Shola Ameobi has called for Newcastle United caretaker manager Glenn Roeder to be given the job permanently after he guided the club to another win over Bolton at the weekend.

“Glenn Roeder has been fantastic for me as a player,” said Ameobi, who scored his side’s third goal at the weekend. “He has instilled confidence in each and everyone of us.”

He added: “I think that’s showing through. He will back you all the way and we are all playing for him, and everyone has seen the results.”

The Newcastle board still seem to be looking towards big name candidates Martin O’Neill or Ottmar Hitzfeld as their preferred choices to succeed Graeme Souness in the St James Park hotseat but O’Neill is being very cagey as he looks to manoeuver himself into the Englands manager’s job which would suit his current family situation.

Hitzfeld has been out of the game for around 18 months but has shown minimal interest in the Newcastle job despite claims a few weeks ago that he had flown to Tyneside for talks with Freddy Shepherd.

It’s imperative for Newcastle as a club to make the right choice of manager this time as another wasted couple of years could be catastrophic for the club with a spiralling wage bill and, more often than not, a treatment table which has seen more action than Sven’s four poster this season. Whether Roeder is the man for the job is only something that a courageous appointment by the Newcastle board will show us in time and time is one commodity the fans of Newcastle United are not willing to give to another mediocre managerial appointment.

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