Ashley Will Take Anyone BUT Shearer!

Last updated : 10 August 2009 By Footy Mad - Editor

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Shearer told the BBC on Saturday: "Mike Ashley asked me to make two lists - one of players to go - and one of players to come in.

"I made the lists, handed them over, and I've heard nothing since."

The Magpies' preparations for the new campaign have been disrupted by Ashley offering the job ALLEGEDLY to Joe Kinnear and David O'Leary ... two managers the fans do not want at the club.

But Ashley, as usual, does things his way.

Shearer is concerned that nobody has come in to replace the players that have gone.

"Key players have gone out and none have come in," Shearer said in The Sun.

"When you consider the squad we had at the end of last season was pretty thin anyway and it wasn't balanced enough.

"Mark Viduka, Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins, Sebastien Bassong, Habib Beye and Peter Lovenkrands have all gone without anyone coming in so that tells the story for Newcastle.

"It does not take a genius to work out that is not ideal preparation for them."

NUFC FIXTURES:

Saturday 15th August 2009  
Newcastle  v  Reading 17.20
 
Wednesday 19th August 2009  
Newcastle  v  Sheff Weds 19.45
 
Saturday 22nd August 2009  
C.Palace  v  Newcastle 15.00 

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2009/10

SHAMROCK ROVERS 0 NEWCASTLE UTD 3 (S Taylor, Ameobi, Ranger)
Steve Harper, Habib Beye, Callum Morris, Fabricio Coloccini, Tamas Kadar, Wesley Ngo Baheng, Nicky Butt, Joey Barton, Damien Duff, Kevin Nolan, Nile Ranger
Subs: Jose Enrique, Danny Guthrie, Ryan Taylor, Alan Smith, Shola Ameobi, Steven Taylor, Frank Wiafe Danquah, Ole Soderberg, Ben Tozer, Kazenga LuaLua, Tim Krul, Ryan Donaldson

DARLINGTON 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 7 (Duff, Nolan, Gutierrez, S Taylor, Carroll, Ameobi 2)
Krul (Forster, 46); R Taylor, Beye (Coloccini, 46), S Taylor, Kadar (Enrique, 46); LuaLua (Guthrie, 46), Barton (Butt, 46), Nolan (Xisco, 59), Smith (Donaldson, 59), Duff (Gutierrez, 46); Ameobi (Carroll, 46).

HUDDERSFIELD 0 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Nolan)
Harper, Coloccini, Enrique (Donaldson 80), Barton (Smith 58), Guthrie (Tavernier 80), Gutierrez (Duff HT), Xisco (Ameobi HT), Beye (Kadar HT), Taylor S (Taylor R HT), Lua-Lua (Adjei 73), Carroll (Nolan 58).

ORIENT 6 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Barton pen)
Krul (Forster, 46); Beye (Tozer, 80), S Taylor (Lough, 80), Coloccini (Geremi, 46), Enrique (Kadar, 73); Gutierrez, Barton (Xisco, 46), Smith (Guthrie, 60), Duff (LuaLua, 73); Nolan; Martins (Carroll, 46).

NEWCASTLE UTD 0 LEEDS UTD 0
Harper, Beye, Bassong, S Taylor, Enrique, R Taylor, Smith, Barton, Gutierrez, Ameobi, Carroll Subs: Coloccini, Nolan, Xisco, LuaLua, Krul, Donaldson

DUNDEE UTD 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Carroll)
Harper; R Taylor, S Taylor, Kadar, Enrique; Gutierrez, Barton (LuaLua, 75), Smith, Duff (Geremi, 88); Nolan; Carroll.

WEST BROM 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Duff)
Harper (Krul 46), Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor,Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Gutierrez, Smith, Nolan, Duff,Ameobi (Ranger 90), Carroll (Barton 75).
Subs Not Used: Xisco, Geremi, LuaLua, Kadar.