Alan had his faults aye, but I think it's becoming a little too popular to chat **** about him recently. He loved the club. Anyone who stays at a club as long as he did is going to make enemies, and is going to have controversial moments with managers. The reality is, the only reason he would have ousted Robson was to ensure he continued playing for Newcastle. It was his desire to play as much as possible for the football club, I'm sure many times in his career he felt the urge to pack up and leave us, but he didnt. Michael Owen would have rather bite off his own nob than play football. I won't get mad at Shearer for doing every thing in his power to play as much as possible.
Wrong there was a majority calling for his head... the truth hurts i know but dont lie. They handed freddy the knife.
I remember being in the crowd and the fans were chanting at Bobby "you don't know what you're doing, you don't know what you're doing!" It was ****in embarrassing.
Thankyou... i remember ... groot is lieimg because the truth hurts.... groot might not have wanted hom out, but that is the problem with our fans .... ie the MAJORITY are the thickest in the sport.
No Groot isn’t lying. He’s stating a fact. The fans can shout but they don’t have the power to sack. Only the man in charge does. Do you think if the fans shouted unanimously every game for Messi to be signed that Messi would be signed? If not how do fans have the power to sack but not sign? Some, not all or even the majority may have wanted Sir B out but that didn’t mean Shepherd had to sack.
David Beckham is next inline for Mikey's insightful critiques: Former England striker Michel Owen says former international team-mate David Beckham let the national team down by being sent off against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup. (Mirror) Well done Michael, state the ****ing obvious, something we all knew 21 years ago. I wonder what other revelations his book will have.... Maradona's goal against England should have been ruled out for handball, maybe?
I take it you never bothered reading Sir Bobby's book? I take it you didn't listen when Shepherd told all and sundry exactly why he sacked him? That's the horse mouth because he did the sacking. You are simply lumping yourself in with the mackems to continue this diatribe mate. Do you really want to be considered a mackem? Robson stated two senior players had held a meeting with him and told him they thought he'd lost the team (not lost the plot or control as some reported). There had also been a picture with Robson and an NUFC player behind him sticking two fingers up at him, unbeknown to Robson. Shepherd had to buy the picture and negative off a reporter for 10k. Robson had senior players coming to see him concerned after he appeared to criticise the fans. The section of fans who had a go at that one game. They were still in a minority but I think it is wrong to suggest it was a tiny minority. There were a good few thousand having a pop. That will have played a very small part too even if Shepherd says he thinks he shot bambi because the fans still loved him. The other key factor in Shepherds eyes is we were in decline. The disappointment in Marseille, the league performance was worse than previous 2 seasons, and of course a poor start without a win in 4 games. Of course he was slightly deluded with his assessment but that's neither he nor there. So once and for all, Freddy Shepherd sacked Robson. He did so because he didn't think he was up to the job. Its not like we are guessing here, the guy who sacked him told everybody why he did it. I don't why people have to keep being corrected on this, its almost like they're wumming like HIAG... Either way you are well short on quality muesli clearly
look mate I specifically remember them blaming robson I even almost lamped a local taxi driver for the same reason. The truth hurts ,but the fans always got their manager out … the fans created the opportunity for the arsehole shepherd to axe him simple as that. nothin at all to do with sunderland btw just the reality of my own ****ing eyes and ears
Nah you're clearly a mackem. That is the only reason to ignore the facts in favour of some made up ****. I'm going to call you Jack Ross from now on.
excuse me arsehole but what I hear and see id a fact! funny sheperd sights the exact reasonthe fans were giving at the time ... if there was zero unrest he wouldnt have sacked him simple as that the fans were deluded beyong belief!!! they make it up as they go along ffs under pardew all they wanted was a team that tries !!!!! rafa gave them exactlt that and low and behold theyd rather lose 4-3 the fans of this club are as much to blame as anyone else I like you but Im afraid you are making things up because the truth hurts
I was there too, but it certainly wasn't a majority of the crowd - I would agree that it created an opportunity
Its not a fact or truth at all though - your problem is I'm a stickler when the facts are available then they should be used. On this occasion we were given the facts by Freddie Shepherd. Now of course you don't like those facts because it doesn't fit the mackem fairytale you've bought into, but it doesn't change that your belief the fans got Robson sacked is categorically wrong. You can certainly say a portion of fans turned on Robson. No one disputes that. You can if you choose claim it got him fired like the mackems but its clearly bullshit as the man who sacked him has told us why he was fired. And it wasn't because of the fans. It was because he thought he wasn't up to the job after a number of things. He was wrong of course but it doesn't change that we lost Robson as manager of NUFC because of Freddie Shepherd. Sorry to be a stickler but you need to concede your error
Holy ****, 2+2 must = shoes in your head mate, if that's the kind of logic you follow then it's nee wonder none of us can make sense of you on here Just because some fans shouted some stuff and then Shepherd sacked SBR doesn't mean that the fans got him sacked man. He was sacked for the same reason that Souness was, we weren't getting results!
we finished 5th and the fans started beeling !!!!! we lost a couple of games and he got sacked the reality is the fans turned on robson its really that simple … funny 5th was good enough but now 10th and your giving bjs . the fans were deluded and that's another truth still denied by the masses he was then sacked the fans were disgusting as usual and if you try to tell me I didn't hear or see iit again you are going on ignore again lol the truth hurts and it has to be accepted in order to progress
Not really, lots of books are garbage. However if the man himself Robson didn't feel he was sacked because of a lack of support and the chairman who sacked him say it isn't the case, I think most people with a brain that works would accept that notion is utter rubbish. If the question is asked of a chairman "why did you sack the manager" and he proceeds to tell them, I think its pretty much a given that was the reason unless there is something he can't say legally or he has something to hide. The fans being unhappy wouldn't fall into those categories. There just isn't any two ways about it, Shepherd didn't think he was up to the job. Now I think he was wrong, but I suppose he would argue "well where was he a success afterwards? He couldn't even get a job" or "I knew it was going tits up, I couldn't wait". Personally I felt if you look at Robson's time here we didn't really hit the ground running most seasons but I do accept in the years that followed he deteriorated quickly. It is also worth noting that when people eulogise about Shepherds time here, how we were competitive etc, they forget he started the decline which Ashley continued. Robson was scathing of him and Halls efforts and their focus on the first team. He felt they ignored the training ground, youth development and talent scouts...sounds awfully familiar that. What did you say about Owen? There is some truth in what he says but there is a lot of rubbish in there too. That's normal practice for footballers and/or famous people. Its natural to develop an ego, and we all know Owens is huge. He's hardly going to lay it all out saying "yeah I didn't really try towards the end and I'm a massive ****".
