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Originally Posted by phaze9
When I heard that Keegan was back I thought it was a very bad joke he walked away the last time , doesn't perform well under pressure and he has done this with England and Man City ? I don't think that he is the man for the job and I am a Newcastle supporter and thought that Sam allerdyce should have been given more time.What we realy need is to get rid of the dead wood Owen, Viduka (who was the same a Celtic ) and possibly Smith, I realise that other fans would disagree with me but this is just my opinion.  |
I agree with phaze9 on this one... Owen has never been the same since the last time he got injured whilst at Liverpool in my eyes. He has glimmers of hope and he ends up back in physio again. For a team wanting to get challenging for Europe, I think he is likely to be too inconsistent as a striker. If Newcastle had a million chances a game, he would score a few (a la Andy Cole in his United days) but he is no longer the world beater he once was/promised to be.
Viduka, I've never really rated him. I was surprised Newcastle even bought him in the first place. I think Morientes would've been a better buy for Newcastle, and I know first hand as a Liverpool fan how disappointing he proved to be in the Premiership.
I don't think anyone can doubt that Smith is one of those players who will give his all every game. I've seen many matches where he has ran himself ragged on the pitch. But while you can't complain about his effort, he does lack some quality and I think this is possibly down to United not pushing him more as a striker and instead trying to make him the new Roy Keane as a DMC.
One good thing has come out of players coming/going though at Newcastle... at least Titus Bramble was shipped out to Wigan, he has the concentration span of a goldfish. And that's being polite!