A compendium of disaster
George Caulkin, in TheGame supplement of The Times, provides as good a summary of Newcastle United's plight as we've seen:
Ashley has been incapable of stringing two good decisions together and the outcome has been utterly destructive.
He arrived preaching the long-term and then sacked Sam Allardyce.
He tapped into Newcastle’s emotions by appointing Kevin Keegan and then tied his hands together.
He recognised the need to have a football department, but chose Dennis Wise to lead it.
He accepted reality last autumn and decided to sell the club. But Joe Kinnear as an interim manager?
He took the club off the market, promised to communicate more with supporters and then did nothing of the sort.
He vowed to run a dangerously spendthrift club on a sound financial footing, but made a profit in the transfer market when the team was in dire need of strengthening.
Finally, he brought in Shearer, who could do little to prevent Newcastle’s slide into the Coca Cola Championship, but restored discipline to the training-ground, provided a link with fans and reviewed of all playing matters at the club.
Ashley admitted his mistakes and said that hiring Shearer was his “best decision”.
He then ignored him, putting out the for sale signs, not wishing to leave new owners in the same position he inherited. It has been a compendium of disaster.
Riding hard, fast, safely AND taking a few corners.
Ashley has been incapable of stringing two good decisions together and the outcome has been utterly destructive.
He arrived preaching the long-term and then sacked Sam Allardyce.
He tapped into Newcastle’s emotions by appointing Kevin Keegan and then tied his hands together.
He recognised the need to have a football department, but chose Dennis Wise to lead it.
He accepted reality last autumn and decided to sell the club. But Joe Kinnear as an interim manager?
He took the club off the market, promised to communicate more with supporters and then did nothing of the sort.
He vowed to run a dangerously spendthrift club on a sound financial footing, but made a profit in the transfer market when the team was in dire need of strengthening.
Finally, he brought in Shearer, who could do little to prevent Newcastle’s slide into the Coca Cola Championship, but restored discipline to the training-ground, provided a link with fans and reviewed of all playing matters at the club.
Ashley admitted his mistakes and said that hiring Shearer was his “best decision”.
He then ignored him, putting out the for sale signs, not wishing to leave new owners in the same position he inherited. It has been a compendium of disaster.
Riding hard, fast, safely AND taking a few corners.
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8/13/2009 06:36:00 AM
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