Tooj 17 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 "The biggest problem I had at the time was the Chairman, they're in it for 5 minutes and think they can make football decisions." Just said we're fantastic as well, deserve better than what we've got. But that the journos and ex-employees of the club don't help us. Somehow thinks he never got full support though from Shepherd. Also says he'd take the job again, "with a different Chairman." Wanted Anelka and Boa Morte, told they weren't for sale, has just said Shepherd bought Luque not him and that basically Owen wasn't his choice as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 "The biggest problem I had at the time was the Chairman, they're in it for 5 minutes and think they can make football decisions." Just said we're fantastic as well, deserve better than what we've got. But that the journos and ex-employees of the club don't help us. Somehow thinks he never got full support though from Shepherd. Also says he'd take the job again, "with a different Chairman." Wanted Anelka and Boa Morte, told they weren't for sale, has just said Shepherd bought Luque not him and that basically Owen wasn't his choice as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 cracking piece that, he was told luque was only 2 mill!! by fat fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Aye he came across pretty well and made alot of decent points... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10068 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Pah, I bet someone was editing the interview... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 i feel dirty, i liked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMag 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 He's a good pundit and comes across well in some interviews but he's still a cnut in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 He's a good pundit and comes across well in some interviews but he's still a cnut in my book! Thats the problem, he always seemed to say the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Colon 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 He's a good pundit and comes across well in some interviews but he's still a cnut in my book! Thats the problem, he always seemed to say the right thing. Very true - its a pity he wasn't such a failure with us because as far as representing the club he always garners respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Also says he'd take the job again, "with a different Chairman." Souness in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Also says he'd take the job again, "with a different Chairman." Souness in! He'll be Shearers D.o.F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 From SSN: Former Newcastle boss Graeme Souness would welcome a second chance at St James' Park. Harry Redknapp turned down the Magpies vacancy on Saturday following Sam Allardyce's brief tenure, with the St James' Park side searching for their seventh manager in 10 years. Souness endured a difficult spell from 2004-06 as Toon boss under Freddy Shepherd, but would be happy to return to Tyneside under new owner Mike Ashley and chairman Chris Mort. Big club Asked on Sky Sports 1 if he would be interested in going back, Souness said: "With [there now being] a different chairman, most certainly." When pressed on whether he would take the job if it was offered to him, he added: "In a heartbeat. It is a big club, one of the big clubs out there. "It has got the potential to be one of the best. But it's not a quick fix, and whoever goes in there is going to need certainly a minimum of three or four years." Choice Newcastle spent vast sums on transfers during Souness' tenure - including the signing of Michael Owen from Real Madrid - but the Scot refuted the suggestion he was fully backed by then-chairman Shepherd. "I would argue that point because at the end of the day my first choice was (Nicolas) Anelka and (Luis) Boa Morte. "I was told, when I spoke to the people in Turkey, when Anelka was for sale at that time, that he could be bought. But I was told he wasn't for sale and couldn't be bought. "So instead of us spending the £12million there, we bought Albert Luque for £10million and Michael Owen for £16million." Asked whether those were his decisions, Souness said: "No. I was told Albert Luque would cost £2million." Don't do it Ash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Leazes mate, you seen this yet? JOKE!!!!!!!11111 FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser 1323 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 No mention of Boumsong though, or Faye for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) Souness With all due respect to Blackburn,it is a bigger club http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?showtopic=17807 Edited January 13, 2008 by @yourservice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 He's a good pundit and comes across well in some interviews but he's still a cnut in my book! thats about the size of it. Also - if he had any integrity or pride he'd have resigned if what he says was really happening. This is the bloke who lied about Craig Bellamy, and says the club only gave him money to "tart the team up". Thats 50m quid by the way. Wanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I wonder what Gemmill makes of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) I've just read the whole transcript of the Sky interview on .com and he says a few interesting things (especially about Shepherd), but he seems happy to suggest that the way he destroyed Sir Bobby's team and left a mess was nothing to do with him. "I have managed bigger clubs than Newcastle United but, without a shadow of a doubt, it was the most difficult job I ever had. The biggest problem I had was the chairman at the time (Freddy Shepherd). He typified what's out there at this moment in time: they're in it for five minutes and, all of a sudden, they start to think they understand football. Harry, or whoever goes in to Newcastle now— it's whether Mike Ashley really has got the appetite for the long haul. That's what it needs. Newcastle is not a quick fix. I've managed Galatasaray, Glasgow Rangers, Liverpool, Benfica — all are bigger clubs than Newcastle. And you were successful at, wait for it, one of those clubs? Two maybe? Politics and people who are professional agitators from outside the club — ex-employees of the club, journalists — seem to take great pleasure in causing the club a problem. Regardless of whether that's true or not, it's a bit rich coming from Souness, who seemed to have plenty of mates in the media willing to stick up for him. I'm still eating my humble pie btw, isn't that right Alan Hansen. The Geordie people are fantastic. They are open and in your face. If they are not happy with something, they will tell you. They deserve far better than they have got. (They won't get it) until somebody goes in there for the long term and gives the manager time, support to the hilt financially and genuine support — I certainly didn't get that from Freddy Shepherd. He's not someone you want to be in the trenches with and that's not just my view. Great to see he's still trotting out the same old phrases. Lady Luck, proper player, someone you would want to be with in the trenches, bla bla. I don't miss his rhetorics! Edited January 14, 2008 by Bombadil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The sooner his pacemaker packs up the better, just hope he's live on sky at the time. Lying fucking scumbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 He's telling the truth about Luque/Boa Morte though, as I told everyone at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 He's telling the truth about Luque/Boa Morte though, as I told everyone at the time Time to let Bygraves be bygones tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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