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Newcastle United 1-2 Watford - 19/09/15 - Post-match reaction from page 21


Greg

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So many of our players just stand still or wander around aimlessly when we have the ball around their box. Bizarre. Everyone should be busting a gut to make themselves available as an option. It's too easy to defend us as you simply shut out the guy on the ball and that's often all you need.

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How can we be play 5 midfielders yet be completed dominated in the middle of the park?  What the fuck is McClaren even asking them to do?

 

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

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Wijnaldum has been anonymous. He needs to try and get on the ball and drive this team. Expecting more, especially due to his apparent leadership qualities.

 

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.

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How can we be play 5 midfielders yet be completed dominated in the middle of the park?  What the fuck is McClaren even asking them to do?

 

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

 

baffling how he could have watched us get torn to pieces in the week by a player in the hole and not think it might be a good thing for us to have a link between a deep midfield and our striker

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