i'm a geordie, and he has a mixed rating up here, but i like him. souness had to go, as did robson. idiots like that moron brian 'what can i say to appeal to the masses' reade in the mirror say things like 'how on earth can you sack a man like bobby robson after 4th, 3rd and 5th place finishes? well, a dire start to the season, unintelligable tactics and no team improvements = shaky ground.
whatever fans say about shepherd, he has always given his managers his backing with the one thing they want: money. souness spent way over the odds on luque and boumsong, but i don't think we went overboard on parker and emre. 4m for emre was great, and parker is a 6m player. he's certainly been our best outfield player this season alongside owen, when the latter has played of course.
of course, the big question is why he was there in the first place. well, the names being thrown around were pretty terrifying. not only souness, but also venables, o'leary, bruce etc. no-one who we actually want. now, there seem to be a few names i'd like. then again, anyone would be better than souness.