Ruud Gullit, managed Newcastle United for about a season from September, 1998 (after Kenny Dalglish was sacked) until Bobby Robson took over in September, 1999 and tuned the team around, and cleaned up the mess, after Gullit had us as relegation favorites after 7 games.
Ruud Gullit – now Beckham’s coach at the Los Angeles Galaxy
Now Gullit is saying the expectations of Newcastle and their fans are just unrealistic and Keegan will not be successful this time around.
Ruud Gullit, commenting on the current situation at Newcastle, where Kevin Keegan has just taken over for his 3rd stint at the club said today:
“I think the expectations at Newcastle are so incredibly high that maybe they are not realistic for the people who go to work there,”
“Newcastle is such a big club and I think they have had great coaches and some big names – Sam Allardyce, Glen Roeder, Graeme Souness, Bobby Robson, Kenny Dalglish – and therefore it is not about the coaches, it is much more complex than that.â€
“With Sam Allardyce it was incredible – once he was talked of with the national team and now nothing, and I think again they haven’t been realistic there with him. It is not possible there, just not possible.â€
“Also you have the local press, who have big expectations and big ambitions, and it is not realistic what they ask.†“The most difficult part is that they have to compete with teams who are much more attractive than Newcastle are.â€
“Most big players and promising young players go to Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham.†“It means that none of the biggest players want to go there (Newcastle) which is a major a difficulty that you have to deal with.”
Gullit has also ruled out the prospect of a dramatic upturn in Newcastle’s league form despite the return of Keegan.
“No, he won’t do it. It is not realistic to expect that,”
“For the simple reason that the other clubs have a huge advantage because they have the best youngsters and the best players in all these other teams. So it is going to be difficult and it is not realistic.”
“A realistic goal is that he needs to have the time to build a team and maybe then in the future they can compete in the league.”
We’re sure if Kevin Keegan reads what Ruud has said – that he doesn’t think Kevin can do it again, we’re sure it will only make Kevin even more determined to succeed.
This, by the way, coming from a manager who has the worst win ratio of any manager at Newcastle, since Keegan left in January, 1997.
Not sure his word has any validity in Newcastle – in fact we’re sure it hasn’t.
Comments welcome.
201 comments so far
carl
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Comment #41midd the yidd, you go and watch your beloved spurs with all the other jews, sad sad man
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Comment #42————–Given————–
Beye——-Taylor—-King—–Enrique
Milner——-Malbranque—N’zog—-Duff
————-Berbatov——Martins.
close to owen but remember when we one 3-2 with that oba wonder goal. then we beat you before that and we beat you this season too.
Leo*
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Comment #43we dont want defoe firstly. how many newcastle players would get into spurs team…
beye faye taylor
maybe enrique depends if bale is fit hahaha
duff nzogbia owen
thats a few that would get into your team.
electric keys… what you going on about you looser. obviously you have so much fun on the spurs websites that you would rather spend time on nufcblog…
spurs are not a big club, unlike newcastle. rememeber the fuss sky sports news made about spurs when jol went, and ramos went in, compared to newcastle and keegan…. haha makes me laugh
tommyy
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Comment #44LOL spurs are shit, they think they are up there with the top 4. They are a joke tbh…. enough said really.
Leo*
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Comment #45carl. calm the words about jews, you will get someone take bad offence to that mate
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Comment #46what….jol’s left spurs? 😉
tommyy
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Comment #47What are spurs?
carl
Jan 18, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Comment #48apologies, more an area related thing. anyway midd the yidd, its all gone queit? oh wait ,have you found a story on spurs? thought not
Midd The Yid
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Comment #49Why did jenas leave you? Because spurs are a bigger club?
Duff went to you as he was after his last big pay day. He wanted to come to spurs but we wouldn’t pay the money.
Carr wanted to stay but he wanted too much money. And he thought, hello I can suffer the toon hole for a few year if they are stupid enough to pay me 3 times more than I get at spurs.
Very sad
lewdavies
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Comment #50A quick joke for you midd- ……Jenas….
say no more.
carl
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Comment #51midd- lets just see at end of season
johng
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Comment #52Nicely done Leo.
Steve
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Comment #53The guy manages LA Galaxy… please…
ObaFan2
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Comment #54Spurs arn’t even the third team in London now?
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Comment #55when we had jenas he had potential and was in the england team. now he’s awful. Andy Gray commented at the time £7m was a lot for him and he was right. thanks for you precious, precious money! Duff came to us for, and as he said, the fans-the best fans in the land. carr left because he was too good for you and if he came back to you now he’d be easily 1st team and probably captain.
Midd The Yid
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Comment #56Does your chairman live in newcastle?
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Comment #57do i even know your chairmans name?
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Comment #58does he live in tottenham-i doubt it because its such a sh*t hole
tommyy
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Comment #59Ummm no, he left because he was poo. Duff came to us because he wasn’t first in line at Chelsea and wanted a new challeneg. Why would he want to go to spurs when NUFC wanted him?… o yer he didn’t thats why he came to us. Lol Carr was the prodigy of Spurs and look how shit he is! that surely says something? well, he makes a fair replacement right back i suppose.
Gordon d
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Comment #60give up midd(en )you can’t win.if you don’t know what a midden is watch your team this week RUBBISH
Midd The Yid
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Comment #61Another thing, your chairmen wants to sell newcastle and buy spurs. The truth and you know it.
Ha ha ha, you lot are great fun.
What did your last chairman & fellow board member say about you, their supporters. Can someone please remind me I’m in stiches here.
Honestly what did he say?
Will any of you respond to these comments, I thought not.
Wey eye.
Carl Roberts
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Comment #62midd the yid
what are you on this website for you sad little cockney prick
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Comment #633-1
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Comment #64http://football.guardian.co.uk/Match_Report/0,,2197225,00.html
ObaFan2
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Comment #653-1 idd
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Comment #66oi midd
shit team. shit fans. shit hole.
so just leave.
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Comment #67and its all gone quiet over there.
Midd The Yid
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Comment #68midd the yid – ONE
Dreaming, skint, small newcastle supporters = NIL
Does anyone else think Keegan looks like rodney trotter?
ObaFan2
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Comment #693-1 and we were shite says volumes 4 Spurs.
Tbh they aren’t such a bad club, just some of their supporters let them down.
and grow up m8
We don’t care cos we’ve got Keegan
Carl Roberts
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Comment #70mid – how sad must your life be if you are on the toon website. you sad little cockney jew
Midd The Yid
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Comment #71sorry i meant del
tommyy
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Comment #72Who would want spurs though? they are going nowhere… and you know it.
Wey eye
Number 9
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Comment #73Dear Ruud
I’m so sorry you feel this way about the toon. After all I think it was the best holiday job you had when you managed us. You managed to fly home every weekend and stayed in some lovely hotels. You spent money on donkeys and tried to get them to play football. We all cried when you left. Tears of joy that your massive arrogant head had finally been shipped out of toon. We will miss you like a hole in the head. Take care at your soccer club in LA and I hope you can keep pretending you know what you’re talking about. Coz we have had you and we know your are an absolute arrogant airhead.
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Comment #74you must be hurting. i know you wanted keegan too but its not our fault. you can always challenge for second place…. in the championship
Midd The Yid
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Comment #75I retort:
Another thing, your chairmen wants to sell newcastle and buy spurs. The truth and you know it.
Ha ha ha, you lot are great fun.
What did your last chairman & fellow board member say about you, their supporters. Can someone please remind me I’m in stiches here.
Honestly what did he say?
Will any of you respond to these comments, I thought not.
Midd The Yid
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Comment #76Silence
tommyy
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Comment #77tut tut… midd, didn’t your mother teach you its not good to be jealous?
Number 9
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Comment #78Midd, what you doin for entertainment this weekend, going to the theatre!
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Comment #79lol tommyy
cooldj
Jan 18, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Comment #80more like going to bank!