The fear that Joe Kinnear will take us back twenty years is a strong possibility, because the former Wombles boss left football four years ago after a horro spell at Nottingham Forest, when it was said the game had moved on without him.
Former West Ham striker fears 'Route One' will kill Michael's Owen's game, one player who MUST have the ball on the ground rather than dive in to bounce off 6ft 4" defenders.
Cottee: "It (Newcastle v Blackburn) wasn't so much route one, just a lack of quality.
"It's quite obvious that if you've got a lad up front who's 5ft8 don't put the ball up in the air to him.
"Michael's not as quick as he used to be and if you put it down towards the corner flag he's not going to win the race now.
"They've got to get better service into the front players I feel.
"Relegation is a real possibility at the moment. They've got to sort it out off the pitch, they've got to get a permanent manager in as soon as possible.
"Joe's a nice bloke, he'll do his best and he'll do a decent job in difficult circumstances, but they need to sort it out."