Sir Bobby & Shepherd in talks?
By N.O On Mon 13 Nov 2006 |
We found an interesting snippet tucked away at the end of the Guardian’s Man City/NUFC match report where they comment on Sir Bobby’s backing of Freddy Shepherd as reported by the Mail on Sunday, but also claim the former United manager was due to meet up with the chairman last week.
Sir Bobby Robson yesterday threw his support behind the Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd. Robson described the Hall family, Newcastle’s other major shareholders, as “absentee landlords” who “leave the club in limbo”.
In his column in the Mail on Sunday Robson wrote that despite being sacked by Shepherd in 2004, he would commend any attempt by Shepherd to buy out the Halls’ 41% of the club.
Robson’s opinion is intriguing as elsewhere in the same newspaper it is reported that Shepherd intends to attempt a buy-out. Robson and Shepherd were due to speak last week.
“He [Shepherd] owns less than a third of the club and can’t always be blamed for the bad decisions they have made over the past two years,” Robson said.
Meanwhile Sir Bobby will resume his Republic of Ireland duties this week as he gets on the road to full recovery following a cancer scare. (Also from the Guardian)
When Sir Bobby Robson leapt up to celebrate a Republic of Ireland goal last month and was reminded by his wife he was supposed to be paralysed, he realised just how much he wanted to come back to his job helping the manager, Steve Staunton. The 73-year-old was in Dublin last night to prepare for Wednesday’s European Championship qualifier against San Marino and acknowledged he had not taken for granted a return to the fold.
Robson was cleared by doctors to continue as international football consultant after two operations to remove cancerous tumours. He has missed four games and realised how attached he has become to Ireland as he watched the most recent one, a 1-1 draw with the Czech Republic, on television. The side, under pressure after a heavy 5-2 defeat in Cyprus, went ahead through Kevin Kilbane.
“Even I jumped out of my chair and I was paralysed at the time,” Robson said. “My wife said: ‘I thought you were paralysed.’ I said: ‘I know.’ I jumped up and I thought: ‘Well that’s what the Irish team, the public and the country does to you.’ That’s what we’ve got here and that’s why I’m back.”
Robson was said to be looking frail and has a limp and swollen left hand but his enthusiasm remains undimmed. “Did I think about retiring? Yes and no,” he said. “It wasn’t black and white, it was very much a grey area. I wasn’t in the best of situations from a health point of view. If you have got a tumour on your brain you have to have it removed and that’s not something that you look forward to.
“But I also had in my mind that I would recover and I could continue my life in football for a few more years. This job is a wonderful opportunity, which is why I took it in the first place, and, although I knew I had a challenge on my hands, I knew that it was one I had to try to win. I suppose I am about three-quarters of the way through that. I am still slightly impaired but I can now walk unassisted. A month ago I couldn’t stand up.”
Robson’s role has been altered so he will advise rather than take an active part in training. Stephen Carr (ankle) and Stephen Ireland (virus) will miss Wednesday’s match.
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I always felt Sir Bobby was treated badly by our club & it’s been all downhill since! He should have been allowed to see out the season & retire with dignity,you just don’t treat an absolute legend of the game & a true gentleman like that.Thanks to the previous few message writers for expressing what i’ve felt ever since Sir Bobby was sacked.Glenn may be a nice guy but he can’t manage a football team to save himself so how bad to do things have to get before he’s sacked too.Heaven knows there are enough precedents!!
Sent in on: November 20th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
Fat Fred has always backed every manager, in terms of money… 16m on owen, 10m on robert, 9m on martins, 9m on boumsong and so on.
Then the 21m bid for rooney…. was that a publicity stunt? Who knows?
What will happen in january…. 5m for beckham?… another publicity stunt waiting to happen?
No matter what any newcastle fan can say, he has thrown his full weight (ouch!) behind every single manager.
The turning point was for me however when dyer refused to play on the right against boro when robson was manager. We had a good dressing room then, but all of a sudden, robson lost the dressing room and the likes of bellamy dyer and others put this club back years.
Mr souness comes in; so called hard man to sort out the dressing room - sells bellamy, who was one
of our best players, sells robert, who was good on
his day, but lazy, and the clear out begins… all i can say is look at the position he left us in
All i can say is keep roeder for a few seasons… we might go down, but it will get arid of dead wood, and lets face it, theres alot. Im not just talking about the team, im talking about the supporters. If you go to the game, how many people around you sing? Like for example shearers testamonial.. people where still sitting down… not singing… why go to a match? you support the team… not sit on your arse and not sing. We have probably got a 40,000 hardcore support. When you consider theres 2500 away supporters, 42000 season ticket holders minus coporates and casuals thats what we have got.
Has Fat Fred reaslised that we cant challenge the likes of man utd, chelsea. Im sure he has
Consider aston villa just being taking over, with a half decent manager, west ham soon to be took over too. We are mid table team in reality, hoping to grab the last place of the uefa cup.
Do you want shepard out?
If this belgravia group comes in… who are we going to have a go at when things are going wrong? The group is based in jersey and will never be up here… well at least not the people with the money.
We all know as supporters that we cant challenge for the league, but hope for european football and
a good run in the cups… we dont demand much, but
we want to see the team fight for the club…
Im sure that this clubs will have new owners by the end of the season.. but no doubt it will be
another eventful season at gallowgate
Sent in on: November 20th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
i have to admit i was pretty damn happy when we signed owen, who wouldn’t be. however i think most people including myself could never really believe it, it does not seem right, there’s something icky about the whole saga. it’s clear to see that owen did not imagine stayin at NUFC for the rest of his days, and for a team’s talisman and future hope that isn’t good enough. but i never thought we would sign owen originally anyway, i always believed we should go after somebody like andy johnson or darren bent or peter crouch or dean ashton. but freddy’s ego won’t allow that, he doesn’t want to sign a hungry ambitious player who would see signing for NUFC as a massive step up, no instead he went for the jugglar and for once it actually fuckin paid off, but let’s be clear, we were clever in the situation and didn’t really leave much choice for Owen, so it was just we were the profiters of a set of circumstances. i want players to come to newcastle with a lot more free will and by choice. i regard owen as highly professional, but we are all human, and he still has a long term agenda on his mind. also 17m is FAR FAR TOO much but naturally freddy wanted his man! it also shows a lack of forthsight. 17m for one man is a helluva lot for our club, and if he’s injured like he proved to be then were buggered. if he had split the pot up, perhaps we would still have a regular hitman in the team who may have scored us 6 goals and we would not be in the position we are now.
SHEPHERD OUT
Sent in on: November 15th, 2006 at 4:35 pm
Chris L
I too was pleased when owen signed for us, I thought it was a foregone conclusion the scousers would nick him from under our noses. It was devestating for both the player and the club when he broke his foot then subsequently knackered his knee, i feel really sorry for him. he is a good pro and wants to repay the investment made by NUFC and perform for our fans.
The stark reality we are faced with is he will not kick a ball this season and we have to deal with this, as it stands we or should I say Roeder isnt.
He should have been strung up by his bolllocks for playing Shola against city, it was emberrasing to say the least. He has made some stupid, no , fucking plain daft, decisions in the last few months. What has been our best performance so far?. I would say Palermo away, no one gave us a chance to come away with anything, but the lads worked their bollocks off and got the three points. What would a top manager do after a game like that, especially against a poor team like Sheff Utd, Put out the same lads, who would still be buzzing and confidence high to get a result.
Our fuckwitt changes the team, leaves out 5 of the players, drops the goalscorer, plays duff out of position and makes a complete balls up, as he did against charlton and watford(ok we won , on pens big wow its fucking watford after all) but I think our worst performance came against City, absolutly diabolical, no excuses!!
We seem to be getting worse, if thats at all possible. If that is the best Roeder can muster from this squad, even with the injury situation, it is a total and utter discrace. How can he look at himself in the mirror knowing he is not upto the job and is taking our club, the club we love, down to the bottom of the premiership and on to the brink of relegation, YES RELEGATION. I heard some guy on talksport say he had £50 on us to go down at 40-1, i thought you mug, maybe he isnt. After all he was a west ham fan and they know exactly what Roeder can do to a team of good players. Joe Cole, Micheal Carrick, Di-Canio(mmm Luque springs to mind).
GET RID OF THIS INEPT MAN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE AND WE ARE PLAYING BURNLEY,IPSWICH,NORWICH AND THE LIKE NEXT SEASON
Sent in on: November 15th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
Jay / Ash - What I wrote started with “it has nothing to do with my thoughts either way about Roeder or Freddy”. It was literally just a chance for anyone to use their imagination to answer four simple HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS. Nothing else, no sinister subliminal messages trying to get people to support Roeder or anyone else!
Ash - I couldn’t agree more with “not putting all your eggs in one basket”. But how about telling me what you honestly thought when we signed Owen?
Although I thought that we paid too much, I was excited. With Shearer coming into his last season, we had another player that despite being likely to miss a few games would get about 20+ goals every season for us (not some other team).
Jay - I never suggested any “poor us injury problems theory”. I asked four hypothetical questions that only related to one player. I seem to remember at the end of last season he was not being picked as Roeder didn’t feel he was ready; it was Sven that rushed him back for England. Newcastle had no power to stop England calling him up or then playing him. As you stated “I was and never will be happy with Roeder in chargeâ€, please tell me what you honestly thought when we had one match left last season?
I couldn’t decide how I felt. I was pleased with where Roeder had got the team up to, but I knew it was a false position that would unlikely be repeated this season. I wanted us to get into Europe but I suspected that the cost would be having Roeder continue as manager. In an ideal world (P.s. I’m well aware this will never exist in football), we’d have won that last match to get into Europe & Glen would have returned to the academy while we got a decent manager who was able to sign decent players because we’re in Europe again.
Anyone still reading - I’m not a fan of Roeder or Freddy, I was just interested in what people thought if under a twist of fate… Owen hadn’t got injured in Germany. I still am.
1) For me, If Owen had played all our 12 league games so far I think he’d have scored about 6 goals.
2) Those 6 goals would probably translate into about 8 points.
3) Those 8 points would see us sat about 7th in the table.
4) Under those circumstances, I’d be waiting for it all to start going wrong while quietly hoping that by some fluke, Roeder was in fact the man to sort us out & that Freddy will keep his mouth shut for long enough.
click and click “clear all”
Sent in on: November 15th, 2006 at 11:17 am
ChrisL writes in saying:
Jay the southern mag (or anyone else),
Just a quick few questions & it has nothing to do with my thoughts either way about Roeder or Freddy.
1) If Michael Owen was fit for all twelve of the league games we’ve had so far this season, how many goals do you predict he would have scored?
2) Then take those extra goals & think how many extra points that would have been worth to us?
3) Then take those extra points & see where we are in the league?
4) Would you be happy with Roeder/Freddy if that was our current league position?
REPLY
1) But he is isnt so the managers job is to deal with the situation correctly, He hasnt so its down to him, The buck stops at Roeders door. His team selections have been very poor as has his tactics
2) We may well have been further up the table but if`s and but`s dont get you anywhere. What IF shearer was playing, What IF Shay didnt get injured, What IF Luque ot a run of games. Roeders job is to ensure the team performs with the resources at his disposal and he has got nowhere near. Look at Wigan,Reading,Aston Villa etc they dont have Micheal Owen, Alan Shearer or anyone with the so called talent our players have BUT what they do have is spirit and determination combined with a decent manager. Sorry i dont buy into your poor us injury problems theory
3)This is irrelavant, we are in the relegation zone, which is were we will stay if this monkey remains in charge
4)I was and never will be happy with Roeder in charge, He is a third rate manager at best and should stick to coaching kids or manage in the lower leagues, He is well out of his depth and Shephard has to take responsibility cos he put him in charge.
ROEDER OUT BRFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Sent in on: November 15th, 2006 at 9:22 am
I can understand why people harp on about the injury situation, it is in no way helping but i think it’s part of ’sod’s law’.
it’s like karma etc and why i keep repeating the phrase ‘you reap what you sow’ etc
and another phrase ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket’
precisely that’s what we did when we signed Owen. Yes he is a top class player, yes he scores goals, but does he really truly love the toon? i doubt it. will he resist all illustrious suitors if he did well? i doubt it. is he a sturdy player who will go all season without picking up injuries etc? nope he is not. Did Freddy sign him to appease the supporters and sell more merchandise, tickets etc? Yes
With the 17m quid Shepherd blew on Owen, we could have bought Ashton (Shearer replacement, ideal!) and Andy Johnson and/or Darren Bent. And if we had purchased Boa Morte instead of Luque, with the £4m we would have saved in transfer fees, we could possibly have purchased a decent defender. You see, Freddy does not understand the concept of team building with players of real potential and pedigree, with proven consistency and hunger. Those who are making a giant leap (like the players above) instead of a sideways or a downward move (emre, luque, owen, martins). So naturally, if u violate the laws of nature and common sense your gunna get ur arse bitten until you learn your lessons. We have to manage the money efficiently and effectively, have to go about things in the right proper manner and run a business based on long term strategy so we have a clear common goal, this will limit the impact of short term issues or problems. Stop moaning about our ill fortune, WE ARE THE CREATORS OF EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES, GOOD BAD UGLY ETC there is no rub of the green, it’s all your own doing, and this has to be applied to Newcastle United. The man in charge there is Freddy Shepherd, and so consequently he is ultimately responsible for the club on and off the pitch. However like most of the world, he bullshits everybody around him including his own self. We are not struck by a jinx, apart from the self inflicted variety. And it will not be broken until we start growin some balls and take some responsibility (i.e. Shepherd and the board). Balance is society’s taboo, it also appears to be Freddy Shepherd’s.
Shepherd out!
Sent in on: November 15th, 2006 at 12:37 am
I know its been said but what a combination Sir Bobby as Director of Football bringing on Alan Shearer as Managre in training. Dream ticket. Stll we live in hope
Sent in on: November 14th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Under the circumstances I mentioned (i.e. little money & poor career prospects), I thought I’d do a little ‘role call’ on the Newcastle front line.
NUFC Strikers 06/07:
Owen - First choice striker but probably out till early spring.
Martins - He was the long term purchase, would bed in this season with a few goals after Christmas mostly. He’s young & has a good record against the traditionally stubborn defences of the Italian league. He has had to try to be our main striker immediately & is seen to be failing as no one else is scoring either. If us “fans” stay off his back I’m sure he’ll come good (especially with a regular/better partner).
Shola - Was thought to be fully fit again at the end of last season (according to the doctors) & in reality we lost him to a reoccurrence of the same problem. I’m sure he must be thought of as our third striker behind Owen & Martins but was expected to play a larger role obviously while Michael was injured. He’d have been worth a couple of goals too if he’d remained fit as expected.
Sibierski - Short term signing, physical player having one last crack before retiring/making way for Michael. Wasn’t wanted by the fans but doing well for us & must be pleased to have put his reserve days behind him
Rossi - Again a short term signing (due to lack of funds & Owen coming back late in the season), looking for Premiership experience. Very talented but I think Roeder only got him to bring on as sub & replace tired legs. He’s not ready to be leading the line for a Premiership team yet but I wish he was full time on the Newcastle books.
Luque - Apparently not wanted by Roeder, but how could he have sold him in the summer when we were already going to be short up front. Got two goals from six games (only 3 starts), in our nine games before September. Since then Roeder appears more likely to play Titus up front & I’ll be amazed if Luque is still with us in Feb (if Roeder remains).
Chopra - I just can’t how Newcastle treated him over the last two years he was with us & I’m pleased he’s getting to bang in the goals for Cardiff. How we could have used him this season.
Sent in on: November 14th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Jay the southern mag (or anyone else),
Just a quick few questions & it has nothing to do with my thoughts either way about Roeder or Freddy.
1) If Michael Owen was fit for all twelve of the league games we’ve had so far this season, how many goals do you predict he would have scored?
2) Then take those extra goals & think how many extra points that would have been worth to us?
3) Then take those extra points & see where we are in the league?
4) Would you be happy with Roeder/Freddy if that was our current league position?
Before anyone points out that “we knew before the season started that we’d be without Owen this season & we should have brought a replacement in”… I’d like you to remember that Freddy would have been aware of how the finances were shaping up. You should also be aware that Owen IS going to come back into the team as soon as he’s fit, so his replacement would literally be ‘filling in till Michael gets back’.
Sent in on: November 14th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Hey Ash
Fat boy Fred does concern me but I think for the short term future we need to inject some passion,spirit and self beleaf into the team and the only way to do it is to replace the dour and uninspirational Roeder. Hitzfeld would be a great manager but I just cant see him coming to us where the club is at the moment
There is no way Roeder was the fans choice, He was the cheap option and man are we seeing why. I have said before and stick by my views that the only reason we did so well at the back end of last season was there was a certain Mr Shearer involved. Roeder should have gone after our farce against sheff utd. I can forgive bad results if we are trying and look up for it but we dont. We are playing worse than we did under Souness and thats saying something.
Dyer coming back into the team is a plus but he is not going to bag many goals.I fear we are in for a torrid time at the emirates and Roeder will play his negative 4-5-1 like against Man utd which wont be a great confidence booster for the Celta Vigo game.
I am trying to look for positives but judging by the last few months its hard to find any. I keep checking text/sky sports in the hope I hear those magic words “Roeder sacked by Newcastle” but to no avail.
Sent in on: November 14th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Hi Jay,
Thanks for your reply!
I do feel Roeder should go, Curbs would for me be a 2nd choice behind Hitzfeld. However doesn’t Freddy concern you, when he releases comments about Glenn being the ‘fan’s choice?’ Do you see the irony in our position and standing in the football community when freddy took over 10 years ago, when compared with the present?! So while in the immediate sense and recent history regarding performances and results that the buck stops with Roeder, aren’t you getting a little frustrated at this situation playing itself with almost all of our managers as if on a playback loop!? If you are, then you won’t have a problem guessing whose responsible for this returning sensation of de ja vu, our karmic master himself, Mr. Freddy Shepherd! You sow bad seeds (boy, talk about bad seeds) then you reap a whole loada shit, and this is going to keep happening again and again and again, until one day people stop getting fooled by the propaganda and positive PR for his backing the managers (that he has picked) and see him for he truly is, a incompetent fool of a man!
Shepherd out!
Sent in on: November 14th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Hi Ash
I think an Abramovich/Randy Learner/Malcolm Glazer would be nice but what are the chances? Sometimes its better the devil you know.
Shepherd doesnt pick the team, he doesn’t train the players nor does he influence the tactics and substitutions, the buck stops with Roeder but he was the guy who appointed him so needs to carry a portion of the blame and be big enough to admit his mistake and let Roeder go.
As for a replacement we need to be realistic don’t we. I can’t see a top european coach giving us the time of day unless we pay well over the odds, then a certain randy swede will pop up, absolutely no way do I want negative, passionless Sven.
I would personally opt for Alan Curbishley, I think he did really well for Charlton with limited resources and if we are honest with a bunch of average players (except Bent) and look what’s happend now he’s gone. I would have opted for him above McLaren for the England job. He is available so no need for compo, it would only cost us Roeder’s pay off which would be a lot less costly than a stint in the championship.
Whatever happens it needs to happen fast. Look forward to your thoughts.
Sent in on: November 14th, 2006 at 11:21 am
I’m a Newcastle fan from Malaysia and have been following the team from the pre-live tv days when I had to listen to radio commentary on the internet. I don’t really know the real story behind Fat Freddie and the Halls but if it’s true the Halls are still calling the shots then I’m all for him buying over their shares. If he’s going to take the blame he might as well be responsible for it.
The results these days and our league position is utter crap but one of the main reasons behind it is we never stick with a manager long enough (or get a good one at that). I think we should let Roeder stay and build the team. Just hopefully we don’t get relegated this season. It will take a while but I pray he comes good. We also need a bit of luck till January with results. Something to motivate the players and fans. Maybe beat Chelsea in the league cup perhaps….. then who knows. I also think that Roeder has never really given Luque a chance. Let the boy play a couple of games. Who gives a damn about his body language if he scores the goals. I’d rather it be him than some Italian Man Utd loanee who can’t wait to go back.
Sent in on: November 14th, 2006 at 3:25 am
I think the treatment Sir Bobby got at the end of his time at Newcastle wasnt fitting to a true great north east born and bread guy - I for one would welcome him back with great pleasure in any capasity - even in a wheel chair - for one he isn’t as thick as Souness, and two, he’s got more footballing knowledge than Roader (Bobby’s tumour that was removed had more footballing knowledge than GR), but honestly I can’t see this happing soon, if at all….. I still say FAT FREDDY OUT!!!
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 11:50 pm
Whilst I agree Bobby was superb the first couple of years, he lost the plot and forgot his team’s names - he had to go, but wouldn’t leave of his own accord,which he should have done. By the time he was sacked the players lost all respect for him because he’d lost the plot and had virtually no control over them what so ever - this is bad.
A Director of Football? That never works and smacks of desperation and pity for Bobby. He should retire totally OR perhaps give the youngsters some of his experience by some coaching a couple of hours a week. He’s 73 for gods sake - a time when he should be enjoying retirement, not speaking up about something he lost track of years back.
Doug Hall and co? They’re over paid, self centred, slimey egotists who only care for what they can extract from our club - NOT put in.
Roeder is a disgrace to this club. He hasn’t got a clue and was brought in as a cheap option to suit FS. Think on…… we’ve now lost 2 - yes TWO - of our valued coaching staff -WHY?? It stinks. Freddie is totally clueless and sits on his fat arse with that smug face of his gloating back at us. He couldn’t run a piss up in a brewery! The only way this club would probably benefit if he took over is by being taken off the stock market - that’s why KK walked out - PLC & suits trying to tell him how to manage - bloody cheek.
No, I think a foreign manager would work wonders here bringing out the best in our foreign players - BUT FS would have to go first as I can’t see any foreign manager puttng up with his ‘chairman’ ways.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
I too have always looked back with regret at the treatment of Sir Bobby by Newcastle United. However I always suspected the mass walk out against Wolves was the catalyst for his departure, any board in football would have looked at the 40,000 empty seats and wondered if the manager’s time was up.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
I’ve always looked back with regret at the treatment of Sir Bobby by Newcastle United.
I always suspected it was more to do with that idiot Douglas Hall. Whilst his pops did great things for the club I think it’s time we binned the Halls.
For all of Freddie’s bull, he’s always supported his managers - I wonder who had more say when Gullit, Souness and co. were appointed, Freddie or the Halls. If only we could appoint the right manager.
And as much as I like Glenn I never thought he’d take us forward… I never thought he’d take us back quite so much though!
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Dear Jay the Southern Mag,
I’d be interested to hear your Freddy Shepherd opinions, do you agree with him or not?
Also, who should replace Roeder since you clearly have such strong feelings about the issue?
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Shepherds’ treatment of Sir Bobby was a disgrace!!! Replacing Bobby with Souness, is like replacing a classic Ferrari with a bag of horse shite!!! Roeder, I like, but he’s not got the experience to take NUFC forward, if Sir Bobby came back as Director of Football we might mot be in the Championship next season, but why would somebody be treated in that way and then return!!!! Carefull you don’t trip and bang your head Fat Freddie.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
The timing and manner of Sir Bobby’s sacking was shocking to say the least and we haven’t really recovered from that.
And Bobby’s own book reveals a few things as to perhaps why his relationship with Shepherd deteriorated (being undermined) to the extent of being handed his P45.
But it shows the class of the man that he doesn’t hold grudges, indeed it says some good things about Shepherd too if these reports are true about the two meeting up.
Just what that meeting was about who knows…
When we sacked Sir Bobby we discarded a whole wealth of experience and knowledge that spanned generations, countries and styles - things that should have been tapped into by the board for the benefit of the club.
We could do with some of that right now…
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Is that the same one who got us into Europe from a position of near relegation when he took over?
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
He should take a look at the twat at the helm now. If Bobby deserved the sack Roeder should be publicly flogged. 7 goals in 12 games, no passion, poor team selection, tactics?? God help us if this moron is allowed to continue.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
You only have to read his biography to know that Bobby felt the decision to sack him was in fact Douglas Hall’s. Who famously said that Bobby had to be sacked as he would have got us relegated.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
Roeder is beyond help, He must go now its that simple. He is clueless.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Sir Bobby would make a great director of football and help Roeder get things back on track with a little guidence. Would also help Roeder not having to deal with Fat Fred on issues he doesn’t understand and transfers.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Sir Bobby for the Toon.
Please come back!
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Hey Bobby, while you are seeing fat boy Fred pop in and tell Roeder how to manage a football team and how to motivate players, clearly he doesnt have a clue.
L E G E N D !!!!
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
GO ON Bobby lad, you’re one in a million.
PS I’m a Shepherd supporter but the biggest mistake he ever made was showing you the door. Long live Sir Bobby.
Sent in on: November 13th, 2006 at 1:05 pm