Have No Fear Keegan's Here
By Tyne-Talk
April 5 2008
Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan is optimistically fearless when it comes to the final fixtures of the season. Whilst not 100% convinced Newcastle will win the lot, he believes his side have nothing to fear. Keegan spoke to The Journal about this weekends' game, last weekend's game and the targets he set his players when he re-joined the club.
He said:
"Reading is our biggest game of the season because if we win I think we are safe, I can then say, ‘What do we want to do between now and the end of the season, guys?' I want to finish on a high.
Suddenly, because of that performance at Spurs, those games are winnable - even Chelsea at home, if we play like we did at Spurs. Everton away, West Ham away, Portsmouth away, they are tough games but none of these teams are beyond us.
They (top 5 premier league teams) can all have the situation Spurs had when they have won something and you think, ‘Do we really want this because if we do, we might just get this game.' Portsmouth could just be the same, and West Ham. But Reading will be a different kettle of fish and we can send out a statement - three wins on the trot would be fantastic.
We set them (players) a target of the least we expect, which is to win the mini-league and we're on schedule to do that. There are three teams on the form of the last three games in the frame - Middlesbrough, Sunderland and us."
Newcastle's Last 6 Games |
Reading (h) |
Portsmouth (a) |
Sunderland (h) |
West Ham (a) |
Chelsea (h) |
Everton (a) |
But I do agree that 3 points today will pretty much guarantee our safety
FU.CK all the doubters, we're back in toon!
3-0 wink wink
Alan Oliver Es En Skjede