Newcastle manager Kinnear ready to let team results do the talking

Joe Kinnear will have to let Newcastle's results do the talking after the interim manager admitted he is sick of defending himself against criticism from the English press.

Kinnear marked his arrival with a foul-mouthed tirade at local journalists in his first press conference after growing frustrated with the ridicule he had suffered since replacing Kevin Keegan.

The former Wimbledon boss's appointment at St James' Park was greeted with scepticism as he hadn't managed in the top-flight for 10 years and had been out of football for four years since leaving Nottingham Forest.

Kinnear swore over 50 times during his verbal attack on the reporters he felt had unfairly criticised him and, speaking after his side's gutsy 2-2 draw at Everton on Sunday, he made it clear he has no intention of talking to the written press again.

“I want to make one thing clear to everybody, I am not interested in doing the press any more while I am at the club,” he said.

“I will do television, I will do radio and that way the stories that are going round will make me a lot happier. Anything I have got to say to you will be the truth.

“What is happening in the press at the moment is scandalous. Nothing has ever been said that is true.

“Most of the stuff that is flying around, they are digging up every Tom, Dick and Harry that used to play for me that I either sacked or got rid of. It is a little bit spiteful.

“I am a football man and that is all I wanted to talk about, I am not interested in politics.”

Since Kinnear doesn't expect to remain in charge once owner Mike Ashley has sold the club, he is clearly unconcerned about making any friends on Tyneside.

His hopes of using the Newcastle job to advertise his ability to succeed in a more permanent position were boosted as goals from Steven Taylor and Damien Duff gave Newcastle their first point from five league matches.

Trailing to Mikel Arteta's 17th minute penalty and Marouane Fellaini's first Everton goal in the 35th minute, Taylor gave Newcastle a lifeline just before half-time.

Duff completed the fightback two minutes after the break and Kinnear believes it was the kind of performance he should be judged on.

“I know I am capable of doing a good job if I am left to get on with it,” he said.

“I want to leave this club in a really good way and I want to be able to walk out of here, if and whenever that time is, knowing I have left it in a better state than it is (now).”

Everton boss David Moyes expects to sign his new contract next week but he was more concerned by his side's surrender of a two-goal lead.

“It was disappointing to see two points dropped like that,” he said. “For 44 minutes we were comfortable, and I was looking forward to going in at the break two up, but that late goal in the first half changed all that.

“We are a bit fragile at the moment, anxiety crept in. Their dressing room clearly got a lift and ours was down because we had controlled and dominated the half, so to go in just 2-1 ahead was annoying.

“We kept working hard, I know some fans were booing at the end, but they were disappointed we did not win the game.”

On his contract, Moyes added: “I hope the contract will now be signed sometime next week. We have not had the time to do it over the last few days, it will be done next week.”