Bobby Sacked!
Bobby Thanks Toon Fans For Loyalty & Support:
"I am massively disappointed not to be able to finish the
job I came here to do.
"I have immensely enjoyed my time here as manager, and I wish
the club all the best of success in the future.
"At the present moment, I have absolutely nothing to say except
to thank the Geordie fans for their tremendous enthusiasm, loyalty
and support."
Bobby's Record:
Bobby accumulated exactly 300 points for Newcastle in the Premiership
and has an impressive overall record while in charge.
Played: 255, Won: 119, Drew:
64, Lost: 72
You can leave your thanks for Bobby here
Full statement from the official NUFC website:
After a disappointing start to the Barclays Premier League season,
the Directors of Newcastle United have informed Sir Bobby Robson that
they have decided that he is to be replaced as Team Manager.
The Directors of Newcastle United wish to place on record their thanks
for the way in which Sir Bobby has worked tirelessly over the past
five years to try and bring success to the club. There is no hesitation
by the club in recording its sincere appreciation for the way in which
Sir Bobby has handled team affairs during that five year spell which
has seen a significant turnaround in the club's fortunes.
The club agreed, early in 2003, to extend Sir Bobby's contract by
one further season. However, after careful consideration, the club
decided it was in the best interests of all concerned to re-visit
that decision.
The club continues to have the greatest respect and admiration for
Sir Bobby and his lifelong achievements both at home, abroad and particularly
at the club he has supported since a boy, his beloved Newcastle United.
He leaves having remodelled the Newcastle team with many young players
admired and coveted across the UK and Europe. The club will no doubt
continue to benefit from the knowledge and experience he has given
during his time here.
Poor Results Got Bobby The Boot
Player power, boardroom rifts, media and fan pressure, all
things that could be used to reason why Bobby finally bit the bullet
but the truth of the matter is that results on the field just weren't
good enough. No League win in 8 games and a horrendous run of winless
games on the road. Our form over the past few months has been that
of a relegation fighting team. Of course all of those things mentioned
previously may have played a part in Bobby's sacking but had the Toon
been winning, nobody would be complaining. Had we picked up 12 points
in the 4 games instead of the two everything would be rosy in Geordie's
garden - including Fat Fred's and Bobby's.
A rundown of our form:
Last League win:
Chelsea (h) 2-1 25th April 2004
A run of 8 games.
Last clean sheet in the League:
Aston Villa (a) 0-0 18th April 2004
A run of 9 games.
Last away win in the League:
Fulham 3-2 21st Oct 2003
A run of 16 games
Add to that our appalling record of draws (all competitions) which
now stands at 25 draws in 65 games and the facts
speak loud and clear. Poor results ultimately ended Bobby's 5 year
reign.
Houllier & Venables Are An Insult Too Many
Rant...
Today's speculation over who is to succeed Bobby has already
seen two familiar names thrown into the hat. Former Liverpool manager
Gerrard Houllier and former Spurs, Barcelona, England, Boro and Leeds
boss Terry Venables. Personally speaking I would be shocked and angered
if any one of the pair ended up as Bobby's replacement regardless
of capacity or length of contract.
Terry Venables is a slimy two-faced back stabbing charlatan at best
who has proven nothing as a manager and if we were to even consider
him there will be an uproar all over Tyneside and throughout Black
& White corners of the world, of that I am certain of. Bring him
at our club at your peril. He is the Arthur Daley of management. To
replace a Geordie knight, a great man and a respected man in Sir Bobby
with such a manager would be an insult too far as would bringing in
Gerrard Houllier.
He's a canny bloke, a nice man and a good manager but what has frustrated
Toon supporters over the past 12 months is dour football, strange
substitutions, playing players out of position and poor buys. Houllier
is the king in that respect - ask Liverpool fans. Better still ask
Rick Parry the man who handed him his P45 after 5 trophies.
Toon supporters have been hurt badly, very badly these past weeks.
First we sell Jonathan Woodgate, then Dire disgraces our loyalty,
but gets away with it and now our manager has been sacked. Not to
forget the media circus that has followed our club like a pack of
starving wolves, wolves being fed I might add by the club. What we
want now is the right man, someone who will come in, get tough with
our overpaid under performing wasters, organise them into an attractive
winning football team capable of challenging for the Title and put
a stop to the rot that is eroding our belief and confidence in this
club we show blind loyalty to and always will. We've been kicked,
slapped and spat on and now we want something back.
Freddy Shepherd and Co. dip our short pockets enough to pay themselves
millions of pounds and Venables or Houllier may seem a safe option,
or a interim option but we don't want that - we want the best for
our money. Otherwise there was no point in letting Sir Bobby go.
For you wages Freddy Shepherd it is your job to find
the best man, the right man. Houllier and Venables are neither and
never will be.
This is one decision you have to get right otherwise we'll be doing
the sacking next and it won't be the poor sap in the managers chair
that feels our wrath it will be you and your cronies.
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Toon Admit Roon Defeat
According to this evening's Chronicle that is who printed
the following:
Newcastle United have finally admitted defeat in their bid to
sign Everton superstar Wayne Rooney, (writes Alan Oliver). The St.
James' Park Hierarchy have accepted that Rooney is on his way to Manchester
United and, like the rest of football, they can only sit back and
wait to see if the £25m deal goes through by tomorrow's midnight
deadline.
A disappointed United Chairman Freddy Shepherd today: "It is
better that we have tried and failed than not to have tried at all."
What Shepherd also tried to do on Saturday morning was sign a central
defender - and he is still trying after he missed the defeat at Aston
Villa to sit by his phone. The Chronicle revealed on Saturday that
United had slapped in a £5m bid for Celtic central defender
Bobo Balde.
But, unlike a lot of clubs, Celtic are not strapped for cash and they
were able to turn United's bid down. Indeed, after playing for Celtic
in their 1-0 victory over Rangers yesterday, Balde headed straight
off to represent Guinea in their World Cup qualifiers this week.
The Premier League offices were closed today and United now only have
one day to try and sign the central defender *Sir Bobby Robson
desperately needs after his defence leaked another four
goals on Saturday.
United now have the worst goals against column in the top flight,
along with Charlton Athletic. The result meant that most United players
gave the media a wide berth on Saturday night, but those I spoke to
thought that the club were interested in Juventus's Croatian international
Igor Tudor.
And Juventus did sign a central defender today when they snapped up
Fabio Cannavaro - the player Alan Shearer clashed with in the Champions
League at St. James' Park the season before last - from Inter Milan.
While United are desperate for a central defender, there was talk
over the weekend linking Shola Ameobi with Spurs and Kieron Dire with
both Aston Villa and Portsmouth, but Shepherd says he has not heard
nothing on either score.
*I thought Bobby had been sacked and when did we leak in another 4
goals? |
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