LV Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I could put up with it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Tells the press to do one by insulting his players then insults his players himself. He has now had two windows to get another competent striker if that is what he is complaining about. There is no excuse. Absolutley no clue. If you look at the stats for pass completion rate in the final third, Newcastle are the worst in the premier league, so not sure even a striker is going to be able to do much if he never sees the ball in the penalty area. The football we are producing is absolutely rancid, and Bruce has no idea how to fix it. He's not a coach, he's a glorified Terry Mac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-tactics-steve-bruce-benitez-17680871 So he’s saying that his team can’t pass and can’t run fast. Unfukinbeliveable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7961759/Steve-Bruces-Newcastle-awful-getting-worse-bottom-conceivable-metric.html Get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-tactics-steve-bruce-benitez-17680871 So he’s saying that his team can’t pass and can’t run fast. Unfukinbeliveable! "I could change tomorrow like *this*, open us up, play open and expansive football, play the way Norwich play quite easily but for me, it's all about keeping the club where we need to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7962701/Newcastle-boss-Steve-Bruce-admits-lacks-personnel-play-style-wants.html His comments there man! Another dig at Rafa and one at Matty Longstaff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 'I think that's an insult to the players, I really, really do. They might not be technically the best but they go out and give us as much as they can give. Yes, Steve, that is an insult to the players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Even against the likes of Man City and Liverpool I didn't expect us to be dominated under Rafa. With Bruce it's every single game, even against the mighty League 1 Oxford. But aye Bruce could things just like *this* if he wanted to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Even against the likes of Man City and Liverpool I didn't expect us to be dominated under Rafa. With Bruce it's every single game, even against the mighty League 1 Oxford. But aye Bruce could things just like *this* if he wanted to. I mean, I love Rafa and loathe Bruce as much as the next guy, but we were regularly dominated by big teams (pretty much every time we played them) under Rafa. We weren’t dominated by Norwich though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Bruce has been in the job for 7 months, he has had two transfer windows and signed 8 players to which he has said himself he was delighted with all of the signings made. Yet, he is still bullshitting that he can't change tactics or even get the players to string 3 passes together. Lejeune and Schar are probably the best passers of the ball in the squad yet they find themselves on the bench. He apparently wants Shelvey, Hayden, Ritchie and the Longstaff brothers tied down to longer contracts, but why would he if he feels they can't control or pass a football. Look what Dean Smith managed to do with Villa's style of football after Bruce was sacked. Villa fans said the football was turgid under Bruce, but Smith with the same group of players made them more attractive and successful. The reality is that Bruce is a fraud and he has managed to create this myth about himself that he has this attacking football philosophy waiting to be unleashed, but Benitez who has been gone since the summer is preventing him from doing so. Bruce is not a deep thinker of the game and he doesn't have this complicated and sophisticated style of football that only a handful of specific players can make work. Not one journalist who have been asked numerous times can explain what Bruce's style of football is, they have only said he is a nice guy and that's about it. Bruce has been in management for over 20 years and I have not heard any fan of his previous clubs or any of his friends in the media say what great football Bruce teams play, but he has conjured a false image of himself and the media have just ran with it. Only Craig Hope has hit the nail on the head by saying there is no identity with this Newcastle team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 "Do you think I tell them: 'Give it to Norwich. As soon as you get it lads, just pass it to a green and yellow shirt?' Do you really really, really, really believe that is me?" he told reporters ahead of the FA Cup fourth-round replay against Oxford. "We have not got enough quality to go and pass the ball around better." All the players that were responsible for passing the ball and getting the ball higher up the pitch under Rafa are still there in our defence and midfield. Do Norwich, Villa and Sheffield United really have more 'quality' than we do?! Absolutely not. This man is so crazy. This man literally does not understand that it is his responsibility to drill the team on shape and movement to facilitate the passing game. This to me is literally unbelievable. He is earning millions as a manager in the top league in the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 That's a shocking quote Think I'd take Kinnear back to get rid of this bloke, hate him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 So, in Shelvey, Longstaff, Schar, Lejuene, St Maximim, Bentaleb, Muto, Almiron, Joelinton, Ritchie etc. we don't have enough ability to pass the ball around better than we are at the moment?! That is literally one of the worst quotes i've ever seen from a football manager.....ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Seems to have gone full Pardew hasn’t he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Not sure why he's so mentally fragile if we're doing so well. Curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It is so unsettling. I honestly could barely believe it when I read it. And he says that so openly without any shame, and is not questioned about it. What does he think the purpose of his job is then? I mean there are numerous teams in leagues lower than us that pass the ball around well. What on earth is he talking about? It's not as though we are trying to emulate Peps Barcelona team of the past for goodness sake. Can we just occasionally string a few passes that might create a scoring chance? At least a couple of times a game? For goodness sake! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Fans fault incoming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Seems to have gone full Pardew hasn’t he? He always was. He's done nothing but lower expectations since coming in. The only thing that separates him from Pardew is he's a Geordie which the knuckle draggers in our support lapped up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Little Waster Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Says something for the paying ' fans ' that they dont complain other than a few desultory boos at full time on the odd occasion . They obviously dont understand or care about football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Among the worst quotes ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I used to obsess over Pardew's quotes because he had such a rotten agenda that it felt like every sentence he came out with was enough to make you rage. I've tried (not very hard, admittedly) to avoid that with Bruce, but his comments over the last few days have just been one corker after another. He comes across as so insecure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 We'll scrape a win tonight and Bruce, his fawning press and the Ashleyistas in the stands will be like a dog with two dicks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Seems to have gone full Pardew hasn’t he? He always was. He's done nothing but lower expectations since coming in. The only thing that separates him from Pardew is he's a Geordie which the knuckle draggers in our support lapped up. Disagree to a certain extent. Both poor managers but Bruce has (had) certain likeable qualities. He’s clearly good on a personal level with the players whereas Pardew couldn’t help be a pure odious narcissistic prick at every opportunity that was presented to him. Bruce is just in the same situation as McClaren. He’s way over his head and the pressure is clearly getting to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Can't stand this cunt seriously. Just waiting for them to announce a new 5 year contract as he's "overachieving" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Bruce has been in the job for 7 months, he has had two transfer windows and signed 8 players to which he has said himself he was delighted with all of the signings made. Yet, he is still bullshitting that he can't change tactics or even get the players to string 3 passes together. Lejeune and Schar are probably the best passers of the ball in the squad yet they find themselves on the bench. He apparently wants Shelvey, Hayden, Ritchie and the Longstaff brothers tied down to longer contracts, but why would he if he feels they can't control or pass a football. Look what Dean Smith managed to do with Villa's style of football after Bruce was sacked. Villa fans said the football was turgid under Bruce, but Smith with the same group of players made them more attractive and successful. The reality is that Bruce is a fraud and he has managed to create this myth about himself that he has this attacking football philosophy waiting to be unleashed, but Benitez who has been gone since the summer is preventing him from doing so. Bruce is not a deep thinker of the game and he doesn't have this complicated and sophisticated style of football that only a handful of specific players can make work. Not one journalist who have been asked numerous times can explain what Bruce's style of football is, they have only said he is a nice guy and that's about it. Bruce has been in management for over 20 years and I have not heard any fan of his previous clubs or any of his friends in the media say what great football Bruce teams play, but he has conjured a false image of himself and the media have just ran with it. Only Craig Hope has hit the nail on the head by saying there is no identity with this Newcastle team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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