Mattoon Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Trevor Francis hit the nail on the head. We're in trouble because our players aren't very good. We need a good January window. They tried but the quality is lacking. We don't have anyone who can pick a pass out or who can finish consistently. Other teams will strengthen and if we don't get it right and spend some serious money we'll get relegated. It's a joke we're not looking at the defence in January, but if we get someone of quality in the midfield we'll get through. However I'm worried they seem to be concentrating on a winger and a striker. I mean obviously we need a natural goal scorer, I would definitely take Austin right now, proven to score goals on the PL and we definitely need more width on the left but that shouldn't be job done though I reckon they'll feel it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Trevor Francis hit the nail on the head. We're in trouble because our players aren't very good. We need a good January window. Funnily enough, being in the relegation zone might actually help this. What a mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. Still one shot on target at home. You obviously are happy being served shit and chips every match. Well of course not like, we were shit in the first half, but in the second half we look good and were the better team. Let me ask you this. What have you seen of McClaren to suggest he's the right man for the job? Because frankly i'm struggling to see any positives. I haven't said he's the right man for the job chances are he isn't, but I do have sympathy for him, and am willing to give him time. Hes played some decent stuff at times this season, but he can't change the game half way through it. He is also limited by a number of shite players in key areas and is battling a apathy that has been around the club for the last 5 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 http://i.imgur.com/CoSkLdu.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. Still one shot on target at home. You obviously are happy being served shit and chips every match. Well of course not like, we were shit in the first half, but in the second half we look good and were the better team. Let me ask you this. What have you seen of McClaren to suggest he's the right man for the job? Because frankly i'm struggling to see any positives. I hated this argument with Pardew because he was a shite excuse for a human being and a shite excuse for a manager, but who would realistically "coach" a team for the fuckwitts in charge here and who would our bunch of windowlickers have actually heard of to interview for the position? No I don't think he's good enough but I also don't think we'd have the brains or capitol to bring in the right man for the job. The best we can hope for is McClaren realises how fucked he is and quits and we stumble on a decent manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 http://i.imgur.com/CoSkLdu.png State of that positioning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Colback hiding behind Anita... Fitting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. Still one shot on target at home. You obviously are happy being served shit and chips every match. Well of course not like, we were shit in the first half, but in the second half we look good and were the better team. Let me ask you this. What have you seen of McClaren to suggest he's the right man for the job? Because frankly i'm struggling to see any positives. I haven't said he's the right man for the job chances are he isn't, but I do have sympathy for him, and am willing to give him time. Hes played some decent stuff at times this season, but he can't change the game half way through it. He is also limited by a number of shite players in key areas and is battling a apathy that has been around the club for the last 5 years. He is part of the board is he not? His own words were he was happy with his squad, and yet any sane person could see we were 3-4 players short. So if he had this so called blank cheque he was boasting about at the start of the season, then why neglect key areas. It's his fault for not replacing the shite he inherited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. What does "we'll be fine" even mean? Our stated target before the season was top 8. Has it been changed to PL survival already? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Colback hiding behind Anita... Fitting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. What does "we'll be fine" even mean? Our stated target before the season was top 8. Has it been changed to PL survival already? Didn't he say the other day that 8th had admittedly been an overambitious target (in a league with Leicester, Palace and Watford in the top seven)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 What an absolute sucker punch that was today. We played like an abused wife for the first 20 minutes, but then had the better chances in the second half. Point would have been a fair result on the balance of it, but we did not play well at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 What an absolute sucker punch that was today. We played like an abused wife for the first 20 minutes, but then had the better chances in the second half. Point would have been a fair result on the balance of it, but we did not play well at all. I would say they deserved to win. Came and attacked the game and we where just hoping we could nick a goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. What does "we'll be fine" even mean? Our stated target before the season was top 8. Has it been changed to PL survival already? Didn't he say the other day that 8th had admittedly been an overambitious target (in a league with Leicester, Palace and Watford in the top seven)? He did? I must have missed that. But as you point out, the PL is quite open, especially this year. Had we had our affairs in order we could have easily been in the running for European football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 After today it's now going to be over a year since we last got a penalty. Two years since we got one at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 After today it's now going to be over a year since we last got a penalty. Two years since we got one at home. Of course, your chances improve if you get into the opponent's penalty area more often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. What does "we'll be fine" even mean? Our stated target before the season was top 8. Has it been changed to PL survival already? Didn't he say the other day that 8th had admittedly been an overambitious target (in a league with Leicester, Palace and Watford in the top seven)? He did? I must have missed that. But as you point out, the PL is quite open, especially this year. Had we had our affairs in order we could have easily been in the running for European football. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/25/newcastle-united-steve-mcclaren-top-eight-premier-league-target-relegation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 After today it's now going to be over a year since we last got a penalty. Two years since we got one at home. When was the last red card, that's aeons as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. We played alright in the second half, so he has a point. What does "we'll be fine" even mean? Our stated target before the season was top 8. Has it been changed to PL survival already? Didn't he say the other day that 8th had admittedly been an overambitious target (in a league with Leicester, Palace and Watford in the top seven)? He did? I must have missed that. But as you point out, the PL is quite open, especially this year. Had we had our affairs in order we could have easily been in the running for European football. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/25/newcastle-united-steve-mcclaren-top-eight-premier-league-target-relegation Even the URL says we're targeting relegation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 After today it's now going to be over a year since we last got a penalty. Two years since we got one at home. When was the last red card, that's aeons as well? Same game. Stoke (H) edit: technically Norwich had Johnson sent off in the same incident as Remy saw red too so Stoke was the last time we had a numerical advantage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 From this stage in 2008/09: http://i.imgur.com/88pyD4I.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Dat form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 After today it's now going to be over a year since we last got a penalty. Two years since we got one at home. When was the last red card, that's aeons as well? Same game. Stoke (H) edit: technically Norwich had Johnson sent off in the same incident as Remy saw red too so Stoke was the last time we had a numerical advantage. Fucking hell, so two years ago (or at least 17 months with the Norwich game)? I'd love to know how that compares to every other club in the division. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 After today it's now going to be over a year since we last got a penalty. Two years since we got one at home. When was the last red card, that's aeons as well? Same game. Stoke (H) edit: technically Norwich had Johnson sent off in the same incident as Remy saw red too so Stoke was the last time we had a numerical advantage. Fucking hell, so two years ago (or at least 17 months with the Norwich game)? I'd love to know how that compares to every other club in the division. Was Jan '14, so 23 months ago mate. Looked into this a while back and I'm sure we've had 13 red cards since we last had one in our favour. Something like that anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 After today it's now going to be over a year since we last got a penalty. Two years since we got one at home. When was the last red card, that's aeons as well? Same game. Stoke (H) edit: technically Norwich had Johnson sent off in the same incident as Remy saw red too so Stoke was the last time we had a numerical advantage. Fucking hell, so two years ago (or at least 17 months with the Norwich game)? I'd love to know how that compares to every other club in the division. Was Jan '14, so 23 months ago mate. Alright Mr Chips, I've been on the drink all day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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