Fat waste of space, tactically inept cabbage head Steve Bruce sacked by Newcastle United

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1 hour ago, ewerk said:

“he is the only manager to take charge of Newcastle and Sunderland, Aston Villa and Birmingham and Sheffield
United and Wednesday.”

 

Rather than evidence of his managerial abilities I think this says more about his character and loyalty.

And he’s despised by every single set of the above’s fans… 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Howmanheyman said:

Pure Bruce, this....

 

 

What a wanker.

You’d think a bloke who has stolen a living in the public eye for so long would be slightly inured to criticism, especially such mild criticism. 
 

But , no… fucking man-child. 

[Isegrim 10572]

https://twitter.com/toonmouthtyne/status/1903817974001098968?s=12&t=7EP1snWKh3ho3iDGAoo5gw

[Dr Gloom 23871]

7 minutes ago, Isegrim said:

https://twitter.com/toonmouthtyne/status/1903817974001098968?s=12&t=7EP1snWKh3ho3iDGAoo5gw

Rizla paper skinned, as ever  

[Sonatine 12044]

 

Absolutely seething 

[Alex 37145]

Be funny if a few of Gayle’s teammates backed up his comments 

[Holden McGroin 7727]

Didn’t he put Jetro Willems on in the wrong position once?

[Sonatine 12044]

1 minute ago, Holden McGroin said:

Didn’t he put Jetro Willems on in the wrong position once?

 

Aye  

 

 

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Newcastle boss Steve Bruce has explained the bizarre tactical mix-up which saw left-back Jetro Willems play in midfield during the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.

Willems, signed on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt during the summer window, came off the bench to replace the injured Jonjo Shelvey in the 54th minute.

Bruce was then left bewildered as the debutant wandered into central midfield and played there for two minutes.

Willems was eventually shifted to left-wing-back, with Matt Ritchie moving in-field, after the Magpies boss reportedly screamed, 'What the f*** is happening?'

“It was just a lack of communication with him,” Bruce said after the game.

 

[Holden McGroin 7727]

Just now, Sonatine said:

 

Aye  

 

 

 

“played there for 2 mins”.  Fucking hell. It takes 2 seconds to sort that out.

 

[Alex 37145]

1 hour ago, Holden McGroin said:

 

“played there for 2 mins”.  Fucking hell. It takes 2 seconds to sort that out.

 

It was during Covid too iirc so there was no noise from supporters to use as an excuse for not getting it sorted straight away 

[Dazzler 12115]

5 hours ago, ewerk said:

“he is the only manager to take charge of Newcastle and Sunderland, Aston Villa and Birmingham and Sheffield
United and Wednesday.”

 

Rather than evidence of his managerial abilities I think this says more about his character and loyalty.

He also managed WBA just to ensure everyone in the West Midlands hated his guts.

[Alex 37145]

23 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

He also managed WBA just to ensure everyone in the West Midlands hated his guts.

Apart from Walsall fans  

[RobinRobin 12624]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2011/dec/13/the-gallery-steve-bruce-sunderland

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, RobinRobin said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2011/dec/13/the-gallery-steve-bruce-sunderland

 

 

 

 

 

 “ How’s the ba… nnnnnnnnnnnnggggggghhhhaaaah!… 

bacon, did y’say?”

[Ayatollah Hermione 14762]

Genuinely quite impressive how much his kite ballooned over his managerial career. Salad dodging cunt 

[Dr Gloom 23871]

19 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Genuinely quite impressive how much his kite ballooned over his managerial career. Salad dodging cunt 

ironically thin skinned 

[RobinRobin 12624]

8 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

ironically thin skinned 

Stretched to bursting point

[ewerk 33520]

He'll be on Talk Sport shortly in order to show just how much he isn't bothered by Gayle's comments. If the fat cunt had've just let it lie it would have been a 24 hour twitter story but the silly bastard is dragging it out so everyone in the country is aware of just how useless he is.

[Gemmill 50820]

I hope they're taking phone calls. 

[Alex 37145]

Might’ve mentioned this but in his early days as manager here I was talking to another parent whilst watching my laddie’s football training. We were saying at least he seems well liked / canny or words to that effect. The older sister of another lad was there. She works at SJP on match days. She said he was horrible, either rude or completely ignoring staff. Whereas the other players and coaches were the complete opposite. That was when he’d been there a few weeks before his failings became obvious and when he had no real excuse for being like that. I know it’s only an anecdote but the same lass never really mentioned her job there other than that. Just another little insight into what a strange and unpleasant character he seems to be. Not to mention how fake his jovial media persona is. Except when the mask slips when he gets mild criticism like off Gayle. 

[thebrokendoll 10497]

3 minutes ago, Alex said:

We were saying at least he seems well liked / canny or words to that effect. 

 

I'm struggling with how the other parent and yourself ever came to this conclusion to be honest.

[Howmanheyman 36984]

Most managers will get stick from time to time or just mild criticism, it comes with the job. The majority will know cranks when they hear them and will just learn to switch off or laugh it off. But then we come to Bruce, I'm not a psychologist so could be talking shit but he's so thin skinned about it, and his son took not to mention his friends because they blatantly know it's all mostly true, he's fucking not only shite but lazy as fuck. They can't stand hearing about it because they know there's a lot more than a kernel of truth in the criticism even by the public let alone professionals who've played under him and you can take it to the bank there'll be many pros who don't want to seem unprofessional to others in their industry and who have said fuck all publicly. He, and his mates, are touchy for a reason.

Edited yesterday at 08:32 by Howmanheyman

[Alex 37145]

3 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said:

 

I'm struggling with how the other parent and yourself ever came to this conclusion to be honest.

Probably bought the media stuff at the time. A lot of journos trotted out stories. John Gibson even came out of retirement to do a piece which alluded to it. I didnt really mind his affection for ‘United’ as it was understandable given his success there. I can’t really say I had much of a view on him beyond thinking he was a dinosaur and a shit manager. To be honest it was more us looking for a redeeming feature of an otherwise typically abysmal Ashley appointment. When this lass put us straight me and the other fella laughed as I said well he hasn’t even got a nice personality going for him. 

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14 minutes ago, Alex said:

Might’ve mentioned this but in his early days as manager here I was talking to another parent whilst watching my laddie’s football training. We were saying at least he seems well liked / canny or words to that effect. The older sister of another lad was there. She works at SJP on match days. She said he was horrible, either rude or completely ignoring staff. Whereas the other players and coaches were the complete opposite. That was when he’d been there a few weeks before his failings became obvious and when he had no real excuse for being like that. I know it’s only an anecdote but the same lass never really mentioned her job there other than that. Just another little insight into what a strange and unpleasant character he seems to be. Not to mention how fake his jovial media persona is. Except when the mask slips when he gets mild criticism like off Gayle. 

 

Funny they read out a text to him from the fella who looks after the mascots at Reading saying how Bruce is the nicest man in football and has time for everyone.

 

I'm guessing the fella at Reading has the initials A.B.

[Gemmill 50820]

Shearer's the most disappointing one to watch defend him. That bloke will go after any and everyone managing or playing today if he thinks they're being unprofessional, but he won't hear a bad word said about Bruce cos they're mates. Load of shite.