Positives and Negatives

[SuperHoopNik]

How many shots on goal did he have today? How many good crosses did he supply our strikers with? How many through balls did he put in today?

From what I saw today, he left Luke Young dangerously exposed on a number of occasions today.

Well I remember a couple of through balls he made in the second half, one perfectly timed to Bothroyd who should have done better..I mean without him it's just SWP running at defenders and everyone else just passing it around lazily with no end product.

[LoftusRoadLad]

I thought Derry was good in the sense that the toons were scared of him !!

[QPR Richard]

Well I remember a couple of through balls he made in the second half, one perfectly timed to Bothroyd who should have done better..I mean without him it's just SWP running at defenders and everyone else just passing it around lazily with no end product.

So a couple of through balls in 90 minutes? For me that's not acceptable. I can't remember him putting in any good crosses from the right wing.

What I do remember is him running into dead ends on a few occasions, yet again. Isn't part of the job of a right winger to put crosses in the box for the strikers?

[SammyKojoe]

He has been doing it almost every game he's played imo..it's just that when one person on here says someone's sh*t somehow everyone agree's with it and it spreads. happens all the time... Mackie is one of our best players At the moment. he is not a headless chicken, he is a vital player for us.

You must be his Dad or his boyfriend. Great run and ball through in the second half. Other than that 5 seconds he was pretty non existant. As is the case in every game. Should never be starting.

Same old - works hard and decent effort. But he hardly tore Newcastle apart. No crosses/always runs into the man and not past him/poor touch. Nowhere near enough quality for this level.

[vblockranger]

You must be his Dad or his boyfriend. Great run and ball through in the second half. Other than that 5 seconds he was pretty non existant. As is the case in every game. Should never be starting.

Same old - works hard and decent effort. But he hardly tore Newcastle apart. No crosses/always runs into the man and not past him/poor touch. Nowhere near enough quality for this level.

Like Wilkins said,,works hard but no talent

[SuperHoopNik]

So a couple of through balls in 90 minutes? For me that's not acceptable. I can't remember him putting in any good crosses from the right wing.

What I do remember is him running into dead ends on a few occasions, yet again. Isn't part of the job of a right winger to put crosses in the box for the strikers?

Ok he did not put that many crosses in but he was giving the defenders a hard time on a few occasions unlike the others. He would be a good striker imo rather than a winger.

[rickyranger]

Not a massive Mackie fan but he was certainly one of our better players today, if you can't see that then I am not sure what game you were watching.

[QPR Richard]

Ok he did not put that many crosses in but he was giving the defenders a hard time on a few occasions unlike the others. He would be a good striker imo rather than a winger.

We'll have to disagree on the merits of Mackie. Ironic how the only club that's shown interest in him this transfer window plays in a lower division. His game is based on kick and rush IMO and that's not good enough.

[QPR Richard]

Not a massive Mackie fan but he was certainly one of our better players today, if you can't see that then I am not sure what game you were watching.

The same game as you mate, so what exactly did Mackie do today that brings you to this conclusion? I'd be genuinely interested to know.

[SuperHoopNik]

The same game as you mate, so what exactly did Mackie do today that brings you to this conclusion? I'd be genuinely interested to know.

Well whatever he done, he (and SWP) certainly done more than the others!

[Kimimar0]

Mackie did a good job to set up a Bothroyd shot, outside of that not much. Buzsaky was shocking and both our full backs got abused.

[QPR Richard]

Well whatever he done, he (and SWP) certainly done more than the others!

Well SWP had a good game today, but Mackie had a better game than the others? Didn't you see how well the centre backs played today? Have a look at the attempts on goal stats the Geordies had.

Sorry, but I have to disagree with your praise of Mackie. I don't think he's good enough at this level.

[QPR Richard]

Mackie did a good job to set up a Bothroyd shot, outside of that not much. Buzsaky was shocking and both our full backs got abused.

That's close to how I saw it too, except Buzz wasn't too bad, considering he's hardly had any game time.

I really can't get my head around this Mackie-worship stuff. A couple of guys have been singing his praises over his performance today, but they can't say what he actually did, apart from a through ball to Jay.

[Kimimar0]

Yes lack of playing time and its not even the right position for him, in the Prem you need way better defensive abilities to play as one of 2 CMs. Unfortunately we had no other option than Buz so he was doomed to fail.

[Slydo]

Positives: Look more solid. played some nice stuff at times. Buzz looked good, he can whip in a nice ball I thought. SWP looked good too

Negatives: Lack of movement. Bothroyd wasteful chances.