John

Could not help but chuckle when reading these comments by a Newcastle fan on Football 365. Already two matches into his reign and people are having a pop. If Graeme Souness thinks he can achieve success at St. James' Park by letting his players play out of position he is wrong. Craig Bellamy is not a right winger. I think Souness is afraid to make some tough choices. What also concerns me is the signing of Ronny Johnsen. Is Johnson at his age so much better than Elliott? Why not giving Elliott a chance and add a defender of the reserve team to the squad to get him some experience with first-team football. As Bryan says, not our problem anymore.....

Souness said he played Jenas on the left to make Newcastle 'harder to beat'. Where have I heard that before....

We all know when you fall out of favour with Souness there is no way back. That is unless your Dwight Yorke. Jansen is quoted in the papers today saying, Souness made his mind up on him a long time ago. He never spoke to Jansen explaining why he would never get a proper chance. He never felt he would be part of the first team squad again and the only people supporting him were his team-mates and fans. Now he does have a chance and confidence is his only enemy but playing games will help Jansen and thats what I think Hughes will do.

Amo still worries me. I just can never feel comfortable with him playing. I do appreciate his efforts in helping us stay up last year but I just dont rate the guy. Isnt his contract up at end of the year, if so we should go our separate ways. His wages would be quite high as well I assume.

Hughes is well into appyling science and technology to aid players in terms of preparation for matches. He is very much a forward thinking man.

Prior to joining us he played in a league based in Europe. You know what I meant...

All this bull about Emerton. I have seen him play a lot and I agree he has been poor. There is no doubt he has talent though and I am confident he will get better as the season progresses. I really cant understand some of the things people write on here, lets get rid of him etc. Some players take a while to settle in the Premiership and Emerton is one of them. People who watch European football on a regular basis know he is a good player. I really wish people would try to think a bit more logically before they post some utter cr*p on this messageboard.

http://skysports.planetfootball.com/list.a...tball_Home_Page Best pundit around sums us up well. Key areas- Centre Back: Agree with verdict on Amo, too many mistakes. Hughes will need to invest here as a priority unless someone comes into their own between now and January- Matteo? NEJ? Cant see it happening. A partner for Ferguson- Thommo? Douglas (too limited maybe) Also up front- If Jansen could come back it would be tremendous, if not we need more firepower. Will be interesting to see how Hughes see these areas of the team, as more often than not Souness seemed to have no strategy when it came to the transfer market.

He is talking as if he will bring some players in January. Doubt that means free transfers or loans- so there will be a few million to spend

On Hughes the manager http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/h...000/2330163.stm

Hughes does play direct when Hartson is playing, similar to what Celtic do. It generally works.

From- http://www.brscn.com/nyheter.asp?action=visNyhet&id=928 What does this say exactly?? Hughes signed a contract this evening at 8:30 to take over from next Monday Waliseren signet for en time siden BRSCN er som vanlig forst ute, i hele verden, med den offisielle kunngjoringen. Mark Hughes signet for Rovers for ca en time siden. Han kommer ikke til a vere ansvarlig mot Portsmouth men kommer til a ta over etter det. Mark vil styre Wales de neste 2 kvalik kampene, etter det er det Rovers pa full tid. Brscn skrev for 3 dager siden at Hughes var Rovers forste valg.

He had Eric Harrison but he retired last month Come to think of it he probably would put Tony Parkes assistant manager? Anyway I am going to stop speculating unitl he is actually in!

I think if it is Hughes expect an assistant manager who is not currently with the Wales set-up. Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki are very good coaches. But it would not surprise me if Hughes brought in an Eric Harrison type figure, someone who he feels he needs as his assistant.

Hughes is a nice bloke was he also an agressive man in his day. Wouldnt worry about him being a Mr Nice guy.

Hughes is a nice bloke was he also an agressive player in his day. Wouldnt worry about him being a Mr Nice guy.

Eddie Niedzwiecki- goal keeping coach I think??? Was at Arsenal, Chelsea. Bowen has a good record of coachng but fell out with Bruce at Brum much to the players surprise. No one really knows what is going on, when anyone was approached. We know Hughes is available but as for Dowie even though he has not inked that contact is he actually available. Leaving Palace for Blackburn may not be on his agenda at the moment.

I really hope its Hughes. Not getting carried away yet though...

Maybe I should stop living in the past. However I saw GS comments about players in their young 20s making mistakes, and how he doesnt blame them because everyone does when they are that age. He goes on to say Dyer needs another chance if he is going to be fair to him. The Dunn incident showed what an arrogant sod Souness is as I dont think he was ever given a proper chance to change GS's view. I really do wonder if he is going to man manage at Newcastle like he did here- it will show whether he reckons he made one too many confrontations here.

George Graham was considered for the Newcastle job. Think he would do ok actually- however I cant see getting him being a delicate situation. As for Hughes being too defensive or attacking, he bascially does what he can with the resources he has got.

I know where you are coming from Kamy. However Dowie is not coming from a position of strength. He is currently in charge of a struggling team who look like this season relegation is inevitable. Hughes obviously believes he can do a good job in club management and he will know how our club works. Hughes will get the players working, he is more clever than you would think. There would be a risk with both possible appointments for reasons set out here as someone else said any appointment we make will be seen as a risk by some people.

Looks like its between Dowie and Hughes. Hughes slight favourite- surely too many factors in his favour. -popular with fans -ex player, likes the club -players seem to want him in! -all 2 of the backroom staff would welcolme him with open arms

Little brat Bellamy on Hughes http://www.itv-football.co.uk/Teams/Blackb...ry_125451.shtml

Hakan Unsal- remember that pass to Dunny

The weirdos on 606 are saying this The Lancashire Evening Telegraph understands that Mark Hughes is ready to be appointed as the next manager of Blackburn Rovers Football Club. Rovers officials are believed to have held talks with Mark Hughes yesterday. He will continue to manage Wales on the short term and assess the situation on their qualifying chances after their next couple of games. He is expected to take charge following the Portsmouth match so his first game is expected to be against Bournemouth which may draw some extra fans for that match.