Holmesy

The defeat is entirely predictable and no surprise. The nature of the defeat was absolutely pathetic and inexcusable. There was nothing ‘game management’ about it. It’s was cowardice and terrible management full stop. He might not be a manager but at least have a fucking go!

You’re absolutely right, leaving your best players on the bench is often the winning formula. Football management 101. If it was about throwing your best players on to try and win the game in the last 20 minutes, Wilson and ASM wouldn’t have started the game

We were always going to park the bus against Chelsea and it’s the right tactic given where we are, but leaving Almiron on the bench means we have limited pace on the counter. That means we’re parking the bus with no desire to win the game, which Rafa wouldn’t do

I don’t know what he’s seeing that we’re not because team is absolutely mingin’ Fraser rewarded for one of the worst performances I’ve seen in an NUFC shirt, with another start?! Class!

If it’s Martinez I’ll get behind him. He’s 100 times the manager Bruce is. Given some of the names mentioned, it would be underwhelming but look where we are in the league and look at our squad! Maybe the top guys don’t want to come just yet. Personally, I think it’s likely just people lumping on Martinez because Jones has said he’s staying regardless and they’re putting 2+2 together.

Arsenal: Martinelli Aston Villa: Mcginn Brentford: Norgaard Brighton: Lamptey Burnley: Tarkowski Chelsea: Barkley Crystal Palace: Milivoyevic Everton: Holgate Leeds: Raphinha Leicester: Justin Liverpool: The Ox Man City: Ake Man United: Van Der Beek Norwich: Cantwell Southampton: Ward-Prowse Tottenham: Winks Watford: Sarr West Ham: Fredericks Wolves: Neves

Conor Coady would walk into our back line and be comfortably the best CB we have. He’s also take the captain’s armband off Lascelles and actually lead our back line.

Best game in an NUFC shirt to-date. It’s not a high bar but credit where it’s due

I know we’ve got all the money in the world but they’re still business people. We’ve just had to fork out £8m to get rid of Steve Fucking Bruce FFS! Chucking another £10m to buy the next manager out of his contract doesn’t make business sense if there are decent free options out there, which there seems to be plenty of.

Absolutely mingin’ team! Wtf is that?!

Really looking forward to seeing which of our players are genuinely shit and which were just Bruced. Rafa got a tune out of plenty of players we’d written off

Players like ASM just want a manager to say ‘go out and play. Play where you want and how you want’ and that’s exactly what he would’ve got with Bruce. No shackles at all! Mainly because Bruce is too simple tactically to do/say anything else.

Try and see it from the point of view of a prospective manager, not a fan with personal gripes. Almiron - pace and skill Lascelles - proven PL CB and leader Both are easily good enough for a mid-table PL side.

Pretty sure Dec was choking back tears at one point as well. Beautiful to see. Shame Bruce had to ruin it. ?

Last season he had a pre-season at Arsenal and was playing the way Arsenal have coached him for years. This season he’s had a pre-season with Bruce, is coached by muppets and is given 4 days off a week. This is very much Bruce’s version of Willock. At least we know there’s a player in there. Hopefully the new manager can discover it.

For 5 minutes it felt fucking glorious and gave a taste of what is hopefully to come. It’s been a long time since SJP looked and sounded like that!

Stop playing Clark, Lascelles and Ritchie you spanner! You’ve got 2 better CBs and 2 proper LBs on the bench you fucking plum! Defence is too frail! The fucking nerve!

Bruce Bingo - my guess is ‘scored too early’

No more talk of Bruce staying No more talk of only £50m being spent in January! Fuck this fat fraud off tonight, get a manager with pedigree in ASAP and give him as much as you possibly can to rebuild this fucking mess! You’ve seen all you need to see now! This gets no better until changes are made!

Joelinton has actually got worse! I thought he’d hit rock bottom but nope, he actually can get even shitter

You are utterly wank Steve Bruce! Hopefully this is a fitting end to your time here - surrendering with a whimper. Twat!

Such a shame the new owners have fucked up what should’ve been a huge celebration. This was so fucking predictable. One more game gone and we’re still in the relegation zone. Massive mistake!

Bruce will send them out fired up for it the second half lads, don’t worry!

And that’s exactly what you get when you don’t sack the guy who presides over this shitshow.

Why is our defensive positioning so consistently shit when our manager is a former CB. It’s fucking inexcusable!