Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer, CBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. In 1996, he was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth13 August 1970
CityGosforth, England
There's been a lot of changes, you have to ask others why. Ideally, you'd want a manager for years and years. But whoever comes in inherits a great club, which has always had financial backing from the board and fantastic supporters. That's never been a problem.
As far as I am concerned, nothing has changed. I will retire at the end of the season.
After being knocked out of the Champions League, which was a huge disappointment, the players sat down, had a meeting and said that the only way to get over that defeat was to win the UEFA Cup. That situation hasn't changed.
It is hard because it looks as if it (their goal) is handball. But that is the way things are going for us at the moment but we have got to stick together and work hard.
Glenn is the one who gets us up. He is the one who is preparing the team, who is coaching us and who is talking to us before and after games. He deserves all the credit and we now have something to go for for the rest of the season. I can only hope we can repay him and all the supporters.
He has done me, it was blatant. The referee was five yards away and he did nothing.
If the manager said I wasn't going to be a regular I'd have to consider things,
In the games I have seen, his touch has been good
Hopefully now, with the objective achieved, the players will relax a bit and you might see more style and flair.
I'm not selling the club to him any more. I don't think I have to - the tough part was getting him here. We all said that, if we were to get him here, he would take to the football club, the area and the people. I think he's done that. The people have certainly taken to him - not only on the football pitch, but off it as well. They've made him feel very welcome and he's grateful for that. He likes the area, which I think is a big plus.
I'm sure the public will be behind us. We all realize it's going to be a tough fight. We've got to roll our sleeves up and get three points tomorrow. We've got 26 points, we've got to have 29 by the time Saturday night comes along. Once we get on the pitch it's up to us.