Houghton took ALL the flak away from Ashley and they where going along nicely, but id say to anyone WHAT THE FUKC has a Big name manager ever done for Newcastle = N O T H I N G , thats Dalgliesh, Souness, Keegan, Kinnear, ALL exept Kinnear had plenty off Dollar , what i do think is if Sam Alladyce had still been there they would be a really strong team but the fans didnt want him for his style of football , i support Arsenal and believe me when we where winning titles and cups under George Graham , the football wasnt the best but every fan was more than happy, now playin lovely stuff under W