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I think he means Newcastle have the best coach in the Premier League, if you're travelling around the country like they do you're going to need a decent team bus. I mean he can't be talking about anything else...

Can he?!?!?

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I think he means Newcastle have the best coach in the Premier League, if you're travelling around the country like they do you're going to need a decent team bus. I mean he can't be talking about anything else...

Can he?!?!?

If he is the best coach / minibus, that would mean he personally carries the whole team and staff to games. A good excuse for not having the time and energy to properly set up a team for a football game

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32627362


John Carver says he is the "best coach in the Premier League", despite leading relegation-threatened Newcastle to only nine points from a possible 48.


The 50-year-old was asked to take over as manager from Alan Pardew at the end of 2014, but the team have only won two games under his stewardship.


Newcastle are two points above the drop zone with three games left, having lost their last eight successive matches.


"I still think I'm the best coach in the Premier League," he said.


"If I have the right tools I can do the job. I'm doing the job to the best of my ability."


Newcastle host West Brom on Saturday before playing away at relegation rivals QPR on 16 May. The final game of the season, on Sunday, 24 May, is home to West Ham.


Carver, who is in temporary charge, has been criticised by Magpies supporters in recent weeks.


And BBC Sport learnt that Derby manager Steve McClaren   was asked to take over from Carver for the final three games of the season, starting with Saturday's home game against West Brom.


Route to safety for the bottom five Leicester (34 pts) Hull (34 pts) Sunderland (33 pts) QPR (27 points) Burnley (26 pts)

 


   

 



However, McClaren stated he was "100% committed" to the Rams, while the Magpies announced Carver would remain in charge.


"I never offered to resign, walk away," said Carver.


"Once I had a conversation with [managing director] Lee Charnley, I knew what my position was. They never asked me to resign. I knew I was in this for the next three games."


Carver was confronted by a group of supporters during April's home defeat by Swansea, and arranged to meet two of the fans for a "cup of tea".


Supporters have also vented their frustrations at owner Mike Ashley,staging protests  and calling for him to leave the club.


During Thursday's news conference, Carver also produced a handwritten letter said to be from club captain Fabricio Coloccini, which was published as an open letter to fans on the club website this week.


The Argentine defender had called on fans to put their differences aside and support the team, with Carver stating that it was not a "PR stunt".


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Maybe he didn't mean what he said, he just got his thinking a little muddled up? Trying to find a way out for the guy here but I'm struggling to understand why he's said that.

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Carver is the best manager in the league!...

If the league table was upside down! ;)

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Just watched Football Focus on the Beeb and they're doing a relegation candidates segment.

 

John Carver: "We can affect what happens, it's in our hands. We're not in the bottom three as it stands at the moment."

 

Well, you soon could be at this rate.

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They can certainly affect what happens. They drop into the bottom 3 and it's affected and sealed.

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1 win and they're basically safe, they've 3 entirely winnable games. Carver needs to set them up a bit more solid than he did against us but the onus is on the players imo, if they can't fashion a win in the last 3 games given who they're against, then it's their own fault imo.

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