Shearer has no experience, and I'm sure The Mirror will come up with a million reasons why he should NOT get the job, should Sam Allardyce get the boot.
But he would UNITE the fans, something Allardyce has not come close to doing in his eight month spell on Tyneside.
THE MIRROR:
There is a school of thought which says Alan Shearer one day will be a fine football manager.
Toon Fans Fooling Themselves With Shearer?
I go along with that. He has the strength of personality, a shrewd knowledge of the game, huge respect and a natural hardness essential to cope with the demands of modern management.
But all those Newcastle fans who continue to chant for the head of Sam Allardyce should think again.
Shearer is not going to ride into St James' Park anytime soon and turn Newcastle into the equals of Manchester United and Arsenal.Until they realise that, England's iconic former striker will remain the shadow darkening the ambitions of anyone brave enough to sit in the Newcastle hotseat.
Actually, Newcastle fans need to realise more than that.
They need to realise that travelling in their thousands, filling St James' Park every fortnight and being renowned as the most loyal and passionate fans in the land counts for nothing in the hard currency of Premier League points.
They need to realise that the days of Kevin Keegan when Newcastle were the most thrilling team in the country were a moment in time, like flared trousers and platform soles and the Beatles.
They were things to be enjoyed while they lasted but not to be brought up constantly and thrown in the face of future generations.
Above all, Newcastle fans need to realise that they have not won a domestic trophy since 1955, when Winston Churchill had just stepped down as British Prime Minister.
Never have so many Geordies owed so little to so many Newcastle teams since.
It all points to the misconception that Newcastle is one of English football's massive clubs.
It isn't. It is a delusion peddled by those who wallow in the nostalgia of Jackie Milburn and that fleeting time when Keegan grasped the black and white standard and ran with it billowing in the face of Manchester and the rest.
At least Geordies watched entertaining football then, goes the argument. And that is true, even if Newcastle did conspire to lose 4-3 just about every time they played Liverpool
The problem those fans aiming 'You don't know what you're doing' vitriol at Allardyce at Wigan on Boxing Day failed to realise is that those days are gone perhaps forever. They need to grasp reality.
And the fact that it is not all bad. After all, Newcastle have garnered 26 points at the halfway stage in the Premier League, a number for which north-east rivals Sunderland and Middlesbrough would give anything.
They lie 11th in the table, which means they lead what is effectively the second division of the world's richest league. They are not going down and when Michael Owen returns from injury, Damien Duff gets fit and Allardyce signs a creative midfielder they might even start going up.
With Chelsea and Manchester United coming up in their next three fixtures, what they cannot afford, however, are any more performances where they fail to "roll up their sleeves and fight", as Allardyce puts it.
The meek do not inherit the football earth and against teams such as Derby and Wigan you can understand the fans' frustration as they chant 'Attack, attack, attack,' only to be served up long, hopeful balls from a packed defence to a lone striker.
Most of all, however, Allardyce needs time.
He needs those around him, especially owner Mike Ashley, to realise that England's most successful clubs, the big clubs, are those who do not chop and change managers on the whim of the crowd.
Meaningful progress requires patience, not panic. It calls for men of experience, not men whose potential is as yet untested.
Shearer is sharp enough to know he would be a fool to risk his legend on Tyneside without first gaining managerial experience elsewhere.
That is why he will continue to dispense criticism in his role as a television pundit for a good while yet.
In the meantime Allardyce should be allowed to step out of his shadow.