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2 hours ago, nbthree3 said:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/steve-bruce-deserves-more-respect-for-being-mike-ashleys-human-shield-at-newcastle-united-m8dwbrnh6 from Henry Winter, few bits

 

Anyone with any understanding of Newcastle supporters will be aware that they don’t demand the earth, but they do demand sweat on the shirt and a commitment to try to entertain. They don’t want ten men behind the ball, trying to nick a point. For all his Geordie roots, known childhood love of the club, and association with Wallsend Boys Club, Bruce has never been embraced by the Toon Army. Too associated with Mike Ashley. Too unadventurous. His connection to Sunderland, whom he managed between 2009 and 2011, was also never going to help him.

So Bruce can hardly complain when the PIF P45 comes his way, courtesy of the Saudi Public Investment Fund that is taking over the club. Newcastle fans will not miss Bruce or his football but he deserves some respect for working under the financial strictures of the Ashley regime and under the protocol strictures of the pandemic. Bruce has to go but he does not deserve to be ridiculed and the abuse he’s endured on social media has been disgraceful. He’s behaved with dignity, often almost acting as a human shield for Ashley.

It needs acknowledging that Bruce has had relatively little to spend, meaning that injuries to key members of a limited squad are even more damaging. Newcastle’s squad will be overhauled, and not before time. At the moment it’s got a more Championship look to it than Champions League.

 

Bruce has been managing with one hand tied behind his back. Regular denigration hurt him. I encountered him earlier this year coming out of St James’ Park and he was fuming over what he considered belittling headlines. There was defiance in his words but he looked absolutely worn down by the job, the pressure and the criticism. Bruce needs to look after his health, which is why the termination of his contract, however much a jolt to his pride, may prove a timely blessing. Bruce needs a break.

 

Is he just a promotion specialist? He still achieved two top-ten Premier League finishes with Birmingham (2003-04) and Sunderland (2010-11). He can hardly be written off as a has-been, a busted flush, when he was voted Premier League Manager of the Month for last April.

He guided Hull to the FA Cup final in 2014. Nobody should write him off as a manager. In 23 years in the career, Bruce has been out of work for less than two. He may have had a reputation for quitting jobs — seven times, and swiftly moving elsewhere four times — but he’s always been rated enough by owners to get jobs. The 60-year-old will be dismissed by Newcastle’s owners but he cannot be dismissed as a modest manager as he is by many fans. He’s taken on difficult jobs, often at clubs with either challenging owners or troubled finances, often both. He’s behaved with dignity at Newcastle, although the club banning one particular reporter over critical coverage was a mistake.

On the whole, players like him. They may see tactical limitations and questionable substitutions, but they can also see a genuine man — and some players at Newcastle need to be looking at themselves anyway, questioning whether they have put a shift in.

 

If they are to reposition Newcastle as a go-to club for ambitious talents, they need a stellar name in place. Bruce is not that man — everyone can see that — but show him some respect.

 

 

 

 

He's getting no respect from me, he's a dinosaur and he had a damn site more money to spend than Rafa only for the club to go backwards. 

 

Every minute this bloke is manager of our club just totally winds me up.  If he's in that dugout on Sunday he's going to get exactly what he deserves. 

 

FUCK RESPECT and FUCK STEVE BRUCE!

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7 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Exactly! And the fact that we haven't built a new training ground yet is the most concerning. [emoji38]

 

More concerned at the lack of a new stadium tbh. Don't know what they've been playing at these past four days. 

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I'll give him the same amount of respect he has shown the fans in the last 3 years........fuck all

 

Sling your hook you Lurpak stinking, Vogon faced, pathetic excuse for an apologist....and take your "wu'll dust wasels doon", "well yu know" and every other mannerism you have infested OUR club with.......If I never hear your name again it will be too soon

 

 

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1 hour ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Was just on BBC Look North. Looks like he did take training. Then got some abuse from fans waiting outside when he was driving out.

 

:lol: Fucking howling at this.

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There is a lot of goodwill at the moment for the new owners and especially for Amanda Staveley however they do need to get most of the big decisions right and quickly. Getting rid of SB is a no brainer, we don't need a permanent manager to replace him Jones will do for a game or two. I'd have had Bruce out within an hour of the takeover being announced. No excuses.

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14 minutes ago, UncleBingo said:

How is this cunt getting such a massive pay off, when he's got less than a year left on his contract?

 

More of that legendary Ashley financial acumen?

 

 

 

 

Thank God he's gone, beggars belief anyone could hand out such a contract to a perennial failure. 

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3 hours ago, TheGuv said:

I see on my LinkedIn that my (and @OCK) old boss Neil Winskill has just updated his job role to ‘promoted to Head of Coach Development’ at NUFC. 
 

interesting…

 

Ben Dawson has moved to First Team Coach permanently now, believe Winskill has moved up from U18 Manager to take his old job as Head of Coaching

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1 hour ago, Bishops Finger said:

He's getting no respect from me, he's a dinosaur and he had a damn site more money to spend than Rafa only for the club to go backwards. 

 

Every minute this bloke is manager of our club just totally winds me up.  If he's in that dugout on Sunday he's going to get exactly what he deserves. 

 

FUCK RESPECT and FUCK STEVE BRUCE!

 

The old adage of respect earned is no truer than here. He absolutely has no respect for the club or the fans, he's talked us down for his benefit and blamed us and cried foul of deserved criticism. He deserves and will get no respect from us.

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