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Atlético Madrid may part ways with manager Diego Simeone soon. Members of the board are dissapointed with the performances and had set out clear objectives for the League and Champions League.[Marca] Simeone heading for Atlético Madrid divorce[The Mirror] https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/diego-simeone-heading-atletico-madrid-21023582 Surely not.

Progressive Bruce. Rafa couldn’t take us into the Amazon Prime age.

What do you mean ‘fans’? You mean the people who see the bigger picture and after 10 years of Ashley are sick of the whole occupation of our club?

The day we DREW with Man City You’d think we beat them.

£20million release clause

4th loss in a row for Eddie Howe with Liverpool and Chelsea up next.

Not a fan of the clock placement.

Shearer said it was a Red God he’s a terrible pundit.

Aye - they're fucking wankers. Total complicit cunts.

The Chronicle @ChronicleNUFC Charlie Nicholas on #NUFC ⏺️Newcastle are ‘very impressive’ away from home ⏺️Steve Bruce is doing a ‘much better job’ than Rafa Benitez Well that was predictable. I wouldn’t mind but everyday since the summer to have the same anti Rafa club PR articles they’ll probably be still doing it everyday in 2020. Rafa Benitez should have just let the club rot in the Championship instead of staying to turn our sinking ship of a club around. You’d never think Rafa Benitez turned our club around promoted it and then got it 10th. “Much better job than Rafa did for Newcastle” how?

Take you time lads née rush. The opposite of Levy

Arsenal have a four-man committee overseeing the managerial recruitment and have drawn up a shortlist of up to 12 names which will be reduced to a few candidates in the next week. The club have started to inteview people and ideally want to make an announcement in a month [Times]

Another one Skysports pundit Charlie Nicholas. “Steve Bruce has brought the passion back and they are nicking points here and there.” “I think the Newcastle fans are accepting what Bruce can do with a fairly average bunch” “Steve Bruce is doing a much better job than what Rafael Benitez did” “They may only be four points above Southampton but they are better than where they were last season” The Chronicle to make that into an article with the headline “Much better than Rafa” in 3...2..1 It’s so predictable.

Jamie Redknapp “Saturday's 2-2 DRAW with Manchester City felt just as good for those fans. They enjoyed this because Newcastle earned that POINT in style” “They had a go against one of the best teams in the world. Yes they only had 23.6 per cent possession but whenever they had the ball, they looked forwards. This was a performance of positivity” “Under Benitez, they'd approach these games in more of a negative manner. They'd sit deep. But Bruce wanted to test City” The same Jamie Redknapp “I don’t buy into those tactics if you’re going to the Etihad by all means but not at home, the possession stats are embarrassing” “If you’re a Newcastle player in that dressing room you’re embarrassed” “It’s been hard to watch, it’s working yeah but it’s not football” “Rafa Benitez is the only manager in the Premier League that can get away with this, he’s made a living out of playing this way” Made a living out of playing that way? Why has Rafa Benitez got the record for the biggest goalscoring Champions League win in Real Madrid & Liverpool’s history? Both 8v0 wins. Why has he got the record for biggest goalscoring win in Chelsea’s PL history(8v0) Why has no other manager produced a team that’s had 7 different goalscorers in a match in Premier League history? Why has he got the biggest goalscoring win in Real Madrid’s history in the last 60 years(10v2) Why is he the highest goal rate Real Madrid manager in the last 60 years with a 2.78 goal average, why hasn’t Guardiola ever had a higher goalscoring average than that anywhere? But yeah Rafa Benitez has only played defensive his whole career... It’s the biggest myth in football. Rafa Benitez has proved he can play all types of approaches it’s the reason he’s been successful with high talent level and lower talent level players. Career approach adaptability = Rafa Benitez.

Likely to be just 2 points from the relegation zone before this game kicks off.

Ex player of Bruce. Stephen Elliott @SleevesElliott Surely Newcastle fans will recognise that Steve Bruce is doing a better job now than what Rafa Benitez was doing. The Chronicle have their next article sorted.

The Chronicle pumping out Phil Neville’s anti Rafa, pro Bruce comments too. Their whole feed is just bash Rafa praise Bruce.

Ohh look The Chronicle making an article out of Jamie Redknapp’s anti Rafa, pro Bruce comments and retweeting the article 9999 times a day. Since the summer that theme by The Chronicle has been relentless. Stinks of PR man Keith Bishop.

He was on their shortlist before he’d be among the bookies favourites as usual.

Yeah I’d like to see if he would be able to get Arsenal good defensively it would be some test.

And Rafa Benitez to take over 2nd place Leicester yes please

His character suggests he’d jump at it I definitely think he’ll go to Arsenal if offered it.

Rodgers mentions he has a release clause He’d walk to Arsenal all the way from Leicester.

Geoff Shreeves “When Leicester won the league they didn’t win 6 in a row like you have what does that tell us” Must mean they’re going to win the league Geoff