The Swans had a philosophy and the players executed it perfectly, whereas Steve McClaren’s side hopelessly tried to emulate their opponents’ possession-based system despite having neither.
The Magpies’ nervous attempts at splitting the centre-backs and replacing them with Vurnon Anita looked extremely raw and, even prior to Daryl Janmaat’s inexcusable sending-off, they were outclassed by Garry Monk’s well-oiled unit.
Janmaat simply couldn’t handle Jefferson Montero's pace and, after being humiliated by the Ecuadorian a handful of times, he decided to foul him four times in the first-half, two deemed worthy of yellow cards by referee Mike Jones, who gave the Dutchman his marching orders. Game over.
Jermaine Jenas was not impressed with the Magpies against Swansea, and fears for them when they travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United next weekend.
The ex-Newcastle midfielder also believes that Jefferson Montero had already gotten into Daryl Janmaat’s head before the game.
Speaking on BBC’s Match of the Day on Saturday night, Jenas said:
“I was positive last week but it was not great today (and) with Manchester United next week. It’s going to be tough.
“Daryl Janmaat definitely watched the game against Chelsea because he was scared of him (Montero). His first yellow card is rash and in the end Mike Jones had had enough, he was rightly sent off. I think we all agree it was plain daft.
“They were just rash challenges. Eighty yards from his goal. In the end, Mike Jones just had enough. It was poor play from Janmaat and he was rightly sent off.”
Alan Shearer took to Twitter immediately after the conclusion of the 3pm kick-offs on Saturday to say:
“Looks like another tough season for the North East in the @premierleague then (hides face emoticon).”
Former interim head coach John Carver and his assistant Steve Stone were on Sky Sports’ Goals On Sunday this weekend.
As well as speaking about a whole host of other things, Geordie Stone claimed that “without a shadow of a doubt” Daryl Janmaat was “scared” of Jefferson Montero, and that’s one of the reasons he was booked twice against him. Stone said:
“He’s (Janmaat’s) not the quickest off the mark.
“Without a shadow of a doubt (he was scared) of (Jefferson) Montero after seeing him against Chelsea.
“We’d had problems from over the years where centre-backs haven’t wanted to head in either box.”
Accompanying his old Newcastle backroom-staff member on to the Goals On Sunday sofa, John Carver also tried to defend his time in charge of Newcastle United – as well as plead for another job in the future.
Continuing on from what Stone had said about the centre-backs, Carver criticised the Newcastle back-four’s defensive line for the lead-up to Bafetimbi Gomis’ goal. He said:
“We (Carver and Steve Stone) actually spent a long time on making sure that when we have the centre-halves level with each other then the full-back actually needs to be a yard in front because then they’ll be offside.”
After his defensive-coaching masterclass, Carver then revealed that Daryl Janmaat will be “hurt” following his sending-off and will have “apologised a dozen times” to head coach Steve McClaren. He continued:
“(Daryl) Janmaat’s got this thing about him where he’ll be hurt this morning and he’ll have apologised to Steve (McClaren) a dozen times because Janmaat’s sincere and he does care.
“He won’t let the team down again.”