God on the Tyne (part 2)

So in a throwback to the past (here), I need to use a quote from part one in this series… “So in the roller-coaster world that comes with being a Newcastle United fan, there are some things you think will never happen, but secretly hope that they do.” Today is another one of those days. As always happens with stories which surface on April 1st, you have to wonder who has dreamt them up. But it seems that Alan Shearer is coming home. It appears that Mike Ashley has managed to pull of a coup to equal that of the signing of Kevin Keegan. He’s now managed to convince Alan Shearer to come back and try and dig us out of the hole that we’re in.

In the past Shearer has managed to resist the pull to move to Newcastle, and I was always one of those fans that didn’t want him to come back. I was worried that the status that he had worked so hard to get for himself (that of a hero amongst the geordie faithful) would be forgotten if he came back to manage us and it didn’t work. But now I think the timing is right. Lets look at what’s changed.

Well for a start we’re looking at the very real possibility that we’ll get relegated. And this will probably still happen. Do I want it to? Absolutely not. But I still think it will. Even with Wor Al’s influence on the team I think we’re already past the point of no return. But I still think it’s a good move. If we go down then at least he tried, and the fans can’t exactly blame him for the relegation. But if we stay up, Shearer will be hailed as an even bigger hero around St. James’ Park, and his place in history will be even more secure than it is at the moment.

For today at least, it feels good to be a Newcastle fan again. All the recent results seem like they don’t matter quite as much today as we’ve got back our second Messiah, and we know he’ll try. He’ll inspire the team, he will not suffer fools, and he’ll demand that every player gives the same amount of passion and commitment that he always did whenever he pulled on the number 9 that is now synonymous with his name. Lets face it, Shearer is the number 9 that Newcastle fans talk about.

Of course if it is actually an April fool then I’m looking very silly right now…