These managers all know their onions and cut their cloth accordingly.
If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.
My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste.
Newcastle are absolutely besotted by injuries.
To be a great game, one of the teams has to score first.
The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.