Not just the derby result, we've been dire on more than one occassion. I've seen every game and going back to Brighton in the cup game in January the guys looked like they didn't know what they were supposed to be doing and a couple of weeks later we got turned over by Reading at our place.
We were pathetic against Wigan and may as well not have turned up at Man City.
Much more than just one game to be concerned about.
No doubt we have been poor on more than one occasion this season. No doubt there have been plenty of games where we haven't looked well drilled (there are plenty where we have too)
However just 12 months previous we were the best drilled team in the league and as such performed way above any sane minded persons expectations.
So what do we do? Change the manager? What when they have a bad spell or season? Do we then sack them too? My concern is that in my time watching Newcastle we have rarely given managers genuine time and have never given a manager time once they hit a sticky spell. Even the best make mistakes and have bad seasons to then learn from them. KK was the only one who would have been afforded more by some. Even Sir Bobby had a minority of detractors after a sticky spell. My concern is that we seem unwilling to accept that we overachieved massively last year, we've underachieved massively this year and more time is needed to get a handle on exactly where this is going.
I know the modern way is different but 2 and a half years is a criminally short period to judge people on, let alone a selection of games (although there have been quite a few) in just one season.
I just feel this club will never learn. We'll forever be changing managers searching for something which doesn't exist.
Not a fan of his then AB?