Swansea City's central midfield two of Jonjo Shelvey and Jack Cork were everything that Newcastle United's pairing of Jack Colback and Vurnon Anita want to be. The Swans' pair displayed the perfect blend of industry and flair and throughly outclassed United's double act, who couldn't get anywhere near their counterparts. Yes the Toon's 'pivot' had their backs against the wall for the majority of the game, but they looked utterly lost for the first 40 minutes of the game when it was 11 vs 11 and couldn't do anything to effect it. Colback and Anita were miles off the pace during the entire 90 minutes and their willingness to implement McClaren's brand of passing football landed Newcastle in trouble on more than one occasion. We're not saying that they should have lumped the ball forward, but it was clear to see that 'fighting fire with fire' simply wasn't working so a change could have rescued the result. Obviously once the players that played under the gutless tactics of Alan Pardew and John Carver get used their their new head coach's way of doing things, things will get better for The Magpies. But that seems to be a worryingly long way off, as one of the upper-mid table side's engine room had the beating of them. Comfortably. This was a lesson for Jack and Vurn, one they would have learned a lot from.
