Glen Roeder Sacked!

[desertscouser]

Souness signed him. Let's not turn this into another Owen thread for AFII to jerk off to though, ok?

I wasn't sure whether it was Souness or Roeder. Regardless, not sure which of them is a worse manager.

[Howard_lfc]

I don't agree with that.

Newcastle have had a lot of injuries this season so they shouldn't expect any better place in the league.

Parker, Emre, Owen, Ameobi, Given, Duff, Dyer, Sibierski, Lua Lua, Moore, Ramage, Babayaro, N'Zogbia and Luque have been out a long time this season.

That will be a £5.5m fine for the Toon then. That geezer's registered with Portsmouth !!!!

[TheStig]

He's had a lot more than that. 3 at Madrid in one season, now 2 at Newcastle.

He left to win things

He particularly wanted to leave to win the Champions League.

[Diego]

bolton are will struggle with out fat sam, i think it's much more feasible for him to stay at newcastle tbh

[Howard_lfc]

He particularly wanted to leave to win the Champions League.

Owen's surely has to be one of the worst footballing decisions ever made.

[lfc4ever]

He particularly wanted to leave to win the Champions League.

I can only repeat that merriment, hahahaha !!!!

So then, what did Owen & Beckham actually win after leaving their respective poor brit clubs behind and moving on to a bigger and more prestigious trophy laden club??

Answers here please (and keep within the space provided) <.>

[EST_1892]

What about the stories that fat Sam went for the job at Newcastle a while back and when he saw Shearer on the interview board he walked straight back out again?

If this was true, why would he go for the job there again, because i can't see anything having changed with regards to Shearer not being involved in the club in any kind of capacity.

[Maestro]

Sven Goran Eriksson is the only other serious candidate I can think of....

[Neil Young]

Sven Goran Erikkson is the only other serious candidate I can think of....

Given the unrest among Newcastle supporters, Shepherd would only hire someone he thinks would make him fireproof. I can't see how Eriksson would achieve that.

It's a perfect fit between Fat Sam and Newcastle and would explain why he suddenly left Bolton without, apparently, another job to go to.

Still, I suppose we'll have to see what happens.

[Nic83]

**** sake, i was meant to lump on Allardyce to become next Newcastle manager as soon as he announced a few weeks ago that he would "leave bolton at the end of the season"

Would have got a very good price but i forgot and things have flew along and now he's 1/19

[JRG]

I recall that Roeder was reluctant to take the job, he initailly saw himslef as a stopgap as he was enjoying running the youth team (or something similar). I believe he did a good job considering:

1 The Newcastle supporters are a ****ing disgrace to their club, so fickle it beggars belief;

2 The Board is too susceptible to the fans fickleness;

3 Newcastle only seem to spend money on strikers with the rest of their squad being poor;

Roeder inherited ****e in a club that consistently underperforms - what can he do in such a short time?

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Newcastle have lost out on a good youth coach....shame for them.

[AFII]

Sven Goran Eriksson is the only other serious candidate I can think of....

Houllier has been linked with them for a long time.

[Nic83]

I recall that Roeder was reluctant to take the job, he initailly saw himslef as a stopgap as he was enjoying running the youth team (or something similar). I believe he did a good job considering:

1 The Newcastle supporters are a ****ing disgrace to their club, so fickle it beggars belief;

2 The Board is too susceptible to the fans fickleness;

3 Newcastle only seem to spend money on strikers with the rest of their squad being poor;

Roeder inherited ****e in a club that consistently underperforms - what can he do in such a short time?

He's a decent manager but the reality of the situation is that Newcastle are a club far too big for him. It was inevitable that he would be given the chop, regardless of how they did, as soon as someone like Allardyce became available.

[AFII]

Sevilla coach Ramos rivals Allardyce for Newcastle job
tribalfooball.com - May 07, 2007

Sam Allardyce faces competition to land the vacant job at Newcastle United.

Along with the ex-Bolton Wanderers manager, Sevilla coach Juande Ramos and Blackburn's Mark Hughes are also under consideration by Toon chairman Freddy Shepherd, says the Mirror.