Marcel Brands

[Eggsyblueskin]

Zonal marking? Kept playing Rondon just to prove a point even though everyone could see he was turd.

4-2-3-1 formation every game when it was apparent our midfield would get overrun every single game.

The reason the defence are crap is that they have no cover. Our central midfielders get battered every game. Why not go 3? To prove a point that the squad wasn’t good enough and it was all Brands fault.

Proof will be in the pudding. He hasn’t escaped Scott free. Moshiri will have laid down strict performance goals. IMO Moshiri will sack him within the next 12 months.

If we are to have any chance of survival it needs to be done in the next 12 days not months.

 

[mawders]

"is it only the players? "

The truest words said all year

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Had to go, but can't help feeling like it won't actually change anything. Isn't this just moshiri hiding behind another sacking?

Or he has just sacked an awful DOF and people are still moaning?

 

[DanB90]

Won’t change a thing.
It seems all board positions and titles are only honorary under this regime anyway.

People screaming for kenwright and DBB to be next out the door, but can one person honestly tell me what they actually do?

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Benitez was in charge from the summer so it's nothing new

Is this guess work?

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Benitez had full automony over every signing this window and ultimately did choose not to sign a full-back. Now where Brands comes in is that clearly the targets he lined up weren't, in Benitez's mind, worth it.

Benitez wasn't convinced on Dumfries. We probably never had the money for it once Inter came in but Brands had worked on the deal (led to believe Dumfries had even agreed personal terms) - would have been a loan to buy.

Benitez didn't want to spend so much on Patterson (£10m+) - again, I can't blame him. Benitez didn't want anything but a loan for AMN.

And this

 

[MACCA75]

But there can be no excusing Benitez.

My worry is if this month goes badly - and nothing so far suggests it won't - then if Benitez is still here in January he's gonna sign a load of 'oven ready' 30-yr-olds like Townsend and Rondon in an attempt to preserve himself.

Newcastle will be upgrading the absolute [Poor language removed] he bought for them. Great chance to nab Federico Fernandez or Ciaran Clark as well as Longstaff.

 

[Deulofeumygod]

Changes nothing on the pitch

 

[N.S.N.O.]

Benitez already had full control over the recruitment this past summer.

Because Brands had wasted all our money...so Benitez identified 3 players who would be free (or virtually free).....Brands offered nothing....had he done his job well previous transfer windows, we wouldn't have been in the mess we were

 

[BlueToff]

And this

No mate it's not

 

[BlueToff]

Is this guess work?

Nope

Benitez even took credit for each of the signings

 

[DanB90]

Is this guess work?

You think Brands decided to bring in 2 of Benitez’s previous players, plus a player that Benitez has been texting saying he wanted to sign for years all off his own bat?

 

[Nyhus]

Brands knew this appointment was terrible, he said as much with his ‘is it only the players’ comment after the loss. Id leave too, if i were him, nothing he could do to save this ship from sinking as long as we play fat Bennys tactics.

 

[marnie]

Signings were shocking before him under a DoF. Three number tens in Rooney ,Gylfi and the Dutch Tin Tin shows how clueless Moshiri is.

 

[Lob]

Benitez needs to go too imo and probably will if we get pasted again tomorrow. Whole club needs cleaning out at the top and start again.