Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: Shearer and Dowie double act adds to comedy of errors at Newcastle
Just when you thought Newcastle couldn't get any wackier, Alan Shearer and Iain Dowie produce a brand new comedy routine.
Their tactical changes at Tottenham, complete with incomprehensible diagrams, looked like a sketch about amateurs playing at Premier League management. All they were missing was a table with a few salt and pepper pots.
Switching formations as frequently as they did, regardless of injury or other problems, is a recipe for disaster.
Chopping and changing systems during a match just causes confusionunless the team is among the most intelligent and sophisticated - andNewcastle certainly aren't.
They need calm, clear thinking guidance (and about five more half-decent players), not knee-jerk reactions and panic stations.
