The Waiting Game

The club should not be run from an office in London where the local media can not be in close contact with them. They owe the paying public an explanation. No matter how much money Ashley says he has ploughed into the club, if you have no one buying tickets/merchandise/pies then there is no football club. They have treated us with contempt ever since they arrived. A couple of free pints down the Bigg Market does not mask over what has been two years of bad judgement, lunacy and naivety.

The transfer window is upon us, and we have no idea what is happening. Thankfully, Michael Owen will get to further his career at either Hull or Stoke. The Duke will probably be heading back to Oz, David Edgar seems to be joining Burnley, Bassong is wanted by a host of Premiership clubs, Beye is allegedly a target of our neighbours down the road and even Taylor has been linked with a move away. Then you have Coloccini, Smith and Barton who seem to be surplus to requirements. There are only a handful of players I'd like to keep and build the team around, Enrique, Bassong, Taylor, Beye, Ranger and Krul. The rest, I wouldn't be too disappointed to see leave because they haven't got the fight or the talent to get us back up.

Before we can really start talking about who we want to keep and whose bags we'll happily pack for them, there is the important matter of getting this sale finalised and Shearer in the hot seat to work his magic. I have no preference as to who takes over. I guess this could be because I have no idea who is in the running to buy us! (However, there is one person who I'd rather kept his or her distance). As long as they're willing to back the manager then I don't care if it's a three headed Cliff Richard fan. This could be the first step to implementing some sanity into Newcastle United....then again, knowing our luck it's just chapter 375 of "How Not to Run a Football Club."

Happy days.