Sou long, farewell... Sky Sports - Magpies axe falls on Souness

The investment and subsequent results speak for themselves... Goodbye Souness... I think over the past 18 months, my opinion of Souness has changed, I absolutely hated this guy before he took over and while I don't think much of him as a manager, I think he's been honest and hardworking, but I think the size of the tasks was beyond him... He's sorted out the dressing room, got rid of some problem characters like Bellamy and Robert, brough us Michael Owen, Emre, Parker and brought back Nobby, so it's not all bad... Adios amigo!

Who will replace him, hopefully someone with some quality proven experience, but the most important thing now is to pick up a few wins as we're dangerously close to the relegation zone at the moment... Only 6 points ahead of Birmingham, but at the same time, just 11 points back of Arsenal, so it's pretty tightly packed in midtable... But I'd rather be looking down at 10th place than up...  ¶ Thursday, February 02, 2006