Was Keegan right to criticise the owner?

It's tin hat time now on NUFC Blog as I set about stirring up old emotions over events at our club in the not too distant past.

Those who watched the Liverpool game at the weekend on ESPN will have been treated to the punditry of two-time NUFC manager, Kevin Keegan. During his presentation he chose to comment on club matters, which he is entitled to do of course. Unfortunately those comments weren't very complimentary towards our current ownership. To remind you, here is what KK had to say:

On the cash received for Andy Carroll:

“It is not going to be reinvested is it, I think that’s obvious. As a Newcastle fan, if Carroll is the only one you are going to lose you have to be pretty thankful."

Before he then moved on to other club matters:

“There may well be other players going as we speak. I think they’ll sell two more players and then he will sell the club. And that’ll be the best day Newcastle fans have, when he sells the club. I’d love to be able to give Newcastle fans some encouragement but I can’t see it getting any better in the short term.”

Now I don't expect Keegan to be particularly complimentary about Mike Ashley and Co after their well publicised fallout, but I do have a gripe with people passing off opinion as fact. To me Keegan has done just that.

Whether it's bitterness or not you can't really argue that Keegan will be more familiar with how Mike Ashley works. He is the guy who has worked with him whilst we sit on the outside and observe so you would guess that Keegan would have a more advanced starting point to make a judgement from.

Yay and nay. On one hand I understand his concerns as they mirror our concerns, but quite how he can second guess a man who is as unpredictable as Ashley is beyond me, especially after so much time has lapsed since Keegan had any involvement with the club.

I'm interested to know what people think on this to be honest. It has potential to be an emotionally charged exchange of comments so I'll remind you all to be considerate of each others views.

Does Keegan have a valid point? Does he echo your concerns? Or is the man who once put in a £25 million compensation claim against the club just coming across as a bitter individual?

Your thoughts please...