On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:45:15 -0000, "Ghost Of Tappy" <Ghost Of
I was resident head of the security firm that looked after the ground
so was around a lot of the time.
The players for the club and management had a bit of banter with me
Because of a boob I made.
When the ground was first handed over back to the club after
rebuilding my orders were to not let anyone in the stadium.
At that time John Henry played for them but as a Newcastle fan didn't
have a clue who he was.
I found him in the new stadium and threw him out of the ground he had
to go around to the main entrance to be let back in again. :)
I never lived it down but the management seemed to take to me after
that.
Some of the players used to come out of the changing rooms and ask my
permission to go out on the pitch as a dig every match day.
John Henry himself became quite friendly and was probably one of the
more down to earth players.
I could tell some real stories about the club if only they were big
enough for anyone to be interested. Lol.
As for Keegan I think John Hall spent too much time listening to the
BBC pundits etc.
It was a drip drip attack about the defense week in week out.
Who cares if we let in 3 goals as long as we scored 4 which we did
most of the time.
The final straw for Keegan was when the directors brought in a
defensive coaching team above his head.
They totally undermined his authority and that's when the wheels
started to come off.
The players even started to get cocky with him on the pitch and openly
answered him back.
I even believe the corrupt FA deliberately offered him the England
coaching job knowing he would have to change his management style for
England. In an attempt to break the harmony in the club IMO.
Why didn't they target Fergie etc?
They must have known his coaching style would not have fit in a team
of players from many clubs.
It left a bad taste in my mouth the minute he accepted the post.
If only the directors had have left him to it. Things would have been
completely different.