He's gone :-D Thank fuck for that, he was doing nothing but leading us to relegation. Of course it is typical of Newcaslte United to remove the manager just after the close of the transfer window rather than acting swiftly and decisivly bfeore hand (this has been coming after all). Having said that the fact we have to pay the man some stupid amount of money for not being any good at his job probably means there'd have been nothing for anyone to spend anyway.
Souness will undoubtedly point to the tremendous injuries he's had but that's an excuse that he just trots out to cover his lack of skill in actually melding a team. There have been times he's had close to a full side out and even without some first choice players he should be able to form some sort of tactical plan and motivate. Indeed it is under such circumstances that the best managers are at their best, working with what they have and building a spirit that carries the team through.
I can't pretend to be sorry to see him go. It has becoming increasingly obvious that his work was failing and his only hope to redeem the season seemed to be to pin all hope on players returning rather than formulating any sort of plan (and he is the only man in Newcastle still thinks Boumsong is actually any good). The question now arises as to replacement. We don't need a pragmatic Scot (Souness, Daglish) or some wishy washy foreigner (the equally terrible Gullit). At least Sir Bob failed in a way which garnered sympathy, seemingly just losing the plot slightly (maybe because he could never remember which player was which). What we need is not someone to sort out "dressing room difficulties" but someone to motivate that dressing room and make them actually care they are wearing that black and white shirt. And with some tactical sense and ability to see which players don't cut it to boot, I don't have any names but let's hope we don't just limp along till Sven turns up.
He's gone, thank deity of choice, let's move forward.
(@12:02)
