Alan Shearer

Honestly, it's like...

You're getting to semi-finals of cup competitions, you're getting to Wembley, you've won a trophy, you're getting into the Champions League on a regular basis, you're now in the knockout of the Champions League, you're now in the last 16 of the Champions League with a realistic chance of getting to the quarter-finals.

I mean, goodness me, if that doesn't send a message out to say Newcastle have got the right manager and have done for a number of years now, then I don't know what would, you know, so...

Yeah, he deserves all the credit.

Yes, I get when you're not winning games, you're going to get criticised and he understands that.

But he has delivered something what the brilliant Sir Bobby Robson couldn't, what the amazing Kevin Keegan couldn't.

He's given us a trophy and he's now given us year after year

Great things to look forward to, i.e.

semifinals and Champions League football and all of these things.

And playing good football, I'll tell you as well.

Yeah, that will have to improve if they want to get through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and progress in the FA Cup.

If that doesn't improve, then they won't go much further because you're playing against top quality now.

Whoever you get, you know you're going to be playing against top quality.

And you give chances away, then...

you're going to get punished.

So if that doesn't improve, then they'll be out.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I would love to do a combined 11.

I think there would definitely be defenders getting to the team that I played in.

Go on.