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This is probably the hardest thing I've ever had to write, but following the news that Kevin Keegan is returning to PL management as Sunderlandâs new supremo I wonder what your thoughts are about this, considering that everytime he comes back to Newcastle Kev says that they are the only club he'd ever want to manage and the only club that could ever bring him back, yet now he's at Sunderland?
Similarly, Kev still doesn't seem able to get over what happened to him in his second and third comings at St James' Park. Firstly, Kev's 'rant' on Sky Sports gave birth to the whole idea of 'mind games' which we've all had to sit through for the last 15 years. Everyone forgets that NUFC had already essentially forfeited any chance of the sweet nectar of silverware that year by presiding over the greatest bottle job in the history of the league. Instead the narrative is that Newcastle were still slightly ahead (they weren't) and that it was an amazing 'mind game' played by Alex Ferguson that caused Kev to break and somehow that infected the team.
We are now constantly hit with the spectacle of 'mind games' before a match. Imagine if someone came in to your place of work and said 'frightfully sorry to bother you, but I don't think you're going to be as good today as you were last week'. Would you fall to the ground in anguished pain and then proceed to perform terribly? Apparently, that's what 'mind games' do to grown men, and we have Kev to thank for that.
Then of course there was the third coming, where Kev essentially relegated NUFC. How did he do this? Firstly, he spent the summer attempting to sign Henry, Lampard and Beckham while rival clubs were concentrating on actual possible targets. Secondly, he engineered a situation in which he wanted the fans to choose if they wanted it to be 'Newcastle United Football Club' or 'Kevin Keegan Football Club'. Imagine how poisonous the atmosphere was when Kev was doing this, no wonder NUFC lost so many games and ended up getting relegated after Shearer played 3 at the back against Liverpool.
So my question essentially is, do you feel that Kev should have asked your permission due to his 'unique' relationship with NUFC and do you feel betrayed that he is coming to the Premier League for a 'fourth coming' with Sunderland?
This is probably the hardest thing I've ever had to write, but following the news that Kevin Keegan is returning to PL management as Sunderlandâs new supremo I wonder what your thoughts are about this, considering that everytime he comes back to Newcastle Kev says that they are the only club he'd ever want to manage and the only club that could ever bring him back, yet now he's at Sunderland?
Similarly, Kev still doesn't seem able to get over what happened to him in his second and third comings at St James' Park. Firstly, Kev's 'rant' on Sky Sports gave birth to the whole idea of 'mind games' which we've all had to sit through for the last 15 years. Everyone forgets that NUFC had already essentially forfeited any chance of the sweet nectar of silverware that year by presiding over the greatest bottle job in the history of the league. Instead the narrative is that Newcastle were still slightly ahead (they weren't) and that it was an amazing 'mind game' played by Alex Ferguson that caused Kev to break and somehow that infected the team.
We are now constantly hit with the spectacle of 'mind games' before a match. Imagine if someone came in to your place of work and said 'frightfully sorry to bother you, but I don't think you're going to be as good today as you were last week'. Would you fall to the ground in anguished pain and then proceed to perform terribly? Apparently, that's what 'mind games' do to grown men, and we have Kev to thank for that.
Then of course there was the third coming, where Kev essentially relegated NUFC. How did he do this? Firstly, he spent the summer attempting to sign Henry, Lampard and Beckham while rival clubs were concentrating on actual possible targets. Secondly, he engineered a situation in which he wanted the fans to choose if they wanted it to be 'Newcastle United Football Club' or 'Kevin Keegan Football Club'. Imagine how poisonous the atmosphere was when Kev was doing this, no wonder NUFC lost so many games and ended up getting relegated after Shearer played 3 at the back against Liverpool.
So my question essentially is, do you feel that Kev should have asked your permission due to his 'unique' relationship with NUFC and do you feel betrayed that he is coming to the Premier League for a 'fourth coming' with Sunderland?
