The Dust Settles
As the dust settles on Allardyces swift departure we are going to take a look at summing everything up thats been going.
The shock leading contender is still Harry Redknapp come Friday morning. He is apparently happy at Portsmouth but as with anything money talks. He is an experienced English manager but hes yet to step up to the plate of a big club many would feel. We also doubt whether he would be totally accepted as a Newcastle United manager.
Couple of positives about Harry would be for his style of play. He certainly plays the right football style to suit us geordies. Certainly couldn’t be any worse than previously that is for sure. Hes always looked as though he has an eye for a player and is happy to try unknowns. Hes operated on reasonable budgets and got great results – something which was said about Sam but I have to say I have far less reservations on Harry. Hes a football man who comes from a footballing family. Hes passionate about the game just like us geordies.
Though one of Newcastle fans main reservations would be he is based in the South coast and seems apparently happy. The papers suggest Harry would be allowed to commute using Ashley’s plane? Not too sure we would accept that. We would want full commitment or he would be off to a slippery start instantly.
One other reservation is the agent bung alegations and police investigations that surround Harry. Out with one in with one so would we have moved in the right direction? Newcastle always seems to attract the wrong headlines.
Harry has obviously stated he has had no contact from Newcastle United and obviously so. Hes certainly not going to come out saying hes spoken as we would be in big trouble. So I wouldn’t read into that in any great manner.
Conspiracy theorists could be hinting that Harry is just a smoke screen for who they are really tying down.
At the end of the day the big picture remains. Ashley wants his own man. He wants them in place so that the worlds 12th biggest club can put together the foundations of good attacking football for next season to qualify for the Champions League. As far as Ashley is concerned its where he expects his Newcastle United to be.
Like Freddy Shepherd before him this is the moment where Ashleys starts to stand or fall on his managerial decisions and how much he backs that manager. It will say quite a bit about his vision and ambition for the club. The business end starts here…
January 11th, 2008 at 11:38 am
got to say i think i would be distinctly emotionless if harry got the job – much as i was when sam go it. in an ideal world id want jose but theres prob about as much chance as me getting the gig. with harry – hes capable of doing the job so it would be just a case of wait and see – and at least hes not steve mclaren. he likes an english coaching team with him as well so if it is harry maybe its time to bring shearer into the fold given that harry is getting on and might only be in the job for a few years anyway. shearer will always be linked with the job so might as well get him in the club and start his training. nice site by the way and may i suggest the brilliant true faith site for your blogg roll? http://www.true-faith.co.uk.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Nice to see you on here BettySwollocks! Just hope to get a few more of the regulars we chat with on Teamtalk and get a good bit of banter going on as there are some fantastic views usually! I’ll certainly add True Faith to the blog roll for you. More than happy to. Sorry for the delay still finding my feet a bit. Once people added believe they alright to post as much as they want. I recognise the names as well
I just got fed up of delays and stuff going missing and the bad press and lame stuff from other fans. On the managers position Harry aint the worst I agree but its possibly a smokescreen? Certainly not McClown!!! No chance id cry! Cant see it happening tho. You could be right about Harry coming in and introducing Shearer to the mix. Whether he’d accept that who knows but it must be annoying to all managers to have him waiting in the shadows everytime. Harry I do believe plays footy the right way but I still don’t know if he’d have the backing of all fans? What you think?
January 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
One thing for sure though BTW its never dull being a toon supporter though is it? Maybe sometimes for wrong reasons but never dull… Got the tongues going again at a time when I know diehards who were falling by the wayside which in itself means it was the right decision.
January 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
i definitely dont think harry is the number one choice for most fans so like big sam it would probably make some people happy and some decidely pissed off. unlike big sam i think harry will probably be able to get the crowd onside by getting the team to attack – although portsmouths inability to score at home at the minute is pretty scary. as nufc.com said this morning if it happened here he’d be gone by may. for my mind harry probably deserves to be on the short list but if (as reported) we are going to throw 5 million a year at the job then surely we can attract a better candidate for that wedge – the special one himself was on about the same money at chelsea. one way or another it needs to be sorted sharpish.
January 11th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
If it was Jose though we’d be looking at waiting until end of season and that might be a problem though a caretaker could come in with a view to pulling Jose’s signings in sooner if some were available now. I could say where Ashley is going if he did select Harry though and would give him my support.
January 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
im sure if jose said he was up for it we could negotiate a settlement with chelsea to let him take over early – its not like we are a threat to them. we could offer a settlement similar to what it would cost to get harry. the difficult bit would be pursuading jose. all the same whoever gets the gig will have my support. apart from mcclown in which case i’ll be straight into town to join the chavs outside st james to start a pre-reign protest.
January 11th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Yeah I think no sooner would he be in but the chants for McClown out would be started… instantly… Such an awful manager.