Steve Bruce Gone

[KRBFC]

I think the fans have every right to voice their opinions with a record like his at the club. They're a fickle bunch,for sure, not a popular choice in the first place but he has done nothing to win them over.

12th and 13th finishes in his 2 years there, amassed the exact same number of points as the great lord all mighty Benitez did in his 2 years....

[KRBFC]

Be frightening giving him millions to spend on the likes of Solanke

Solanke is better than the shite we have upfront...

[bfcjg]

I bet he's crying with his reputed £8 million pay off in the bank ...

[Steve1956]

To some of the diehards he stopped being a “fellow geordie” the moment he started managing Sunderland.

It's only a game mate,I will never understand the hate that exists between teams in close proximity to each other,Bruce is a human being who did his best for a team he supports,during that time I think he lost both his parents and the abuse still continued Ashley & The Newcastle support should hang it's head in shame with the way they treated him.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Solanke is better than the shite we have upfront...

To be fair he's found his level down in the championship

[KRBFC]

Dom Salanke is a late developer scoring for fun another winning goal v Stoke
But it's Championship football

You don't play for the top youth teams and then eventually the first teams of the top sides in the country if you have nothing. Solanke a very good player haunted by his price tag when he was a kid and he was thrust into the limelight too early for him.

[Spijed]

Solanke is better than the shite we have upfront...

You really think he's better than a player who's reached double figures in every season in which he's played for us, something only matched by six other players in those four years?

Fair enough if you think that.

[Steve1956]

Solanke is better than the shite we have upfront...

Don't be ridiculous, now I do believe what most posters on here think about you and your views

[KRBFC]

You really think he's better than a player who's reached double figures in every season in which he's played for us, something only matched by six other players in those four year?

Fair enough if you think that.

Are we talking about goals and only goals or the ability to beat a man? hold the ball? stay onside? run?

Wood is a passenger unless he scores a header from a corner.

[Rombald]

Are we talking about goals and only goals or the ability to beat a man? hold the ball? stay onside? run?

Wood is a passenger unless he scores a header from a corner.

And you have the audacity to complain when people have a dig at you or Newcastleclaret93. Give us strength. Chris wood is proven at this level.

[KRBFC]

And you have the audacity to complain when people have a dig at you or Newcastleclaret93. Give us strength. Chris wood is proven at this level.

Proven he can score 10 goals a season, sure, also proven he can do little else.

[tiger76]

Nothing wrong with Steve Bruce or his record. Yes he may have bombed out of some Clubs for greener grass but there isn't any guarantee in football that you wake up the next day still in employment.

The whole 'Newcastle thing' is a joke, yes they have a great fan base and the area has been a football hotbed for generations producing quality players to play at the highest level.

Their fans prior to social media (and after the hooligan years) can be either good fun and knowledgeable or completely delusional.

Newcastle United is not a successful Club, it has been a hyped up nothing ever since Keegan left after winning nothing outside of respect for attacking football.

I hope the whole project ends in tears.

Bruce did an OK job at Newcastle, as did Rafa before him, yet one has been hounded out of the club, while the other is lauded as a hero despite disappearing to China at the drop of a hat.

And of those 2 managers mentioned only one has actually suffered relegation with Newcastle, and it wasn't Steve Bruce.

Like you I hope the whole fiasco sees them fall flat on their faces, and although they apparently have endless amounts of cash to throw around, that alone doesn't mean they'll find it easy to break into the top 4, never mind challenge for the title.

[Bosscat]

Are we talking about goals and only goals or the ability to beat a man? hold the ball? stay onside? run?

Wood is a passenger unless he scores a header from a corner.

[Jakubclaret]

It's only a game mate,I will never understand the hate that exists between teams in close proximity to each other,Bruce is a human being who did his best for a team he supports,during that time I think he lost both his parents and the abuse still continued Ashley & The Newcastle support should hang it's head in shame with the way they treated him.

I don’t mind Brucey myself, it’s similar to a ex Blackburn manager managing us when he’s from say from rosehill or barden ect certain questions would get asked why he crossed that divide amongst some of the more partisan fanbase, whether you agree or disagree that’s some people are like.

[Rombald]

Proven he can score 10 goals a season, sure, also proven he can do little else.

I'll cope with that thanks.

[boatshed bill]

To be fair he's found his level down in the championship

I've seen the same comment about Ivan Toney.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

I've seen the same comment about Ivan Toney.

Toney dropped down a number of leagues and worked his way back up, scoring a lot of goals on the way.
He's in his first season in the PL, let's see how he gets on first.

Solanke just couldn't get going in the PL, but has done well last season and this in the championship and it will do him the world of good, but he could be just like Mitrovic for all we know.

[RVclaret]

You don't play for the top youth teams and then eventually the first teams of the top sides in the country if you have nothing. Solanke a very good player haunted by his price tag when he was a kid and he was thrust into the limelight too early for him.

Utter rubbish. Solanke has hardly done anything in the Championship and was god awful in the Prem.

Wood has scored 12-14 goals each season for us in the Prem despite us probably creating bottom 5 in chances and consistently low scorers as a team.

[KRBFC]

Utter rubbish. Solanke has hardly done anything in the Championship and was god awful in the Prem.

Wood has scored 12-14 goals each season for us in the Prem despite us probably creating bottom 5 in chances and consistently low scorers as a team.

Solanke was a teenager in the PL....

One came through the best youth team in the country and has been the main striker for England at every youth level. The other came through at Cambridge. Wood is effective at scoring 10 goals a season, in terms of raw ability he's a million miles behind Solanke.

[fidelcastro]

Solanke was a teenager in the PL....

One came through the best youth team in the country and has been the main striker for England at every youth level. The other came through at Cambridge. Wood is effective at scoring 10 goals a season, in terms of raw ability he's a million miles behind Solanke.

Are you getting paid for this? I was wondering if it was sponsored bullshit?

[milkcrate_mosh]

Think there might be a reason Wood never represented England at youth level tbf.

[boatshed bill]

Toney dropped down a number of leagues and worked his way back up, scoring a lot of goals on the way.
He's in his first season in the PL, let's see how he gets on first.

Solanke just couldn't get going in the PL, but has done well last season and this in the championship and it will do him the world of good, but he could be just like Mitrovic for all we know.

Not really the point I was making.
The idea that a player "has found his level" in the Championship is clearly flawed, I believe some may have said it about Aslhey Barnes and Sam Vokes at certain stages of their careers.

[fidelcastro]

Not really the point I was making.
The idea that a player "has found his level" in the Championship is clearly flawed, I believe some may have said it about Aslhey Barnes and Sam Vokes at certain stages of their careers.

And they'd have been correct.

[Silkyskills1]

12th and 13th finishes in his 2 years there, amassed the exact same number of points as the great lord all mighty Benitez did in his 2 years....

Oh dear, Read earlier posts before jumping in with both feet. 'The great Lord almighty'? Again read an earlier post. It's already been established with regard to finishing positions and points, again see earlier posts. Benitez only spent what he got through sales, Bruce had over £170 million to spend; again see earlier posts. Why create confrontation when it isn't necessary? That is, unless you thrive on it which any earlier posts may provide evidence to support. Name calling again last week but I chose to overlook it. Monotonous, repetitive and utterly predictable.

[KRBFC]

Oh dear, Read earlier posts before jumping in with both feet. 'The great Lord almighty'? Again read an earlier post. It's already been established with regard to finishing positions and points, again see earlier posts. Benitez only spent what he got through sales, Bruce had over £170 million to spend; again see earlier posts. Why create confrontation when it isn't necessary? That is, unless you thrive on it which any earlier posts may provide evidence to support. Name calling again last week but I chose to overlook it. Monotonous, repetitive and utterly predictable.

The great lord almighty was about the way Newcastle fans hold Rafa in such high regard despite performing the same as Bruce. They both amassed the same number of points yet one is hated the other is loved. I don't think this is confrontation? just pointing out the hypocrisy in Newcastle fans.

[ClaretTony]

To some of the diehards he stopped being a “fellow geordie” the moment he started managing Sunderland.

Mackems didn’t like him because he’s a Mag and the Mags didn’t like him because he’d managed the Mackems.

[boatshed bill]

And they'd have been correct.

I disagree, both have served us well in the PL, within our standards.
I'm sure when we get relegated plenty outside our fan base will say we've found our level too

[Boss Hogg]

Hate to see historic clubs become super rich organisations’ playthings. No doubt they will go for a ‘name’ but no guarantees it will work out short term. They can’t sign anyone until January and other than Saint Maximim I don’t think their squad is any better than ours.

[Devils_Advocate]

Wood is a far better strike than Solanke is currently but when Wood was Solanke's age he was failing miserably in the Premier League with Leicester and had just dropped back into the Championship with Leeds to kick start his career again

Silly to try and compare Solanke to Wood now but just as silly to write of a 24 year old as finding his level when they look to be one of the top players in the division

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Solanke was a teenager in the PL....

One came through the best youth team in the country and has been the main striker for England at every youth level. The other came through at Cambridge. Wood is effective at scoring 10 goals a season, in terms of raw ability he's a million miles behind Solanke.

What has coming through ‘the best youth team in the country’ got to do with anything? Richard Eckersley and Neil Wood managed that at United!

[fidelcastro]

I disagree, both have served us well in the PL, within our standards.
I'm sure when we get relegated plenty outside our fan base will say we've found our level too

Served us well by what? Playing games? That's what they're paid to do.

Neither of the two players you mentioned are PL quality in my view. Hence the fact that one is no longer here and the other hasn't played well for quite some time.

[Bosscat]

Solanke was a teenager in the PL....

One came through the best youth team in the country and has been the main striker for England at every youth level. The other came through at Cambridge. Wood is effective at scoring 10 goals a season, in terms of raw ability he's a million miles behind Solanke.

Total twaddle

[Silkyskills1]

Benitez went down with Newcastle, almost inevitably but got them back up straightaway. He then played a brand of football which wasn't always easy on the eye but effective enough to keep them up. Again on very little funds other than the ones he raised himself. It's a myth that he was universally hailed as some sort of Messiah on Tyneside. He was accepted because he didn't always cow-tow to Ashley. Bruce was Ashley's puppet and spent the biggest budget in Newcastle's history to achieve no more than his predecessor. That's it from me, I've got a lecture to prepare.

[boatshed bill]

Served us well by what? Playing games? That's what they're paid to do.

Neither of the two players you mentioned are PL quality in my view. Hence the fact that one is no longer here and the other hasn't played well for quite some time.

They both played PL football though. Barnes still (tenuously) is

[bodge]

KRBFC throws multiple grenades into the thread and stands well back.

He can't be serious surely, can he ?

His opinions have been widely derided on here on occasions where his football opinions were pretty much holed below the water line, now they have been taken out by a drone strike.

[KRBFC]

What has coming through ‘the best youth team in the country’ got to do with anything? Richard Eckersley and Neil Wood managed that at United!

did Neil Wood not score on his debut for us? home game against Norwich if I remember correctly

[KRBFC]

KRBFC throws multiple grenades into the thread and stands well back.

He can't be serious surely, can he ?

His opinions have been widely derided on here on occasions where his football opinions were pretty much holed below the water line, now they have been taken out by a drone strike.

While I understand the effectiveness of Wood scoring 10 goals a season, I think he's really limited in the rest of his game. I'm a big fan of Solanke and have been for a while

[Bosscat]

I'm a big fan of Solanke and have been for a while

Pity you weren't a Burnley Fan then you are on a Burnley forum you know

[fidelcastro]

They both played PL football though. Barnes still (tenuously) is

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Marco Boogers and Ali Dia played PL football. Were they PL quality?

[KRBFC]

Pity you weren't a Burnley Fan then you are on a Burnley forum you know

I'm a huge fan of Ronaldo too, still born a Burnley fan....

[boatshed bill]

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Marco Boogers and Ali Dia played PL football. Were they PL quality?

The record book will show that Barnes has played 185 PL games so far, not bad for someone who is "not PL class"
Vokes played 107 games for Burnley in the PL.

Whilst you may not consider them PL class they haven't done too badly.
I did say that they are PL class by our standards, I think we all accept that we don't get the cream.

[fidelcastro]

The record book will show that Barnes has played 185 PL games so far, not bad for someone who is "not PL class"
Vokes played 107 games for Burnley in the PL.

Whilst you may not consider them PL class they haven't done too badly.
I did say that they are PL class by our standards, I think we all accept that we don't get the cream.

Depends how you're defining PL quality, I suppose.

[boatshed bill]

Depends how you're defining PL quality, I suppose.

Yews, i think it does.
Unfortunately we are the sum of our parts.

[Jakubclaret]

Mackems didn’t like him because he’s a Mag and the Mags didn’t like him because he’d managed the Mackems.

I know I live partly up there I know what opinion they have of him, caught between a rock & a hard place.

[Bin Ont Turf]

Never been able to warm to him due to his Man Utd connection but I've never really disliked him either.

You just know that the Stottie eaters are going to go through managers like Watford now.

[ClaretTony]

I know I live partly up there I know what opinion they have of him, caught between a rock & a hard place.

I’ve a good mate whose a Mackem. He’d no time for Bruce.

He texted me immediately Taylor’s pen went in at Newcastle to tell me his tea bag stays in the cup longer than Newcastle.

[tarkys_ears]

Big club Newcastle...

I believe they almost won the league a couple of times 25 years ago

On a serious note, is there a more entitled lot of fans out there?

[Bosscat]

Big club Newcastle...

I believe they almost won the league a couple of times 25 years ago

On a serious note, is there a more entitled lot of fans out there?

You should see the Woe-vers crowd on the LT ... still partying like its 1995

[Elizabeth]

A very average manager , extremely lucky to get to be manager of a club most people envy because of their massive support.
Newcastle have had some really average managers over the last 10 years and will thrive now with what this money will bring .

[houseboy]

The money will see he's ok until he gets his next job, whatever and wherever that is.

I would think with 8m plus the millions he will already have he doesn’t actually need another job. I cannot feel sorry for people with that kind of wealth if they become ‘unemployed’. Especially at his age.