Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has defended his side’s performance against Norwich by claiming that other teams in the league failed to perform.
The Toon lost 3-1 to newly-promoted Norwich, with Finnish international Teemu Pukki scoring a hat-trick for the Canaries.
Twitter: Bruce: “I’m sure other manager’s teams didn’t play well last weekend either.”
This is not something a manager up… https://t.co/83lRzNE90u (@NUFC360)
These Newcastle fans took to Twitter to react to the news…
Is Bruce just hoping for the best?
Twitter: @NUFC360 Bruce’s tactics for the rest of the season https://t.co/ELAKYzxcPp (@Jason_Mag)
Andy isn’t impressed…
Twitter: @NUFC360 Bruce has absolutely nothing credible to offer in terms of any positive reason to be hopeful. He is comple… https://t.co/lyqRTiMg9g (@andy_emmers)
Conor isn’t happy with Bruce’s thinking…
Twitter: @NUFC360 That’s something no manager should be thinking. “We’re not the worst though, are we” (@CBennett_12)
Weird?
Twitter: @NUFC360 We are two games in and the way he talks as a manager is just weird. Out of his depth- past his sell buy date. (@Venustas007Carl)
Is it the best Bruce can muster?
Twitter: @NUFC360 Is that the best he’s got the say. He’s useless at press conferences aswell then. (@docs32)
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Given the mood around Newcastle at the moment, Bruce’s comments appear to just be further stoking the fire amongst the supporters.
Although he has a right to defend himself and his team, at the same time he needs to be realistic about expectations – with a 3-1 defeat to a newly promoted team in the second game of the season not being good enough.
Bruce may well be right, but his comments were only ever going to annoy Newcastle fans – so why say it? Maybe he needs to consider how what he says in press conferences will affect supporters.
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