Robster Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 There are any amount of lower league managers who would take the job and a lot of them would be better. Eddie Howe and Graham Potter were scouted and hired by relatively small clubs who couldn't afford the big names. Why would you pay £4m to bring Steve Bruce here? His reputation was shot ages ago. I don't believe the 11th choice rumours either. Desperation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Also, we probably can’t hire a young promising manager because nobody at NUFC knows who they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Also, we probably can’t hire a young promising manager because nobody at NUFC knows who they are. Definitely think that’s the case. It’s likely Bruce approached us, just like Rafa did and probably Pardew did. McClaren was Carr’s mate. Can’t imagine the muppets at the top (ie Ashley and Charley) would have a clue who to approach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Watford who lost 8-0 to Man City this weekend, Watford had more possession then we did against Brighton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 incredible that they decided that pudgy, clueless wankstain was the appropriate followup to rafa because of local connections and that some people have bought it up. It's not incredible, when I suggested that he was targeted only because he was a Geordie there was resistance to that idea even on here. But what other reason would Ashley have actually paid good money to bring him here? He's 'one of our own' just like big Andy Carroll. Did you hear the fans singing that yesterday? Ashley played us all for mugs after binning Rafa, and it worked. It's all still incredible imo. We're all living in some real life perpetual punchline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Watford who lost 8-0 to Man City this weekend, Watford had more possession then we did against Brighton. City are good, but they’re no Brighton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Also, we probably can’t hire a young promising manager because nobody at NUFC knows who they are. That much is evident, most normal owners who don't know much about football will hire someone who does. We gave the job to the secretary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 “We've got five points (from six games). We're one below par - that's the way I see it at the moment. It's been like that for the past couple of years, so we know what's expected and we'll try and get better.' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 “We've got five points (from six games). We're one below par - that's the way I see it at the moment. It's been like that for the past couple of years, so we know what's expected and we'll try and get better.' I mean....what the fuck?!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The really galling thing is for 12 minutes at the end of the game you could see the potential of the team, basically when they abandoned Bruce's "tactics" and went for it. What the fuck we were doing for the previous 80 minutes I have no idea. The only input i saw from this fat pudding was when he shouted 'time' to one of our players on the ball. Fucking 'time'?! He's a professional footballer you dickhead, if he doesn't know himself that he has 'time' he shouldn't be anywhere near professional football. If that's the sum total of his game management from the touchline we really are screwed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 “We've got five points (from six games). We're one below par - that's the way I see it at the moment. It's been like that for the past couple of years, so we know what's expected and we'll try and get better.' 38 points is the lofty aim then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I was thinking a point a game would be the objective. Would probably keep you up if you achieved it. Nowhere near guaranteed mind, I can’t see us improving as the season goes on, if anything we’ll get worse as Rafa’s methods fade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thick cunt doesn't even realise that under par is better than par. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thick c*** doesn't even realise that under par is better than par. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Point a game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Little Waster Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 “We've got five points (from six games). We're one below par - that's the way I see it at the moment. It's been like that for the past couple of years, so we know what's expected and we'll try and get better.' 38 points is the lofty aim then. Theres always the FA Cup ... its a great day ou... oh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Still haven't heard a single word that the fat mess has said since he became manager, as I have managed to completely avoid nufc on all forms of media this season. It's been most liberating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thick cunt doesn't even realise that under par is better than par. My thoughts exactly Surely over par then you fucking wingnut. I tell what fucks me right off. If we'd nicked that game in the last few minutes, the mood music would be hugely different and yet the performance would've been completely fucking hopeless. There seems to be so few people out there prepared to come out and call this what it is. A joke of an appointment. I'm convinced the 'Bruce era' will be remember with as much jocularity as the Carver/Kinnear era's. Possibly even more so because he was the fall guy following Rafa. If the two plums in charge had any degree of football knowledge they'd have gone in big for a Potter/Arteta/Vieira who the fans would've given more time too. How they can expect anyone to get behind this gonad is anyones guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Anyone with a braincell can see that. Unfortunately as has been said before, because he's a Geordie and he's "brought big Andy home" most fans will lap it up with the "he's one of us" shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I was really worried Carroll would get the winner like, would’ve been unbearable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 fucking putting out stuff through luke edwards, I see. trying to spin that hayden stuff from saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 That was the vilest form of football I have ever witnessed. I sat stunned as the game started and we played off the ball, allowing Brighton to grow into the game. To play a relegation game, at home, as if you were playing Citeh away is completely and utterly daft. What was Bruce thinking? With that strategy, the games was not won before the ball was even kicked. Even Pards wasn't this gormless. It starts with his selection of Shelvey. Not only slow of foot, Shelvey is slow of wit as well. If I had any goodwill towards the club I might feel sorry for him. Watching him stand, slump shouldered with his head down, I was reminded of a fading star finally realizing that the game has passed him by. But Shelvey is not any of that. He's a petulant 27 year old with limited athleticism and absolutely zero desire to make up for his physical failings with an active mind and any attempt at reading the game. So did Bruce decide to play soft to protect his gutless quarterback or did he play soft because it was safer to play to not lose? Probably both. The fact that the listless squad showed some spark after Shelvey was removed has to have registered with even the dim Bruce and the fact that there may have been an argument (?) about his removal speaks volumes. Bearing in mind that those volumes are either populated with, at best, empty pages or the childish passive aggressive pictures of a psuedo footballer and his vapid head coach. Bruce's post game quotes were farcical. The only truth he spoke was when he said the team stole one. And even that wouldn't have happened if not for the brilliant effort of Fabian Schar. The same Schar who blasted the team's effort as "shit". I'd like to get into his here. Did the team play passive against Bruce's wishes? I doubt it. Cabbage head looked calm on the sideline, indicating that the plan was, indeed, to play soft against a toothless Brighton squad. so the fact that the squad played like "shit" was more of a veiled criticism of the plan and by direct association their fearful leader, Bruce. So when Shelvey comes off (with Almiron) for Ki (and St Maximin) what changed? With Shelvey off did the plan change to a more aggressive pressing defense, leading to a brighter offense flow? Or, did the players shrug off Bruce's passive desires? Enquiring minds want to know. What we do know is that Shelvey should not see the pitch from anything other than a seat in the stands. What we do know is that Bruce is on the verge of mutiny. He's well in over his head and even the happy clappers will be consumed by apathy as Newcastle, under Bruce's leadership, sleepwalk through the foreseeable future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 That was the vilest form of football I have ever witnessed. I sat stunned as the game started and we played off the ball, allowing Brighton to grow into the game. To play a relegation game, at home, as if you were playing Citeh away is completely and utterly daft. What was Bruce thinking? With that strategy, the games was not won before the ball was even kicked. Even Pards wasn't this gormless. It starts with his selection of Shelvey. Not only slow of foot, Shelvey is slow of wit as well. If I had any goodwill towards the club I might feel sorry for him. Watching him stand, slump shouldered with his head down, I was reminded of a fading star finally realizing that the game has passed him by. But Shelvey is not any of that. He's a petulant 27 year old with limited athleticism and absolutely zero desire to make up for his physical failings with an active mind and any attempt at reading the game. So did Bruce decide to play soft to protect his gutless quarterback or did he play soft because it was safer to play to not lose? Probably both. The fact that the listless squad showed some spark after Shelvey was removed has to have registered with even the dim Bruce and the fact that there may have been an argument (?) about his removal speaks volumes. Bearing in mind that those volumes are either populated with, at best, empty pages or the childish passive aggressive pictures of a psuedo footballer and his vapid head coach. Bruce's post game quotes were farcical. The only truth he spoke was when he said the team stole one. And even that wouldn't have happened if not for the brilliant effort of Fabian Schar. The same Schar who blasted the team's effort as "shit". I'd like to get into his here. Did the team play passive against Bruce's wishes? I doubt it. Cabbage head looked calm on the sideline, indicating that the plan was, indeed, to play soft against a toothless Brighton squad. so the fact that the squad played like "shit" was more of a veiled criticism of the plan and by direct association their fearful leader, Bruce. So when Shelvey comes off (with Almiron) for Ki (and St Maximin) what changed? With Shelvey off did the plan change to a more aggressive pressing defense, leading to a brighter offense flow? Or, did the players shrug off Bruce's passive desires? Enquiring minds want to know. What we do know is that Shelvey should not see the pitch from anything other than a seat in the stands. What we do know is that Bruce is on the verge of mutiny. He's well in over his head and even the happy clappers will be consumed by apathy as Newcastle, under Bruce's leadership, sleepwalk through the foreseeable future. Can't argue with much of that although I will contest that that game changed when Shelvey came off. It didn't really because Ki did next to bugger all as well. It actually changed when ASM came on and started running at and through Brighton, and to a lesser when Carroll came on as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 “We've got five points (from six games). We're one below par - that's the way I see it at the moment. It's been like that for the past couple of years, so we know what's expected and we'll try and get better.' 38 points is the lofty aim then. The hapless old dear seems to have forgotten his early season statement that he wasn't coming here to aim for 17th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johneddy Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 mebbees meant 19th man give him some slack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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