"And a new manager is not going to turn them into good players.
"Shearer has what he has been given to work with. He cannot change the players."
But Alan Shearer's Match of the Day colleague Alan Hansen believes he can succeed, saying: "Yes, I honestly think he will keep them up.
"I think Alan can handle most things, I think he has gone into this situation knowing they are in dire straits.
"But I think he thinks Newcastle are better than where they are (in the league).
"They've got some winnable games coming up - it's his job to galvanise the team and to galvanise the supporters and put them on the pitch and start winning some football matches.
"Alan Shearer is quite an inspirational figure, when you talk to him you tend to listen."