'Culture Shock' Warning To Shearer!
"Yes, it will galvanise a crowd who are probably a little bit down with the position the club are in.
"All that will now disappear and even if they might not play well, I don't think there will be criticism in the short term.
"In terms of lifting the atmosphere around the club they couldn't do much better.
"Alan Shearer is a competitor, but he's not on the television any more talking about other clubs - he's right in amongst it like everyone else down there.
"Alan knows the passion of the Geordies a lot better than anybody else.
"There is probably only him or Kevin Keegan they could give the job to and know they're guaranteed to get a great reception.
"But it's still down to the players to go out and perform."