McClaren 'We Have Taken A Step Back'

Last updated : 25 January 2016 By Footy Mad - Editor

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McClaren’s relegation-threatened side lost 2-1 to Watford on Saturday.

And the club remains rooted in the Premier League’s bottom three.

The defeat following a win over West Ham United and a draw against Manchester United.

There had been hopes that the team was starting to turn a corner, but the result in Hertfordshire deepened the gloom back on Tyneside, where fans fear the club is destined for the Championship.

Head coach McClaren admitted the mood was downbeat in the dressing room at Vicarage Road.

“They’re disappointed, they’re frustrated – same as everybody else is,” said McClaren.

“In the cold light of days we’ve thought ... two good performances, we’ve performed very well, but results as in Manchester United, West Ham, need to follow that up and we’ve failed to do that.

“They took the opportunity against West Ham. This was a great opportunity.

“We should’ve taken it, we didn’t so it’s kind of two steps forward and one step back at the moment, which isn’t good.”

In the build-up to the match, McClaren said he felt the club’s relegation battle could go to the wire.

Reflecting on the Watford match, he said: “It’s going to (go to the wire).

“We’re a team who’s competing and playing well, and deserving more from the performances, but not getting them. Until we start getting results then it’s getting uncomfortable.”

2 Everton   23 6 11 6 40 34 29 6 
13 Chelsea   23 7 7 9 32 34 28 -2 
14 West Bromwich A  23 7 7 9 22 30 28 -8 
15 Swansea City  23 6 7 10 22 31 25 -9 
16 Bournemouth   23 6 7 10 27 38 25 -11 
17 Norwich City  23 6 5 12 28 43 23 -15 
18 Newcastle United  23 5 6 12 25 41 21 -16 
19 Sunderland   23 5 4 14 28 46 19 -18 
20 Aston Villa   23 2 7 14 18 38 13 -20

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NEWCASTLE UNITED FC

Fri 10th July

Gateshead FC 0 Newcastle Utd 1 (Cisse pen)

(First half): Darlow, Janmaat, Haidara, Lascelles, Williamson, Anita, Colback, Gouffran, Cisse, Sissoko, De Jong. (Second half): Woodman, Bigirimana, Satka, Good, Ferguson, Tiote, Obertan, Aarons, Perez, Armstrong, Riviere.

Tue 14th July

Club Atlas (MEX) 2 Newcastle Utd 1 (Sissoko)

Krul (Darlow 46); Janmaat (Bigirimana 72), Williamson, Lascelles, Haidara (Ferguson 72); Anita, Colback; Sissoko (Obertan 72), de Jong (Perez 72), Gouffran (Aarons 72); Cisse (Armstrong 72).

Sat 18th July

Sacramento Republic FC (USA) 0 Newcastle Utd 1 (og)

Krul (Woodman 46), Janmaat, Williamson, Lascelles (Taylor 46), Haïdara, Anita, Colback, Sissoko, Obertan (Aarons 69), de Jong (Perez 69), Cissé (Wijnaldum 69).

Tue 21st July

Portland Timbers (USA) 4 Newcastle Utd 3 (Wijnaldum, Aarons 2)

Darlow (Woodman 46), Bigirimana, Satka, Ferguson, Aarons; Abeid (Anita 65), Wijnaldum (Janmaat 46), Gouffran (De Jong 76), Sissoko (Obertan 46), Ayoze, Cisse (Armstrong 46).

Sun 26th July

Sheffield United 2 Newcastle Utd 2 (Wijnaldum, de Jong)

Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Taylor (Lascelles 69), Haïdara, Anita (Obertan 59), Colback, Sissoko (Abeid 80), Wijnaldum (De Jong 73), Perez (Aarons 45), Cissé (Armstrong 80)

Wed 29th July

 York City 2 Newcastle Utd 1 (Perez)

Darlow (Elliot); Bigirimana, Lascelles, Satka, Ferguson; Abeid, Gouffran; Aarons (Kemen 59), De Jong, Perez; Mitrovic (Suddick 70)

Sat 1st August

Newcastle Utd 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1

Krul, Janmaat (Mbemba 62), Williamson, Taylor, Haïdara, Anita (De Jong 75), Colback, Sissoko (Perez 81), Obertan (Aarons 62), Wijnaldum, Cissé (Mitrovic 62).

Sunday August 9 

NEWCASTLE UTD 2 SOUTHAMPTON 2 (Cisse, Wijnaldum)

Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara; Colback, Anita (Tiote, 67); Sissoko, Wijnaldum (De Jong, 81), Obertan; Cisse (Mitrovic, 75). Subs not used: Darlow, Taylor, Aarons, Perez. 

Saturday August 15

SWANSEA CITY 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 0

Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita, Colback, Sissoko (45' Taylor), Wijnaldum, Obertan (82' Mitrovic), Cisse (54' Aarons). Subs: Williamson, Perez, Tiote, Darlow

Saturday August 22

MANCHESTER UTD 0 NEWCASTLE UTD 0

Krul, Mbemba, Taylor, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita, Colback, Perez (78' Tiote), Wijnaldum, Obertan (69' Thauvin), Mitrovic (88' Cisse).
Subs: Williamson, de Jong, Aarons, Darlow 

Tuesday August 26 

NEWCASTLE UTD 4 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1 (Thauvin, Janmaat, de Jong, Williamson

Darlow, Janmaat, Lascelles, Williamson, Haidara (78' Toney), Tiote, Gouffran, Aarons, de Jong, Thauvin (65' Mitrovic), Perez (72' Colback).
Subs: Dummett, Wijnaldum, Mbemba, Elliot.   

Saturday August 29

NEWCASTLE UTD 0 ARSENAL 1

Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita (72' Perez), Sissoko (78' Cisse), Wijnaldum, Thauvin (87' de Jong), Mitrovic    
Subs: Obertan, Tiote, Darlow, Taylor  

Monday September 14

WEST HAM UTD 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 0

Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita (60' de Jong), Colback, Sissoko, Wijnaldum (79' Aarons), Thauvin (60' Perez), Cisse    Subs: Gouffran, Obertan, Lascelles, Darlow  

Saturday September 19

NEWCASTLE UTD 1 WATFORD 2

Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara (80' Aarons), Wijnaldum, Colback, Thauvin (88' Obertan), Sissoko, Perez, Cisse (45' de Jong)
Subs: Williamson, Anita, Lascelles, Elliot

Wednesday September 23

NEWCASTLE UTD 0 SHEFF WED 1 (League Cup)

Krul, Janmaat (45' Mbabu), Lascelles, Williamson, Mbemba, Anita, Wijnaldum, Thauvin (45' Perez), Sissoko, Obertan (71' Toney), de Jong    
Subs: Coloccini, Gouffran, Elliot, Barlaser 

Saturday September 26

NEWCASTLE UTD 2 CHELSEA 2 (Perez, Wijnaldum)

Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Mbabu, Sissoko (90+2' de Jong), Colback (54' Obertan), Anita, Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic (85' Toney) 
Subs: Williamson, Lascelles, Thauvin, Elliot

Saturday October 3

MANCHESTER CITY 6 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Mitrovic)

Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Mbabu (53' Lascelles), Sissoko (66' Tiote), Anita, Gouffran (66' Thauvin), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Perez    
Subs: Williamson, Cisse, de Jong, Elliot   

Sunday October 18

NEWCASTLE UTD 6 NORWICH 2 (Wijnaldum 4, Perez, Mitrovic)

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett (65' Haidara), Sissoko, Tiote (45' Anita), Colback, Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic (88' Cisse)
Subs: de Jong, Lascelles, Thauvin, Woodman

Sunday October 25

SUNDERLAND 3 NEWCASTLE UTD 0

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett (78' Thauvin), Sissoko, Tiote (45' Lascelles), Colback (49' Anita), Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic    
Subs: Cisse, de Jong, Haidara, Woodman 

Saturday October 31

NEWCASTLE UTD 0 STOKE CITY 0

Elliot, Janmaat (83' Lascelles), Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Tiote (71' de Jong), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Perez    
Subs: Cisse, Gouffran, Haidara, Thauvin, Woodman 

Saturday November 7

BOURNEMOUTH 0 NEWCASTLE UTD (Perez)

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Tiote, Anita (90+3' Mbabu), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic (63' Cisse), Perez (77' Thauvin)
Subs: de Jong, Gouffran, Lascelles, Woodman

Saturday November 21

NEWCASTLE UTD 0 LEICESTER CITY 3

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Tiote (20' Thauvin), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic (62' Cisse), Perez (81' de Jong)
Subs: Gouffran, Lascelles, Woodman, Sterry 

Saturday November 28

CRYSTAL PALACE 5 NEWCASTLE UTD 1 (Cisse)

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback (70' de Jong), Anita, Sissoko, Perez (45' Lascelles), Wijnaldum (70' Gouffran), Cisse 
Subs: Thauvin, Darlow, Sterry, Mitrovic

Sunday December 6

NEWCASTLE UTD 2 LIVERPOOL 0 (Skrtel og, Wijnaldum)

Elliot, Janmaat, Coloccini, Mbemba, Dummett, Sissoko, Colback (77' Gouffran), Anita, Wijnaldum, de Jong (68' Perez), Cisse (82' Thauvin)
Subs: Darlow, Sterry, Mbabu, Mitrovic

Sunday December 14

TOTTENHAM HOT 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 2 (Mitrovic, Perez)

Elliot, Janmaat, Coloccini, Mbemba, Dummett, Sissoko, Colback, Anita (91' Goufran), Wijnaldum, de Jong (63' Perez), Cisse (72' Mitrovic)
Subs: Darlow, Sterry, Mbabu, Thauvin

Saturday December 19

NEWCASTLE UTD 1 ASTON VILLA 1 (Coloccini)

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita (71' Thauvin), Colback, Wijnaldum, de Jong (59' Perez), Cisse (33' Mitrovic)
Subs: Gouffran, Tiote, Darlow, Mbabu

Saturday December 26

NEWCASTLE UTD 0 EVERTON 1

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Colback, Wijnaldum, Perez (87' Thauvin), Mitrovic   
Subs: de Jong, Gouffran, Tiote, Darlow, Mbabu, Toney

Monday December 28

WEST BROM 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 0

Darlow, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback (86' Thauvin), Anita (27' Tiote), Sissoko, Perez (72' de Jong), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic   
Subs: Gouffran, Lascelles, Mbabu, Elliot  

Saturday January 2 2016

ARSENAL 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 0

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Tiote (87' de Jong), Colback (79' Thauvin), Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic   
Subs: Gouffran, Lascelles, Darlow, Toney, Mbabu   

Saturday January 9 2016

FA Cup - WATFORD 1 NEWCASTLE UTD 0

Elliot, Mbemba, Coloccini (45' Lascelles), Dummett, Janmaat, Sissoko, Tiote (82' de Jong), Wijnaldum, Mbabu (52' Thauvin), Perez, Mitrovic   
Subs: Gouffran, Darlow, Toney, Sterry  

Tuesday January 12

NEWCASTLE UTD 3 MAN UTD 3 (Wijnaldum, Mitrovic (pen), Dummett)

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote (85' Toney), Colback (81' Gouffran), Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Perez (90+2' de Jong), Mitrovic   
Subs: Lascelles, Darlow, Marveaux, Sterry

Saturday January 16

NEWCASTLE UTD 2 WEST HAM UTD 1 (Perez, Wijnaldum)

Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett (57' Saivet), Colback, Shelvey, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Perez (80' Gouffran), Mitrovic (90+5' Lascelles)
Subs: Aarons, Darlow, Riviere, Toney

Saturday January 23

WATFORD 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 1

Elliot, Lascelles, Coloccini (88' Riviere), Mbemba, Janmaat, Shelvey, Saivet (59' Gouffran), Aarons (59' Perez), Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Mitrovic   
Subs: Thauvin, Darlow, Taylor, Marveaux

Wednesday February 3

19:45 Everton v Newcastle United

Saturday February 6

15:00 Newcastle United v West Brom

Saturday February 13

17:30 Chelsea v Newcastle United

Sunday February 28

12:00 Newcastle United v Manchester City