Just thought, with the exception of Caulker (bit part player at Spurs) and Fabio (on loan at relegated QPR) today's team is a Championship side from last season with only KWJ on the bench having played Prem last season. Every picture tells a story.
We need Zaha to have one of his on days from the past.. Still, even if we scored 2 our woeful defending will cost us 4.
abject performance overall, newcastle all over us when they are in an awful patch of form. odemwingie just scored for stoke by the way
Just get annoyed that teams like Palace and Sunderland can turn it on at times and play with some real verve and fire. We always look like a pack of donkeys chasing a carrot and every point we get feels like pure luck. Get Kim off and bring on Bellamy. Let Bellamy play just off FC. Tell Whitts to play out left and put in some deep crosses not in front of Marshall. For f**ks sake have a go!
absolutely temple, we're going down with a whimper, got to feel sorry for the fans who would have left early in the morning to watch us get schooled in how to play football by a pretty average newcastle team that haven't had to get out of first gear yet.
I'm sorry, but Kim and Gunnar are liabilities on the pitch. Kim is far too lightweight losing possession far too often and Gunnar has the same pace as Whitts but without the skill factor. Bellamy for Kim and Eikrem (or even Jones FFS) for Gunnar to start the second half - if Ole doesn't go for it now, there's no point in carrying on with this set up, it's far too pedestrian. Losing the game wouldn't be the problem, it's just far too easy to sit and wait to address the obvious issues on the basis of the "on the hour" mantra about changes being made - they need to be made now.
Home crowd turning ugly (not difficult) on Pardew and Ashley. Might change the game atmosphere in our favour. About time something went for us.
