Matthias Jaissle deserves some slack - his Newcastle United stars are letting him down

If this is the way Newcastle United are to enter the second five-year cycle since the takeover then heaven help us. Coventry away was United's first game since the fifth anniversary of the changing of the guard with another significant reshape very much in its infancy and what happens? Everything negative. Consider the unpalatable facts: United collapsed to their second successive 4-1 away defeat in the PL. Coventry City had not taken a point or even scored at home but notched four from only six shots on target.