Alan Shearer or Kevin Keegan As Newcastle Manager?
Blog Post Written On:
06.10.2009
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If you had a choice between Alan Shearer or Kevin Keegan being appointed the manager of Newcastle United today, who would you choose?
I know who i would choose, and i know a lot of other Newcastle fans would disagree with me, but thats the great thing about football. We all have our own opinions.
I’ll come straight out…… My choice would be Kevin Keegan, and this is why.
Remember, these are just my own personal opinions and feelings, but from 1992, Kevin Keegan gave me the most enjoyable 5 years as a Newcastle United supporter. Keegan took us to within 1 game of winning the Premier League and this is something no other manager has done since or even come close to. Sir Bobby took us to 3rd in the league, but we were still 14 points away from the Champions Man Utd.
Keegan was the guy that took Newcastle from the bottom of the 2nd Division (The Championship now), to almost Premier league champions, and this allowed our club to build one of the best stadiums in the country and be able to spend £15m on players like Alan Shearer. Had we not been taken up to the premier league, we would never been able to invest in multi million pound players. Had we not been taken to the heights of challenging for the premiership title, we wouldn’t have received the sort of financial income that allowed us to build an amazing training ground and acadamy.
I know Keegan has his down sides, but i truly believe that if he is given the right backing and support and is allowed to actually Manage his team, just like how Mike Ashley didn’t allow him, then i feel that in time, he would of taken Newcastle back upto the top end of the Premier league.
In the 8 months during Keegan’s 2nd spell on Tyneside, there were already small signs of him being able to put together a team that could play and excite the Newcastle fans like he did during his first spell.
Last week though it was proved that Keegan was force out of Newcastle United by Mike Ashley and his cronies, and i just cant help but feel like what a waste. I waited 11 years for Keegan to return, and then it was over in just a few months. If he’d been allowed to just do his job, then we wouldn’t be in the Championship today, thats for sure.
As for Alan Shearer. I know Kevin Keegan wont be coming back to Newcastle back in the real world, so right away i’d love Shearer to be our manager. I think he is the person who can build a team and also plan in the long term to build a club that can challenge in the top 10 of English football again.
Kevin Keegan is my number 1 footballing hero, dating right back to my early childhood, thats why i’m thinking with my heart when i say i’d love him back at Newcastle in a heart beat, but unfortunately i dont think that will happen, so its a win-win situation between Shearer or Keegan as the next Newcastle manager.