Bank Holiday weekends are always profitable for taxi drivers, so many revelers, so many places to go - but there were so many being called for at St James's Park on Saturday night they must have struggled to cope with the demand.
In fact, while taxis were being enthusiastically called for by fans for Freddie Shepherd, Glenn Roeder, Kieron Dyer, Titus Bramble and various others members of the Newcastle first team, I'm not sure how many turned up to get in them.
Mind you, it did not take long until Roeder was hopping into his and, as far as I'm concerned, it was the right decision at the right time. His managerial record always suggested he wasn't up to the job and so it proved.
After the events of Saturday when there were the first concerted calls for his sacking and given the performances and results of the last five months, it was always a case of when, rather than if, Shepherd sacked Roeder.
Roeder hoped he might hang on to his job, carry out the squad rebuilding he put off in January and go into a new season full of new hope and expectation. He was probably clinging by his fingertips, but he was possibly the only one.
He appears to have lost the faith of the dressing room and his team were disjointed and dispirited. Even the return of Michael Owen has done nothing to lift the mood.
The present discontent has been bubbling away under the surface all season. Remember Middlesbrough and Sheffield United? The reason for that discontent remains, perennial underachievement, but for the first time, Roeder was targeted as much as Shepherd.
When the same happened to Roeder's predecessor, Graeme Souness, after a Carling Cup defeat to Wigan Athletic he was infamously described as a "dead man walking." He lasted another four months. Roeder got 24 hours.
Performances have been poor all year. Players have come back from injury and haven't made any difference, while several of the supposed big name stars have looked totally disillusioned.
I wrote last month (Motivation Is The Name of The Game) that Roeder had to prove he could inspire the players. Not against Arsenal or Chelsea when the players are self-motivated to prove themselves against the best, but against the likes of Reading and Blackburn Rovers. I'm afraid he failed that test.
Nice guy or not, he had to go so cheerio Glenn. Having said that, perhaps he could have his old job back at the Academy. He seemed to be quite good with the kids, just not the seniors!
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