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English Premiership Football News ( 23 September 2008 )
Owen speaks of bleak Magpies mood
Newcastle United striker Michael Owen has called on his teammates to "get out of the darkness and doom" says it has a negative impact on the club.
The club is without a manager Kevin Keegan after the release, were put up for sale and have lost their last three games, conceding eight in the process.
But Owen believes that players must now put off-pitch concerns aside.
"It's unfortunate, but that's how it goes. Players are paid to play and we have to accomplish, "he said.
"We are all feeling at the moment, but we must try to get some results and confidence - not to collect the results is hurting the players.
"We all loved Kevin Keegan and we were sad to see him leave.
"We are all feeling at the moment, but we must try to get some results and confidence - not to collect the results is hurting the players."
Newcastle have not won since beating Coventry City in the Carling Cup in August, but face a Tottenham side with problems of their own in the third round of competition Wednesday.
The Carling Cup holders have not won a league match this season and sit bottom of the Premier League table, one place above Newcastle.
But the unrest at St James' Park following Keegan exit as manager earlier this month shows no signs of abating, with the appointment of Newcastle, London-based investment bank Seymour Pierce to manage the sale of club Monday.
Owner Mike Ashley wants to sell the club after fan protests against him, and hoped Seymour Pierce chairman Keith Harris, who was involved in the sale of Chelsea Roman Abramovich in 2003, can help.
But Owen has admitted the players are dummies that Newcastle fans about the long term.
"We are in the dark as far as the fans and it does not make it easier than Kevin Keegan was very popular," said the England striker, who has already played under Graeme Souness, Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce and Keegan since his arrival in August 2005.
"You're almost immune to these events in football today and I saw a lot of my time."
Goalkeeper Steve Harper, who was at the club Keegan during his first stay as manager in the 1990s, marked his team an easy target ", but insisted they could pull together.
"People talk about 11 or 12 players wishing to leave - I was in that dressing room long, but recently I have not heard one person say they want to leave this club," said Harper.
"We are a small, tight-knit team, but we experienced there in the script and there are no divisions in the camp, no rumblings of people wanting to leave. It is a nonsense to be honest. "
English Premiership Football News ( 23 September 2008 )
Owen speaks of bleak Magpies mood
Newcastle United striker Michael Owen has called on his teammates to "get out of the darkness and doom" says it has a negative impact on the club.
The club is without a manager Kevin Keegan after the release, were put up for sale and have lost their last three games, conceding eight in the process.
But Owen believes that players must now put off-pitch concerns aside.
"It's unfortunate, but that's how it goes. Players are paid to play and we have to accomplish, "he said.
"We are all feeling at the moment, but we must try to get some results and confidence - not to collect the results is hurting the players.
"We all loved Kevin Keegan and we were sad to see him leave.
"We are all feeling at the moment, but we must try to get some results and confidence - not to collect the results is hurting the players."
Newcastle have not won since beating Coventry City in the Carling Cup in August, but face a Tottenham side with problems of their own in the third round of competition Wednesday.
The Carling Cup holders have not won a league match this season and sit bottom of the Premier League table, one place above Newcastle.
But the unrest at St James' Park following Keegan exit as manager earlier this month shows no signs of abating, with the appointment of Newcastle, London-based investment bank Seymour Pierce to manage the sale of club Monday.
Owner Mike Ashley wants to sell the club after fan protests against him, and hoped Seymour Pierce chairman Keith Harris, who was involved in the sale of Chelsea Roman Abramovich in 2003, can help.
But Owen has admitted the players are dummies that Newcastle fans about the long term.
"We are in the dark as far as the fans and it does not make it easier than Kevin Keegan was very popular," said the England striker, who has already played under Graeme Souness, Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce and Keegan since his arrival in August 2005.
"You're almost immune to these events in football today and I saw a lot of my time."
Goalkeeper Steve Harper, who was at the club Keegan during his first stay as manager in the 1990s, marked his team an easy target ", but insisted they could pull together.
"People talk about 11 or 12 players wishing to leave - I was in that dressing room long, but recently I have not heard one person say they want to leave this club," said Harper.
"We are a small, tight-knit team, but we experienced there in the script and there are no divisions in the camp, no rumblings of people wanting to leave. It is a nonsense to be honest. "
[source by bbcnews]
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