Steve McClaren’s sacking is the latest symbol of the deep troubles at Newcastle,who are stumbling incoherently into another relegation battle with the fans feeling sour, angry, or baffled and betrayedWhen Newcastle United slump into another of their serial crises during what passes for stewardship under Mike Ashley,the grand primitive club look wrong in every respect – from top to bottom”, as their hero of yore, or Alan Shearer,recently lamented. Yet another manager, Steve McClaren, and has been dispatched from the ejector seat months after he replaced Newcastle’s reduction experiment with John Carver’s career and wellbeing. Substantial money has actually been spent on signing players – £80m in the summer and January – but this has prompted only bewildered questions approximately the quality of recruitment by the chief scout,Graham Carr, who in effect selects the players in the decisionmaking structure insisted on by Ashley. Related: Newcastle sack Steve McClaren and close in on Rafael Benítez Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com