Lets all laugh at Newcastle

[TheChosenOne]

The achievement bit is where you realise the budget and net spend figures Benitez had to work with. He did a really good job with what he had.

Also consider the language barrier.

Spanglish - Geordie

 

[teok]

Newcastle 0 -3 down vs wolves pre season after one half. Their squad is pig shit with out rafa working his magic.


#bruceout trending on twitter

 

[rossdapep]

The achievement bit is where you realise the budget and net spend figures Benitez had to work with. He did a really good job with what he had.

Exactly. When they get relegated this season people will understand how well Benitez was doing.

 

[SE Spurs]

4 - 0 Wolves, and they look awful.......Ok, they're fucked without Benitez.

 

[Hakkz]

Also consider the language barrier.

Spanglish - Geordie

From what I heard Benitez was active and supported the community, which is partly why he was popular. So they must understand each other a little bit a least.

 

[Gassin's finest]

From what I heard Benitez was active and supported the community, which is partly why he was popular. So they must understand each other a little bit a least.

That's why he was really loved. Benitez did the same on Merseyside, he tries to 'get' the club and its community. With Bruce being a local, he should have some good will on that front at least (despite being a Man Utd legend...)

 

[nailsy]

Bruce seems to have treated Sheffield Wednesday pretty poorly here as well. They appointed him in January, but let him have time off before joining the club at the start of February. He's now walked out of them on Monday, and has already signed on with Newcastle days later. I know he's going to want to join a Premier League team, especially one his family support, but it sounds like he's stitched Wednesday up here.

 

['O Zio]

Bruce seems to have treated Sheffield Wednesday pretty poorly here as well. They appointed him in January, but let him have time off before joining the club at the start of February. He's now walked out of them on Monday, and has already signed on with Newcastle days later. I know he's going to want to join a Premier League team, especially one his family support, but it sounds like he's stitched Wednesday up here.

Agree. No class whatsoever. Also surely there has to be some sort of thing preventing you from just resigning in order to sign for another club immediately? If you're allowed to just do this then why do clubs ever bother paying compensation etc. when they can just get the manager to resign and join them for nothing? There has to be something stopping this?

 

[Dillspur]

He left for the cash, not because he couldn't take Newcastle any further imo. And I think Benitez constantly used his god like status with the fans there, against the club.

I agree. Wasn't he on ridiculous wages? 6/7m a year? Ashley probably offered him half that on a new contract, Ashley spent money in January and my Newcastle friend reckons they'll spend between 50-60m in the summer. At the end of the day he was out of contract and was probably looking for a pay rise, if that wasn't offered it was easy to blame Ashley for a lack of commitment.

 

[nailsy]

Agree. No class whatsoever. Also surely there has to be some sort of thing preventing you from just resigning in order to sign for another club immediately? If you're allowed to just do this then why do clubs ever bother paying compensation etc. when they can just get the manager to resign and join them for nothing? There has to be something stopping this?

Sheffied Wednesday aren't happy about it: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...le-appoint-steve-bruce-manager-rafael-benitez

"A statement from Sheffield Wednesday said: “The club is disappointed to learn via public statement issued by Newcastle United that it has appointed former Sheffield Wednesday staff Steve Bruce, Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Regardless of the fact that the staff resigned from their positions, there remains outstanding legal issues to be resolved between the club and the staff and Newcastle United. The club is currently considering its position and taking the appropriate legal advice.”

 

['O Zio]

Sheffied Wednesday aren't happy about it: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...le-appoint-steve-bruce-manager-rafael-benitez

"A statement from Sheffield Wednesday said: “The club is disappointed to learn via public statement issued by Newcastle United that it has appointed former Sheffield Wednesday staff Steve Bruce, Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Regardless of the fact that the staff resigned from their positions, there remains outstanding legal issues to be resolved between the club and the staff and Newcastle United. The club is currently considering its position and taking the appropriate legal advice.”

I'm not surprised. Like I say I feel like there must be some kind of legal protection for his "current"/previous club otherwise managers would just resign all the time in order to take a new job. I'm not lawyer by any means but it wouldn't surprise me if Wednesday sue Newcastle for the compensation.

 

[SpaggyBoy]

Imagine thinking Steve Bruce is a great football manager destined to take Newcastle to unparalleled heights and win tons of trophies, rather than a massively overrated, spud-faced chancer who's guaranteed to get them relegated.

I'll be stunned if he's not sacked by Christmas

 

['O Zio]

I'll be stunned if he's not sacked by Christmas

I wouldn't be so sure. Who else is Ashley gonna bring in? Speaks volumes that Bruce is the best they could get now when they've got all the *ahem* optimism of a new PL season ahead, imagine the list of applicants when they're glued to the bottom of the table halfway through the season and facing certain relegation?

 

[Gassin's finest]

Imagine thinking Steve Bruce is a great football manager destined to take Newcastle to unparalleled heights and win tons of trophies, rather than a massively overrated, spud-faced chancer who's guaranteed to get them relegated.

I'll be stunned if he's not sacked by Christmas

Nah. Ashley loves to make the Geordies squirm. This is the man who gave Pardew an 8 year contract.

 

[Gareth88]

Relegation coming soon

 

[teok]

 

[SugarRay]

Not all bad, currently beating a top 6 cert in the Asia trophy 3Rd place play off.

 

[Marty]

Not all bad, currently beating a top 6 cert in the Asia trophy 3Rd place play off.

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[Hakkz]

Imagine thinking Steve Bruce is a great football manager destined to take Newcastle to unparalleled heights and win tons of trophies, rather than a massively overrated, spud-faced chancer who's guaranteed to get them relegated.

I'll be stunned if he's not sacked by Christmas

Absolutely not being sacked. There's a reason he's there. He's cheap and he most likely won't complain about signings.

 

[whitechina]

Absolutely not being sacked. There's a reason he's there. He's cheap and he most likely won't complain about signings.

I agree with this , but if they are bottom and adrift from the others, then changes will come