Kevin Keegan pushes World War from top news slot
Posted 4th September 2008 at 11:00 by Royston
Kevin Keegan pushes World War from top news slot
I could hardly believe what I was seeing and hearing the other day when the nice BBC man opened the news with the statement ' today's top story Kevin Keegans future with Newcastle in Doubt'. Not Hurricane Gustav, Russia about to move on Poland, Brother Browns give aways to his pals up north or Alistair Darlings torpedoing the UK economy. No - a story about a second rate football manager in a northern team in some god forsaken place that could have not possibly had any interest to the vast majority of us licence paying public in the UK let alone to poor bemused itinerant Americans looking in on News 24 (football in this country is the namby-pamby game 'soccer' where hooligans kick a ball around for lots of money).
We were cut to a overweight breathless reporter who was building up the tension to this groundbreaking scoop outside the dreary Newcastle's grounds where he cheerily informed us that to support all this hoo-hah all he had was that 'our Kev' had not turned up to training today. OK so Kevin K has not had a good time - recently called back in a sort of second coming to return to Newcastle to re-engineer a new revival of their fortunes and it seems to be going pear shaped again and history is repeating. What possessed them to do this is beyond me more a triumph of hope over reality its seems. He is a flighty sort that wants as a manager to actually manage the team (what a revelation) and this sort of thing is an anathema to the bosses of most football teams in the UK who's only interest in the game is to use it as an icon to their vanity and money. So it was bound to end (again) in tears if not now but in a few weeks.
But why is this paraded as the top news item of the day? Perhaps it is a top news item up North nothing else is happening there - everyone's on the dole or dishing out the dole and the machinations of Newcastle United is the only distraction. Perhaps its the BBC building a loyal following up there after all in a few years some of them will have to give up the comfort of their suburban life style in Ealing for the cold comfort of cities and towns like Newcastle and Middlesbrough (once voted the worst place to live in in the UK) as the Beeb move Northwards as part of Brother Browns drive to take money from the South and give it to his clients up North and moving our poor BBC people is part of this. Arriving home after a hard day I sit down to see the story still rumbling on pushed down slightly as the lead by one on another dreary northerner Gordon Brown and his fourth or fifth (I forget) relaunch. More initiatives to buy off his supporters, more waffle, empty platitudes, useless aphorisms and details of how he will derail and sink the economy. This is where he could learn from 'our Kev' we want him to start managing, doing his job and showing what he can do - we don't need any more relaunches, promises or second comings. Perhaps the job at Newcastle will come up soon and he should apply as the size of the task might suit him more than the current job - although based on his current performance they would be sure for demotion.
I could hardly believe what I was seeing and hearing the other day when the nice BBC man opened the news with the statement ' today's top story Kevin Keegans future with Newcastle in Doubt'. Not Hurricane Gustav, Russia about to move on Poland, Brother Browns give aways to his pals up north or Alistair Darlings torpedoing the UK economy. No - a story about a second rate football manager in a northern team in some god forsaken place that could have not possibly had any interest to the vast majority of us licence paying public in the UK let alone to poor bemused itinerant Americans looking in on News 24 (football in this country is the namby-pamby game 'soccer' where hooligans kick a ball around for lots of money).
We were cut to a overweight breathless reporter who was building up the tension to this groundbreaking scoop outside the dreary Newcastle's grounds where he cheerily informed us that to support all this hoo-hah all he had was that 'our Kev' had not turned up to training today. OK so Kevin K has not had a good time - recently called back in a sort of second coming to return to Newcastle to re-engineer a new revival of their fortunes and it seems to be going pear shaped again and history is repeating. What possessed them to do this is beyond me more a triumph of hope over reality its seems. He is a flighty sort that wants as a manager to actually manage the team (what a revelation) and this sort of thing is an anathema to the bosses of most football teams in the UK who's only interest in the game is to use it as an icon to their vanity and money. So it was bound to end (again) in tears if not now but in a few weeks.
But why is this paraded as the top news item of the day? Perhaps it is a top news item up North nothing else is happening there - everyone's on the dole or dishing out the dole and the machinations of Newcastle United is the only distraction. Perhaps its the BBC building a loyal following up there after all in a few years some of them will have to give up the comfort of their suburban life style in Ealing for the cold comfort of cities and towns like Newcastle and Middlesbrough (once voted the worst place to live in in the UK) as the Beeb move Northwards as part of Brother Browns drive to take money from the South and give it to his clients up North and moving our poor BBC people is part of this. Arriving home after a hard day I sit down to see the story still rumbling on pushed down slightly as the lead by one on another dreary northerner Gordon Brown and his fourth or fifth (I forget) relaunch. More initiatives to buy off his supporters, more waffle, empty platitudes, useless aphorisms and details of how he will derail and sink the economy. This is where he could learn from 'our Kev' we want him to start managing, doing his job and showing what he can do - we don't need any more relaunches, promises or second comings. Perhaps the job at Newcastle will come up soon and he should apply as the size of the task might suit him more than the current job - although based on his current performance they would be sure for demotion.
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