[Dunwho]

Definitely not shearers fault! C'mon, the man if anything brought the club as close as he could to safety but i dont think even the best manage could inherit a team in the last three with 5 games from relegation and expect to have much chance, in the end it is down to what the players that you have can do for you, and the way the ball breaks for you on the day. Shearer inherited a team without much spirit who had just lost a great goalkeeper and was struggling to get the best out of their players. While some players like Duff responded really well, others like Owen just seemed to have their mind on the next move out of Toon Town and to somewhere with Prem Football next year.

Shearer did what he could do and that was get the fans behind the team for a last desperate push and hope that that would ignite something in the team itself.. it didnt happen, but thats life and to be honest i wouldnt be against him staying at the club and working on building it up.. he seems to come across quite well in the press conferences and i saw a huge improvement in their set pieces alone by his third match in charge... he just didnt have enough time. I say also that if they want to save money shearer would also be the best and cheapest option right now and this would look well towards the players who they will ask to take a cut in pay...