Valentin0

  4 Feb 06, 20:47

  haaaalllleeeee *freaking* llluuujaaaaahhh
• Valentin0

  4 Feb 06, 20:54

  ok that was a little bit late in this forum, but i was so happy at 4 am on the day he was sacked (because of time difference and it was reported at around that time)
  
  pool, injury is one thing, mediocrity is another. under stupid sou, we played terrible footie. i dont remember any game that we actually dominated and won comfortably without needing given's superb saves (including the last fa game vs cheltenham which happened to be shown live here). and coincidence doesnt appear all the time. wherever gs goes, the injury plague/excuse always follows him. with blackburn, every so often a player gets hamstring injury. compare the same players back then and now and you'll see the remarkable difference.
  
  5 million is a heavy price to pay to get rid of sou and his group of retards. the likes of tunks, saunders, murray etc are not supposed to be premier league coaches and it's a blessing that they're gone.
• Valentin0

  4 Feb 06, 20:58

  now all we need is a little bit of brain from the chairman. the club doesn't need another crap manager. bring on hitzfield. try to lure scolari although chances are v slim. go for ranieri or sven or le guen or martin o'neill. no need to go geordies or local eg. steve bruce, allardyce etc. the squad deserves a decent manager, not another useless reject.
• Poolman

  5 Feb 06, 03:13

  Originally posted by Valentin0:

  haaaalllleeeee *freaking* llluuujaaaaahhh

  Wow ! This summed up your joy .
  
  You late liao la , too happy until forget got a bunch of guys waiting for your arrival ?
• stellazio

  5 Feb 06, 04:13

  please rianier is another lousy manager..paul le guen might be a very good choice..
• Valentin0

  6 Feb 06, 00:05

  ranieri is not a lousy manager. he might not be the best tactician but to be honest, any manager is going to be an improvement from the disaster of graeme retard. ok that is barring peter reid, howard wilkinson, and mick mccarthy