Steve Bruce knows all about what it’s like to support Newcastle United – he grew up in Newcastle like a lot of us supporting the lads – and of course he did spend a difficult time managing Sunderland, from 2009-2011, before he was fired.
Steve Bruce – Hull City manager’s blast at north-east media
The Corbridge-born 53 year-old is now at Hull City, and it’s the eighth club he has managed in his management career, and he has lambasted the media in the north-east before tomorrows game by saying this:
“It’s a difficult place to manage. But we have to try and take advantage of that, of course we do. We have to be mercenary enough to try and do that.¨
“The other stuff is not enjoyable to watch from afar. Over the years he’s done a decent job has Alan, but I think that’s the nature of the beast, especially in the North East.¨ “We all understand it’s a results-based business but some of the nonsense that goes with it, I have to say, is ridiculous.¨
“Unfortunately, the way social media is and the way the media is up there, there’s a huge appetite for what we call nonsense.¨ “It comes with the territory but you have to say in the North East it seems to quadruple.¨
“When there’s a crisis, there’s a crisis, and I suppose that comes from the huge support they have got.”
Steve’s tenure at Sunderland was 30 months from May, 2009, and it was shorter than the tenure of Alan Pardew at Newcastle.
Alan was appointed in early December 2010, when he took over from the fired Chris Hughton – so he has been in the job just a couple of months short of four years – but the situation is somewhat similar now to when Steve Bruce was fired at Sunderland.
There was also intense criticism of Steve’s record at Sunderland near the end of his tenure, and we suppose Steve can empathise with what’s going on with Pardew at Newcastle these days.
There will be demonstrations against Alan Pardew during tomorrow’s game, and Fabricio Coloccini has come out as captain and asked the fans to support the team from the first whistle tomorrow – so we’ll just have to see what happens.
But there have always been recurring crises at Newcastle, it’s part of the territory as Bruce says, and it’s caused by the passionate fans – who will not take mediocrity as a norm at Newcastle United.
That’s one way to describe what’s happening right now – but even if Newcastle do fire Alan Pardew, the real cause of the mediocrity we are seeing at Newcastle is down to owner Mike Ashley.
The owner is at the core of the problem – because Mike just doesn’t have the necessary ambition to propel Newcastle forward to being one of the best teams in England.
Newcastle are bottom of the league, having taken only 2 points from our first four league games, and with two very poor performances in the last couple of games, it’s hard to say whether things will have improved tomorrow at 5:00pm.
Fans don’t seem too confident of taking much out of this game.
What do you think?
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64 comments so far
lesh
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:22 PM
Comment #1Breaking news – I’ve heard a whisper that Jesper’s in talks with Ashley.
Look out for him in the directors’ box tomorrow.
Laurent Robert 32
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:25 PM
Comment #2Ol’ Brucie Bullneck there.
You’ll see the result of what happens if you consistently lie, deceive and play a negative brand of football very poorly over the course of many months.
I genuinely cannot wait for tomorrow.
RUNAWAY777
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:26 PM
Comment #3tell Fabricio Coloccini to f/off hes been so poor for a long time now.
Belfast
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:27 PM
Comment #4Is this the jesper you’re referring to Lesh ?
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg497/findjesper/NewSkitch_zps3110ded4.jpg
Get in touch
Thump
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:30 PM
Comment #5Trust me, Brucey, you just have to break up play in the midfield and Pardew will drop one right there on the touchline and hail you as a tactical genius.
Belfast
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:31 PM
Comment #6Reports he may have been kidnapped by this man.
Leader of the pro Percy brigade. May be using the name manxpie.
http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article800550.ece/alternates/s615b/Strathclyde%20Police%20undated%20handout%20e-fit%20of%20the%20man%20they%20want%20to%20trace%20in%20relation%20to%20the%20abduction%20and%20serious%20assault%20of%20a%2039-year-old%20woman%20driver
Belfast
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:34 PM
Comment #7Hull are 13/5 tomorrow
I have a feeling we’ll probably win though, and Percy will be talking about how we’ve turned the corner
Jail for Ashley
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:37 PM
Comment #8I hope that’s the touchline dancing Captain Pugwash talking himself out of a job up here !
lesh
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:43 PM
Comment #9Belfast, that photofit of Jesper’s not good.
He’s been spotted in the Bigg Market tonight!
http://media.photobucket.com/user/jayromito/media/VIK.gif.html?filters%5Bterm%5D=viking&filters%5Bprimary%5D=images&filters%5Bsecondary%5D=videos&sort=1&o=9
Belfast
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Comment #10He done a good job for one season in my opinion.
The rest of it’s been pretty shit. A complete disaster at times.
Still don’t have a clue why Hughton was sacked and he was brought in. It certainly wasn’t football related.
Belfast
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:46 PM
Comment #11Good first half of last season as well to be fair to him.
Completely forgot about that because the second half was a complete disaster
Offkey
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:46 PM
Comment #12Dont know if this has been put up yet but it is Durham and Quinn on talksport laying into Pardew. Put up on sack pardew youtube page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvN2QJJXiZg
Offkey
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:47 PM
Comment #13They are spot on as well
headtheball
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:49 PM
Comment #14Will Alan Pardue be best remembered by NUFC fans as:
An ex player
An ex manager
or
An ex crement
HWTL
Jail for Ashley
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:52 PM
Comment #15When MAoc launched their campaigns last year, firstly against Lpool in an admirable 2-2 with the march then with the leaflet campaign which resulted in an excellent 2-0 win against Chelsea which turned our (first half) season, they didnt get any credit for that, if we win tomorrow it will be too late to deny the protest hasn’t had an affect, afterall, the last show of disaproval resulted in a 3-0
win, it is too late for Alan Pardew and only a streak of about eight wins in a row might claw any respect from the fans back, start making some noise tomorrow.
Geremi's Prosthetic Leg Fund
Sep 19, 2014 at 9:58 PM
Comment #16I’ve got the feeling we’ll win tomorrow. Pardew has an uncanny knack to nick points just as you think he’s a goner. I will be fuming though if he tries to brush it all under the rug if it happens though. All it takes is another couple of losses and he’ll be right under the guillotine again though thankfully.
nico
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:03 PM
Comment #17I find it hard to believe how many people actually think we will lose tomorrow. I will be at the game tomorrow and I won’t be amused if people near me are protesting. Just go and support your team. I think there may be trouble at the game tomorrow.
nico
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:04 PM
Comment #18Look at the players we have now. The best manager in the world would find it hard to win many games. That’s not Pardew’s fault.
TemurisBaldyBonce
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:06 PM
Comment #19A self-referential headline! I like this place more now 🙂
Tsunki
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:10 PM
Comment #20For those who put forward Oversize Brucie as our next manager, remember this guy who turned us down but jumped at the mackem job is a geordie traitor. Simple as that. And by slagging off the people of the northeast for losing his cushy megapounds job simply because he was essentially second rate, he demonstrates exactly why he is the wearyside answer to Pardew. Remember this well.
Tsunki
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:11 PM
Comment #21Nico it has more to do with our form versus hulls than to do with pessimism and protest
nico
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:13 PM
Comment #22Seriously who will we get as manager if Pardew goes? Scares me just thinking about it.
Tsunki
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:14 PM
Comment #23Why nico? Who would be worse?
Geremi's Prosthetic Leg Fund
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:15 PM
Comment #24We have a lot of internationals vs Hull’s few, we should be winning this game at home. At least with Pardew gone we could get someone who doesn’t talk utter shite all of the time. Or someone who isn’t entirely unlikeable. Maybe even someone who can coach a team and find a working tactic.
banjax
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:19 PM
Comment #25Of course Managers will say that – blame the media, the supporters and anything else that deflects blame away from their shortcomings. AP is one such manager who has had lots of time and dare I say money to make Newcastle a success on the pitch and let’s not forget he gets well paid for his failure. Most of us would jump at the chance to manage a club like ours for nothing ! The worry of not taking the decision to sack AP is the clock winding down on the chances of saving the club from relegation. He has’nt performed to his contract and worse, he has tarnished the reputation of our club with his violent behaviour and his abusive language to fellow managers. Add to that his blame of supporters cheering or jeering (take your pick) for the team performance. Blaming someone else used to be the refuge of a scoundrel – now it appears it is that of a football manager !
Tsunki
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:22 PM
Comment #26I find it fascinating how the media can overlook the sheer weight of evidence against Pardews results and accuse the Geordie fans of being delusional and expecting too much. We have demonstrated a patience and forbearing that I can imagine no other fanbase would. Weve tolerated Parew being the second longest serving manager in the PL, with an abysmal record to boot.
Tsunki
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:25 PM
Comment #27Banjax – too right. If I was being paid millions and did a crap job, knowing Id be paid up on my entire contract if sacked, I would be a very happy man. The arrogance of goons like Pardew and Bruce to blame the fans for undue pressure is staggering.
stuart no9
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:27 PM
Comment #28nico—— if there is trouble at the game tomoprrow it will be the pro pardew brigade who start it. if they dont like what is going to happen tomorrow- instead of going , stay away.
stuart no9
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:33 PM
Comment #29nico @ 22—————”Seriously who will we get as manager if Pardew goes? Scares me just thinking about it.———.what we dont want nico is someone with a worse record than pardew. i cant think of one – can you ?
damma99
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:34 PM
Comment #30Sick of these Pardew supporters.F==k off.
Belfast
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:38 PM
Comment #31I used to think the same at one point nico. Can’t see anybody being worse than Pardew now though
dave 1961
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:52 PM
Comment #32Well i had to have the night in as I’m helping the lads at Sackpardew.com dishing out the A4’s so if you hear that someone get’s a broken jaw before the game tomorrow they obviously did not learn to button it, if you don’t want one just say no thanks any lip and its a broken jaw, and it wont be mine. and its not true that i had a few tonight to celebrate the banishment of the odious one, but it is true i have a bottle of champers on ice, and i do have a bottle of Dom Perignon just in case he take the fat controller with him. sorry i can’t share it with you lads but when the glorious day arrives i will post a picture. James bond would be proud.
optimistic prime
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:55 PM
Comment #33Tsunki 😉
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/comment-alan-pardew-is-just-a-stooge-for-mike-ashley-who-runs-newcastle-like-his-shops–cheap-foreign-imports-and-a-tame-manager-9745370.html
stan anderson
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:55 PM
Comment #34Bruce should bare in mind that the N/E has had very little success in the last 50 years.
We have supporters as good if not better than any.
Do we not deserve a sniff of a trophy of any description.
All we want is to compete for trophies and try to win.
Can you wonder why we get pi–ed off with our lack of ambition.
welshgeordie9
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:56 PM
Comment #35i would bring in David O’Leary he was quality when he was a manager of Leeds United, they had quality players.
Jail for Ashley
Sep 19, 2014 at 10:59 PM
Comment #36Tsunki,
I was for awhile an advocate for who could be worse, that was when the football was dire and results were steady-ish, the situation we face now is as you asked, who on Earth could possibly do worse.
Laurent Robert 32
Sep 19, 2014 at 11:01 PM
Comment #37Nico, the anti-Pardew protesters are actually trying to make a change. Not clap like seals in the name of blind faith only for us to keep being humiliated week after week like we have been doing.
The standard of management and coaching is nothing short of abysmal and it needs highlighting that it is unacceptable.
It’s not good enough. Short term pain for long term gain. He should never had got the job in the first place.
You’ll find there are a lot of people protesting, but like the Cardiff game, it’ll be pro team chant followed by anti regime chant.
welshgeordie9
Sep 19, 2014 at 11:04 PM
Comment #38let me see you could do worse
Sam Allardyce
Graeme Souness
Joe Kinnear
welshgeordie9
Sep 19, 2014 at 11:07 PM
Comment #39Would these be better
Chas and Dave
Sooty and Sweep
Cannon and Ball
Hale and Pace
Chuckle Brothers
Grant and Phil
Jail for Ashley
Sep 19, 2014 at 11:09 PM
Comment #40Micky Adams would be an all time low !