Newcastle United defender Daryl Janmaat has admitted that was he was “stupid” to be sent off in the first half of his side’s 2-0 defeat to Swansea City.
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And many of Newcastle’s old failings from their flirtation with relegation last term under John Carver have resurfaced. Newcastle, who play Manchester United next, can only dream of Europe. The first match against Southampton I thought had shown us what Newcastle United was capable of, but instead, all we saw was a club that couldn’t seem to pace themselves against a well organized team.
McClaren fears that Mitrovic will become a target for referees, but feels it would affect the former Anderlecht player’s game to rein in his combative style. “To say the sending-off had no effect is naive”.
Both sides had a case. “Players need protection”.
SWANSEA (4-2-3-1): Fabianski 6; Naughton 7, Fernandez 6, Williams 7, Taylor 7; Cork 6, Shelvey 8; Ayew 7 (Dyer 70, 5), Sigurdsson 6 (Britton 85), MONTERO 9 (Routledge 75); Gomis 7. The finish did full justice to the stylish buildup – a goal for the aesthete to cherish.
McClaren, who has spent over £35m already, hopes to make “a couple more signings” before the transfer window closes.
McClaren said that Janmaat’s “little bit of naivety” left Newcastle with a “mountain to climb”.
“We showed our maturity when they went down to 10 men”, he told the club website (www.swanseacity.net). Last week was very encouraging, this week I thought the first 40 minutes we recovered well after a bright start.
The Ghana worldwide is in devastating form after grabbing his second goal in his second game for the Swans in the English league. “I like his physicality, but he has to keep his emotions under control”. I could complain but it would be a limp one. “We need to learn about individual players can do and this didn’t help us to do that”.
Monk was more upbeat, with the chance of building on a positive start when Swansea play Sunderland on Saturday.
Moussa Sissoko, whose role down the right side of midfield means he will regularly encounter Montero in what should be a fascinating matchup, was timed at 35.3km/h in one game against Leicester City last season. “The aim is to do even better but I think it will be more hard this time”.
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“They delivered exactly what we had planned”. We played against a team for 55 minutes with ten men, so I don’t see how you can judge our team.
