Former Premier League star claims Steve Bruce is ‘well past his sell-by date’, hits out at Ashley – originally posted on Sportslens.com
Former Premier League forward Stan Collymore has hit out at the Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley and manager Steve Bruce for the way they have run things this season.
The magpies are currently two points adrift of the relegation zone and there is a decent chance they could go down to the Championship by the end of the season.
Mike Ashley has often been criticised for his lack of investment and managerial choices. The Newcastle owner has decided to stick with Bruce as the club’s manager despite the abysmal run of results and that has not gone down well with the Newcastle fans and Collymore.
As far as Bruce is concerned, the team is clearly struggling under his management and he has shown no intent to change things around and get his side firing once again.
Collymore has labelled the Newcastle duo as the worst double act in Premier League history.
“Steve Bruce and Mike Ashley are the worst double act in Premier League history,” he said (via Chronicle).
“They are driving Newcastle down to the Championship, and neither seem to care. If they did, Bruce would have resigned after that desperate defeat to Brighton, one of the least competitive performances in the Geordies’ recent history.
“Or Ashley would have woken up on Monday morning and cleared the decks, sacked Bruce, and lanced the discontent among Newcastle players that is poisoning the training ground.
“Instead, Ashley stood behind Bruce, admired his “passion” and experience… despite the rest of the world seeing he’s well past his sell-by date.”
The Newcastle fans will certainly be hoping that their side can escape relegation this season but the players will have to step up and start picking up points now.
The Magpies were dealt a devastating injury blow earlier today with midfielder Isaac Hayden ruled out for the season with a knee injury and it will be interesting to see if the likes of Callum Wilson and Allan Saint-Maximin can return to action soon and help the side collect some valuable points.
Read: How the Newcastle fans reacted to Hayden’s injury blow