Roeder Warns Players / Curbishley Pleased

By Matt Jones
March 27 2006

Newcastle United caretaker boss Glenn Roeder has warned his players that they need to be more consistent in thier performances and cut out silly mistakes if they want a long career at the club. Meanwhile, Addicks boss Alan Curbishley was delighted with his sides performance this weekend.

Glenn Roeder: "If the players want to have a long career at this club, they have to be more consistent and cut out the mistakes - otherwise they will find that professional football is a hard, cruel game.

"We are giving away goals that a manager cannot legislate for. Our defending for all three goals was woeful.

"We lost 1-0 [in the FA Cup quarter-final] at Chelsea last Wednesday, and every member of their back four - Geremi, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho and Asier Del Horno - was prepared to put his foot through the ball.

"There is no need for tippy-tappy play at the back. If basic defending is good enough for Chelsea, who are the champions, then it has to be good enough for our defenders.

"We are 13th in the Premiership now, and mid-table is not good enough for Newcastle. It will be a huge job for the next manager to sort this out."

Alan Curbishley said: "I was really pleased with the performance, but I am at a loss when it comes to working out how our season has gone.

"At the start of the campaign we were playing terrific football, but we could not win at The Valley and we were winning away from home.

"Since Christmas, we have not been able to win away but we have been excellent at home. But I have everybody fit - which has not happened for some time - so I am confident about the run-in."

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