Fantail Breeze

How long until the first person says it was a “bunch of Mags”?

This “God awful” squad isn’t awful. It’s a team that has been mismanaged and is devoid of confidence. Easily good enough to canter to a finish of something like 13th or above (as we have the last two years).

Maybe they should start concentrating on themselves

Best player in the world.

Good point. Would’ve been none if Bruce was still here so it’s a point earned.

Palace fans getting irritated at correct decisions.

Absolutely minging keeper. He causes a lot of the defensive issues.

Can’t comprehend how people expect us to suddenly look like prime Barca after three fucking days We’ve been fine. We look much more organised and have limited Palace to half chances. We’re well in the game and have every chance of getting something. 3 days ago this would’ve been a comprehensive defeat.

Mad how obvious it is how much fitter they are than us. Look like a team of smokers against Olympic runners.

ASM has been absolutely dreadful mind.

Under Bruce we’d be about 2-0 down by now. We’ve restricted Palace to fuck all.

How have Palace still got 11 men on the pitch?

How’s that not a booking ffs.

We’re still comical defensively though.

Remember when these idiots celebrated taking Pardew off us?

We look miles better than under Bruce imo. Pressure on the ball, not sat on our own box. See how it goes, but the first 15 have been better.

Wolves starting to look a team again.

We losing yet?

Never been a fan of Simon Jordan, but at least he’s held his hands up and owned it in terms of being wrong about the takeover.

“Aramco St James’ Park” would be less offensive to me. In reality, it’d always be called SJP. Putting a sponsor’s name directly before it would have little impact. When Ashley tried to do it, it was such a hideously long name and had no financial benefit to the club. I’d object if we were suggesting “Aramco Stadium” or something similar.

Interesting though that the media were saying a week ago we couldn’t sack Bruce because the consortium had no plan… It’s almost like they make it up as they go along.

Just seen him on the news. Bar ASM, he’d probably be our best player if we signed him.

You have to click it twice, really quickly. Anyway: Portuguese coach Paulo Fonseca is the choice of Newcastle United director, and part owner, Amanda Staveley to succeed Steve Bruce and steer the club away from relegation danger. Fonseca, 48, has held talks with the club, at which Staveley was present, after she brokered the recent Saudi Arabian takeover deal that saw the Public Investment Fund (PIF) gain control at St James’ Park. Staveley is understood to be impressed with the former AS Roma manager, who also won three titles with Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, but any final decision would have to be rubber-stamped by Newcastle chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan. He represents the interests of principal shareholder PIF, which owns 80 per cent of the club. Staveley's PCP Capital Partners hold 10 per cent, with the remaining 10 per cent controlled by the Reuben family, represented on the club's newly-constituted board by son Jamie. The club’s major decision is whether they need a short-term appointment to ensure survival before building from next summer’s transfer window onwards. Fonseca has no experience of the Premier League but was at Roma after their takeover in 2020 and reached the Europa League semi-finals last season. It is understood he would command a salary of £6 million, including bonuses. Should there be an agreement for him to succeed Bruce, Fonseca would be among the better-paid managers outside the group of Champions League-qualifying or title-winning coaches currently in the Premier League. Al-Rumayyan agreed earlier this week to pay Bruce’s £8m compensation clause, and securing the right man to lead the club in the PIF era will require more investment, even for coaches like Fonseca who will not trigger a “transfer” fee payable to another club. Frank Lampard, Eddie Howe and Lucien Favre are others under consideration who are looking to return to management, while Steven Gerrard has started his coaching career well at Rangers. Managers joining a club mid-season usually negotiate a survival bonus should they keep the club in the division, with Newcastle second from bottom and just a point ahead of Norwich City, although also a victory away from climbing out of the bottom three. Fonseca was in talks to be Jose Mourinho’s successor at Tottenham Hotspur in the summer before negotations broke down, but he has made it clear he would work in England for the right project. He has been based in Kiev, where his wife is from, and some talks with Newcastle have been via video calls. He has outlined his football philosophy that has developed throughout a coaching career that started in the lower leagues of the Portuguese game and then into high-profile jobs with Porto, Paços Ferreira and Braga. In a recent interview with Telegraph Sport, he emphasised his commitment to playing attacking football and said that his style would suit the English game perfectly. Until an appointment is made, Graeme Jones has been put in charge as caretaker manager and will take the helm this weekend for the trip to Crystal Palace, his first match as a Premier League manager