Can Shearer Save Toon

Alan Shearer would appear to have taken on an impossible task with Newcastle doing every thing that they can to get themselves relegated.

The team full of talent just does not want to galvanize its self into a force to allow it to remain in the top flight. Shearer along with his management team just do not seem to be able to get the message across, Owen, Martins and Vidulka can not find the target and the defence can not keep the opposition from scoring.

Perhaps the fate of Newcastle has been decided before Shearer took the job, one can not rule out the role that Denis Wise played in their dire position in which they now languish, he was totally out of his depth. His abrasive manner causing previous mangers more problems than the team its self, what a difference an extra month would have made. Without the pressure of impending relegation the team would have had time to take advantage of Shearer experience and passion, this would have allowed them to jell into a fighting force with confidence to fight for survival, hindsight is a great thing

The Changing Face of Alan Shearer

Michael Owen

Michael Owen appears to be getting frustrated with what would seem a lack of "skill" in his team mates.

He is constantly using his vast experience in directing play but to no avail, it would appear that some of the key players at Newcastle United run around with blinkers on, not noticing Owens directions. This was very much the case at Stoke last week, on many occasions Owen tried to indicate which players were in striking and unmarked positions to his advancing midfield players only for them to past the ball to a marked player or even to the other side.

If Newcastle are to have any chance of surviving in the Premier League they really have to get their act together and get all of the players singing from the same song sheet.

Michael Owen's desire is very much there for all to see but even he can not keep them up by himself. If Alan Shearer can galvanize the team into some sort of order with Owen at the forefront the they may just have an outside chance of survival.

The big question is will Owen or Shearer be at Newcastle come the summer.