LooneyToony 41 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 May I ask when will be a good time to finally cut ties with Fabricio Colocini? I would confidently say he is currently the worst defender in the Premiership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 May I ask when will be a good time to finally cut ties with Fabricio Colocini? I would confidently say he is currently the worst defender in the Premiership. About 18 month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2563 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Well the second half was decent. We still can't defend, but we all knew that. Despite Makom trying to rewrite history to represent himself as the only wise man amongst fools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnator 45 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Why do we need to give ourselves a mountain to climb before we wake up. Typical Newcastle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3679 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Coloccini and Haidara were abysmal today. Coloccini is our signing of the season too according to our manager. Thank God we didn't sign more players then. Feel sorry for Janmaat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnator 45 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Coloccini and Haidara were abysmal today. Coloccini is our signing of the season too according to our manager. Thank God we didn't sign more players then. Feel sorry for Janmaat. Dunno what's happened to Coloccini. I know he's been terrible since he said he wanted to go back to San Lorenzo but he was quality vs Man United and Arsenal and he was back to his usual shite self today. And how Sissoko thinks he is Champions League quality? And watching Janmaat attempting to single handedly bring us back into the game is pretty sad to watch. Watch us now get our annual win vs Chelsea. Typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) The base of a mid table PL side these days is pace and athleticism (WHam for instance)...When you aren't able to put 5/6 Tier one players in the team then it comes down to organization, intensity and pace to break out with (we do actually have some of that in a couple of player Winj and Sissoko). One is learning the league and needs a half a dozen more games and the other has been trying to leave for 2 seasons now. Compare the excellent Payet to Thauvin - one is the finished article and the other is a stringy kid still learning the game and if his confidence doesn't get shattered he might produce in a few months...Again lacks a bit of pace and isn't particularly athletic and doesn't have that burst say Hatem had. The striker issue is my highest concern we have one madman and a joker. Edited September 19, 2015 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lackie92 1 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Woeful - McLaren could be out on his arse soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20234 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 If we fail to win before Sunderland then lose the derby too I can see McClaren getting the boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6150 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 No chance. We've just signed an entire coaching team on long term contracts. People need to relax, this is still mainly Carver/Pardew's team. He will get another £50mil to spend in January yet. Hopefully Mitrovic coming back will make a difference. He does however deserve stick for playing 4141, for starting with Cisse, for playing Perez on the wing, for playing Aarons at left back, for leaving De Jong on the bench and for dropping Anita instead of Colback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3323 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Woeful - McLaren could be out on his arse soon Hhmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnator 45 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) No chance. We've just signed an entire coaching team on long term contracts. People need to relax, this is still mainly Carver/Pardew's team. He will get another £50mil to spend in January yet. Hopefully Mitrovic coming back will make a difference. He does however deserve stick for playing 4141, for starting with Cisse, for playing Perez on the wing, for playing Aarons at left back, for leaving De Jong on the bench and for dropping Anita instead of Colback Completely agree. I'm not saying he's going to be, but, weren't our best managers given time? SBR had two 11th place finishes before we became a top four/unlikely title challenging team for example. Edited September 19, 2015 by Haydnator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9340 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 ALL EYES ON @@The FishBed wetters, the lot of you. Shit start to the season, but hardest start. We'll end up about 12th. Hopefully the 2nd half will speed up McClaren's realisation that Cisse can't play up front alone and should either be played as part of a two or brought on as an impact sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9340 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 No chance. We've just signed an entire coaching team on long term contracts. People need to relax, this is still mainly Carver/Pardew's team. He will get another £50mil to spend in January yet. Hopefully Mitrovic coming back will make a difference. He does however deserve stick for playing 4141, for starting with Cisse, for playing Perez on the wing, for playing Aarons at left back, for leaving De Jong on the bench and for dropping Anita instead of Colback 100% agree, although I think Aarons at LB was lack of options to replace a shocking Haidara/wanting to make an attacking sub? Maybe he was hoping RA would play further forward? Special mention to Crooks saying we've unrealistic expectations though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydnator 45 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) 100% agree, although I think Aarons at LB was lack of options to replace a shocking Haidara/wanting to make an attacking sub? Maybe he was hoping RA would play further forward? Special mention to Crooks saying we've unrealistic expectations though. I can see us getting 2 wins out of these 6 games but after we lose to Chelsea and Man City we'll have 2 points from 24...even with a hard start, that is absolutely atrocious. Edited September 19, 2015 by Haydnator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9340 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I can see us getting 2 wins out of these 6 games but after we lose to Chelsea and Man City we'll have 2 points from 24...even with a hard start, that is absolutely atrocious. We'll end up about 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3679 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Left back has to be a priority in January with the way Haidara has been performing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20234 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 The defence needed more investment. It was obvious. Left back and centre back options not good enough. The poor start has been exacerbated by mcclaren's selections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 His first priority is stop playing Cissé up top by himself it doesn't work how many more games is he going to persist with this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3772 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 A lot of McLarens decent football with Derby last season came with a big guy up front who would hold the ball up (Chris Martin), with a lot of advanced midfield runners going past/supporting him. Once Martin was injured his/Derbys season fell apart towards the end of last season. I am not sure this has been a constant throughout his career but I imagine having someone up top ala Mitrovic who can do that would help us. Still not going to toss my toys out of the pram atm. Individual players were not good enough today but there are some reasons, Haidara got no support from either left midfielder/left centre midfielder and a left back will always struggle against two etc. However McLaren can't be blameless and he should have identified these issues and planned for them accordingly. We will finish 13th imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 795 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Graham Carr has to take some of the blame. Since he hit the jackpot with Cabaye and Tiote (when he wasn't dogshit) he has brought brought in some utter shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 He will get another £50mil to spend in January yet. If this is what no drink and drugs does then I'm on the wagon, brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 28029 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 100% agree, although I think Aarons at LB was lack of options to replace a shocking Haidara/wanting to make an attacking sub? Maybe he was hoping RA would play further forward? Special mention to Crooks saying we've unrealistic expectations though. What does that bug eyed little cunt know about my expectations? Took my little'un to her third match yesterday, she's now seen us lose 2-1 three times to the might of Swansea, Cardiff and Watford all at home. Fanks Mike. And once again, how many fucking times will we bemoan the lack of a left back? It's beyond embarrassing how an established PL club have been so blase about this position through the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3679 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Mbemba's the only signing that's looked quality so far. There's a player in Wijanldum but he's far too anonymous for far too long. Not sure what Thuavin is exactly supposed to be. I thought he was the type of player to go past people and make things happen but there's been very little signs of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 28029 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Met three black & white kamerads yesterday in the Strawberry, or should I say 'Erdbeere'? Over to support the Toon as they were from our twinned city in Deutschland and they felt our club/fans were 'real' and not placca types. I don't know whether this shows we still have some global pull or it's the German equivalent of kids from the Midlands going up to support Stranraer in a kind of modern ironic way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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