Originally posted by AFII
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I feel very sorry for Roeder. He inherited a terrible squad, unbalanced and with few quality players who could be relied upon. The signings made seemed imposed from above - I have no doubt he would have wanted a striker but I suspect he would rather have had a good defender than another injury prone winger.
He has bought in a number of youngsters and considering the level of injuries he has done reasonably well. I think that stability would have helped the club long run.
However I would say that I rate big Sam as a very good manager (much better than Roeder) and if given a free range to buy in players I think he will be a success. He may however need time to get the setup at Newcastle equivalent to that he had at Bolton and I suspect he might need time to build a team in his mould. I imagine he will buy in an almost completely new defence (speculation: Distin to return would seem logical - physical and available on a free, just the sort of signing Sam goes for).
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