Souness putting Bellamy In his place...

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“The TV cameras caught Craig muttering ‘f****** p****’ in his direction as he walked off.

“Souness didn’t see or hear it, but when he was shown footage, he was livid.

“There had also been stories about an altercation between Craig and Nicky Butt before the England–Wales game a week or so earlier.

“Souness wasn’t happy about that, either. He called a meeting. ‘When I was on the outside, looking at this football club,’ Souness said, ‘I saw a very talented team, but people who are out of control and think they are above the law. Let’s take a typical week since I have been Newcastle manager.’

“He looked at me. ‘I have just been to the police station with this little p****,’ he said. ‘It’s probably normal for him to be back and forth to the police station all the time, but it’s not normal for me.’

“Then he moved on to Craig and Butty. He had heard about their altercation and that Butty had threatened to beat the s*** out of Craig. ‘I wish he had beaten the s*** out of you,’ Souness said.

“Craig had been warned by Dean Saunders, Souey’s assistant, not to answer back, but it wasn’t in Craig’s make-up to keep quiet. He started protesting that there hadn’t been any argument.

“‘See, this is the problem,’ Souness said. I could see he was about to go. He mentioned a few of the trophies he had won and some of the clubs he had played for.

“‘And then someone like you calls me a f****** p****,’ he said to Craig. ‘I’ll f****** knock you out.’

“He tried to grab Craig by the throat. ‘In the gym now,’ he said. ‘Let’s sort this out like men.’ Alan Shearer had to pull Souness off him.

Souness spent two years in charge of the Magpies

“That was the first time in my life I’ve seen Bellers completely speechless. They never made it to the gym, but it knocked the stuffing out of Craig. Souness had put down a marker.”

The incident came just weeks after Dyer had been arrested following an incident on a night out.

The former midfielder – who was capped 33 times by England – was held at the police station after being accused of urinating on the street.

And things went from bad to worse for the ex-Ipswich and West Ham star when raging Souness picked him up.

It wasn’t the best way to make an impression with his new boss – who had just taken over the Magpies weeks before.

He said: “Souness was actually really good for me. The season I had with him was the best football I played. I think it was because I feared the man.

“I was physically afraid of him. I didn’t want to cross him because I believed there would be physical consequences if I did. I’d seen the proof. You couldn’t slack off.

“I owed him a lot. I liked his style. Sometimes he’d have his top off in the gym and he’d be doing the chest press and it was like ‘boom’. I was thinking: ‘My God, this guy’.”

 

 

[magic8ball 27,901]

no messing with souness 

unfortunately this is from a bygone era .today's pros would be well protected from the hardness of souness both to souness the manager and the player 

souness the last of his type .a proper hard player who could play the game too 

[GetToTheChoppa 6,873]

Am  I the only on getting a bit confused about who's saying what in that article ?

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2 minutes ago, GetToTheChoppa said:

Am  I the only on getting a bit confused about who's saying what in that article ?

Ha I was too. I think it's an extract from Kieron Dyers book so it seems to be his recollection of the event