Alan Shearer

going forward, you know.

So, I mean, he scored a great goal.

I mean, I'd say what you want about Villa's defending.

Coutinho just stood and let him run past him, didn't he?

But, yeah, he looks really promising.

And their recruitment's been good, hasn't it?

In terms of they know someone's going, they've got to get someone else in.

They've done really well Bournemouth in doing that.

Yeah, I'm with that.

I mean, Eddie gave me my best day as a Newcastle fan in my lifetime.

So I'm not turning on him at all.

I think you have to look at the...

look at the bigger picture as to see why and what's going on rather than just say, okay, and I get it, that results.

Because of the very high standards that he's set, Champions League football continually getting to latter stages of a cup competitions, which we've always struggled in, you know, and getting to Champions League and all of that.

And that's the standard that he's set now.

So when you drop below that, then you're going to come in for some criticism.

And I get that and understand that.

because as a manager, you have to go out when you have to win games.

And at the minute, Newcastle are not, and they're not sitting pretty in the Premier League with what they've spent.

So let's get back to the, let's look at the bigger picture.