[Archived] Preview of Newcastle United, 24th September.

[Plastic Head]

Hope you all enjoyed the entertaining style today. Just spoke to a Geordie who certainly did.

I will attack

Looks like the Telegraph guy enjoyed it as well.

NU v BR

The club is being run like a works team or worse.

Radical changes needed now.

[Martin]

Awful today. Not one player could say they had a good game.

[PAFELL]

It could be armageddon next week.

Dann, Salgado & Givet all injured with Olsson suspended.

Back four next week with rumours that Nelsen is nowhere near: Lowe, Samba, Nzonzi, Anderson.

I've been thinking the same. Pity the owners will not be there to see it.

[Hi Mack]

Kean not gone yet?

[des]

when I saw the team before the game I thought we are light in the middle and that teams would be able to get at us. shame but it can true, we need at least one very good holding midfield player, playing like that we will end up like blackpool attacking, but losing.

[daverich]

Kean not gone yet?

Unfortunately it's probably gotta get a lot worse for that to happen

[Myles Anderson]

Is there any rovers website where the majority of fans post their views.

It seems only the minority use this site. Where are the 99% of fans

posting their views?..

I seek their opinion.

[daverich]

Is there any rovers website where the majority of fans post their views.

It seems only the minority use this site. Where are the 99% of fans

posting their views?..

I seek their opinion.

Funny that, they have all gone quiet

[Waggy76]

Same old same old.

Full backs terrible.

Game plan falls apart once the subs satrt.

Hammered.

A game plan ??? I must have missed that ...Appeared to me as if 11 players were told to go on the field and see what happens ...

[Muddboy]

Poor, poor result today.

And someone please tell me why we set ourselves up for almost the entire game like we did for the first half against Arsenal?

Kean said the first half against the Gooners was crap, yet he still decided to send us out today in exactly the same way (barring Olsson on the left). Lowe and N'Zonzi in the middle? WTF!

Until he realises that Givet is a poor leftback, Salgado has completely lost it and that we need a decent centre midfielders, we're doomed.

[eire3382]

It would appear our manager does not have the ability to spot weaknesses before or during a match. Even if he did he does not have the ability to change anything. Two lucky results and now back to the norm for the season I fear.

[Myles Anderson]

The mind boggles, everybody knew before the season started

that our weekest position was at full back(both sides)and

our strongest department was central defence. Salgado is

getting on and M.olssen is one of our most dangerous going

forward bar Hoilett, so its much better to utilise his

attacking strengths. We let Emmerton(a steady rightback) go,

no replacement. Samba and Givet are fantastic central

defenders with Nelson and grant as backup we had plenty. An

injury crisis at Wolves had us play N'Zonzi at the back which

was'nt pretty, but these things happen. The one place we really

needed to improve the squad was full back either side. What

happened in the window, we signed Mr Dann,now Dann is a great

"CENTRAL" defender but just like Givet he aint no full back.

Salgado and Givet at full back is costing us dear, offering

them no protection is suicide. Baldrick did address the

problem inadvertently against Arsenal by putting Lowe at R.B

and bringin on Olssen(switching Givet to C.D)which worked

well making us a lot stronger defensively. Having seen how

the defence tightened up after these changes i was expecting

our beloved leader to have noticed this too(stupid Me).

The clown is tactically inept.

Kean and the chicken corrupters can FKOFF!!

[Waggy76]

WE were beaten today by a team who are no great shakes !! But far far superior to us in every department . This is not the first time this year ,Aston Villa being the other ...

To my mind ,we need to get the bully boy tag back (especially in midfield ) on my way home I heard United fans whinging about Stokes physical presence ..Premier League football is hard but unfortunately we must be the soft centre of it !!! (Maybe Arsenal )

It is not possible to start an away game with 5 midfield players Hoillett Lowe Nzonzi Ollsson and Formica .Because not one of them is capable of putting a tackle in , with the possibly exception of Olsson.

Hoillett doesn't track back .In his favour he is our only real attacking option .

Lowe , at least he tries , probably not good enough at =the the moment , most be difficult playing with this lot!!

Nzonzi , he is alright when the ball is in the air , tall lad but not strong enough physically to get up and down the pitch ...Toitte put him to shame today .

Ollsson capable of brilliance but he gets carried away (like the sending off ) covers better than Hoillett though.

Formica can someone please tell me why we pick this player ???

Full backs are not either SAlgado looks like the end is near. Givet , I am not sure about ,he is not playing well at all , not a natrual full back but his capable of playing a lot better than he is showing .

Also Mr Samba is hardly setting the world alight with his performances so far this season ..

Unless Kean is removed as manager this club is going to be RELEGATED !!!

There is no logic to his team selection , BRFC cannot wait 6 months for players ..

[chaddyrovers]

I have just get home from the Newcastle game and Rovers performance was AWFUL!!!

Salgado and Givet at Full back were shocking. This is why we needed in the summer to sign a Right Back and Left back but Kean thought that Givet and Olsson were good enough at Left Back and they are NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Bruno is not good enough according to what people have told me who have seen him play. Salgado is too slow and Past It to say, wish he wasn't but he is NOW!

Formica couldn't get into the game at all. Should have been sub at Half time.

Nzonzi and Lowe couldn't stop the newcastle midfielders of Tiote and Cabaye from Playing. Thought Cabaye run the game for Newcastle all day long!!!

Thought Yakabu tried but had no service to feed on.

Thought Demba Ba took all of his Goals really well. Really Good Player. Still think we should have sign him in the summer especially on a Free Transfer.

From today you clearly see that Rovers lack depth and quality in certain areas of the Pitch. We need a Midfield playmaker to control the tempo for us and control as Passing like a Tugay for us!!

Also a Right Back and a specialist Left Back which we have never had seen Warnock!!! We also lack a quality striker when we want to play 4-4-2. Roberts is good enough to be 4/5th choice striker. I think Goodwillie will come good but can't expect too much from him in his 1st season. Still don't know why we didn't sign Ajax striker Mounir El Hamdaoui especially for 2.5 million pounds in the 2 last days of the transfer window. would have been a bargain imo!

[Myles Anderson]

Formica can someone please tell me why we pick this player ???

You got me Waggy!

Apart from the goal at Wolves, he ain't done anythng.

He, like Petrovic is miles off the pace. They will both

be good players but they simply are not ready. I think

Ruben is closer to being ready but needs to stop the

show-ponying. I think Vukcevic would be a far better

option than Formica. At the minute when you see Formica

and look at his body language he looks sorry for himself

which doesnt inspire confidence.

[arbitro]

No shape, no organisation, no leadership, no character, complete lack of cohesion. Our manager was once again impassive in the technical area, unable to do anything about what was happening because he doesn't know what to do. Dann went off and he has Hanley on the bench, like for like I thought. But no, he sends Rochina on to play left side, moves Givet to CB and Olssen (our best attacker) to left back. Three one down and in need of a goal. He takes our best chance of a goal (Yakubu) and brings Grella on. Truly bewildering.

I said after the Wolves game that I thought we would get relegated and I have seen very little since to convince me otherwise.

I saw one of the most bizarre thinks I ever witnessed at a football match today. Vince Grella came out to warm up and jogged up and down the ilne for a bit and then SAT on one of the avertising boards for several minutes watching the game. I heard from a reliable source that Rovers has become a boys club where the players do what they want. Watching Grella sat down today to warm up proved to me that it is.

[Waggy76]

You got me Waggy!

Apart from the goal at Wolves, he ain't done anythng.

He, like Petrovic is miles off the pace. They will both

be good players but they simply are not ready. I think

Ruben is closer to being ready but needs to stop the

show-ponying. I think Vukcevic would be a far better

option than Formica. At the minute when you see Formica

and look at his body language he looks sorry for himself

which doesnt inspire confidence.

I would agree to aa certain extent but we cannot wait 6 months , we are fighting relegation !! In Formica's case he has been here 8 months .He has talent but so did Carlos Villenueva.

[Mercer]

IMO, Formica is at best ok - he will never pull-up trees as he's one paced, and slow at that. £3.5m - I believe we were well and truly 'done'.

[chris]

IMO, Formica is at best ok - he will never pull-up trees as he's one paced, and slow at that. £3.5m - I believe we were well and truly 'done'.

more like Villanueva then Batistuta

[BRFC1995]

A performance as bad as i can recall in a long while considering the opposition had some wholly useless players themselves.

The difference a good holding midfielder and a good striker can make was there to see as Tiote and ba where superb.

All summer to plug the glaring holes in the side but what we put out today had no spine and no shape....utter waste of space N'zonzi and formica where as un-imposing as it is possible to make yourselves.

too many tricksters and not enough ball winners = relegation with 35% possession, new brand of losing football stinks, players are too bad stick to hoof it and kick lumps out of opposition as we need to learn to scrap.

KEAN OUT NOW 6 games 4 defeats 4 points we are going down

[Amo]

Nzonzi needs to be far more commanding if he fancies himself as a defensive midfielder.

Far too often he goes missing and relies on the confidence of others to up his game, unlike players like Savage & Flitcroft who grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. Having JJ last season absolved him of that pressure. The new Vieira? Not until he's a leader on the pitch.

[DE.]

This will be our last season in the Premier League for some time, enjoy what you can of it.

If Hoilett goes in January we're going to get embarrassed week in, week out.

Not even going to bother with the Kean-out stuff... I've wanted him out since last season, my opinion on this has not and will not waver any time soon. Wonder if those who wanted to give him 3-10 games more still think that now.

Last week was an exception, today was back to normal under Steve Kean. Utter crap. The man has no tactical nous at all.

[ABBEY]

Kean + venkys = death of our team!

[sentient]

Poor, poor result today.

Think thats giving us too much credit. 3-1 flattered us loads. Never mind we hit the bar! Things must be looking up!

[Gav]

Match of the day is never the best guide to a game, but Newcastle missed several chances, the marking and defending was pathetic, terrible, poor.

SACK HIM PLEASE VENKYS BEFORE ITS TO LATE