... it's everyone's favourite 'messiah'. Although it's not. Kevin Keegan has 'sensationally' returned to Newcastle United a decade after bottling the job, the league - just about everything. And my, how the fans (best fans in the world, truly) are excited. Oh, and the media just cannot get enough of it. Someone in the editorial department at BBC Sport online clearly cannot live without the mandatory seven references to King Kev on the Sport front page. Give me strength.
Outside of Newcastle, this story is admittedly one of the bigger stories this week, but it's not something that is changing my life so extraordinarily, that I feel compelled to watch videos and read Alan Hansen's view on the matter. Alan Shearer's comments, on the other hand, are hilarious to note in whatever form. If you want a job Al, just ask Kev. Don't make a thinly veiled attempt at subtlety on national television.
Don't get me wrong. In the mid-nineties, I quite liked Newcastle, with their brand of attacking football, but was shocked when they bottled the league in such spectacular fashion. But after their antics against Stevenage Borough in the FA Cup in 1998, I no longer held any respect for them. Managers that have gone there have had to live with the outlandish expectation that Newcastle is somehow still a big club. Wake up, you've been passed by half the league in the last decade.
And now, in early 2008, the Magpies are six points above the drop zone with a new manager who likes to prioritise attack over defence. No doubt they'll enjoy a honeymoon period against Bolton at the weekend, but I for one won't be too saddened nor even surprised if Newcastle fail to avoid the drop. And what then for the hero they call Kev?
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