Roeder: 'No-one Would Have Done Better Than Me'

By Nick Raynor
March 26 2007

Newcastle United boss Glenn Roeder has finally hit out at critics of him and Newcastle United.

The former academy manager has recieved critisism since Newcastle were knocked out of the FA Cup, but Roeder claims nobody could have kept Newcastle in the top 6 this season.

Roeder has placed a lot of the blame on injuries, which have caused major problems for the Geordies this season.

Roeder said:

"There aint anyone in any way, any manager, who could have kept Newcastle in the top six this year.

"It is Fantasy Island for the ones who think they could have.

"What I would say is that if we finish these last eight games strongly, win games and finish up the table, under the circumstances that is the best we could have done.

"No one would have done any better.

"I'm talking about me here. No one would have done any better than me.

"We have had the worst injury crisis in the club's history and in any other club's history.

"We have had a dozen players out for six months.

"I've never been able to put Michael Owen's name on a team sheet to start. I have had him once as a sub.

"No one else, with what's happened here and the injuries we've had for six months now, would have done any better."