These Newcastle fans react to Bruce's injury update

Newcastle boss Steve Bruce has confirmed that a number of players are doubts for the League Cup clash with Leicester on Monday.

Speaking to Sky Sports journalist Keith Downie, Bruce revealed that Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schar, Joelinton, Miguel Almiron and Christian Atsu could all miss the game.

Twitter: Newcastle with real injury concerns. Lascelles, Schär, Joelinton, Almiron, Atsu, Shelvey all doubts for Leicester t… https://t.co/F2yTYBE8WU (@SkySports_Keith)

Twitter: Correction: I made a mistake on Shelvey. He listed them so quickly I thought he said his name. Mistook Schär for Sh… https://t.co/hjacaL25R7 (@SkySports_Keith)

These Newcastle fans reacted to the news…

Excuses…

Twitter: @SkySports_Keith Excuses now for resting players that didn’t take long. (@M4lah75)

Shaun isn’t convinced either…

Twitter: @SkySports_Keith How many times have we had injury lists like this over Ashley’s reign just before a cup game? #smokeandmirrors (@ShaunGrey22)

Bruce doesn’t appear to be fooling anyone…

Twitter: @SkySports_Keith Haha, what happened to attacking the cups? No doubt all will be fit for the weekend excluding ASM who has a real injury.. (@CallumVass)

Jack Colback to return?

Twitter: @SkySports_Keith Don’t worry, there’s always Jack Colback that we can rely on to get that WIN. (@L_CheungHKCN)

Michael thinks he doesn’t care about the cup…

Twitter: @SkySports_Keith Clearly just going back on the comments he made on trying for a cup run, as you can guarantee most will be fit on Saturday (@mickycantwell)

Is Bruce taking the cup seriously?

Twitter: @SkySports_Keith We are going to take the cup seriously ? (@Jonny1Brown)

READ NEWCASTLE VERDICT

Whilst there is no way to know whether or not Bruce is making excuses or the players are actually injured, Newcastle should prioritise the Premier League over the League Cup.

Newcastle will be in a relegation scrap this season and the League Cup could become an unwanted distraction if they go far in the competition. Bruce may want to field a weakened team against Leicester and risk going out, rather than potentially losing more of his first-team players to injury in the cup and it leading to poor league form.