Quote PAUL M="PAUL M"Good post, I would agree with all of that. Keegan walking did leave Newcastle in the mrie but he had little choice after the way he was treated and undermined.'"
Nice to see someone with a brain.
Quote PAUL M="RedTez"Gaz, do you think every manager in the league gets exactly what they want? You said he wants a creative player. They don't grow on trees. Maybe there wasn't one of the required quality available to the club. Same with a left back, you shouldn't just bring any old left back in, surely you should get one that fulfils your requirements.
It's all well and good Keegan saying he needs this and that, what he gets is a different matter - the same with any club.
I'm sure Tony Mowbray wants a rock of a centre half and a 20 goal a season striker, but he can't have one. I don't see him walking out.'"
Obviously not mate, but the fact is Keegan publically stated he wanted a left back and a creative midfielder as a priority, i.e. get these in before we buy anyone else.
Keegan wanted Taiwo from Mille but Ashley wouldn't pay an extra £2m for what Mille wanted from him. Same goes with another player, a right back, who's name i have forgotten, however, same thing.
The biggest thing that stinks is, we wanted Michael Johnson from Man City at the time when Given went to Man City. So what do our deal negotiators do, bid £7million, have it rejected, but then bid £7million again, as if Man City were almost going to change their mind straight away. We then give Given, one of the best goalkeepers in Europe, away to a club who have billions of pounds, for £6million. They get their man, we miss out on ours.
