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Can they do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke though?

No need to get disapointed with the likes of Thauvin yet when those that have been here for years played the way they did on Monday.

That says it all really. Neither one is really upto the mark for this level yet we're playing both at the same time. Sort it out McClaren.

He's not got the game to be a proper defensive midfielder or a creative force. With the diminutive size you might expect pace and flair, but its not there. Im not sure the management knows where to play him. Yes there's a neat little passer in there with a decent understanding of the game but its not enough for this league.

I dont think its just that. What else is there to his game other than stringing 3 tiny passes together? You've got to have more at this level. Same goes for Colback.

The defensive midfielders would struggle to dominate an under 15 team.

Worst part was right when the first goal went in you could tell we wont be coming back. The game was over after 8 minutes. Against an average team. And here we had people predicting 0-3 wins.

Really disappointing stuff. Starting to think we may fear this Anita Colback partnership as much as Gouffran and Williamson last year. I give Colback credit for effort last year but his inadequacies have become painfully obvious already this season. No point wasting space on two people who cant do anything other than make 5 yard passes ffs. Get Perez/De Jong in there and move Wijnaldum into CM.

This club is hopeless man. Off to bed.

Its almost as bad as having Gouffran play again, almost. I can only hope McClaren will not be as persistent in his idiotic selections as his predecessor.

RUBBISH

Haidara's delivery is shocking. Just shocking.

Haidara This is almost like a joke so far.

They're handling the ball as if its the 90th minute and we're winning...

Offering absolutely nothing here......

For God's sake Janmaat that was a chance

Anita and Colback will never work at this level.......

Never gets old this. Days of planning, analysis and optimism undone within minutes of the game starting. Every fucking time

Typical fucking Newcastle

The old cunt did shove the prick back into the zipper though

My favourite religious apologist argument is the classic if there's evolution why do we still have monkeys? Drives sciency people nuts! Cue the massive lecture that we're not supposed to be descended from apes

Aye, been saying for a while that Anita/Colback partnership is just too one dimensional. And no Obertan please ffs. Just realised that this is on a Monday, after an international break

Knew that was coming as I typed that You've got football clubs twice as old as this country so

I think the one thing we know for sure about the future is that they're going to be a few shit players playing for England.

Wasnt it Barton? Or maybe he just got involved as he usually does in those situations. Either way, yeah, what a retarded day that was. Must look for some highlights now