Anyone else see Shearer being quoted at that tribute dinner the Football Writers' Association help for him as saying "I was the villain of the Neil Lennon affair, I lost Ruud Gullit his Newcastle job, I single-handedly lost us Euro 2000, I chose the Englnad teams for Kevin Keegan... and now you're giving me a tribute dinner..." Well done, Al!

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2001

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"I was the villain of the Neil Lennon affair,

He was

I lost Ruud Gullit his Newcastle job,

He didn't help

The other two are bollox.....mentioning them though is WGB's way of deflecting the truth.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2001

yawn.

try again LR....

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2001

Don't worry Min....I will....

(bfg)

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2001

I think, just for the SMBs he should have added '.... I refused to have the muchkin in the England side ...."

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2001

But of course Mac, everybody knows that isn't true - or he'd be in the side since Shearer retired ;-)

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2001