: Mon May 04, 2009 7:57 pm  

Mark wrote:

He can surely be judged on the games he's been in charge, some daft selections 3 points out of 18? or something similar

Well, kind of. But he took over a sinking ship, he hardly took a side high on confidence, and ruined them, did he?

He's took over a sinking ship with a few games to go, he's probably made a few bad decisions, but when a side are playing that bad, not much goes right.

You could put a bit of the blame on Shearer, but surely Ashley/Kinnear should deserve more? Especially Ashley.

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:29 pm  

Don't really see what Shearer has done wrong really.

He has changed things, why has that been bad? ? ?

What exactly has he done wrong? ? ? If he is to blame, let's hear the things that he has done wrong.

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:41 pm  

what a save from myhil then saving a gabby header

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:41 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

2 from 15. Scored 1 goal, conceded 7.

The stats against Liverpool were particularly damning. They had 1 shot in the match, off target. Liverpool had around 60% of possession, but somehow Liverpool managed to make 24 tackles to Newcastle's 12.

The Newcastle midfield was so slow and lazy, it was ridiculous. When I seen their teamsheet, I was expecting bags of energy and hussle in the middle, but I thought their lack of anything out wide would cost them. Instead, the midfield just folded, the wide players were anonymous going forward and defensively, and their defence was just so vulnerable and easy to attack, I couldn't believe it.

I'm not really sure what could have been done, they seem to be a side lacking everything. Pace, strength, leadership, desire, work rate, but they also strike me as a side who think they can play it about, but they don't have the players, or the chemistry to do it.

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:48 pm  

Mark wrote:

He can surely be judged on the games he's been in charge, some daft selections 3 points out of 18? or something similar

But he's inherited a poor team, he's had no oportunity to bring in his own players and model the team around how he wants them to play.

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:51 pm  

I don't think too much blame can be laid at Shearer. But the fact is that he's been brought in to save Newcastle from relegation. The positive effect from that has been negligible.

Shearer deserves as much blame as Dennis Wise. But as Wise is a cockney, ex-Chelsea/Wimbledon player and Shearer is a geordie legend, Wise will get a million times more blame than Shearer.

The bad thing for me though is if Newcastle beat Boro on Saturday they've got a good chance of staying up. The geordies will be demanding a Sainthood, a Knighthood and possibly deification for Shearer if that happens.

: Mon May 04, 2009 8:59 pm  

villa 1-0 hull city

think city will relegated imo

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:03 pm  

Thetalentboy wrote:

Villa havent been playing very well last month or so and if they keep that up tonight and IF we play like we did against Liverpool theres no reason why we cant nick a point tonight

missed opportunity for hull city tonight. you're making it very hard for yourselves.

does that mean the bottom six all lost this weekend?

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:03 pm  

I doubt Hull will get relegated.

They've potentially got two more games (if Man United need something last game, you could discount that) to get a point I'd estimate.

Due to the utter gash in the bottom three this year, I'd have predicted none of them would pick up another point. But with Boro to play Newcastle, if one of those win it'll be 34 points for the winner.

If it's a draw though, Hull will be safe with what they have. They're playing with more passion than Boro and Newcastle combined anyway.

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:03 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

He's been too slow for a couple of years now, I'm surprised Liverpool have kept him this long, although I appreciate he was a fair way down the pecking order.

Always stepped up to the plate when called upon and played well in the past few years.