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→ lcw0622: ^就難 09/26 14:52
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1736458.ece
Venables的大腸報專欄，提到他拒絕這份職位的原因是時間過短。
基本上就跟昨天BBC報導的一樣，他想要長期合約，但高層找的是短期救火人。
我大概講一下重點，Venables提到說是我們的幾位球員向高層要求盡快結束這一切
的不確定狀況，因此高層與他連絡希望他來救火。
(大概可看出，他們本來大概是打算在脫手前都繼續用休頓擋的 -.-
我猜應該是Given跟Owen等人不爽去反應的。)
Venables說高層只跟他保證當胖子還是老闆的時候，他會是主帥。
但昨天的會談胖子並沒有參予，而這也讓他感覺到胖子想盡速的將球隊脫手。
他認為執教紐卡需要時間，他想來執教，但他認為這份工作不確定性太高。
總之意思就是很明顯，他想要長期執教，但高層沒辦法給他這個保證。
唔，這年頭到哪再去找一個砲德來當看守主帥啊？
THERE is one reason and one reason alone why I’ve turned down the chance
to take temporary charge at Newcastle — time.
Newcastle United means too much to too many people to take the job on a
short-term basis.
It demands total commitment and dedication from a manager who is prepared
to throw himself heart and soul into the club.
I didn’t want to move up to Tyneside and find myself surplus to
requirements before I’d even had the chance to get my teeth into the
challenge.
The way the job was offered to me meant that I might be working at St James’
Park for two months, two years . . . or two weeks.
There was far too much uncertainty involved.
When I take on a job I need to know exactly what my goals and targets are.
It would have been impossible to achieve any aims in the conditions they
wanted me to work under.
I was ready and willing to give it a real go but I was never offered the
chance to do that.
All they could guarantee was that I’d be in a job until Mike Ashley sells
the club . . . whenever that might be.
So as flattered and honoured as I was to be approached by Newcastle, in the
end it wasn’t that difficult a decision for me to decline their offer.
The Newcastle supporters have suffered more than enough in recent years. I
didn’t want them to think I’d gone up there just to pocket a few quid from
Mike Ashley and then wave ‘cheerio’ a couple of weeks later.
But I want to make it absolutely clear that my decision had nothing to do
with a fear of a fans’ backlash.
I know only too well that many of the Newcastle supporters have been
protesting about the so-called ‘Cockney Mafia’ running their club.
But I honestly don’t believe it would have been an issue for me. All my work
would have been done in the dressing room, not the boardroom. I understand
the Geordies are proud of their city and their club — and rightly so.
But I’m sure they will warm to any manager who gives his total commitment
to their team and starts winning games.
I could have handled one or two fans calling me a Cockney this or that. I’ve
had to deal with a lot worse than that in my time, believe me. But if you are
going to do that job seriously, the new man will need time to understand the
club, time to get to know the players and time to work out all their
strengths and weaknesses.
No one is going to walk into St James’ Park and turn things around
overnight.
People might claim that was what I did when I accepted a similar
fire-fighting role at Middlesbrough eight years ago.
But let me assure you it was a totally different set-up.
I went into that job at the beginning of December with the knowledge that I
would be working alongside Bryan Robson for the rest of the season.
We were nine points adrift of safety at the time but I knew I was going to
get the time I needed to have an effect and make an impact. As it happened,
we avoided relegation fairly comfortably in the end.
During those seven months on Teesside I moved into the area with my wife,
worked every day on the training ground and put all my other commitments to
one side. I would have done the same for Newcastle. But that wasn’t what
they wanted.
Let me make it clear it was Newcastle who approached me about the job rather
than the other way around.
It was a complete shock when I received the telephone call this week asking
me to meet them.
I met Dennis Wise, Tony Jiminez and Derek Llambias on Wednesday and we had
a long chat about what the job entailed and what they expected from me.
A number of senior players had told them that they needed to end the
uncertainty as quickly as possible and they immediately moved into action
to do that.
But Mike Ashley wasn’t there and it was made very clear to me that it is the
owner’s intention to sell control of the club sooner rather than later.
And we all know that whenever a new owner takes control of a club, the first
thing he does is appoint his own directors and his own manager.
Ashley has been hurt and upset by recent events and feels that family issues
mean he has no option but to let someone else take charge of Newcastle.
We never discussed money, contracts or any sort of payment. I told them that
I first needed to decide if I wanted the job. We could settle the financial
side of things at a later date. I promised I’d give them my decision within
24 hours and thought about it long and hard over Wednesday night.
But deep down inside I always knew it wasn’t the right job at the right time
for me. And I don’t think the Newcastle guys were that surprised when I gave
them my answer yesterday. But just because the conditions weren’t right for
me doesn’t mean they won’t be right for someone else.
I’m sure Newcastle will be inundated with applications from loads of top-
quality coaches who are willing to take the job on a temporary basis.
And I have absolutely no doubts that it is only a matter of time before the
team starts winning games and moving back up the Premier League table.
They have plenty of good players on board and as long as they can keep them
all fit and available they won’t have any problems.
We’re only five games into the new season, for God’s sake.
A win tomorrow at home to Blackburn and they could go up as many as 10
places.
When I was a young manager, I always regarded Newcastle and Liverpool as the
two top jobs to aim for.
I see no reason to change that opinion.
If the circumstances had been different I would have been delighted to become
the manager at St James’ Park.
It’s been 10 months since I left my job with England and I haven’t been
actively looking to get back into the game since then.
But this week’s developments have made me think hard and if the right
opportunity and the right conditions come along, I would certainly give it
serious consideration.
Who knows, maybe the new owners of Newcastle will want me. Somehow, though,
I don’t think that is going to happen.
TERRY VENABLES was talking to MARK IRWIN
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