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."
Finally, commenting on Aleksandar Mitrovic's second super-quick yellow card in as many weeks, Carver revealed he had wanted to sign the Serbian while at the Magpies helm - as well as comparing him to Alan Shearer. Carver said of Mitrovic:
"As sure as eggs is eggs he (Mitrovic) is going to get a red card. "But let me say - this is the sort of thing that gets Newcastle fans going, it actually picks them up. He's got to try and control himself though. "He is a good player. He's one player we were looking at when me and Steve were there. "He's an old-fashioned centre-forward and he's the nearest thing we've had to Alan Shearer since Alan Shearer."
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