Oh my days. What on earth ever happened to Newcastle United. Earlier on in this decade they were contenders for a place in the UEFA Champions’ League under the reign of Sir Bobby Robson. Now they are a joke that isn’t funny anymore. Yesterday they got predictably beaten comprehensively by title challengers Liverpool and given their upcoming fixtures I can’t see them surviving. Whatever their fate will be, it’ll be a dramatic end to a season that has seen the club been like some sort of crazy reality TV show with twists that never made sense in the first place.
It started with Kevin Keegan in August who managed a few games before resigning from the club over reported feuds with Mike Ashley, the owner of Newcastle United. In came Joe Kinnear, who wasn’t the saviour that Ashley thought he would be, and in a brief spell that was unfortunately ruined by medical problems he managed to find time at the start to distance himself and the media by shouting swear words at them during a press conference. The biggest twist came a month ago when Alan Shearer was announced to take charge for the rest of the season despite having no managerial experience. Sadly, his novice-like tendencies have showed and he still hasn’t guided the time to a win yet in his short spell.
I know I’m not the only one who thinks this but I will be so glad once Newcastle United are out of the Premier League. They deserve to as their performances for the most part have been utterly woeful. I bet Michael Owen was wishing he stayed at Real Madrid.
