First loss

[Come from away]

I recall that one of Walker's early games was at CB and he looked good. Just think it was bad timing, they had to re-work the back four while on the road and no time to practice together. Add the travel time and you have the possibility of tired players (stiff not exhausted) drifting into a game they expect to win. They get off to a bad start etc..... If Man U can lose to a bottom team we have to except that we will also screw up at times. The test is how we come back from this. Lord, how many games did we lose at home last year and still almost made it. UTB. See ya Friday.

 

[Darren]

First time away since Southampton in May 2008, apparently

Also, we haven't lost an away league game by more than one goal since the 3-1 defeat at Preston on 29/3/08, 29 games ago, which must be some kind of record.

In fact, since that 3-1 defeat, we have only been defeated by more than 1 goal in two league games (the defeats v Reading and Wolves at the Lane in Nov 08) out of the last 49 games and the last time we were defeated by more than 2 was Stoke's 3-0 win at the Lane on 4/12/07, 67 games ago.

 

[mall]

"Just think it was bad timing, they had to re-work the back four while on the road and no time to practice together. Add the travel time and you have the possibility of tired players (stiff not exhausted) drifting into a game they expect to win. "

Teams on the road don't arrive at five to start times like supporters can.
It's all finely judged with stops and time for loosening.
You'll have to think of another excuse for last night.

Something like NGE.

 

[Come from away]

"Just think it was bad timing, they had to re-work the back four while on the road and no time to practice together. Add the travel time and you have the possibility of tired players (stiff not exhausted) drifting into a game they expect to win. "

Teams on the road don't arrive at five to start times like supporters can.
It's all finely judged with stops and time for loosening.
You'll have to think of another excuse for last night.

Something like NGE.

Why is it an excuse? They didn't play well, sometimes they deal with this stuff well and the point was 'drifting into the game' - a mental thing - because you think little of the opposition you're willing to focus on your aches, you feel sluggish. If your mind is focussed, even real injuries can 'disappear' , it's not an excuse just the reality of why good teams and players sometimes play poorly. Your head is not in the right place and you screw up. Do it too often and you get dropped etc..

 

[mall]

Blackwell hasn't claimed anything of the sort..as you have.
If that was a valid excuse, believe me, he would have used it.....even if it would have sounded like a cop out.
The essence of last night was that Killa's injury exposed the paucity in the squad of the quality players Blackwell claims he has.
As Radio Sheffield put it...we were poor and beaten by a very average team.
On the pitch......not on the way there.

 

[Come from away]

Mall: Blackwell said we didn't play well - no excuse. I acknowledge we played poorly - no excuse. I just don't expect a good team to win every game and offered a cirmstance of how this comes about. No excuse, it's just reality that players can't come good all the time. You don't need to fire managers, sell players, or complain there are no plans in place, sometimes it just does not come out right. Not all the above am I crediting to you. Can you not accept that things just happen? I'll let it be. UTB

 

[silverfox]

sumwhere inbetween......... we just aint gud enuff !

I'm sure we will always want better but's not as bad as a lot of people think either.

 

[Bladesman]

I'm sure we will always want better but's not as bad as a lot of people think either.

We are average.

Let us enjoy not being totally crap but not totally great either. :thumbup:

 

[silverfox]

We are average.

Let us enjoy not being totally crap but not totally great either. :thumbup:

I've been waiting us to be great for too long.

I just hope we make steady improvements, and in some ways we have, but I don't want shit or bust actions from the club at all.

 

[Toronto Blade]

Well Newcastle lost their first game tonight to a much worse team than Coventry.Will they be full of doom and gloom and slashing of wrists.
One loss and the world ends.

 

[happyhippy]

Oh, the world hasn't ended, but it's stark that we're still lacking in certain areas. Our first XI looks strong enough, but factor a couple of injuries in, as well as the odd suspension, and we look weak.

Mind you, at least we don't have the hapless Collocini. Even Maradona won't pick him.

 

[Grecian2000]

Well Newcastle lost their first game tonight to a much worse team than Coventry.Will they be full of doom and gloom and slashing of wrists.
One loss and the world ends.

What happened to Newcastle, and how their fans react to it, is a complete irrelevance though.

I think what people react to is avoidable problems.

If you turn up and everyone plays shit then fair do's, just one of those things. However, if, as Bergen points out elsewhere, you sell your only covering CB without replacing him, then the consequence of that is a bad defensive display, this looks like a problem you have created yourself. Those are the things that people end up ranting about.