WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Part of the reason we concede boat loads of goals is the midfield in front of the back four. Off the ball they're weak in challenges and clueless about who they're supposed to be tracking. With the ball they're static, sloppy and have no idea as to how to find space and create chances. Nearly every game it's essentially as if we're playing with a shaky back four and two up top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 We're the smart marks of football. And they're not going to give a fuck. They've already 'got us' cause no matter what, we're gonna watch this shit every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 No more to say is there really. Just left this after going against my better judgement and that was the very evidence of false investment, incompetence and mercenary professionalism. That side today deserve relegation if that's the standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Maclaren's interview coming up soon. I'll post what I can from what he says; Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 We were miles ahead of them a year ago, yet another indictment of the Ashley regime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Odd game. Thought we started quite brightly, Sissoko got a bit of joy getting in behind, a nice interchange or two but it all went very flat soon after. Not sure if it was their break that shook us a bit or Tiote going off but we just seemed to lose impetus. The switch to 4-3-3 resulted in absolute awfulness. Wijnaldum and Sissoko are mint magicians, like, fucking disappeared all second half and I think that was as good a snapshot as any to show the fat knobhead why we need at least one central midfielder in January - not a single tackle between the 3 of them all half and Gini/Sissoko looked lost trying to attack through the middle - the result was a nice big chasm of nothingness. Some of them just looked like they couldn't be at all arsed and/or looked as if they'd been in the piss the night before, so delayed in their decisions, so much less snap/desire to get the ball and do something with it, no pace on passes. Only Sissoko ever showed any willingness to get in behind. I think we've played some good football over the last 6 weeks but today was the absolute opposite - hardly any one-touch play, lots of unnecessary short passes, nobody trying to dribble at players, nobody showing for the ball. The last one is crucial, the whole point in building from the back is for players to move ahead and make space for more incisive balls in, nobody did. And when we did try and play in tight areas, we came up embarrassingly short. Leicester were nipping all around us and wanting to get stuck in, too many of ours were ducking challenges and letting opposition run past. It's just so odd, they've worked hard to get out of the mess they were in and then go and produce that absolute shite. It all just looked so half-arsed, like it was a bit cold and they didn't want it. Leicester were very average on the ball in the first half, I actually thought we'd been the better team (very slightly), but they always kept up their intensity and it paid off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Ando paraphrasing what I said to him, in the last call. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Your pal Ando doesn't like McClaren, that's for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Paul Dummett; "We made it too easy for them, all over the pitch. We've had a few good performance of recent, but today wasn't good enough for Newcastle United. We didn't create many chances - Leicester are a good side. No work ethic today. Need to pick ourselves up v Palace, next week" (talking to Mick Lowes) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Your pal Ando doesn't like McClaren, that's for sure. He agreed with a fair bit of what I was saying, but stopped short of sticking the boot in. Won't want to lose his press pass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Putting Dummett up to give comments. I forgot the cunt was playing until he got booked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Dummett had an absolute nightmare. Couldn't seem to win a header, kept losing his man and was absolutely shocking on the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Maclaren; "Football kicks you right where it hurts. Today was a setback, but not a typical performance - very disappointing and we need more consistency. Full credit to Leicester - no excuses for today. We were poor today. Only thing we can do is get back to work on Monday and work hard to put it right. Bournemouth result may have masked today's performance. International break didn't come at a good time. Understand's the fans frustrations." Lowes trying to put a positive spin on it, citing Leicester's example of how things can turn around. Maclaren unsurprisingly agrees with him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Consistency. The only thing we're consistent at is conceding goals, ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Awful comments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 The Bournemouth game where we played completely shit might have masked today's performance. Righto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Needs to walk to keep his dignity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 The Bournemouth game where we played completely shit might have masked today's performance. Righto I think it's the jist of what he said. Got the bairn running around here, so it was hard to hear! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 The Bournemouth game where we played completely shit might have masked today's performance. Righto I think it's the jist of what he said. Got the bairn running around here, so it was hard to hear! Was having a go at him not you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 One of the worst performances I've ever seen. Genuinely can't remember a single incident where one of our players did something that wasn't shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 The Bournemouth game where we played completely shit might have masked today's performance. Righto I think it's the jist of what he said. Got the bairn running around here, so it was hard to hear! Was having a go at him not you Aye - I know. Was just saying that I may have misheard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Was there a proper shot on goal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DebuchyAndTheBeast Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 McClaren had two weeks to fix the team and find a solution against high pressing and he failed. The quality is there but we can't make it count. The goal at Bournemouth showed what we couldn't produce today and in large parts two weeks ago: we need to play better in tight spaces when under pressure. Using our widemen better and some better balls to Mitro wouldn't hurt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Was there a proper shot on goal? Nope! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 McClaren had two weeks to fix the team and find a solution against high pressing and he failed. The quality is there but we can't make it count. The goal at Bournemouth showed what we couldn't produce today and in large parts two weeks ago: we need to play better in tight spaces when under pressure. Using our widemen better and some better balls to Mitro wouldn't hurt. Leicester didn't even press us high, though. They were happy as owt to sit off and fill spaces to make it hard for us to pass. We were too proud, I thought, to do some old-fashioned stuff and get the game open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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