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- 7 Oct 08, 10:47 AM
When Joe Kinnear took up the reins at Newcastle, a messageboard wag declared: "I'd rather have Roy Kinnear in charge."
But even the much-missed comedy legend would have struggled to come up with such an astonishing, entertaining media conference as his namesake.
The former Wimbledon boss ('I'm not a Cockney, you slaaags') ripped into Her Majesty's Press with an incredible 52 expletives in five minutes - prompting cult newsletter Popbitch to entitle its latest offering 'Joe Kinnear: Genius'.
Now we all know swearing's not big, or indeed clever, but JK Scowling's old school approach seems to have awoken a few of the Newcastle players from their sorrowful slumber - and the spirit they showed to snatch a point from 2-0 down at Everton was reminiscent of the Crazy Gang themselves.
