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Such a grimly unimaginative choice.
Being a Newscastle fan must be pretty shit.
Being a Newscastle fan must be pretty shit.
No manager with any self preservation should go near it. It would be pure desperation.Bump!
Back on?
Good stadium... Good support... Good history... shitc**t ownerSuch a grimly unimaginative choice.
Being a Newscastle fan must be pretty shit.
Already turned it down apparentlyweird choice
wouldn't be surprised if Fat Sam gets a call mid-season
He's probably got the safest job in football. Mike Ashley's checked out. Bruce will be there as long as he wants.Don’t rate him as a manager at all. Think he’ll be sacked by Christmas.
Agreed. I thought some of the criticism he got for not taking over at Wednesday immediately was out of order, but he's only been there 5 minutes and I'd have thought he might at least be a little loyal now.I get that Newcastle are his boyhood club and all, but didn't Wednesday basically allow him compassionate leave before taking up the post not so long ago? Seems a little sharp.
They will need 3-4 decent signings just to get 17th. Seriously short of goals and they'll be easier to score against without Benitez organisation.If ever a club is just drifting it’s Newcastle. It’s yet another appointment that will keep them afloat but they will make painful viewing in achieving it.
I might just be having a bad day but I know another club this could equally apply to ......If ever a club is just drifting it’s Newcastle. It’s yet another appointment that will keep them afloat but they will make painful viewing in achieving it.
We don’t even need to look that far down the table. Look at Arsenal with an owner who actively funnels money out of the club to fund his other businesses, all while the club barely spend anything themselves.Looking at Newcastle helps put our situation in context
Started management at Sheffield United. Now at Sheffield WednesdayI get that Newcastle are his boyhood club and all, but didn't Wednesday basically allow him compassionate leave before taking up the post not so long ago? Seems a little sharp.
Started management at Sheffield United. Now at Sheffield Wednesday
Barely through the door at Crystal Pace before getting a better offer at Birmingham
Don’t think it will stop him rolling up at Newcastle if that’s offered and what he wants
In 2001 he was manager of 3 clubs in one year
Started the year at Wigan. Went to Palace and then quickly to Birmingham.
Probably his most successful time as a manager
If he moves that will be the 10th club he has managed since 1998
Been manager at Sunderland. Not normally something the Geordies would like.
But they are desperate.
Once thought to be the next United manager after SAF retired
Quite a journey man.
He's interested and relatively cheap. Who else would go there?Backing them to go down.
How in the world have they come to the conclusion that Bruce is the man for the job?
He's interested and relatively cheap. Who else would go there?
We aren't. He's absolute garbage.Wow this guy is getting to be one of the biggest managerial mercenaries of the modern game, very quick to jump ship and no shame/scruples. Managed Sheffield United/Wednesday, Birmingham City/Villa and now Hull/Sunderland/Newcastle?
Newcastle fans surely can't be happy with this?
Well I asked who else would go there, not who should they appoint.Literally anybody but Bruce? I mean he’s a bang average manager who’s found himself at a mid table championship club.
You’re trying to say it’s a good appointment?
Aren't you/they bothered about the Hull and worst still, Sunderland connection?? Obviously he has no shame having managed both Sheffield and Birmingham clubs.We aren't. He's absolute garbage.
Well ... I say "we". There is a weird subset of our fanbase stuck in their ways who will always turn up to the stadium no matter how badly Ashley shafts them. They'll keep chanting "give him time" and then feel vindicated when Bruce scrapes his first win in December.
THEY are probably quite happy with it. A prodigal son returning to the North East.
The most infuriating though is that this regime is going to back him like they backed McClaren and we're going down in flames again. They could have backed Rafa but no. It's such a self inflicted wound.
I won't lie - it's not a great look. The Hull connection isn't a big deal to me personally though.Aren't you/they bothered about the Hull and worst still, Sunderland connection??
Well he won't have much of a hiding place up there at the Toon. I could see him dragging Newcastle back down and Wednesday getting promoted. That's the kind of serendipity that occurs in these type of situations.He doesn't want out. He says he's wanted out for 10 years but somehow every propsective buyer walks away. There's always something. He's never leaving.
I won't lie - it's not a great look. The Hull connection isn't a big deal to me personally though.
It's his incompetence that bothers me most.
True, I just have a real issue with journeymen managers and our ex-players (Hughes and Bruce) are 2 examples. I agree with the guy above it's such an uninspiring choice to go with managers like this. You know what you're getting....averageness like they've always churned out. I'd rather see my club give a young manager a start regardless of the associated risks with that!You wouldn't know he was an ex red legend on here.
Good luck to him, hardly gonna turn down Newcastle whilst he's at a skint Sheff Wednesday. Massive club and fan base, okay it's a crap owner but that might change.
Don't forget Alex Bruce as well.Villa will be readying themselves for the inevitable bid for Ahmed Elmohamady.
I don't think so, Hull barely have any rivals.Do Newcastle and Hull have a big rivalry? I've never been aware of it before.