Abra Dubravka Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Dummett last season, Norwich away, second game of the season in the warm up said players had no idea what they were doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sorry if already posted - but didn’t we have the same issue at the beginning of the season with info not being passed correctly? A basically identical thing happened in Bruce's first game at the beginning of last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Don’t know who to really point the finger at, but Shelvey should have been shouted at to slow down on the FK. Ultimately it’s a collective of having no leadership on or off the pitch. Shelvey should have slowed down on the FK. He should be able to think for himself on that, and gauge what’s going on around him that there’s a change of system/personnel. Yet he’s thick as pigshit, however he should have been told by Lascelles, Ritchie coming on, Bruce/Jones. That’s the start of the mess, once ball is in play you can’t expect Murphy to go from LW to RB. Ritchie is the only one that knows the instructions, change of system, he knows that it should be a back 5. He’s on that right side, but happy to allow Hayden to do a job at RB in a four. Especially when it goes over to Wolves right side, Ritchie should be filling in at RWB until it can all be sorted. This amateur hour stuff just suits him to the ground. Hard to imagine it happening to a manager that isn’t so hands off, and controls the tactical direction of the side. He just leaves coaching and tactical planning to Jones and the Steve’s, so it’s to be expected that same lack of influence/leadership in on-pitch matters translates into every player thinking for themselves, and this sort of disorganised clusterfuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokerprince2004 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sorry if already posted - but didn’t we have the same issue at the beginning of the season with info not being passed correctly? https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-vs-arsenal-highlights-16736856 That was start of season before. Bruce's first actual league game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokerprince2004 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I tell you what else has went under the radar with Bruce and that was keeping Almiron on for 15 minutes after the initial knee injury. I remember Benitez going mental when one of our players was trying to play on with leg injury (possibly Lascelles?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Don’t know who to really point the finger at, but Shelvey should have been shouted at to slow down on the FK. Ultimately it’s a collective of having no leadership on or off the pitch. Shelvey should have slowed down on the FK. He should be able to think for himself on that, and gauge what’s going on around him that there’s a change of system/personnel. Yet he’s thick as pigshit, however he should have been told by Lascelles, Ritchie coming on, Bruce/Jones. That’s the start of the mess, once ball is in play you can’t expect Murphy to go from LW to RB. Ritchie is the only one that knows the instructions, change of system, he knows that it should be a back 5. He’s on that right side, but happy to allow Hayden to do a job at RB in a four. Especially when it goes over to Wolves right side, Ritchie should be filling in at RWB until it can all be sorted. This amateur hour stuff just suits him to the ground. Hard to imagine it happening to a manager that isn’t so hands off, and controls the tactical direction of the side. He just leaves coaching and tactical planning to Jones and the Steve’s, so it’s to be expected that same lack of influence/leadership in on-pitch matters translates into every player thinking for themselves, and this sort of disorganised clusterfuck. Yep, absolutely spot on. The arrival of Jones obviously brought with it some improvements, because it clearly gave the whole team a shot in the arm (consider the performances at Sheff Utd and Arsenal compared to the one at Everton). But now that bounce has settled, it's so clear that there's no set direction and a lack of clarity about who's pulling what strings. As a fanbase we're well versed in watching plots being lost. We know what it looks like. It happened with Souness, Allardyce, Pardew multiple times (somehow he managed to salvage things every time, to the great frustration of us all), McClaren never really had the plot... and now it's happening here. Nobody playing for one another, massive fitness issues, confusion on the pitch a regular occurrence, bad results. It's so obvious that the current regime, the whole picture, means the ceiling is lower mid-table. And we're expected to just blindly keep following this pointlessness. Absolutely desperate situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I think this morning it’s actually dawning on people now that we’re going down. A few have been in denial for the last few weeks but there’s no way to shine any positivity on it now. ASM out, and even when he’s back it’ll take him a few games to get into his stride. Has Almiron been injured yet since he’s been here? He’s been kicked about yes but we don’t have a gauge on how he’ll return. Same with Wilson, he’s going to lack sharpness. Where are the goals coming from? We had a better chance with the squad we had in 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 The game against WBA is gonna be rough. BSA celebrating as a Bruce led Newcastle lose. Bad vibes One for the mackems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 WBA will be another digusting Sheff U style 1-0 away defeat IMO. He'll bring back Hendrick and Carroll, because as we know these shit PFM types "lean on experience" when they're in the shit, i.e. go for your cloggers rather than anyone with any talent, pace, skill etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 "I was so confident of keeping Newcastle up until we hot those injury, it really was the killer blow, however we need to dust ourselves down and with a bit of luck we'll get out of the championship" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 "I was so confident of keeping Newcastle up until we hot those injury, it really was the killer blow, however we need to dust ourselves down and with a bit of luck we'll get out of the championship" Can't wait to hear him bigging up Lincoln City and explaining that we're everyone's cup final, as we're languishing in 16th place by December. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmintheChaos Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Could easily see us doing the same Sunderland did with Grayson by been in a champo relegation battle half way through next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Imagine if this clown costs Mike his takeover? Great idea to spend £4m to hire the useless twat! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 "I was so confident of keeping Newcastle up until we hot those injury, it really was the killer blow, however we need to dust ourselves down and with a bit of luck we'll get out of the championship" Can't wait to hear him bigging up Lincoln City and explaining that we're everyone's cup final, as we're languishing in 16th place by December. "We've given away fans a lovely day out, and that can't be taken away from us this season" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Thanks Steve, for us having to keep Ashley forever. What a job you have done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 ‘No point sacking Bruce’ fuckin hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 ‘No point sacking Bruce’ fuckin hell That needs to be on the next Wor Flags banner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 ‘Some support...’ Key word some. Not much, barely any at all. But let’s focus on the small degree of support and ignore the vast accurate populist opinion that he shouldn’t spend a second longer in the job, and should have been sacked weeks ago. 2 wins in 17 man, and he’s writing bollocks like ‘some support’. Coward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 ‘No point sacking Bruce’ fuckin hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Steven Morris Bruce Dec 1960 - Jul 2021 C.O.D - Heart Attack Best known for being the man who cost NUFC the greatest takeover in world football history Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Steven Morris Bruce Dec 1960 - Jul 2021 C.O.D - Fell onto his back and couldn’t get up again Best known for being the man who cost NUFC the greatest takeover in world football history Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pons Alias Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Is it just me, or are Luke and Craig having a bit of a back-and-forth here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 The fuck is Edwards stake in this bloke? It’s weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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