Holmesy

There is no argument that can be made for this guy being in the team, none! He consistently costs us goals, he’s one of the worst one-on-one defenders I’ve ever seen and we have other options. I can only assume Bruce is picking him because he’s tall or something else basic as fuck like that. stick him in the bin and leave him there ffs!

That mistake was nowt to do with him being a fullback playing out of position, it was down to him being a generally shit footballer

Because according to their baffling rules he is. If only there was a thick and incompetent test alongside it.

Why the fuck not?! What have you possibly seen that gives you confidence he can keep us up FFS?! We won’t win another game this season and our run in is wretched. On every level it’s the wrong decision to keep him - business, football, human

Stick with Bruce and it’s an admission by Ashley and Charnley that they don’t care if we go down, because it’s a nailed on certainty.

Worse than John Carver, comfortably

We’re down. 100%

This is embarrassing! If we’re just going to hoof the ball up it would’ve made more sense to play Carrol

Ryan Fraser is fucking useless!

We didn't sack Rafa, we just let him walk away.....not sure which one is worst How often do clubs let managers' contracts expire to go to other domestic clubs? Never. Literally, never. The only time a contract for a manager has wound down for them to then exit has been retirement. Wenger, Ferguson and to a lesser extend Gradi (who kept dipping back in from a technical director position at Crewe) are the only ones I can think of domestically. I don't think this aberration of a decision (to not comply with Rafa's request for club funds to be spent as he directed and thus renew his contract) got enough coverage at the time and is the single most damning indictment of the whole Ashley tenure imo, and that includes the Keegan tribunal, the ghosting of Shearer post relegation and the Joelinton signing. It didn't get enough coverage because other than Newcastle supporters, no one else cared so it wouldn't have generated enough clicks and ad revenue for the media. It's much more profitable to start a row between fans by antagonising them with inflammatory, condescending comments than to cover events that are so baffling that in any other industry they'd be subject to investigation.

The contrast in competence and ability between the two is frightening. Sacking a world class manager and binning off a proven PL striker to bring in Steve Bruce and an untried £40m non-striker is baffling in anyone’s book

Sean and Matty could both be doing a job for us right now and I reckon Ritchie could as well - more assist and goal threat than anyone else in the team last night. All victims of Bruce’s pettiness and fragile ego.

Who? Bruce?

When the sum total of our attacking threat is zero, we’ve got nothing to lose starting him

Has to start, simple as. Gayle, Joelinton and Fraser starting ahead of him highlights Bruce’s stupidity, as if it needed highlighting any more.

It’s off to the glue factory for you dobbin

I know Bruce hates him now because he’s a petty cunt, but surely Matt Ritchie’s mediocre goal threat would be worth a try over this garbage!

Not even sure there are words enough to describe how shit this guy is.

£40m!! Still can’t believe it!

Under Bruce we’re down 100%. He’s shown all season he can’t win without ASM in the team and can barely win with him in the team. Only hope now is parachute someone in who can get a tune out of the depleted squad. Someone new might be able to get an unexpected result against one of the top half teams. Bruce without question will not and then we’re down again

Has he ever connected well with a shot in the time he’s been here?! I’ve seen kids in the playground with better technique. Professional £40m scuffer!

So far this season, Bruce’s Newcastle United has been comfortably outplayed by every team below us in the league. What a fucking embarrassment!

This is Premier League football FFS! Absolutely disgraceful. Steve Bruce’s legacy!

It’s absolutely staggering that Ashley hasn’t binned this useless imposter yet. He’s know for his stubbornness and his shit decisions but this is bordering on deliberate sabotage. Just sitting back watching his £300m asset sleepwalk its way to another relegation because Bruce ‘hasn’t caused him any problems’.

No. His poor tactical and personnel changes to react to those injuries changed the balance of the game. Give over man. Who would you have put on to replace our two best players and keep dominance in the game?! After Wilson, ASM and Almirante we’ve got nothing.