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Roeder hopes to banish hard times with new software
"Another big story breaks at Newcastle United; tell us about the Kevin Bond situation," urged a rather dramatically inclined television reporter at the start of Glenn Roeder's Uefa Cup press conference yesterday.
The enquiry related to Roeder's former assistant who was sacked on Tuesday in the wake of his inclusion in Panorama's investigation into football's bung culture. While Newcastle's manager neatly sidestepped the question, he could have done without an off-field scandal once again shrouding the club, and particularly at a time when his squad is debilitated by injuries.
"Like anyone else's, this job is sometimes more difficult than at other times," admitted Roeder in a rare reference to the events of the past few days. "I think we'll get through tomorrow and, if so, we'll have had a fair start to the season," insisted a man who knows that overcoming Levadia Tallinn - who Newcastle beat 1-0 in the first leg - would not only guarantee a place in the competition's lucrative group stage but deflect attention from mixed Premiership form.
Roeder is also hoping his club will receive a boost from a computerised system that analyses footballers' on-field performance, known as Amisco. Roeder has recently persuaded Freddy Shepherd, the club's chairman, to fund its installation.
A rival to the better-known ProZone, Amisco is already deployed by, among others, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham, and Roeder cannot wait to get the system up and running. "Arsène Wenger and Rafa Benítez swear by Amisco," he enthused. "They use it to make very important decisions on players; there's no hiding place with it."
While Amisco is yet to be installed at Newcastle, any errors or aberrations from Titus Bramble and company are unlikely to escape the watchful eyes of coaches Terry McDermott and Lee Clark, who will be alongside Roeder in the dug-out.
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