Forget Keegan and Shearer, could this man be the Messiah?

The laughter that greeted Newcastle’s decision to appoint Joe Kinnear as interim manager has died down somewhat after the Irishman ended a run of five straight defeats and delivered draws in two fixtures that the club lost last season.

If Habib Beye’s unjust 14th minute sending-off against Manchester City had happened a month ago you would have expected Newcastle to wind up losing by five or six, but last night they possessed a newfound resilience and were unlucky not to win.

Kinnear has admitted he would love to take the job full-time, but is he capable of turning Newcastle’s fortunes around on a full-time basis or would it be similar to when they appointed Glenn Roeder after a great spell as caretaker, only for him to leave within a year?

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