Yorkie Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Extremely kind run of fixtures ahead of us prior to the Man City game in mid-April. I can see us winning at least three from six (starting with Palace); job done, six-year contract for Bruce, living the dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Risky for a journalist to be asking a question as relevant as that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 "Begs the question - why sign him" Why not go on to point why we signed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Does anyone know why we signed him? Sell for a profit seems very unlikely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I love Hope like. Sure he was the one that got under McClaren’s skin towards the end. Keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3476997/Newcastle-United-boss-Steve-McClaren-unedifying-bust-Sportsmail-s-Craig-Hope-heated-press-conference.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 He knows throwing Joelinton under the bus will be popular with the matchgoers who not only despise his very being but are furious that he is paid a wage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It's classic Ashley's NUFC to spend top whack on a striker, who doesn't score goals. Real questions need to be asked of what the fuck the scouting network has been doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It's classic Ashley's NUFC to spend top whack on a striker, who doesn't score goals. Real questions need to be asked of what the fuck the scouting network has been doing. Network feels a bit grandiose for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Does anyone know why we signed him? Sell for a profit seems very unlikely. Get the transfer record monkey off Ashley's back once and for all, and even better on a waste of money so they can justify never doing it again? It's ridiculously cynical to think like that but everything's about the PR with these cunts. They'll probably stop spending money on players, spend a few quid on the training ground and say "You asked, Mike listened". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Taking a big money gamble, that didn't pay off, isn't my issue. My issue is that... 1. Theres something very dodgy about it. 2. The club will use this as an excuse not spend big again. 3. They weren't prepared to pay half that on a proven player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It's classic Ashley's NUFC to spend top whack on a striker, who doesn't score goals. Real questions need to be asked of what the fuck the scouting network has been doing. If we had him playing off Rondon in the Perez role we might have seen a different player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I've given up trying to second guess what these vacant fucking cunts think anymore. Little if anything makes any fucking sense other than them taking their cut. Ashley, Charnley, Bruce, the lot of them. Only out to feather their nests. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Nice vote of confidence for Joelinton. I'm sure the powers above are going to really appreciate he said that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Bruce making these comments on Joelinton is not smart on any level. All the more disgusting, because he is massively culpable for Joelinton being this ineffective. I really hope this pisses MA off, as he is tanking the value of a player that was just bought for £40 million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Within a week of Steve Bruce's appointment, the club broke their transfer record and spent £40m on the Brazilian. Bruce and his staff were already aware of what Joelinton could do, having watched him play for Hoffenheim at Man City last season, and were encouraged by his pre-season performances. If he hadn't been so desperate to show what a good little lapdog he was he wouldn't have this problem. The utterly fucking shit patsy cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Never realized Bruce's esteemed 'man-management' skills basically amounted to him throwing players under the bus every chance he gets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Joelinton is not an out and out striker/goalscorer so I am going to play him as an out and out striker/goalscorer every game. That's management of the highest order Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Joelinton is not an out and out striker/goalscorer so I am going to play him as an out and out striker/goalscorer every game. That's management of the highest order He either doesn't have the bollocks to drop him (or he's being told not to drop him), or its in his (Joelintons) contract that he has to start every game, unless unavailable. Surely the only reason he'd keep playing a player who is clearly rock bottom in confidence and shows very little strikers instinct?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 He knows throwing Joelinton under the bus will be popular with the matchgoers who not only despise his very being but are furious that he is paid a wage. Depressing but true. In which case Bruce might as well chuck him under the bus, at least he'll keep the fans onside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Bruce bit while discussing Joelinton "We were hoping that he could go and get 10-12 goals this season. It’s very difficult for anyone in the Premier League to hit the 20 mark - unless you’re a [Craig] Bellamy or an [sergio] Aguero. I think it’s been a big learning curve for him. :lol: Bellamy?! Never got 20 goals at all! The heck is wrong with this guy man. Imagine mentioning Bellamy and Aguero in the same sentence. Of all the strikers?! Not Henry, Van Nistelrooy, Shearer ... nah, Bellamy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Absolutely crackers. Don't even get me started on Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Bellamy is the 47th highest goalscorer in Premier League history and scored double figures twice in his career (10 with us and 13 with Blackburn). Bruce could literally have said Campbell, Davies, Yakubu or Beattie and still been closer to the point he was trying to make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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