Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: Giving Kinnear an back seat role at Newcastle is as ludicrous as giving Hughton a front
Newcastle are apparently thinking of giving Joe Kinnear a job 'upstairs' if he does not want to return as manager for next season.His triple by-pass surgery after his latest serious heart problem does not mark him out as an obvious candidate for the stress-ridden position he holds.So Mike Ashley reportedly got creative and came up with this alternative. Genius. Was he trying to make the Newcastle manager's job even less attractive than it was before? Is there room for me upstairs? Chris Hughton tries to get info from the the soon-to-be-elevated Joe KinnearThe club had serious trouble filling the position before they got Kinnear and now they want to install a man with a serious temper, who was phoning in for daily updates from his hospital bed to oversee his successor.Kinnear can no more take a backseat than Chris Hughton can make himself at home in the front. It is a nightmare waiting to happen but with Ashley calling the shots, sadly it is the sort of thing fans have come to expect. More from Hatchet Man. HATCHET MAN: So who is asking Hiddink to stay at Chelsea if Kenyon isn't? 30/03/09 HATCHET MAN: It can only be in Wayne's world where, snarling, fury and abuse is being perfectly 'in control'30/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Barry's Anfield switch will end up with him playing full back (when he's not dropped) and frozen out of the England squad - what a great career move30/03/09 HATCHET MAN: FA hit new low with Middlesbrough's paltry fine27/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Time to end predictable player of the year voting and look at things objectively27/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Robinho's team mates aren't as bad as Manchester City's wayward Brazilian's attitude27/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Deluded Alonso's plain wrong to say Liverpool are better than United27/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Memo to Capello: Tell Almunia he'll never play for England and put him out of his misery 26/03/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE