By Adam B
February 1 2008

9 days into a slow January transfer window, chairman Chris Mort put into works his new masterplan for Newcastle United FC. Sam Allardyce was put out of his misery and the media spinning began its work to get Alan Shearer in to the hot seat at St. James' Park.

Fortunatly a majority of fans rejected the fairytale and demand some common sense and experience. Harry Redknapp was the most likely favorite and was offered the job - however, after all the fantastic work he has done at a small club on the southcoast of England - he turned the job down.

Three days after that Newcastle did announce a fairytale end to the madness. Our messiah, Kevin Keegan was coming back to save our club from the mud. That same night the team went out on the field and matched the hysteria that was hitting the streets of Newcaslte by hammering stoke 4-1. Michael Owen broke his duck and scored a true poachers goals and everything suddenly had a silver lining. King Kev was cheered on by over 35,000 merry geordies as poor Stoke never stood a chance. Ironically, after the game, the man that stood the most chance of losing his job, Nigel Pearson spoke the most sense. He preached patience and calm. He understood exactly how big this job would be for KK. Even with the call for calm, Newcastle fans hit the streets in their thousands parading their new beginning as if the team would immediatly transform into a title winning team.

Signings were the presumed first call of duty for KK. Almost before he had made it to the training ground the very next day, the media where saying KK would have 50 or even 70 million to spend in two weeks. Names from David Bentley and Goran Pandev were mentioned but no one came. Not one ray of hope for a tiny squad that lacks any shape of confidence or cutting edge. For all the forums and media outlets in the world - the fans can't see why. Truth is we will never know why we couldn't get one transfer in 2 weeks of business. Shame on who? Shame on Mort? Shame on the 'three wise men'? Shame on KK?

A new continental style of management has been enforced since the 'strategic review' of NUFC has been completed by chairman Chris Mort. None of us really know what this all means. All we can do is hope, and pray, that Newcastle fans will soon have something to cheer about. In all honesty - we all know that one day that net will crack, the fans will cheer, and Newcastle will return to the glory of yester year!