Greg

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It was awful, but to say it was much worse than anything served up by Pardew or Carver is weapons grade horse shit.

That chance they had near the end when the sub blazed over the bar, man. The way he want passed him, embarrassingly bad.

We've gone up a place in the table!

One more game to go, which will be the cup game on Weds.

Dear me.

That's two clear pens.

fUCK ME.

GOAl!"

More catching practice for Hilarious.

De Jong on.

SHEARER

Yep, he needs to be the one taking the game by the scruff, particularly being the centre mid. Something wrong when a centre mid barely sees the ball. We're not even playing hoofball either. Our midfield will never work under McClaren, he wants two of them sitting so deep they're almost part of the back line then his front "three" to far forward laving a massive gaping hole. And what evidence is there that McClaren won't learn/adapt? Have you seen much of him prior to us? Seems a bit extreme to say "will never work" IMO. Well it has been a massive problem since our first game under his management and he has shown no desire to change it despite it being obvious from very early on. You can't change your system every game though otherwise nothing will ever stick. Grand scheme of things we're only a few games in and the players won't adapt to anything if we're constantly chopping and changing. I do think it's time he changed it though, as it's not working. The system is falwed and has been since day one, a lot other teams use 4231 to success but their 2 don't usually sit on the toes of their centre backs and then have a massive hole in the centre of the pitch. We've had that problem ever since Pardew got his teeth into the job. McClaren doesn't seem to know how to change it either. The big gaping hole in the middle is worse under McClaren, can't believe I am typing this but it is.

Yep, he needs to be the one taking the game by the scruff, particularly being the centre mid. Something wrong when a centre mid barely sees the ball. We're not even playing hoofball either. Our midfield will never work under McClaren, he wants two of them sitting so deep they're almost part of the back line then his front "three" to far forward laving a massive gaping hole. And what evidence is there that McClaren won't learn/adapt? Have you seen much of him prior to us? Seems a bit extreme to say "will never work" IMO. Well it has been a massive problem since our first game under his management and he has shown no desire to change it despite it being obvious from very early on. You can't change your system every game though otherwise nothing will ever stick. Grand scheme of things we're only a few games in and the players won't adapt to anything if we're constantly chopping and changing. I do think it's time he changed it though, as it's not working. Nothing has changed. We're still playing the 4231 that failed under the previous two "managers" It's different to how Pardew played it, arguably an even fucking worse set up in terms of positional play, even if the desire to actually try and play football is there to a degree.

Yep, he needs to be the one taking the game by the scruff, particularly being the centre mid. Something wrong when a centre mid barely sees the ball. We're not even playing hoofball either. Our midfield will never work under McClaren, he wants two of them sitting so deep they're almost part of the back line then his front "three" to far forward laving a massive gaping hole. And what evidence is there that McClaren won't learn/adapt? Have you seen much of him prior to us? Seems a bit extreme to say "will never work" IMO. Well it has been a massive problem since our first game under his management and he has shown no desire to change it despite it being obvious from very early on. You can't change your system every game though otherwise nothing will ever stick. Grand scheme of things we're only a few games in and the players won't adapt to anything if we're constantly chopping and changing. I do think it's time he changed it though, as it's not working. The system is falwed and has been since day one, a lot other teams use 4231 to success but their 2 don't usually sit on the toes of their centre backs and then have a massive hole in the centre of the pitch.

More catching practice.

Catching practice time and time again for Gomes, bloke is a liability but he is having an easy ride here.

Strong recommended course of action.

Fucking hell Colback, coming down with fucking snow on it.

Massive big gap in the middle of the pitch, been the same in very game so far.

Yep, he needs to be the one taking the game by the scruff, particularly being the centre mid. Something wrong when a centre mid barely sees the ball. We're not even playing hoofball either. Our midfield will never work under McClaren, he wants two of them sitting so deep they're almost part of the back line then his front "three" to far forward laving a massive gaping hole. And what evidence is there that McClaren won't learn/adapt? Have you seen much of him prior to us? Seems a bit extreme to say "will never work" IMO. Well it has been a massive problem since our first game under his management and he has shown no desire to change it despite it being obvious from very early on.

Yep, he needs to be the one taking the game by the scruff, particularly being the centre mid. Something wrong when a centre mid barely sees the ball. We're not even playing hoofball either. Our midfield will never work under McClaren, he wants two of them sitting so deep they're almost part of the back line then his "three" attacking midfielders to far forward leaving a massive gaping hole.

What did you expect? Marseille fans hated him because of how poor he was. I had no idea what to expect, never seen him play before in my life before we signed him.

Thauvin looking awful.

It doesn't help that we don't play with a midfield.