Post by QPR Report on Nov 23, 2008 14:58:53 GMT
It's actually Joe Kinnear referring to Newcastle, but.... ! 
Kinnear: Don’t appoint a designer manager!
Nov 23 2008 by Neil Farrington, Sunday Sun
AMID talk of him being replaced by Alan Shearer, Joe Kinnear last night warned against Newcastle appointing a “designer manager”.
Although Kinnear, main picture, has invited Tyneside legend Shearer back to the club on a part-time coaching basis, the former Wimbledon boss is insistent that the United hotseat is currently no place for a rookie.
Instead, interim boss Kinnear has declared he is the man to keep United in the Premier League.
Amid growing doubts that Mike Ashley will be able to sell the club, Kinnear has told Newcastle’s owner that relegation will be avoided if he sticks with him — and releases funds for new players in January.
And the idea of replacing him with someone with no managerial track record gets short shrift from Kinnear.
“It would be ideal for an inexperienced manager to go into a top-six club, with everything at their disposal, and become a designer manager,” he said.
“But I think experience is needed to do the job where we are. I think it’s a situation where an experienced head is needed.”
Although Shearer has been strongly touted for the Newcastle job in recent days, the Sunday Sun understands there is little chance of him swapping BBC punditry for the dug-out any time soon.
Kinnear added: “This club will always be associated with big names. That is part and parcel of it. I could say things to some of those big names, such as: ‘What have you done? What experience have you got?’.
“It seems nowadays you don’t need that. You are just automatically linked with the job.
“I have always had it the hard way — having to buy and sell to keep a club like Wimbledon up.”
But will he keep Newcastle up?
“Absolutely. I need help in the transfer market, because injuries don’t help, but I can’t see us going down. I fought relegation for 12 years with Wimbledon, and I see enough in this team to think that won’t happen here.
“But things can change quickly. If we get two more injuries to key players then we would be in trouble.”
And while Kinnear would relish the chance to work his magic alongside Newcastle’s biggest modern-day folk hero, he doubts Shearer would want the manager’s job now.
“If I was looking at it from Alan’s side, as a legend and great player up here, maybe it would be tough on him if he came into a position where he didn’t have finances.
“I’m sure the first thing he would say is: ‘I want to build my own team and buy my own players’.
“Would he come in as it is now? I doubt it.”
www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-utd/newcastle-utd-news/2008/11/23/kinnear-don-t-appoint-a-designer-manager-79310-22318710/
Kinnear: Don’t appoint a designer manager!
Nov 23 2008 by Neil Farrington, Sunday Sun
AMID talk of him being replaced by Alan Shearer, Joe Kinnear last night warned against Newcastle appointing a “designer manager”.
Although Kinnear, main picture, has invited Tyneside legend Shearer back to the club on a part-time coaching basis, the former Wimbledon boss is insistent that the United hotseat is currently no place for a rookie.
Instead, interim boss Kinnear has declared he is the man to keep United in the Premier League.
Amid growing doubts that Mike Ashley will be able to sell the club, Kinnear has told Newcastle’s owner that relegation will be avoided if he sticks with him — and releases funds for new players in January.
And the idea of replacing him with someone with no managerial track record gets short shrift from Kinnear.
“It would be ideal for an inexperienced manager to go into a top-six club, with everything at their disposal, and become a designer manager,” he said.
“But I think experience is needed to do the job where we are. I think it’s a situation where an experienced head is needed.”
Although Shearer has been strongly touted for the Newcastle job in recent days, the Sunday Sun understands there is little chance of him swapping BBC punditry for the dug-out any time soon.
Kinnear added: “This club will always be associated with big names. That is part and parcel of it. I could say things to some of those big names, such as: ‘What have you done? What experience have you got?’.
“It seems nowadays you don’t need that. You are just automatically linked with the job.
“I have always had it the hard way — having to buy and sell to keep a club like Wimbledon up.”
But will he keep Newcastle up?
“Absolutely. I need help in the transfer market, because injuries don’t help, but I can’t see us going down. I fought relegation for 12 years with Wimbledon, and I see enough in this team to think that won’t happen here.
“But things can change quickly. If we get two more injuries to key players then we would be in trouble.”
And while Kinnear would relish the chance to work his magic alongside Newcastle’s biggest modern-day folk hero, he doubts Shearer would want the manager’s job now.
“If I was looking at it from Alan’s side, as a legend and great player up here, maybe it would be tough on him if he came into a position where he didn’t have finances.
“I’m sure the first thing he would say is: ‘I want to build my own team and buy my own players’.
“Would he come in as it is now? I doubt it.”
www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-utd/newcastle-utd-news/2008/11/23/kinnear-don-t-appoint-a-designer-manager-79310-22318710/
