joeyt Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I didn't think it needed any changes at all. The front six all played their part and the subs he did make were no more than a time wasting exercise. Same Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I would have brought Doumbia on for one of the 3 attacking midfielders, would have given him some important minutes as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Clearly only made those subs to allow Shelvey and Townsend to be acknowledged individually by the crowd. Are appearance bonuses still a thing? If so, I'm surprised he's even allowed to make subs so late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Thing is imo we had two players (assuming Doumbia isn't shite) who can score goals on the bench whilst we were watching us fuck every chance we created up on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I think his subs were spot on he couldn't take Mitrovic off because he is fundamental to the team I think if we were 2 or 3 up he would have brought Doumbia on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I'd have brought Perez on for Townsend or Wijnaldum a lot earlier than he did. Doumbia against their centre backs who have a combined age of Doumbia himself too. Sorry, how old do you think Doumbia is? 68? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I was okay with his decision to bring back Tiote as I think he adds physical presence and experience to the midfield. The Aarons call was a surprise though, and tbf it was a good call on the day. Can't really fault his decision making today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 He gets credit for sticking with Mitro and Tiote came in and did well. WBA didn't test Aarons, so we might have got away with one there. Let's see how we approach the next game. 7 of our last 13 are away, including the game against Norwich. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 He gets credit for sticking with Mitro and Tiote came in and did well. WBA didn't test Aarons, so we might have got away with one there. Let's see how we approach the next game. 7 of our last 13 are away, including the game against Norwich. Aye let's see if he's capable of making sure we don't get dicked in the next couple of games or God forbid actually take a point or two Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The timing of the subs by McClaren is grating me. 88 and 90 minute is pointless unless there is an injury or your really trying to batten down the hatches with defensive players. Yesterday we needed a twist to try and force a second goal. The best way to do that is to give one of your attacking players a break and introduce a new element. Perez and Doumbia at 60-70 mark is what I wanted, gives them plenty of time to get involved and change the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 We didn't need a twist though. It wasn't as though we were struggling to break them down, we were creating plenty of chances and seeing plenty of the ball. We were actually creating the better chances as the game went on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I would have brought Doumbia on instead of Perez but other than that we didn't need to make any major changes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 We didn't need a twist though. It wasn't as though we were struggling to break them down, we were creating plenty of chances and seeing plenty of the ball. We were actually creating the better chances as the game went on. We weren't finishing them though. Perez and Doumbia could have changed that. Plus I think it's important they always get some sort of game time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 The substitution thing was a joke, Townsend was knackered after about 70 minutes and kept losing the ball - bringing on Perez was the right move to make at that time too as we're still creating chances but we couldn't finish anything at all. Because of how terrible our finishing is he needs to give Doumbia some minutes and fast if he's the man to put them away for us - really we should be winning by 3-4 goal but in true Newcastle United fashion we just keep on making things unnecessarily difficult for ourselves. McClaren needs to go, he still clearly doesn't know his best team, his best formation or what to do with the players he has. His setup away from home is nothing short of Pardew-like and I'm starting to see more similarities as we go on in regards to his clueless decisions. Our reluctance under Mike Ashley to ever appoint a decent manager will continue to keep us in this position season after season, a lot of the McClaren bashers now have disappeared for another week instead of keeping on because we beat the only team in the league besides Norwich that we are capable of beating right now - it's no wonder Ashley constantly wins when a lot of the fickle knackers who support the club lap up even the slightest positive because under his tenureship it's something we have become grateful for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 We didn't need a twist though. It wasn't as though we were struggling to break them down, we were creating plenty of chances and seeing plenty of the ball. We were actually creating the better chances as the game went on. Exactly my thoughts a swell. We were still all over West Brom and there was no need for a change. I dare bet, had he changed it yesterday on 60 or 70 minutes and then West Brom started coming into the game, everyone who is saying we needed a change would have been hammering McClaren for changing the team and disrupting it when we were so in control. EDIT: I do agree that Townsend probably did need to come off earlier though. He was looking tired. A straight swap with Perez would have probably been a positive one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I could understand disrupting the game with changing defensive players, but bringing on Perez and Doumbia would hardly of resulted in us being unable to keep up our attacking drive. I think they would have brought a finishing edge we lacked. Sissoko was drawing blanks all afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I think people only look at it like this because McClaren has had the team so dysfunctional that it looks as if we can only play 1-way - Sissoko on the wing, Gini behind Mitrovic with 2 midfieldiers sitting behind him (even though we've been shit for about half a season using the same system). We're effectively limited to making the Perez for Townsend change (which still came far too late imo). Even though our squad is fairly imbalanced that still shouldn't be the case, we should be able to bring on a 2nd striker to kill the game off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I think people only look at it like this because McClaren has had the team so dysfunctional that it looks as if we can only play 1-way - Sissoko on the wing, Gini behind Mitrovic with 2 midfieldiers sitting behind him (even though we've been shit for about half a season using the same system). We're effectively limited to making the Perez for Townsend change (which still came far too late imo). Even though our squad is fairly imbalanced that still shouldn't be the case, we should be able to bring on a 2nd striker to kill the game off. Yep, this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 We didn't need a twist though. It wasn't as though we were struggling to break them down, we were creating plenty of chances and seeing plenty of the ball. We were actually creating the better chances as the game went on. Exactly my thoughts a swell. We were still all over West Brom and there was no need for a change. I dare bet, had he changed it yesterday on 60 or 70 minutes and then West Brom started coming into the game, everyone who is saying we needed a change would have been hammering McClaren for changing the team and disrupting it when we were so in control. EDIT: I do agree that Townsend probably did need to come off earlier though. He was looking tired. A straight swap with Perez would have probably been a positive one. Totally agree with this. No need to risk any changes imho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/02/09/gb-pressure-remains-on-steve-mcclaren/?utm_medium=share%2Bbutton&utm_campaign=social%2Bmedia&utm_content=/en-gb/2016/02/09/gb-pressure-remains-on-steve-mcclaren/&utm_source=Twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/02/09/gb-pressure-remains-on-steve-mcclaren/?utm_medium=share%2Bbutton&utm_campaign=social%2Bmedia&utm_content=/en-gb/2016/02/09/gb-pressure-remains-on-steve-mcclaren/&utm_source=Twitter Too good to be true[emoji38] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/02/09/gb-pressure-remains-on-steve-mcclaren/?utm_medium=share%2Bbutton&utm_campaign=social%2Bmedia&utm_content=/en-gb/2016/02/09/gb-pressure-remains-on-steve-mcclaren/&utm_source=Twitter Too good to be true[emoji38] Linked with an out of work manager, shocker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Just been reading some comments on reddit from Derby fans following Clement's sacking. A surprising number of them still really like him, and are saying the football they played under him last season was better than they have under Clement. I'm actually pretty gobsmacked they still like him. Some examples I've cut & paste: "I'd love him back. The football we played under him was a million times better and that wasn't an exaggeration! Problem is that the team has had it's heart ripped out and chucked in the bin." "If he gets you playing he's great, just hope no one else offers him a better job or he'll be off. But only after he promised all your players you're going places and they sign new contracts turning down big moves. Cheers Schteve." "Our football has been poor all season. Say what you like about Schteve being a muppet but the football was great. Miss thrashing teams and the quick one touch passing." "I don't like it but I can see why they've done it. For the past two years we've been playing some really attractive football and the team spirit was obviously at an all time high. Even when we've been playing well this season we've looked nowhere near as good as we did under McClaren and we're only near the top due to our defence being sublime (for the most part). It's pretty obvious as well that some of the signings have come with a huge ego and really upset the dressing room while not showing on the pitch why they've been bought (yes, you Blackman). Either way I wanted him to have more time." Just a few of many. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Wonder if that contracts for young players thing refers largely to Hughes? Still wonder why no one has taken a chance on him, guess he can't be tearing it up down there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 He's been injured for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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