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skahigh said:
Well that was awful, a rubbish games between two sloppy teams.
A great chance for Newcastle to pick up a point and as usual they screwed it up, little energy and attacking intent on show.
Depressed.
I think that is the issue, he set the team up to get a point (which we're not strong enough to hold out for). Playing 1 up front against strong centre backs hasn't worked all season and yet he did it again. Why? What's the definition of stupidity again?A great chance for Newcastle to pick up a point and as usual they screwed it up, little energy and attacking intent on show.
Depressed.
ray von said:
Bloke on Radio Newcastle phone in after the match reckons only one person can save you now ............................. Keegan 
http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/02/mike-ashley-may-be-hated-but-hes-only-one-word-away-from-turning-newcastle-united-around-kevin-keegan-dennis-wise/
As if.
DoctorX said:
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There's the problem there
Proven players Shelvey and Townsend 
I'd be happy with Moyes. He's tough which is a quality we need for the huffy lot we have in the dressing room. He managed to take an average team like Everton and make them better than the sum of their parts. With the wally, he has a team of talented individuals and somehow with inept tactics, team selections and playing players out of position, the opposite is true. We are much less than the sum of our parts. I'd be happy with Rodgers, Benitez, hell I'd even be happy with Pearson right now.
The only thing with Moyes was that he almost did the Pardew thing and be near the top one season, then near the bottom the next, then back to near the top again. Admittedly on a limited budget.
If you ignore the Liverpool stuff (sell one of the best strikers in the world and fail to secure adequate replacement and wonder why you can't score), Rodgers did tremendously well at Swansea - tactics, players, budget, everything. Swansea just seemed to be more positive than Everton and definitely overachieved.
Benitez won't go to a club not playing in Europe nor one that's increasingly likely to be in the wrong league.
Ambivalent about Pearson. Rodgers would be my preference.
If you ignore the Liverpool stuff (sell one of the best strikers in the world and fail to secure adequate replacement and wonder why you can't score), Rodgers did tremendously well at Swansea - tactics, players, budget, everything. Swansea just seemed to be more positive than Everton and definitely overachieved.
Benitez won't go to a club not playing in Europe nor one that's increasingly likely to be in the wrong league.
Ambivalent about Pearson. Rodgers would be my preference.
Newcastle Utd - managers' graveyard. And I have a soft spot for your team. But why do you always blame the manager when so many of the players are inept or clearly don't give a damn? Why don't you get on the back of that useless centre forward Mitrovic someone at the club decided to buy last summer or Riviere. I mean is he really good enough for a premiership team? Why don't you have a go at the people who bring in these useless players? Where are the players coming through from the youth team? Why don't you have a single dominant centre-half about the club?
All you hear are complaints about the manager - Allardyce, Pardew, Carver and McClaren and no doubt whoever comes in next will be found inadequate as well. All this at a club that hasn't won anything for 45 years and all you do is blame the manager when the whole club needs a shake-up. As you chaps are aware, at the moment it doesn't deserve the level of supporter loyalty it receives week in and out which is what makes it so appealing to the neutral.
All you hear are complaints about the manager - Allardyce, Pardew, Carver and McClaren and no doubt whoever comes in next will be found inadequate as well. All this at a club that hasn't won anything for 45 years and all you do is blame the manager when the whole club needs a shake-up. As you chaps are aware, at the moment it doesn't deserve the level of supporter loyalty it receives week in and out which is what makes it so appealing to the neutral.
lockhart flawse said:
Newcastle Utd - managers' graveyard. And I have a soft spot for your team. But why do you always blame the manager when so many of the players are inept or clearly don't give a damn? Why don't you get on the back of that useless centre forward Mitrovic someone at the club decided to buy last summer or Riviere. I mean is he really good enough for a premiership team? Why don't you have a go at the people who bring in these useless players? Where are the players coming through from the youth team? Why don't you have a single dominant centre-half about the club?
All you hear are complaints about the manager - Allardyce, Pardew, Carver and McClaren and no doubt whoever comes in next will be found inadequate as well. All this at a club that hasn't won anything for 45 years and all you do is blame the manager when the whole club needs a shake-up. As you chaps are aware, at the moment it doesn't deserve the level of supporter loyalty it receives week in and out which is what makes it so appealing to the neutral.
Here's my take on this. Mitrovic is a good player but he's not a finisher. If you play him, you use him as a target and play Perez or Cisse alongside to bag the goals. The reason we blame the manager is because he constantly sets up his team to lose. Perez on his own against giant centre backs, Aarons at left back?, starting Rivierre on his own when we need goals, leaving a European player on the bench and chosing Rivierre, etc. I could go on. We have some decent players and some grot. We have some players that lack passion and bite but we have got players who are capable of mid table mediochrity. Unfortunately, with our bumbling bafoon at the helm, he has absolutely no clue how to set a team up to win. All you hear are complaints about the manager - Allardyce, Pardew, Carver and McClaren and no doubt whoever comes in next will be found inadequate as well. All this at a club that hasn't won anything for 45 years and all you do is blame the manager when the whole club needs a shake-up. As you chaps are aware, at the moment it doesn't deserve the level of supporter loyalty it receives week in and out which is what makes it so appealing to the neutral.
Edited to add, I do take what you're saying. We do have dead wood at the club and it is being run in such a way that we're doomed no matter what. The fans do blame the owner and the directors too!
Bring back Carver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Sg9K-O7iw
lockhart flawse said:
Newcastle Utd - managers' graveyard. And I have a soft spot for your team. But why do you always blame the manager when so many of the players are inept or clearly don't give a damn? Why don't you get on the back of that useless centre forward Mitrovic someone at the club decided to buy last summer or Riviere. I mean is he really good enough for a premiership team? Why don't you have a go at the people who bring in these useless players? Where are the players coming through from the youth team? Why don't you have a single dominant centre-half about the club?
All you hear are complaints about the manager - Allardyce, Pardew, Carver and McClaren and no doubt whoever comes in next will be found inadequate as well. All this at a club that hasn't won anything for 45 years and all you do is blame the manager when the whole club needs a shake-up. As you chaps are aware, at the moment it doesn't deserve the level of supporter loyalty it receives week in and out which is what makes it so appealing to the neutral.
I'm on a couple of Newcastle forums as a fan and yes you see complaints about the manager but we fully understand the position the club is in. Have you ever actually spoken to a Newcastle fan or did you just form your opinion based on brief snippets taken out of context from the internet and other peoples stereotypical perception of a Newcastle fan? I'm assuming the next thing spouted on here will be "Newcastle aren't a big club why do we think we deserve to be in europe."All you hear are complaints about the manager - Allardyce, Pardew, Carver and McClaren and no doubt whoever comes in next will be found inadequate as well. All this at a club that hasn't won anything for 45 years and all you do is blame the manager when the whole club needs a shake-up. As you chaps are aware, at the moment it doesn't deserve the level of supporter loyalty it receives week in and out which is what makes it so appealing to the neutral.
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