Newcastle Utd vs Manchester Utd Postmortem

What can really be said that hasn’t been said a hundred times in a thousand different ways? Only six words are really needed - this team is not good enough.

While we all really know we aren’t on the same planet as ManU nowadays, to be fair, they tried - surely the very minimum we should expect?

Until the final 15-20 minutes, we actually gave them a game, but shot ourselves in the foot at regular intervals, most of their goals being the result of individual errors, or individual errors being massively contributory - much as we’ve been doing all season, in fact.

In the last 15-20 minutes, after the 3rd went, yet again we lost all shape and ran around chasing the ball like schoolboys, with the inevitable consequences.

I said after last weeks humiliation that it was highly unlikely we could improve if KK persevered playing 4-4-2 with Butt and Barton in central midfield - and today provided further evidence, if we needed it.

Butt ran himself into the ground, and was a mix a good and bad, but I wouldn’t criticise him too much. Barton was s***e; and the crowd began to turn on him in the 2nd half.

We defended pathetically as a team. It doesn’t really matter who we play in the back four when they get so little protection from our non-existent midfield.

I lost count of the number of times a ManU player picked up the ball in midfield with no Black ‘N White shirt within 15 yards of him, run at the back four unchallenged, and have a choice of 2 of 3 team-mates to pick out with a pass.

Barton gave one goal away, Taylor another and Smith another. Given stood rooted to his line as the ball was played across the 6yd box on the 1st two goals, his kicking as usual was hopeless, and we needed to waste one sub when he failed to appear for the 2nd half.

Smith worked tirelessly, and even had a decent shot saved. Owen was on the pitch. Carroll was a bit of an improvement.

Another very sad day in the continuing demise of the club we all love, and I rather doubt even The Messiah can turn these lumps into bread and fishes.

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