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BR.
Despite this, Rovers will not start to recover until Venky's sell up and finally f*ck off.
Elsewhere, two defeats from two for Newcastle, crazy.....I'm sure they'll still go up though. Terriersmad will have had a cracking day!
Shola
Gayle was anonymous, Anita is not a winger, Diame looked clueless out of position - They suffered from the tactics massively. Hayden is the most out of depth player I've ever seen, and Shelvey is the most feckless. Lascelles and Mbemba look like they looked all last season, (whenever Colback and Tiote weren't in front of them). Aarons was far too deep, although he at least looked lively (and was therefore taken straight off).
Ritchie was lively, but for me I don't think he actually looks good, a bit too many flicks and tricks with no end product for my liking.
Benitez though needs to stop being arrogant. Put Sissoko, Colback and Tiote back in midfield. And pick a forward line to actually play on the front foot.
Vercoe
I had such high hopes for us this season as well. I know it's only 2 games in (3 if you count the League Cup) but it's already starting to grate. I think the slump in form from the second half of last season is still fresh in the fans' minds.
Shola
This is how you do it.
Back when Newcastle had a manager who could instill organisation, determination, pressing and could set up a side who could score goals and keep clean sheets.
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I've only seen highlights and read reports, but it read to me like we're still playing almost within ourselves, and it could've been similar to any of the performances since 2012/13. Hardly a great omen. Like then, I don't think there's enough assertion going on during games, and there's certainly not enough creativity or accurate shooting. Hence the continuation of the thought we need additional widemen, or possibly to be a bit more unrestrained. Forestieri might be good, but I wouldn't have said priority acquisition.
It may not help either that there has to be a higher player turnover than last time in any case, such has been the different transfer window trends in the years before the '09 demotion and May's one, or the fact that back then, the manager was more or less bulldozed into his thinking by the likes of Nolan and Barton. Least that's the interpretation, although it worked and was effective. Maybe the Orient 6-1 was that slap in the face, while the players who stayed still need a very hard slap in the face - preferably literal in certain cases.
At least there's still to put some of this right. Hell, if the Mackems can go from bottom in August 2006 to the top of the table at the campaign's end, then its hardly out of the question. But there's only so many episodes like this that can be taken I guess.
Shola
I don't know how people could possibly want Sissoko not to play but want Shelvey too. Shelvey has treated the club far worse than Sissoko, Shelvey is the biggest fraud I've ever seen. Doesn't mark, tackle want or want the ball. But will knock a Hollywood ball over the top every now and again.
We're also desperately missing Ameobi - Dummett and Ritchie both had so many opportunities to get a ball over, but they lack the ability he has to find players on the move in the box. Last time the fucker got a run in the team we won six on the bounce ffs.
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Sissoko the player on his day, I would be ok with. Sissoko the narcissist, who seems to put more effort into his "I want to leave" interviews, and spends more games doing fuck all, is an issue. His attitude has been a joke for long before now, and he is begging to be rewarded with a spell in the reserves, or at least stuck in the 2nd tier months after playing in the Euros final. Which, to him, is probably the same.
I'm not really decided on Shelvey - started well, then blended in with everyone else in last year's sea of mediocrity/rubbish very quickly. Also plays deeper than perhaps necessary, like Cabaye did for a while in 2012/13. Seems to have both praisers and detractors in equal measure. Bit of a weird one. Maybe some use can be found.
gfnx25
terriersmad
Another test tomorrow at Villa Park. After St James', I suspect it may be a bit of a let-down, but we'll see. Another new ground to cross off.
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terriersmad
Most from the North East have been really balanced. Less balanced have been the national reports which have focused on Newcastle losing rather than us winning. The Channel 5 thing was the worst - only Curbishley even trying to give us any credit for silencing the crowd and having a game plan. I don't expect fans to be that balanced (because I can hardly comment, partisan as I am), but a bit of balance from the media would be quite nice. Yep, Newcastle were crap for the second week running, but that was often down to how well we (and Fulham last week) played.
Poe
We lined up wrong and we're desperately short down our left side but the team that was put out was still capable of getting a win and it didnt due to Huddersfield's game plan, I haven't heard many people lacking in praise for their performance around here?
Shola
Newcastle are in real, real trouble - we've very possibly got the worst central midfield in the division. No threat from the wings and no way of getting the ball up to the striker and now two out of form centre backs.
Huddersfield looked far more solid at the back and capable of dealing with long straight aimless balls at short strikers, which is something I guess.
Also cricitising Sissoko for wanting away, hope we never play Ritchie, Hanley, Clark, Diame ever again. Scum, for walking out on there clubs.
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I think its going to be a recurrent problem as, by reputation, management or bookie favouritism, Newcastle have been cast as the pond's big fish, or at least one of them. Sort of how Manchester United or City coverage is almost always about them, or in La Liga, where Barcelona/Real Madrid defeats are more about their shortcomings than the other team being any good.
I'm not sure Fulham weren't that good, tbf. Their game plan was one of those "let the other team have possession domination", similar to how Leicester played in the first half of last season.
What a load of utter drivel.
Shola
Yeah Ritchie, Diame turning down the Premier League for more money, Clark walking out on the club that brought him through and Hanley seemingly forcing through a move. Sissoko is a narcissist because he wants to play for a bigger club for more money - and has so far never refused to play for Newcastle.
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Its moot, anyway - at this rate, he's probably not going to move. If he is picked and duly delivers, we can probably move to some sort of less poisonous truce, but its hardly going well though.
Poe
Nowt like an overreaction is there
terriersmad
Villa looked good, to be honest, and I may be proven very wrong by them. They looked a promotion side in that first half and it was only fitness which let them down. That and indiscipline, as when we got on top they reacted quite badly, committing a number of cynical fouls. I thought at the time that Tshibola was booked for a foul by Bacuna, who later got booked, but as it hasn't come up in post-match debate I assume my impression was wrong.
Shola
You threw a hissyfit when we were in 8th in the Premier League. We're now in the lowest position of my lifetime.
Shevley is an absolute hindrance, and Hayden is massively out of his depth. If he was a youth teamer rather than a new signing people would be demanding he go out on loan. It's very early days for him, but I can't see the logic in bringing in someone who barely played for Hull last year, as a first team starter in the most important position.
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I mean, 19 defeats and near relegation in 2012/13 & 2014/15 means I don't really look on either campaign fondly, and 2013/14 was simply bizarre. But we lost half our PL games in 2012-16. Regardless of the odd win streak, there's a losing culture that seems to transcend entire squads and management teams, and clearly, fixing it is going to require something substantial. Maybe expunging the squad had looked an answer, but its obviously created a new one. But we're hardly doomed to having "the worst midfield in the division", or at a point when we should be entertaining the idiots that think Ian Holloway should be made manager immediately.
I saw that Hefele equaliser. Its always something to see a goal as a result of a keeper whacking a clearance off an onrushing striker, even if nothing quite as bizarre as the time a Watford keeper whacked one into Chris Wood's face and it went in.
gfnx25
BR.
No chance, there's some serious dross in this division (my team probably being the best example).
I'm sure you'll win tonight and will be up near the top in no time.
Poe
Because we were shit, and still are. Same old problems not being addressed other than we've actually signed some defenders. Still crying out for a left hand side which we have been since Enrique left in about 1746.
Shelvey isn't in the best form but he's clearly better than being the worst in the division, and yes Hayden didn't have the best of time against Huddersfield but he was solid against Fulham - and has still only played 2 games for us.
We're still to make signings anyway, I'm convinced another CM will be one of them.
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Shane Duffy scoring 3 own goals in less than 2 matches indicates something towards the utter dross currently masquerading in Blackburn colours.
Incidentally, another forum I frequent mentioned leaked documents into some of the utter fuck-ups being done by Venky's. Hear anything about this?
Poe
Shedender
And then just to add to insult, he was dismissed in stoppage time. Oh well, at least it'll end his (own goal) scoring streak.
Shola will still criticise him somehow.
Shola
Reading were really bad though. They seemed really naive and wanted to play nice football but without any idea on how to do so. And thankfully Benitez made a slightly more sensible team selection with a front four pretty much in their positions. Still far, far too negative though.
Poe
Yeah I think Shelvey and Clark will drop to the Bench for Bristol. Unsure who'll come in. I hope it's Hanley and Tiote. Hayden seems to offer something going forward.