Ok Shearer took over as Newcastle manager 8 games before the end of the season in a bid to avoid relegation.

Here is his record:
1 win
2 draws
5 defeats

That is a terrible record in terms of management.

Unfortunately nobody has the balls to tell him so. Neither his pundit friends nor any journalists because they either have too much respect for the player he was or seem to fear him.

I have no such qualms: Alan Shearer you are a sh*t manager!

Im a Newcastle supporter. I watched it. We were rubbish.

We've deserved to go down all season.

TBH I don't actually think the players were rubbish: I mean you had a lot of experienced players in that team. Players who have already performed successfully at other clubs.

What you needed was a good manager who could get them to play as a team.

How can you blame shearer. .... Newcastle wer cra** long before shearer was there manager ..
People have respect for him and know full well it takes more then 8 matches to prove your worth as a manager.. get a life mate , and blame those responsible for the clubs demise ... the players , first and foremost and the Owners for notallowing managers the time to make there plans work

As a Boro fan i am glad our neighbours came with us

I am not blaming Shearer for their relegation I am simply saying that he brought absolutely nothing to the team.

If Chris Hughton had stayed on as manager or they had taken any little boy among the Newcastle fans and appointed him as manager the team's record for the last 8 games would have been pretty much the same (if not better).

dont think you can say that , every team has its ups and downs, look at man utd last season 8 losses in a row, was nothing and they still stayed up !!!! and this season also , and theyre still champs .... Face it the team played cra* and got what they deserved !! .... yup they could have had a better manager , then again they could have a better chairman too !!

Can't help but agree with that.

Let's hope popular pressure gets him out and that he makes a huge loss in the process...Scheming bast@rd.

I thought Shearer was really brave to take them on when he did... we were already playing abysmally so it was never going to be a walk in the park. It takes longer than 8 weeks to get a team playing like a team should... he did what he could with the players available to him, unfortunately it wasn't enough. I really hope this won't affect his future in management.

Championship football here we come boo hoo

What wouldn't I give for my team to be playing Championship football next season.......

Not that it's much consolation, but when your team goes down you end up supporting them even more (well, most teams like yours and mine, some of the manure/chelski teams would lose all the glory hunters). I have at least another season of League 1 footy and I still look forward to Saturday afternoons as much as when we were in the Premiership.

If you don't go straight back up we should be playing you next season

Leeds Leeds Leeds!

Not really a fan of Shearer but you cannot blame him for this. I cannot understand any chairman appointing a man who has no management experience in a situation like this. Shearer needs to get experience in the lower leagues before trying a rescue operation like this one.

Newcastle should do themselves a favour and get Steve Coppell in as manager to turn things around. He's the only man for the job, maybe Jan Molby if he is interested. Or give the job to Sven Goran Ericsson and look forward to league one.

Still with 'boro and Newcastle in the championship next season the mighty Palace are guaranteed 12 points.

Who is your team?

I'm sort of thinking we HAVE TO win the Championship next year. We have such a fantastic club and the money that the Geordies pour into it is unbelievable... hard to believe there isn't a lot of money to spare on players.

Haha - cheeky!

I totally agree, Shearer cannot be blamed for this. The club has made so many bad decisions when it comes to management (and players sometimes...). Getting rid of Sir Bobby was the worst thing they could ever have done (we are not worthy, we are not worthy )

Did I not give enough clues?

I'll leave the room now

Yeah ok - sorry. Clearly I'm too upset about the relegation to think about anything else! See you next season

I dont blame Shearer. Its more a problem with modern prem football that insists on changing managers at a whim. The most successful teams have one thing in common (well 2 if you count being scottish as a factor !), that is longevity. Its all about the rush to get into some kind of euro league which is short sighted for most clubs. Newcastle have been celebrating mediocrity for years - in my opinion Keegan should have stuck it out and sorted out his emotional issues ( "ill love it if we beat them...")

To take on Shearer at such critical stage was folly... geordie sentimentality over practicality.

Eloquent and well said ...