Here are some photos taken this morning when Steve McClaren – who is still the head coach at Newcastle until he´s told something different by Lee Charnley – arrived at the Benton training ground to take training with the players, in preparation for the game at Leicester City on Monday night.
It continues to be a bizarre situation and more shoddy management at Newcastle.
According to local reports, Charnley has said nothing to Steve since the 3-1 defeat against Bournemouth on Saturday.
How´s that for good communication with your employees?
64 comments so far
NezzaNUFC
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:22 AM
Comment #1You can hear the drums rolling!
hibbitt
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:22 AM
Comment #2dead man walking !!!
Ron Knee
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:24 AM
Comment #3Benitez could be January’s Berahino.
gaz 44
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:26 AM
Comment #4You can guarantee the person on the board that’s voting to keep Steve Mac is the man himself and old charnley is not wise enough to realise what’s going on
Ron Knee
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:28 AM
Comment #5RH
Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. This is NUFC after all!
nut meg
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:29 AM
Comment #6Silence from the club is deafening. Maybe Charley is in a self induced coma!
hibbitt
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:31 AM
Comment #7Ron Knee
not very optimistic this morning
have faith Rafa’s coming
Ron Knee
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:35 AM
Comment #8hibbitt
“We tried but we just couldn’t get him over the line.”
Goldmbemba
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:35 AM
Comment #9if ashley goes british as he always has:
Nigel the Ostrich Hunter
Hairy Redkrapp
Moyes
Rodgers
anyone else?
hibbitt
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:37 AM
Comment #10Ron Knee
just about sums it up
ilovetoon8788
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:41 AM
Comment #11The clubs treatment of mclaren is disgusting to be honest. We all don’t want him here and got nothing personal against him. But this silence is not healthy for him as well. He’s doing his job and Charnley must come out and say something in public.
Disgraceful. Mclaren is only a small part of the major problems in our club.
Lilongwe Geordie
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:46 AM
Comment #12If, and it is still a big if, we get Benitez, I’d expect Ayestrian to come with him. Ayestrian started off as a fitness coach/instructor before he teamed up with Benitez and was a key part of Benitez first period of success as a manager. They haven’t worked together since Liverpool, and he is currently at Valencia, but given their connections and our fitness/injury woes I’d anticipate Benitez being keen to bring him in if he were to take it on for longer than the next 10 games.
Jib
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:47 AM
Comment #13I prefer this take on pics of SM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3483647/Steve-McClaren-arrives-Newcastle-training-club-s-board-prepare-replace-fire-boss-Rafa-Benitez.html
Lilongwe Geordie
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:49 AM
Comment #14They did have a bit of a falling out at one stage, but I’d imagine that it will be water under the bridge, and it will be a mutually beneficial move for both.
Toon Tang
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:49 AM
Comment #15Why the bloody chuffing hell does he get chauffeur driven likes he’s bastard royalty. I’ve bloody seen it all now. My day has just gone from bad to worse
sparky55
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:50 AM
Comment #16ILOVETOON
Maclaren deserves nothing but ridicule and contempt
Toon Tang
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:53 AM
Comment #17…And massive lols at “preparations for the Leicester game”
hibbitt
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:53 AM
Comment #18McClaren wont walk we seen that at derby he wants his payoff all he can do is grin and bare it…. he know he has to go its only a matter of time till Charnley caves in and he gets his hands on the money
magicmac
Mar 9, 2016 at 10:59 AM
Comment #19That board are simply rotton to the core, have some sort of common decency and self respect, and let the poor man go Charnley, i always say dont do on to others, what you wouldnt like done to yourself, to be honest Charnley you should be fired along with senile old fart Carr, is it any wonder we are a laughing stock all over the country, you simply couldnt make it up.
lesh
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Comment #20The fact that McClaren’s still there and expected to carry on as normal when he and the players are aware that his future is unclear, is disgraceful. No manager, no matter what fans think of him should be treat with such contempt. It’s as though they’re trying to sicken him to the point of resignation. He should be dismissed now.
As far as Rafa and any other credible and self-respecting manager’s concerned, the only way he’d join us is if there was a capable and football savvy MD were to be installed along with Carr having his brief and influence limited.
No decent manager would work for Charnley and Carr. Their damned and failed structure should be scrapped. But Charnley’s not keen on that I suppose.
It’s really up to Ashley to take control and recruit whoever’s gonna save the Club, no matter what price and conditions a new manager asks for. If Ashley really is keen to save his investment and the Club.
lesh
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:05 AM
Comment #21Magicmac
You beat me to the punch re McClaren and the so-called board.
Ah, but great news, KFC have opened a branch in Tibet, so anyone travelling their will be assured of good food! Wonder if they’re looking for an MD in Charnley? Nah, perhaps not.
bladeuser
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:06 AM
Comment #22ASH OUT SMAC OUT COLO OUT SHEEP BAAAAAAAAAAH OUT
Jib
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:06 AM
Comment #23Toon Tang
He doesn’t
The Audi is a club sponsorship car.
I imagine it’s been cleared of SM’s stuff and handed back.
Goldmbemba
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:06 AM
Comment #24@ToonTang
he gets chauffeur driven so he’s got even more time on the drive in to work on his awesome team tactics
Rotonda heights
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:08 AM
Comment #25Mag 52
I know you won’t hold your hands up and graciously admit defeat on AP, but if by some miracle benitez is appointed I want a full apology.
lesh
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:08 AM
Comment #26Lilongwe
Rafa’s own staff? Don’t be daft – do you believe that Charnley could manage what would become a massive change project?
jon.c
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:09 AM
Comment #27What a mess our team are in
1We have a board of nitwits who would debate how to open a tin of beans before the breakfast went cold.
2 Will S Mc and his coaches have any joy in training this week they might be on jobseekers allo next week.
3 The players will not be interested and give 100% as they will not know who will be charge next week.
4What must our new players think of this club and the antics of the board
Rotonda heights
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:10 AM
Comment #28lesh
surely ash can now see that leaving crucial decision making to carr and charnley is costing him millions. even he must have a tipping point.
Jib
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:11 AM
Comment #29Lesh
Your crocodile tears come across as weird and insincere after the stuff you’ve spewed out about McClaran.
The rewards for successful footy folk are huge .
If they fail they are still paid life changing amounts.
Save your maudlin sympathy for a worthier cause.
ilovetoon8788
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:11 AM
Comment #30sparky55 // Mar 9, 2016 at 10:50 AM
ILOVETOON
Maclaren deserves nothing but ridicule and contempt
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When a club treats its staff with utter ridicule and contempt, this is why no top managers will want to join this club. its a horrible way of running this club.
people like you with your mindset are the reason why we are facing relegation.
mclaren is rubbish and deserves to be booted out but not by utterly disrepecting him.
THIS IS HOW THE CLUB HAS BEEN TREATING THE FANS TOO FYI.
Dragon64
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:12 AM
Comment #31mcclaren is just waiting for the pay off he doesn’t give a shit so don’t feel sorry for him at all. make him stew for a bit longer
lesh
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:13 AM
Comment #32Rotonda
You’d expect Ashley to see they’re useless but as Charnley was his appointment, to be his hands on the ground, so he really has to commit to and stand by leaving the running of the club to a good football savvy MD.
Toon Tang
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:14 AM
Comment #33Ronnie Pickering would sort this mess out
lesh
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:15 AM
Comment #34Ok Jib. You’re right, as always…..
Harrumph.
Average_Contents
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:19 AM
Comment #35http://mobile.newsnow.co.uk/A/2/820068599?-11058:809
Average_Contents
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:20 AM
Comment #36Ashley out.
Jib
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:27 AM
Comment #37Lesh
I didn’t realise you spoke Canadian
😀
Jail for Ashley
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:31 AM
Comment #38Get Jonas to ring Churners and tell him he’s sacked.
Average_Contents
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:33 AM
Comment #39The pressure is mounting from all angles. Good.
Billionaire Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has been warned he risks being held in contempt of the House of Commons should he continue to dodge giving evidence before MPs in Westminster about treatment of the retailer’s staff.
The Newcastle United owner has yet to agree to appear before the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee despite being offered numerous dates to do so.
In a letter sent to Ashley last week, chair of the committee, Iain Wright MP, said: “A number of alternative dates have been offered to you by the Committee Clerk, but as yet you have not accepted any of them, nor agreed in principle to attend.
“As you will be aware, select committees do not normally need to have recourse to our formal powers to summon witnesses in order to secure attendance; refusal to attend without good reason may be considered a contempt of the House.
“Should you fail in your reply to agree to attend on one of the dates offered to you, or a mutually convenient alternative before 1 June, the Committee reserves the right to take the matter further, including seeking the support of the House of Commons in respect of any complaint of contempt.”
Lilongwe Geordie
Mar 9, 2016 at 11:36 AM
Comment #40AC,
I like the part in that article where it says workers are shamed over the tannoy for not working hard enough. We should do that at SJP.
“Sissoko you lazy git, pull your finger out or F Off!”