huss9 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 What is the point in this comparison? just so we can finally see when Bruce can shut the fuck up with his "at this stage last season" excuses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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relámpago blanco Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 The cheek of this utter clown asking to be supported like Rafa was. He will be supported if he starts acting like an eloquent professional and somehow becomes a world class manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 The cheek of this utter clown asking to be supported like Rafa was. That was bad enough, but what annoyed me more was his griping that the chances weren't put away. I get it that we have forwards who aren't scoring goals, but that front three yesterday frightened the life out of the West Ham defenders. I really think he just needs to back them publicly and just tell them to go on creating havoc and the goals will come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 He should consider himself lucky that ASM didn't score one of those chances in the first half. Bruce didn't have a clue what to do at 3-0, and West Ham would have responded sooner, and probably got a result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Boils my piss we've got this cabbage headed snake instead of Rafa this season, if we'd have kept Rafa and gave him anything resembling a transfer fund we could have done something this season. Outside of Liverpool, City, Leicester and Chelsea everyone else is beatable. A season where top 6 is truly up for grabs for a club with a modicum of ambition and we take a big leap backwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I would love to see his reaction if he gets linked with the Man U job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest covmag Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Boils my piss we've got this cabbage headed snake instead of Rafa this season, if we'd have kept Rafa and gave him anything resembling a transfer fund we could have done something this season. Outside of Liverpool, City, Leicester and Chelsea everyone else is beatable. A season where top 6 is truly up for grabs for a club with a modicum of ambition and we take a big leap backwards. His record at Newcastle is better than Rafa, so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Boils my piss we've got this cabbage headed snake instead of Rafa this season, if we'd have kept Rafa and gave him anything resembling a transfer fund we could have done something this season. Outside of Liverpool, City, Leicester and Chelsea everyone else is beatable. A season where top 6 is truly up for grabs for a club with a modicum of ambition and we take a big leap backwards. His record at Newcastle is better than Rafa, so far. Premier league games. Rafa: 102 points from 86 games -- 1.19 points per game Cabbage Heed: 12 points from 11 games -- 1.09 points per game This doesn't count the Championship-winning season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Boils my p*ss we've got this cabbage headed snake instead of Rafa this season, if we'd have kept Rafa and gave him anything resembling a transfer fund we could have done something this season. Outside of Liverpool, City, Leicester and Chelsea everyone else is beatable. A season where top 6 is truly up for grabs for a club with a modicum of ambition and we take a big leap backwards. His record at Newcastle is better than Rafa, so far. No it isn't Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Love how the Chronicle run a 'how happy are you with Steve Bruce' on the Monday after a win. Complete coherence with the club. They are massively responsible for the length of time, and comfort, Mike Ashley has enjoyed as Owner of NUFC. Fucking complicit bastards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 And if we go down in May we’ll get, ‘5 reasons why Newcastle have been relegated...’, some piffle where they look as though they’re having a go at Ashley by saying very little, and then forget about it all in August. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Boils my piss we've got this cabbage headed snake instead of Rafa this season, if we'd have kept Rafa and gave him anything resembling a transfer fund we could have done something this season. Outside of Liverpool, City, Leicester and Chelsea everyone else is beatable. A season where top 6 is truly up for grabs for a club with a modicum of ambition and we take a big leap backwards. His record at Newcastle is better than Rafa, so far. Can you read? I said if he'd have been given financial support, what has last season got to do with this one? It's an inane stat used to beat one of the best managers we've ever had with. Absolute mug. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Love how the Chronicle run a 'how happy are you with Steve Bruce' on the Monday after a win. Complete coherence with the club. They are massively responsible for the length of time, and comfort, Mike Ashley has enjoyed as Owner of NUFC. Fucking complicit bastards As complicit as any season ticket renewing fan! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Love how the Chronicle run a 'how happy are you with Steve Bruce' on the Monday after a win. Complete coherence with the club. They are massively responsible for the length of time, and comfort, Mike Ashley has enjoyed as Owner of NUFC. Fucking complicit bastards It's like some surreal universe, the funniest thing is a few more wins and the whole stadium will probably be singing his name. The nearly full stadium is another reason Ashley's got it so comfortable too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 How funny did his face look when he asked to be supported like Rafa was on MOTD, looked like Billy Bunter. You'll be supported like Rafa was when you become a world class manager and great person like he was, neither of which are gonna happen. He is such a fucking tit, makes Pards seem alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 He is such a fucking tit, makes Pards seem alright. meth is a helluva drug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 How funny did his face look when he asked to be supported like Rafa was on MOTD, looked like Billy Bunter. You'll be supported like Rafa was when you become a world class manager and great person like he was, neither of which are gonna happen. He is such a fucking tit, makes Pards seem alright. It was comical, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Love how the Chronicle run a 'how happy are you with Steve Bruce' on the Monday after a win. Complete coherence with the club. They are massively responsible for the length of time, and comfort, Mike Ashley has enjoyed as Owner of NUFC. Fucking complicit bastards Skysports had Kevin Nolan on yesterday saying Bruce will be having a “wry smile” at how much better he’s doing than Rafa I didn’t know Bruce got us from being in the Championship to 10th/midtable in the Premier League with just -£11million net spend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Nolan is an absolute prong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 It's amazing how many absolute whoppers are bending over backwards to try and big up Bruce and dig at Rafa. It's completely baffling, as all they are doing is making themselves look as fucking thick as we all thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 If Bruce goes on to succeed it’s because of the groundwork set down the last 3 years. The Championship season which was pretty much an apprenticeship for how he wanted us to play first season back to survive. I remember the calls saying to play 4-4-2 with Gayle & Mitrovic, but everything he did was to drill the players for how they’d need to play if we were to survive in the first season. The second season up we started slowly but picked up for a month or two to keep us in the fight. From February onwards once he had the tools to be able to do so (ie, Almiron) he was a bit more forward thinking after already making us solid. Taking over after Rafa should have been a piece of piss, not the impossible job it’s been made out to be. He’s been given £62m of forwards to link with Almiron, it should have been the dream job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 If Bruce goes on to succeed it’s because of the groundwork set down the last 3 years. The Championship season which was pretty much an apprenticeship for how he wanted us to play first season back to survive. I remember the calls saying to play 4-4-2 with Gayle & Mitrovic, but everything he did was to drill the players for how they’d need to play if we were to survive in the first season. The second season up we started slowly but picked up for a month or two to keep us in the fight. From February onwards once he had the tools to be able to do so (ie, Almiron) he was a bit more forward thinking after already making us solid. Taking over after Rafa should have been a piece of piss, not the impossible job it’s been made out to be. He’s been given £62m of forwards to link with Almiron, it should have been the dream job. Depends what you mean by goes on to succeed. I would reckon Rafa would get us comfortably midtable with this squad, although you could argue he wouldn't have wanted some of the signings we made over the summer. Bruce has to achieve something similar to be considered a success, and most people wouldn't really describe finishing 11th or 12th a success. But let's be generous and consider that progress at least. IMO, while he can use Rafa's groundwork to stay safe for a season, I think it will go downhill quite quickly after that without specialist coaching. He did seem quite chuffed with our threat on the counter last week, conveniently forgetting that it is part of the Rafa playbook of sitting deep then hitting on the break. You can't do that with front foot football so if he wants to talk about developing along those lines, he'll have to bring his own ideas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Success would be safe mid-table. He shouldn’t be given any special allowances. We’d have expected to be at least matching what we did last season if Rafa had stayed, maybe giving allowance for new signings to adjust given Perez & Rondon left. Bruce should be expected to achieve the same. He won’t, but 14th-15th is failure. 12th is also failure in reality, but if you look at the squads I think we’ve better personnel than Norwich, Villa, Sheff Utd, Brighton, Southampton & Burnley, while Watford seem a mess. There’s no reason he should be expected to finish ahead of this crowd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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