Newcastle United great Alan Shearer says they need to make a managerial appointment quickly.

The Magpies are without a manager after Steve Bruce's departure and Graeme Jones has taken one point from two games in caretaker charge of the club.

Shearer said: "It's a culmination of poor recruitment for years, barring a couple of players and retention of players who are just not good enough but it was cheaper to keep them than replace them.

"They had five players out there who were in the Championship five years ago so that's why they are where they are.

"But, I understand why they played the game how they did today in terms of the system that the manager played. The system never allowed them to get out at all and it never allowed them to pose a threat on Chelsea at all.

"Every time the goalkeeper got the ball it seemed he was kicking it long because of that.

"That's the system they played, they had a 5-3-2 and everyone back on the defending, but the problem with that is that when you win the ball they kicked it straight back to Chelsea and they turn around and come at you again."