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I think his handling of the press was a big factor, not forgetting the league position, he showed his time out of management
by his ham fisted attempts with the press. You could tell the way he started out...cheeky chappy, smart arse answers...almost smug really.
I had the feeling back then that should things go a bit awry the now fawning press corps would turn like milk in the sun.
But to be fair really ..they didn't.
He did it himself....visibly irked by the simplest of questions, at the most obvious of questions he had a 'how dare you question me' attitude.
It was quite hard to watch him at times...we all knew the results were bad....but his reluctance to face the music after each horror show
was cringing.
This is all aside from the Suarez affair which understandably was very hard to handle which ever way you look at it,
he had to stand up for his Star player...innocent until proven guilty (same with John Terry) but the message was not one of innocence
it was one of old school batten down the hatches....siege mentality...never facing the ultimate outcome of a 'guilty' verdict
and thus digging the hole deeper by the 'unproven' 'one mans word against anothers' defence which may have it's merits
but is not as easy apply to 'modern day' racism incidents. This again showed 'out of touch' skills after such a long spell
away from frontline management. Overreliance on and the need to prove the 'you'll never walk alone' mantra evident.
To say he didn't need this on his plate is a huge understatement.
Having stuck his neck out with such a high profile expensive signing as Carroll...as well as the also rans he backed
for such large money, he was a dead man walking once this all failed to ignite.
Suarez was in himself an adequate replacement for Torres...so why not pocket the difference...even momentarily...thus showing some savvy in the
marketplace. I think he did not trust the fans to follow his lead ,fearing something of a backlash for being the one to sell Torres without truly
believing that Suarez would fill his boots, so he felt like he needed more to parade as swag.
Pressure must do strange things to even the most hardened in such circumstances, but for sure....Newcastle saw them coming...and widened
the road to accommodate the egos approaching.
The opening games at home set the tone for a season long campaign that once promised richly but petered out poorly.
Highlights aside, and there were many, away wins at 'top four' oppositions, league cup trophy in the cabinet, fab FA cup run....
but since the turn of the new year,cup runs aside, our form has been dismal to say the least.
These Players...this Squad ..have let him done badly.
These new signings may go on to better things, 'bed in' so to speak but they must look at themselves as professionals.
I do think he could have reaped the benefits next season but it's a results driven business and Kenny knew that, it was etched on his face
with every passing disaster, each hit off the post, each open chance missed.
King Kenny resumed the throne when the club was in crisis, inspired a semi revival of confidence that must be built on.
No doubt...still the legend he always was and always will be, he should be involved at the club somehow, boardroom level perhaps, who knows.

We now know for sure that the new owners mean business, that in itself is a crumb of comfort from the Kings table

Good observation - well written.

read somewhere that kenny rejected the 8m compensation he was offered and suggested it to use for transfers instead.how true is that.anyone else heard that?

classy act if true