Looking back on things, surely it should have been the other way around: Keegan without a DOF; Shearer with a DOF? I know most don't agree with it, but he's really inexperienced in all areas of football management. What role has Dowie been brought in as?

It just shows that Wise has gotten in the way of the managerial things, Shearer has come in and said that he isn't going to work with Wise sticking his nose in. If they want Shearer to be manager, he wants to be manager, not having Wise dictate to him.

They obviously did the same with Keegan, Keegan being his own person said no and stick it and he walked. They didnt want the same thing to happen twice.

Shevchenko!!! Remember him?

Good to see the board backing the manager this time, then. Has he learnt from his mistakes, or is he just giving the fans what they want to repair the damage?

I personally think it's a last throw of the dice by him.

I know for a fact that season ticket renewals are down, way down on what they were at the start of last season. He isn't popular, he has made some awful mistakes, has said things which have just been lies and other things which are just stupid.

He knows a love for Newcastle will prevail over a hatred for him.

Certainly do, I'll never forget his penalty in the Champions League Final shoot out against Liverpool, even now it still makes me smile

Clown.

Bolivia 5-1 Argentina.

Tasty.

Well done Diego.

Makes a change from the Scotland game where it's "Lets hope we don't get gubbed..."

Well there is some good news to come out of this fiasco then.

Bad neet for the mancs then.

Isn't it Maradona's first competitive game since taking over as manager..."The Shearer Effect" in action!.

Edit...Finished 6-1

Absolutely.

6-1 Bolivia over Argentina
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Thought it was a late April fool's

Having just watched the first half of the Bolivia v Argentina game and the word that springs to mind is corruption.

Forget altitude, forget the bobbly pitch, the poor defending seems almost too deliberate. I've lost count of the amount of times Argentinian defenders have ran past the ball to allow the attacker to waltz past them. The Bolivian team wouldn't beat the likes of Everton or Aston Villa, they are pants. The third goal was the worst, Argentina gave the ball away and half their players stood still and walked back having a joke with each other.

1-0 with a goal from a corner I could understand, but 6-1 with behaviour like that from Argentina makes me doubt their integrity.

I was impressed with the England performance, I think there were very good signs from the midfield linking together and the Rooney and Gerrard combo was quite encouraging, seems to e a confidence and happiness in the camp, all bodes well for 2010.

Still awaiting the traditional England screw up.

I'm so relieved.

For about ten minutes I thought we weren't going to win the World Cup after all, that Capello was another useless foreigner and we needed an Englishman in charge who has the passion for the job, and could get the lads motivated , because we invented the game and should always beat teams like Ukraine.

I was wrong to fear that though, proved when our brave, glorious leader JT stepped up to see us home, they might as well give us the trophy now.

will england make the world cup

I watched the first half and Bolivia absolutely tore them apart, the goal you mentioned just before halftime was woeful defending but also quality counter attacking.

England were okay last night and did enough for the win, which is all that counts in qualifying.

The 'altitude advantage' issue raises it's head again. Bolivia are 2nd bottom of the South America qualifying group. They have conceded 5 goals away from home twice in the campaign so far and then go stick 6 past an Argentina side 50 places above themselves in the FIFA rankings

RRRRROOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY

You must be easily pleased then. The only good thing about it was the result. Be honest, name someone that played well. My Man of the Match was the ref.