--Newcastle need to solve 'huge problems'--

Alan Shearer has insisted there must be a collective blame for Newcastle's relegation - and he has pointed the finger at himself as well as owner Mike Ashley. Shearer, who will not decide his future until later this week, is adamant the ''huge problems'' need to be sorted out.

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Alan Shearer has insisted there must be a collective blame for Newcastle's relegation from the Premier League - and he has pointed the finger at himself as well as owner Mike Ashley.

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Shearer, who will not decide his future until meeting with Ashley later this week, is adamant ''huge problems'' at the club need to be sorted out if the Magpies are to make a quickfire return to the top flight.

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A 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa courtesy of an own goal from Damien Duff put the final nail into Newcastle's coffin.

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But Shearer, brought in for the final eight games of the campaign, believes Newcastle were ''not good enough'' over the course of a 38-game campaign and deserved to be relegated after 16 years among the elite.

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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=649413&sec=england&cc=4716