Just a few days into his reign and it looks like Joe Kinnear, and by extension Newcastle United, have completely lost the plot (or did Newcastle lose the plot ages ago?).
Kinnear recently had a press conference which he used to launch a tirade (filled with expletives) against the collected members of press. In particular, he picked out a journalist from the Daily Mirror for abuse. You can find the audio recording (note - trashy language warning) on the Daily Mirror website here and an edited transcript on soccernet here.
To be fair, the Daily Mirror is a particularly trashy newspaper but judging from the actual article (again - link to Daily Mirror website here), it does seem like the journalist, Simon Bird, is being unfairly targeted by Kinnear (which just makes it seem like Kinnear can't handle the pressure of the job). Also, despite Kinnear's claim that he wouldn't speak to the media anymore, he actually did have a press conference after their draw with Everton. I'm guessing he either spoke in anger and didn't really want to cut out the press or he was overridden by management at Newcastle. Either way, it really does look like he can't handle the pressure of the job.
And if the manager is losing it - the club is going to follow. Newcastle United for relegation? Maybe ... maybe.
PS I love how Newcastle's press officer is trying (and failing miserably) to salvage the situation during the interview by trying to get the press to treat Kinnear's comments as off the record.
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Yep - this was funny.
He gave an interview after the Everton game, but said during that interview that it was his last one and that going forward he would only do radio and tv interviews.
Basically, he knows he is there for a short while only, and therefore doesn't seem to give a s**t if he pisses off the press. Given some of the rubbish I've seen them write over time, especially about Liverpool, I'm not surprised.
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