So what is Kinnear's job at Newcastle?

Is any caption really needed? Joe Kinnear's summer appointment was met with dismay and confusion amongst fans of Newcastle United.

Appointed as Director of Football, it was the task of Joe to look after the football side of things and, in particular, to assist in transfers into the club.

The anger to his appointment was met with some bullish claims by the former Wimbledon man who even claimed that he could call up any manager he liked and they'd all answer the phone to him. He also asked to be judged on his signings so, after adding no new permanent faces over the summer, is the time for judging now? Or would we, as Joe says, just be looking for something negative to chew on like we always do according to the man himself?

In terms of signing players he has failed at his job miserably. That is in the terms that I, and probably most of us, thought that he would be utilised by the club. However having pondered things these past few days and digested what has come out of the club prior to the window closing, I'm now wondering if Joe has failed at his job at all?

Take Alan Pardew's statement for example, released the day after the transfer window closed. Read it below and see what you think:

"We are delighted to have brought Loic Remy to the club in this window and we believe he will form an exciting and effective partnership with Papiss Cisse.

"Joe has worked hard on numerous targets, particularly an additional offensive player. However some of the options that were available within our financial means were not as good as the players we already had and there is no point bringing in new players unless they can improve us and take us forward.

"We did the majority of our business in the January window, signing five excellent first team players.

"With the strong squad we have we should all approach the season in a positive, optimistic frame of mind."

Now from that it looks as though we were never really interested in anyone over the summer so was Joe's job to deflect some of the attention from a lack of activity? Is he being used as the fall guy?

Like I said in the last article, I'm angry we've not signed anyone but I'm not disappointed. It's hard to be disappointed abut something you've half expected all along. I don't like the waffle that comes out of the club, I don't like who they have waffling at us so as a result I don't believe anything until it happens any more.

It's just a shambles that is in danger of turning toxic just like what happened in the relegation season. Fan unrest is at a high level and whilst I agree that a stand should be made I'm also mindful that the backing for players during matches still needs to be there. After all, they've not been helped out either.

So among all of these claims that Kinnear is just a Director of F**kall, just spare a moment to think of the possibility that perhaps he's not the inept halfwait he makes out to be and has instead done what he was hired to do in the first place.

Just a few thoughts...