Roeder unhappy with Newcastle performance
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Bolton Wanderers continued their impressive run with victory at Newcastle United today.
A dominant Newcastle side had taken the lead when Shola Ameobi hit home a penalty after Abdoulaye Faye was judged to have handled Obafemi Martin's cross.
But El Hadji Diouf turned the game on its head in the second half with two goals in two minutes, first turning in Nicolas Anelka's cross and then heading home.
Martins later saw a drive deflected but Newcastle could not find the equaliser.
"We've shot ourselves in the foot," said Toon boss Glenn Roeder. "It wasn't what Bolton did, it is what we did to ourselves.
"The manner of the defeat concerns me greatly and was typical. It was unacceptable defending and it has to stop and stop quickly.
"The only thing we can do is get back on the training ground and work hard."
The defeat meant Newcastle have only taken four points at home in their opening four matches at St James' Park.
With a crop of testing Premiership matches to come and a Uefa Cup group campaign to contest, starting with Thursday's Uefa Cup tie at home to Fenerbahce, Roeder wants to stop the rot sooner rather than later.
Roeder said: "Individuals have to do their jobs but they also have to work as a unit and stop the opposition scoring.
"Over the next 11 weeks we will play a minimum of 19 games and we have to get back to winning."
Bolton were left in a buoyant mood, having earned their first league win at St James's Park since 1959, enough to move them to third place in the Premiership.
Trotters boss Sam Allardyce credited a change of tactics at half-time to his side returning as winners.
"We couldn't compete with Newcastle in the first half so I changed it and really wanted to squeeze them from the front," said Allardyce.
"We wanted to shut down the back four, win the ball in midfield and it worked a treat.
"We won comfortably in the end and third place is the measure of our commitment and quality this year. "
A dominant Newcastle side had taken the lead when Shola Ameobi hit home a penalty after Abdoulaye Faye was judged to have handled Obafemi Martin's cross.
But El Hadji Diouf turned the game on its head in the second half with two goals in two minutes, first turning in Nicolas Anelka's cross and then heading home.
Martins later saw a drive deflected but Newcastle could not find the equaliser.
"We've shot ourselves in the foot," said Toon boss Glenn Roeder. "It wasn't what Bolton did, it is what we did to ourselves.
"The manner of the defeat concerns me greatly and was typical. It was unacceptable defending and it has to stop and stop quickly.
"The only thing we can do is get back on the training ground and work hard."
The defeat meant Newcastle have only taken four points at home in their opening four matches at St James' Park.
With a crop of testing Premiership matches to come and a Uefa Cup group campaign to contest, starting with Thursday's Uefa Cup tie at home to Fenerbahce, Roeder wants to stop the rot sooner rather than later.
Roeder said: "Individuals have to do their jobs but they also have to work as a unit and stop the opposition scoring.
"Over the next 11 weeks we will play a minimum of 19 games and we have to get back to winning."
Bolton were left in a buoyant mood, having earned their first league win at St James's Park since 1959, enough to move them to third place in the Premiership.
Trotters boss Sam Allardyce credited a change of tactics at half-time to his side returning as winners.
"We couldn't compete with Newcastle in the first half so I changed it and really wanted to squeeze them from the front," said Allardyce.
"We wanted to shut down the back four, win the ball in midfield and it worked a treat.
"We won comfortably in the end and third place is the measure of our commitment and quality this year. "
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