Tactics

[eddy779h34]

The tactics and formation are rubbish
Listening to Pearson is a worry
Crying out for a holding midfielder to release Hughes and Bryson
Shackell and Olsen need to look forward more and do things quicker
Russell needs to come out for a holding midfielder
Rawson Butterfield Johnson could all do it
I would swap Olsen for Lowe
Shackell for Rawson as well

[AdiSalisbury]

Shackell got forward more times today than Hughes did! Each time he got the ball he passed it to the centre backs.

I'm not really sure what Pearson's trying to do, no creativity in our play. It may well come good, but it's so painful to watch at the moment.

[eddy779h34]

Shackell got forward more times today than Hughes did! Each time he got the ball he passed it to the centre backs.

I'm not really sure what Pearson's trying to do, no creativity in our play. It may well come good, but it's so painful to watch at the moment.

Hughes and Bryson are key
If we can't let them play rather than win tackles and get closed down we are doomed
get them both further forward and we will be ok

[Luckless]

We need Thorne back for sure. He is the key missing ingredient.

[eddy779h34]

We need Thorne back for sure. He is the key missing ingredient.

but... listening to Pearson he's a 442 manager and that won't suit Thorne

[roger_ramjet]

The only way we will score will be to play 4-4-3

[ellafella]

The tactics and formation are rubbish
Listening to Pearson is a worry
Crying out for a holding midfielder to release Hughes and Bryson
Shackell and Olsen need to look forward more and do things quicker
Russell needs to come out for a holding midfielder
Rawson Butterfield Johnson could all do it
I would swap Olsen for Lowe
Shackell for Rawson as well

Pearson continues to be clueless. Derby team look clueless...clueless managers produce clueless teams.
WITH 3 NEW FORWARDS IN, NEWCASTLE'S centre halves looked totally at ease.

Rawson could play the holding midfield role but my comments are all in vain. I suspect that Pearson will persist with his shambolic formation. Derby looked like a League 1 side playing a Premiership team...they held us at arm's length, had great poise and shape all way through. It was like a cat teasing a mouse.

[ramspride]

Agree entirely Ella. Like taking candy from a baby we were clueless. The team? don't seem to know what they are doing. I tried to listen to Pearson being interviewed after the game but fell asleep half way through. I thought he was brought in to motivate the team. Well if he talks to them how he talks to Radio Derby heaven help us. Did any count how many times Shackell passed sideways to Keogh is the idiot told to do that or is it just to bore the adds of the fans and opposition.

[swaledale]

Pearson continues to be clueless. Derby team look clueless...clueless managers produce clueless teams.
WITH 3 NEW FORWARDS IN, NEWCASTLE'S centre halves looked totally at ease.

Rawson could play the holding midfield role but my comments are all in vain. I suspect that Pearson will persist with his shambolic formation. Derby looked like a League 1 side playing a Premiership team...they held us at arm's length, had great poise and shape all way through. It was like a cat teasing a mouse.

I actually thought it was an improvement today, but hey what do I know? I do know we ahd the same sort of games many times when playing 4-3-3 under both Clement and Wassall so laying the blame at Pearson's door is ovr the top, but I can see your no fan of the guy Ella!!

As I said at the start of the season, its too early to start slagging the manager off and some of the suggested player changes and tactics being made on here are frankly laughable, amazing how those in the stands seem to know what to do and how to turn this around when the combined experience and knowledge of Pearson, Powell, Phillps and idiakez apparently dont!

We will see where we are with 10 games gone, but it will take time for the new boys to bed in, some promising signs though and I'm quitely confident that come Xmas we will be saying different things about the team.

[ellafella]

I actually thought it was an improvement today, but hey what do I know? I do know we ahd the same sort of games many times when playing 4-3-3 under both Clement and Wassall so laying the blame at Pearson's door is ovr the top, but I can see your no fan of the guy Ella!!

As I said at the start of the season, its too early to start slagging the manager off and some of the suggested player changes and tactics being made on here are frankly laughable, amazing how those in the stands seem to know what to do and how to turn this around when the combined experience and knowledge of Pearson, Powell, Phillps and idiakez apparently dont!

We will see where we are with 10 games gone, but it will take time for the new boys to bed in, some promising signs though and I'm quitely confident that come Xmas we will be saying different things about the team.

What were the promising signs Swaley? Can you list them?