Everyone (apart from Newcastle fans) know that Keegan is technically inept. His only apporach is to spend someone else's money (normally lots) on the biggest names he can quote. Against this backdrop, it's not surprising the directors wanted others to have the responsibility for buying & selling

Mick, Edinburgh, Scotland

Newcastle fans were not happy with the Bolton mafia under Sam Alladyce. They are not happy with the London boys, who would they like? What part of the world would they like them to come from? Perhaps the solution is realise that Rome wasn't built in a day, they should have stuck with Sam.

Steven Prussia, Edgware, Middlesex

Yet again, there seems to be an awful lot of Southerners on here telling us where we, as fans, have gone wrong. What has gone wrong is that Ashley has messed up by appointing Wise, Llambias et al, and they have done a terrible job and in the process, have let Ashley down. Wise, Llambias, Jiminez OUT

Biff, Newcastle,

The fact is that KK resigns from every managers job he has because he isnt good enough...and he still isn't. The NU fans can't see that though.

It is also true to say that when KK became manager again, he knew that Wise would be there in a made up role so he can't cite that as a reason to leave

lee, leeds, uk

You can't have a manager responsible for success when you have others controlling the tools necessary to do the job. Dave, Edinburgh, Scotland

You can't have an owner responsible for for success when you have others (the fans) dictating how you run it.

Newcastle will be relegated this season.

Jordy De Lujonal, Sunderland,

Ashley is the owner
Newcastle fans are disillusioned -- Their isea of belonging to the English elite is somehow flawed. They never win anything. I think Wolverhampton has much more history than them. Filling a stadium with 50.000 thousands doesn't make you a big team.

marco, London,

All ye Newcastle fans, with your unrealistic expectations, read & weep. No matter how you dress it, you dont spend £250M of your own cash, to buy A BUSINESS, then have it dictated upon by sentimental fans. Your next buyer may well be a faceless foreigner. Lets see how you prefer them apples instead.

Lee, London,

Have loads of substandard players so massive clearout and reinvestment required .
Only a Wenger or Capello could sort out this mess but dont
think they would be attracted to Tyneside given the history .

john, Ipswich,

It's all about Dennis Wise, we don't like him or want him.

Sonny B, Newcastle,

Its a genuine shame for Newcastle fans who are such downright pleasant people who cant do enough for the well-being of others ;)

Nacom, Manchester, England

OK, Geordie Faithful. YOU find the money, YOU buy the club and YOU see if you can run it better.

Spend less in the bookies, less in your Bigg Market pubs, poll your cash and run a fans' consortium.

Do things mean that much to you?

Dave, Notts, UK

Why any suprise that you get rid of salaried staff who slag off their paymasters? As to Newcastle being bought on the cheap, a £250 million and counting, price for a club larger in its own mind than reality suggests isn't cheap. Yes they have good support, so do others, but what else makes them big?

jonners, weybridge,

Mike Ashley and his crew are totally at fault for what's happened. His "business model" for the club is fundamentally flawed. You can't have a manager responsible for success when you have others controlling the tools necessary to do the job. Kevin was right.

Ashley's lot are wrong. Go!

Dave, Edinburgh, Scotland

Ashley's commercial analysis is right; his human resources analysis is wrong. If he really believes his own statement he would realise that Wise - the man and the role - are the problem. Ashley broadly retained his popularity on Tyneside until he allied himself with Wise rather than Keegan last week

john, Oxford, England

The fans at Newcastle have always had to much say and are largely responsible for the mes they now find themselves in. Their expectations are way too high and therefore they will never actually be happy. Newcastle is a one club town, a big fish in a small pond.

Joe, Hebburn, UK

Steve McMahon, ex Liverpool and TV pundit with consortium, wanted to buy Newcastle Utd. Should be interesting to see someone, who claims to know what he is about where football is concerned, can rule the boardroom and manage this Club which really belongs to the English greats not Scottish "greets"

Giles Wynne, Lincoln UK,

I as a newcastle fan take exception when people comment on somebodys else's team adam...

This is not something the fans have brought to Mr Ashley and he has run the club quite badly as he bought the club on the cheap and as he said when he bought the club......stop crying and get out...

Andrew, Georgetown, USA

"i would pour upto 20m a year into the club &not expect anything back." he mentions arsenal as the ideal model. i think nufc need stability and it needs to start now. kk and nufc need to sort outta court quick, kk then needs to back Ashley's ownership and then the club can move 4ward.

ricki michael, truro, england

As much as I like Kevin Keegan (as much as we all do) Mike Ashley's "business" is a very successful one. How many clubs has Kevin Keegan walked out on? Its easy to look good when you play the martyr...Sorry Kevin.

Pierre, Southall, UK

A company in huge debt, with overheads (salary) outstripping revenue and in huge financial turmoil.
Ashley should declare the club bankrupt, cease trading and teach the 'fans' a lesson.

Adam, Mackam, UK

I wonder if this is how Mike Ashley runs his business?

steve tea, manchester, cheshire