Premier League winners and losers (mostly Steve Bruce)

On a truncated Premier League weekend there was still plenty to praise (mostly Brighton) and plenty to bemoan (mostly Steve Bruce)…   Winners Brighton, the opposite of Newcastle If you’ll forgive me for going all Marks & Spencer, this wasn’t just a 3-0 win. It was emphatic proof that Brighton and Newcastle United are two […]

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F365 Says: Steve Bruce can’t survive new Newcastle nadir

Newcastle fans have been force fed plenty of sh*t in recent seasons. But what they had to swallow on Saturday night was the biggest turd of all. Steve Bruce’s Magpies went to Brighton for a six-pointer in the Premier League relegation fight and failed to lay a glove on their opponents. Brighton, so poor at […]

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Bruce: Only Man Utd and Chelsea have been better than us

Steve Bruce believes Newcastle United have turned a corner as only Man United and Chelsea have beaten them “over the last seven or eight games”. The Magpies are deep in the relegation mire after failing to win any of their last five Premier League fixtures. They could fall into the bottom three if Fulham beat Leeds at […]

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Newcastle boss Bruce ‘convinced’ his side will avoid relegation

Newcastle manager Steve Bruce is ‘convinced’ his side will avoid relegation from the Premier League this season. The Magpies scored deep into stoppage time against Aston Villa to pick up a 1-1 draw at home. The game took a while to get going, with the absence of Jack Grealish and Allan Saint-Maximin noticeable. OPINION: Man […]

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Bruce aware Newcastle have a fight on their hands to stay up

Steve Bruce has admitted that Newcastle have “not won enough football matches” this season so they must now fight to maintain their Premier League status. The Magpies saw their advantage over the bottom three dwindle to a single point over the weekend after they could only draw 0-0 at West Brom as Fulham claimed a […]

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The ‘eye-watering’ fee Ashley paid to bring Bruce to Newcastle?

A puzzling fee in Sheffield Wednesday’s latest set of accounts could indicate the amount Mike Ashley spent to bring Steve Bruce to Newcastle. It is posited that the ‘Confidential Compensation Package’ totalling an ‘eye-watering’ £6,475,000 was paid by Newcastle to the South Yorkshire club to take Bruce to St James’ Park, reports The Shield Gazette. […]

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Newcastle mole a ‘treacherous wretch’, claims pundit after Bruce chat

The Newcastle mole who leaked the story of a training ground mishap is a “treacherous wretch”, according to Simon Jordan. Reports emerged on Wednesday evening that Steve Bruce and winger Matt Ritchie were involved in a training ground bust-up. Bruce confirmed the disagreement did take place and promised to discover the source of the leak. […]

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Bruce ‘delighted’ with the ‘desire’ Newcastle showed against WBA

Steve Bruce also admitted that Newcastle United lacked that “little bit of quality” against West Brom and that prevented them from winning the game. There was very little between West Brom and Newcastle on Sunday. Neither side had the quality on the day to grab an all-important winning goal. It finished goalless, which does not […]

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Keown: ‘Paranoid’ Bruce should focus on keeping Newcastle up

Martin Keown has insisted that there is not a “campaign” against Steve Bruce and he has advised the Newcastle United boss to focus on his job. The Magpies have only won two of their previous 15 Premier League games. This form has dragged them into a fight to avoid relegation. They are now only three […]

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Ritchie apologises for calling Bruce a ‘coward’ in Newcastle row

Newcastle midfielder Matt Ritchie has apologised after a training ground bust-up with head coach Steve Bruce. A report has claimed the 31-year-old was involved in an angry exchange with Bruce earlier this week over the former Manchester United defender’s post-match comments following Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Wolves, in which he suggested substitute Ritchie had not […]

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