Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: Newcastle prove how to get it wrong even when they are saying sorry
Newcastle[LNB], lurching from one crisis to the next, have become so error prone that even when they say sorry they get it wrong.[LNB]Somehow, managing director Derek Llambias has managed to issue an apology about the way the club has been run under owner Mike Ashley without accepting the blame for any of their major mistakes.[LNB] [LNB]What a pair: Mike Ashley (left) with Derek Llambias[LNB]Instead, 'miscommunication' is what the club feel most apologetic about, he says, as if some better spin on their team's never-ending struggles would have made fans happier about the regime.[LNB] More from Hatchet Man... HATCHET MAN: Traore gamble threatens Birmingham's hopes of a Premier League return[LNB]11/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Cole call shows how desperate England boss Capello is for firepower up front[LNB]11/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Hiddink talks a good game but let's not presume he will be Chelsea's own Superman[LNB]11/02/09 HATCHET MAN: The FA Cup is becoming lost in the shambles surrounding the competition[LNB]10/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Desperate times call for drastic changes at Wenger's Arsenal[LNB]10/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Sven is the wrong man for Pompey in their fight to survive[LNB]10/02/09 HATCHET MAN: The vote of confidence means what it has always counted for...absolutely nothing[LNB]10/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Bennett's card is marked but his allegations are really no surprise[LNB]09/02/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE[LNB] Ashley and co may have addressed Newcastle's debt and youth policy as they claim but when the team are in serious danger of getting relegated, loyal players are desperate to leave and the manager's position appears inherently unstable, that is always going to be a hard sell.[LNB]With manager Joe Kinnear in hospital, it doesn't get any easier and if they have to put assistant managers Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood in charge it will become impossible.[LNB] [LNB]
