http://tinyurl.com/5l2fha SIR BOBBY ROBSON has revealed he is optimistic about Newcastle United’s chances of success this season under Kevin Keegan. The North East legend was in attendance for United’s 2-2 draw with his another of his old clubs, PSV Eindhoven, at St James’s Park last night. And he admits he was impressed as Newcastle stormed into a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Steven Taylor and Danny Guthrie. Sir Bobby told the Chronicle: “There are still things to work on, but I hope Kevin Keegan has a great year and brings some success to this club. “I quite liked the look of the Spiderman – he did well in spasms. “Habib Beye is a very good player and I like him very much, while Shay Given will always be Shay Given. “There were plenty of positives.” Arguably, only Robson and Keegan can deem themselves a success in the Toon management dug-out in recent years and, although Kenny Dalglish did drive the Magpies to a second-place finish in 1997, it was the two former England bosses who have delivered the entertaining football the fans crave. The 75-year-old helped Newcastle into the Champions League in 2002 and a top-four finish a year later as he rebuilt a team akin to Keegan’s Entertainers. And after watching goals from Ibrahim Afellay and Nordin Amrabat peg Newcastle back to 2-2, Robson said: “I enjoyed it very much. “I thought Newcastle were going to get a big victory. “I thought they were going to keep playing at 2-0 and it looked like they were going to win the match. “But the Dutch played good football and it came into the game in the second half. “Basically, it was the right result at 2-2.” United snapped back into life in the Tyneside air after the sticky and sweltering conditions of Majorca last week. And Robson added: “It was a good game for Newcastle – they scored two goals and played reasonably well throughout. “That was good, and they can build from here.” --

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