Milner: Magpies must challenge
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James Milner believes Newcastle's next manager will have to ensure that The Magpies are challenging for silverware next season.
Sam Allardyce is widely expected to assume the vacant post at St James' Park after Glenn Roeder's departure, with his prime task being to bring a major trophy to Tyneside for the first time since 1969.
Both Roeder and his predecessor Graeme Souness failed to take the club onto a higher level and the Tyneside natives have grown restless with the club's stagnant progression.
Milner, who has expressed his disappointment at Roeder's departure after a difficult campaign for the club, has now called on whoever takes on the job to re-establish the club as a contender for end-of-season honours.
"It's disappointing, but that's football," said Milner. "Things happen fast, and it's how you move on from them.
"I have been through this a few times here and at Leeds. It's one of the toughest things when you change a manager - you have got to start again and prove yourself all over again.
"Everyone was disappointed Glenn went, but as I said, that's football. The responsibility falls on everyone, and that includes the players.
"Hopefully whoever comes in can get this club where it deserves to be, which is up the Premiership table.
"I want to be in a Newcastle side which is challenging for honours. Hopefully we can have a good pre-season - I think that's the key."
Milner has enjoyed an impressive campaign from a personal point of view, making 52 appearances, and the former Leeds man admits he has been happy with his input on Tyneside.
"I am delighted to have played as many game as I have and hopefully I can keep improving and enjoying my football," Milner added.
"It has been a long season and a lot of things have happened. Things change quickly and it is about how you adapt to that and how you move on from things." -
chance milner will join villa since new manager may not keep him....
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pity newcastle, such a big club, but has been under achieved for the past decade