Former Sunderland midfielder Sebastian Larsson has claimed that Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is a good tactician. 

Despite losing his first two Premier League matches with Newcastle, Bruce has been praised by Larsson.

Some Newcastle fans reacted to the comments on Twitter… 

Svein is concerned about his Sunderland connection… 

Is Larsson helping?

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Scraping the barrel.

Is everyone at ease?

This user is referring to when Steve Bruce claimed he isn’t into tactics…

Simon isn’t impressed…

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Larsson played under Steve Bruce during the 2006/07 season, which does make you wonder how he can be so sure that he is a good tactician 12 years later.

Football is an evolving sport, with new styles, philosophies and technology being introduced regularly, so to claim that Bruce is as good a tactician as he was over a decade ago without any proof from recent years is baffling. 

The opinion of an ex-Sunderland player is also, clearly, not going down too well with the Newcastle faithful. 

Does Larsson have a point?

No

Yes