Disco Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 If Almiron is so burned out why did they spend the window trying to flog Atsu? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunce Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I can't think of anyone I'd rather manage Ashley's club. Apart from Pardew. This He is perfect , i am loving steve bruce! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Rafa's football was shite as well tbf, but this tops it. i hate this fucking myth. it was safe and defensive initially - out of necessity. but he managed to work on it and turn it round. we had a decent last few months of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nattfare Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 The three Steves planning new training drills. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Can't wait to tell my grandkids about the time Bruce had us in 10th place in February And even then, we dropped to 12th by the time the round of fixtures ended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 We played some class stuff under Rafa at times, and yeah it was defensive but he knows how to counter and when we got Almiron we played very attacking Complete myth that we were fundamentally negative/defensive under Rafa. Scored 100 goals in the Championship season for starters, including two 6-0s. It was defense first in the Premier League but that's because good defenders cost about a fifth the price of good attackers. Also most of us expected the football to improve massively under Rafa as he got better quality players through the door which would improve our possession tenfold. That never happened of course, and that is why he left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 We played some class stuff under Rafa at times, and yeah it was defensive but he knows how to counter and when we got Almiron we played very attacking Complete myth that we were fundamentally negative/defensive under Rafa. Scored 100 goals in the Championship season for starters, including two 6-0s. It was defense first in the Premier League but that's because good defenders cost about a fifth the price of good attackers. Also most of us expected the football to improve massively under Rafa as he got better quality players through the door which would improve our possession tenfold. That never happened of course, and that is why he left. Exactly this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 At least there was always a plan with Rafa and we got better when we signed Kenedy and Almiron in the second half of the seasons Bruce's plan is give it to ASM or Almiron and hope for some magic. Same as Pardew and HBA. We've got no guile or subtlety at all to our play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 At least there was always a plan with Rafa and we got better when we signed Kenedy and Almiron in the second half of the seasons Bruce's plan is give it to ASM or Almiron and hope for some magic. Same as Pardew and HBA. We've got no guile or subtlety at all to our play The one difference you can credit him for is that he's not thrown any of the attackers to the wolves and doesn't look like doing so. I mean blaming them etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 At least there was always a plan with Rafa and we got better when we signed Kenedy and Almiron in the second half of the seasons Bruce's plan is give it to ASM or Almiron and hope for some magic. Same as Pardew and HBA. We've got no guile or subtlety at all to our play The one difference you can credit him for is that he's not thrown any of the attackers to the wolves and doesn't look like doing so. I mean blaming them etc. His man management is probably quite decent tbf, we do have a lot of spirit as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Man management is not about being a nice bloke. It's about managing people in a way to get the best out of them and getting them to improve and fulfill their potential. Bruce is clearly incapable of this as is obvious in the decline of some players and no improvement in any of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Constantly gets digs in at Rafa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Constantly gets digs in at Rafa He’s been in charge over 6 months and he cannot blame the previous manager for his own obvious failings. I honestly cannot stand the useless prick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Honestly man, the way he goes on is probably the worst I've heard from any Newcastle manager. I didn't hear Rafa blame McClaren when he first came etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Constantly gets digs in at Rafa We didn't even dominate Rochdale or Oxford. Weirdly we dominated plenty of teams in the Championship, so not sure why Oxford are a struggle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 What year is this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Pathetic little man. Utter coward. Changed my mind. I can't wait for it to go wrong so I can watch him squirm and cry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 and there's still fans that support this fraud. Enjoy your day out and getting your wave after being outplayed by League 1 Oxford. Absolute mugs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Edwards is off again... canny little twitter spat between him and Chopra, with guest appearance by Wraith... Edwards tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 https://twitter.com/sundaysupp/status/1223920916301828101?s=21 This is exactly what it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Edwards is off again... canny little twitter spat between him and Chopra, with guest appearance by Wraith... Edwards tho He's definitely wanking while he's writing these tweets. Absolute deviant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 It's what his Telegraph audience want to hear. Bruce like Ashley like Edwards is one of their own. They have little to no affinity with the club or the city. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 He’s getting an absolute shoeing in the comments. And rightly so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 'Unbeaten in 7 games' seems to be the new propaganda tag line. Seen it from both Edwards and now Pete Graves today. Completely ignores the fact 3 of those 7 were against league one opposition, and two of them we scraped draws! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Even Kinnear went six or seven unbeaten at one point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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