Didn't he insist on signing Joelinton for 40 million instead of keeping Rondon? Wasn't that one of the (many) reasons Rafa left? To be fair, Joelinton has worked out great in the end 😁
@@Blazedreptile No he wasn't great. But I remember him fitting well with Rafa's system. And it is a fair guess that he would have cost considerably less than Joelinton did 🙂
@@wayneleaver1668he’s got them from relegation to top 4 while playing quite a few of the players they already had. Regardless of the money spent he’s done a good job
It was a small pot because Ashley was skimming the cash off the top and not paying any sponsorship money for Sports Direct advertising. Newcastle went from having the 4th/5th best revenue to the worst during Ashley's reign. Bruce is shocking too - the players he brought in are mostly the same ones playing out of their skin under Howe now, yet they were terrible under Bruce's coaching. A small pot of money doesn't make up for ineptitude and poor coaching
I'm not watching the interview but I hope he was challenged on why Schar, Almiron, Joelinton and Sean Longstaff were in and out of a shit team at times and now start most games in a very good team.
@@jamesinhenleytime? Let's look at how long the improvements in Schar, Lascelles, Joelinton & Longstaff took - Eddie Howe came in 3 weeks after Bruce was sacked, the improvements happened within 2 months - it only took that long because even 3 months into the season the players were unfit because of Bruce's training regime - Howe put the squad on double sessions, several players mentioned the immediate difference publicly
Aa a hull fan, steve bruce is a legend and a great man. He gave us some of the best times our club has ever known, i will forever love him for what he did for us. 👍
@@Ash-ti3er here's the thing. If you've ever supported a club that has gone through the mill and nearly gone bust you dont care about winning trophies, you just want to be able to go watch the club you support every week, dont be so entitled 👍
@@SensibleMoniker toon was his club as a lad. He was hampered by the owner, give him what they have now he will win you trophies. Villa was a stop gap, he should never have gone there, West brom the same. He's never been a manager that was had the resources to be able to make a really good side. He was ace for us because he created a team that got us back to the prem and an fa cup final which nobody in our history had ever done
@@MrJlc93 ppl like u are happy going to work every day to earn minimum and u say well it pays the bills u dnt want to progress u dnt want to take that leap. You’re easily satisfied.
Gotta feel for bruce being a newcastle fan himself, he just wasnt good enough for the job. Joelinton was probably our worst player under him & now hes the heart of our midfield. Thats the eddie howe effect.
One of the worst managers in history great centre back but a terrible manager and this coming from a geordie we used to call him special agent bruce when he was at sunderland because we thought he was doing an undercover job making sundrrland even shitter than what they are (scum) until he came to newcastle.....
The main argument going against Bruce is that howe took a lot of those same players fighting relegation to europe in the space of a year, yea they did buy some big players but the team hasnt changed massively from bruce
I grew up in the 90’s and I’m telling you now pound for pounds Steve Bruce was top 5 defenders in the premier league in his time man was a proper defender..
@@snipedotgenius I could never understand why Bruce wasn't even an England squad member.. It was always a mixed back 4.. Pallister, Adams, Dixon, Pearce.. the Arsenal back 5 were English.. 2/3 used to play.. The fa were stupider in selection too. Des Walker FFS.
I’m a Newcastle fan and I’ll say this much. You cannot slate any manager that was appointed under Mike Ashley. Whoever it was, they might not have been the right person for the job, but they did what they could with what they had. Bruce summed it up there. “That’s the pot, get on with it”
Yet when Rafa got promoted he took £30m out of the accounts the season we got back into the Premier league. He insisted on selling players on the drip yet bought them cash up front. As a result the cash flow was always screwed for buying players
Newcastle never had a decent “pot of money” because Mike Ashley figuratively was drilling holes in the boat. He sold off the retail arm of the business, he made kit deals that didn’t feed revenue to the club, he plastered his own businesses in potential sponsorship spaces at below market value prices and he had no ambition of growing the club to any level that would require investment. He saw the club as a vehicle to market his brands around the world and nothing more and he’d spend the bare minimum to ensure the club would tread water above the relegation zone, which backfired twice
LISTEN STEVE .!!! YOU WERE SUNDERLAND MANAGER .AND YOUR A NEWCASTLE FAN . !!! YOUR A LEGEND IN THE GAME . BUT YOUR PERCEPTION AS YOU SAY TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST
“You got no bullshit from Mike Ashely” Us as fans no that statement is bullshit! Don’t even try and lie to us and say he was always honest as he never was
Could Bruce take Bournemouth from -17 League 2 to Premier League? Howe did with Bournemouth. This man is horrid. He’s managed countless clubs, won nothing, no fan has a good word to say about him. Would you hire/ever have Steve Bruce as your manager.
Birmingham fan and yes agree bruce was silly to jump from certain clubs however before he had to deal with the death of his parents…. He is literally the most successful manager in terms of getting club’s promotion so the comment about him getting Bournemouth promoted is ridiculous
Small pot of money cos Ashley brought in nothing in the way of commercial revenue. Instead using the club to advertise his tat shop on the cheap. Shyster. And Mrs Doubtfire here is one of the worst managers to grace the game.
1000 odd games as a manager, and fans of every club he’s ever managed think he’s a wanker. Won nothing, 25/30% win record. 0 England caps. Nobody has wanted Steve Bruce.
Failure, walked into a play off side at west brom and all Newcastle fans said forget the playoffs he will take you near the bottom and what happened! Joke!
Would have been great if he wasn't given an easy ride by Jordan. Bruce is clueless, awful tactics, players out of position. Not playing Schar, Longstaff, Murphy 3 first team regulars now
Everything he said was horse shit! Come on bruce am sure you are smarter than that. Kevin kegan is extremely smart he knew straight away! Only reason Bruce got the job because we had been through the lot. Only smart managers seen what was happening and didn’t get involved.
Bruce is a clown. He is a yes man and he knew how lucky he was too have a job because he was useless as a manager. His tactics were nonexistent and he didn't improve any players. A terrible manager who made a lot of money for being bad at his job. Always had a good excuse after a match
“He never interfered” - i bet he didn’t, he never gave a fuck that’s why😂
He only interfered when a manager had a rapport with the fans and knew that manager wanted the best . It went against everything he stood for
Didn't he insist on signing Joelinton for 40 million instead of keeping Rondon? Wasn't that one of the (many) reasons Rafa left?
To be fair, Joelinton has worked out great in the end 😁
@madeoson Roydon wasn't great either iirc. Championship player
@@Blazedreptile No he wasn't great. But I remember him fitting well with Rafa's system. And it is a fair guess that he would have cost considerably less than Joelinton did 🙂
@@madeosonRafa wanted Joelinton too however he said he wasn’t worth more than £25m
He also referred to Eddie Howe as "the guy who got Bournemouth relegated ", real class act eh?
Yep
He got that right, you win nothing with steady Eddie in charge.
@@wayneleaver1668he’s got them from relegation to top 4 while playing quite a few of the players they already had. Regardless of the money spent he’s done a good job
@@wayneleaver1668As a Bournemouth fan he’s taken us over at bottom of league 2, took us to Prem in six years, steady Eddie is class now fuck off 😀
There’s a song called that… Jealous Guy
It was a small pot because Ashley was skimming the cash off the top and not paying any sponsorship money for Sports Direct advertising. Newcastle went from having the 4th/5th best revenue to the worst during Ashley's reign.
Bruce is shocking too - the players he brought in are mostly the same ones playing out of their skin under Howe now, yet they were terrible under Bruce's coaching. A small pot of money doesn't make up for ineptitude and poor coaching
Of course it does. That's like saying Chelsea should be top of the league because they spent 1b, it doesn't work like that.
Not sure he did any coaching. Quick jog round the training ground then off for a kebab...
He got a lot more than what rafa was given tbh
Still wasn't a lot though😂
@@mika-eelkhan15haha are you kidding he spent a lot in his first season with us, more than what rafa did
@@mika-eelkhan15 110-120 for 2 seasons, Rafa for 3 and a half seasons was given -5 million
Problem with this interview Simon won’t ask tough questions because he admitted Bruce was his good friend
I'm not watching the interview but I hope he was challenged on why Schar, Almiron, Joelinton and Sean Longstaff were in and out of a shit team at times and now start most games in a very good team.
Good point
Because they were young and inexperienced
You understand how time works ?
Kdb, lukaku and salah didn’t make it at Chelsea when they were similar ages
@@MichaelCook84 Joelinton wasn’t inexperienced at all, he’s a box to box midfielder and Bruce inexplicably played him as the number 9.
@@jamesinhenleytime? Let's look at how long the improvements in Schar, Lascelles, Joelinton & Longstaff took - Eddie Howe came in 3 weeks after Bruce was sacked, the improvements happened within 2 months - it only took that long because even 3 months into the season the players were unfit because of Bruce's training regime - Howe put the squad on double sessions, several players mentioned the immediate difference publicly
Aa a hull fan, steve bruce is a legend and a great man. He gave us some of the best times our club has ever known, i will forever love him for what he did for us. 👍
Toon, Villa and Baggies fans have a very different view. He was utterly useless and blamed all his failures on anything and everything but himself
Build a statue of him then Hull have never had a star
@@Ash-ti3er here's the thing. If you've ever supported a club that has gone through the mill and nearly gone bust you dont care about winning trophies, you just want to be able to go watch the club you support every week, dont be so entitled 👍
@@SensibleMoniker toon was his club as a lad. He was hampered by the owner, give him what they have now he will win you trophies. Villa was a stop gap, he should never have gone there, West brom the same. He's never been a manager that was had the resources to be able to make a really good side. He was ace for us because he created a team that got us back to the prem and an fa cup final which nobody in our history had ever done
@@MrJlc93 ppl like u are happy going to work every day to earn minimum and u say well it pays the bills u dnt want to progress u dnt want to take that leap. You’re easily satisfied.
Ashley is one of Britain's best businessmen but shouldn't be anywhere near a football club lol
Aye, respect him as a capitalist, but football is not his industry.
Football clubs are businesses nowadays.
When you give your staff zero contracts of course your a good business person
@bennib5 I wouldn't associate good person and good businessmen
@@moonlightrelax639 what makes a good businessmen?? keep cost down, a business highest cost is wages
Gotta feel for bruce being a newcastle fan himself, he just wasnt good enough for the job. Joelinton was probably our worst player under him & now hes the heart of our midfield. Thats the eddie howe effect.
The football that I saw under Steve Bruce was the worst football I've ever seen Newcastle play, he is an absolutely awful manager
Same at Villa awful football
Eddie Howe has done wonders tho, hasn’t spent crazy like other teams and still doing really well
One of the worst managers in history great centre back but a terrible manager and this coming from a geordie we used to call him special agent bruce when he was at sunderland because we thought he was doing an undercover job making sundrrland even shitter than what they are (scum) until he came to newcastle.....
Exactly like FSG at Liverpool
Amazing what klopp has achieved under them
How does Steve Bruce explain why so many players have improved since his departure?
I felt sorry for Steve Bruce he came in at the wrong time
To be fair everyone came at the wrong time under Ashley
Tbf to bruce he done a good job with what he had at his disposal
The main argument going against Bruce is that howe took a lot of those same players fighting relegation to europe in the space of a year, yea they did buy some big players but the team hasnt changed massively from bruce
Ashley didn't tell you not to work hard did he?
Mike Ashley is just tight, paid the Sports Direct staff shit and put hardly any money into Newcastle.
Sounds weird after listening to Bob Mortimer doing him in Geordie Heat on Athletico Mince 😭
I feel for this fella
I grew up in the 90’s and I’m telling you now pound for pounds Steve Bruce was top 5 defenders in the premier league in his time man was a proper defender..
Totally agree, yet.. he never played for England.
@@MrChrisBarker shows you how good the level of defender there was back in the early days of the league
@@snipedotgenius I could never understand why Bruce wasn't even an England squad member.. It was always a mixed back 4.. Pallister, Adams, Dixon, Pearce.. the Arsenal back 5 were English.. 2/3 used to play.. The fa were stupider in selection too. Des Walker FFS.
Shame he was never a good manager though
@@lukeporcher6378he did fine at hull city.
I’m a Newcastle fan and I’ll say this much.
You cannot slate any manager that was appointed under Mike Ashley.
Whoever it was, they might not have been the right person for the job, but they did what they could with what they had.
Bruce summed it up there. “That’s the pot, get on with it”
Bollocks, he was shite. And didn’t take his job seriously. Phantom Geordie aswell.
Could have had Chelsea money and he'd still have coached them into worse players
Awww poor Steve 😢😢
wow the truth is out. sorry Bruce. we understand the reality now.
The mess even tries to take credit for first playing Joe Linton in his current position . Like it wasn’t Howe to figure it out and reinvent the player
Yet when Rafa got promoted he took £30m out of the accounts the season we got back into the Premier league. He insisted on selling players on the drip yet bought them cash up front. As a result the cash flow was always screwed for buying players
Newcastle never had a decent “pot of money” because Mike Ashley figuratively was drilling holes in the boat. He sold off the retail arm of the business, he made kit deals that didn’t feed revenue to the club, he plastered his own businesses in potential sponsorship spaces at below market value prices and he had no ambition of growing the club to any level that would require investment. He saw the club as a vehicle to market his brands around the world and nothing more and he’d spend the bare minimum to ensure the club would tread water above the relegation zone, which backfired twice
He got more money than any other Newcastle manager under Ashley and we were shit.
Top man Steve Bruce
Bruce also signed Joelinton
Here’s the pot of money…pulls out a espresso cup
Love Bruce 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The only good thing about Ashley he did not put them into debt.
Bruce was the luckiest man alive at Newcastle. I think I saw maybe 3 games where we were the better side under his reign the rest was pure luck
Doe's he want cheesy chips andva kebab with his comments 😂
He spent an absolute fortune at Newcastle
Simon is cut throat with he knows, and doesn't know. Proper Wiseman
Always felt for Bruce. Did about as well as his predecessor who the fanbase near idolised yet he got undeserved abuse, at his boyhood club too
Try being at sheff it'd we've always cried fcking poverty even in premiership
He ran it as a business rather than a debt ridden charity!!
Hes effed every club hes ever managed
Bruce needs to lay off the alcohol 🍷
And as a result under financial fair play Newcastle could/can now buy anyone they feckin want
LISTEN STEVE .!!! YOU WERE SUNDERLAND MANAGER .AND YOUR A NEWCASTLE FAN . !!! YOUR A LEGEND IN THE GAME . BUT YOUR PERCEPTION AS YOU SAY TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST
Did a decent job at Ledersford to be fair.
British buspiness man done good running the clyb eithin its means and organicly. If every other club was run like that,Ashley would be a martyr
its even harder when you have no money
You spend more than 100 million to make Newcastle worst 😂
“You got no bullshit from Mike Ashely”
Us as fans no that statement is bullshit! Don’t even try and lie to us and say he was always honest as he never was
Get on with it … here’s a quid brucey baby .. happy transfer window
He didn't have a clue about football that's why he didn't interfere
Ask him why he got sacked by about 20 different clubs.
I’m not saying he’s wrong, but even for what he had Bruce was still sh*te
Ashley was a decent owner in an age of corrupt oligarchs and headchoppers bringing in billions of £. No-one can compete with that
He never got involved cos he never gave a rats ass🤣🤣
I think Bruce got over 100 million to spend
He too nice to be a manager, simple a s that. He's a lovely bloke but it's no good having a leader that can't lead.
He’s not a nice bloke. Dig deeper
Media are acting like Newcastle are that feel good club still, they are just another state owned soulless club now.
Oh God. Why? Why do we have to listen to him?
Cocaine addiction here, hope I'm wrong though.
Gotta be the worst manager ever
sure, if you know nothing about football
@@cdrxgon24 hes terrible what football planet do u live on he’s ruined numerous clubs
@@Tosspot he’s a worse manager than John Carver is he? Dave Hockaday? Terry Connor?
@@cdrxgon24 ok top 10 🤣
@@Tosspot fair enough i’ll accept this loool
Simon Jordan is so bitter and hateful all the time. Eddie Hearn put him in his place recently 😂
Hands down. Worst manager ever.
Could Bruce take Bournemouth from -17 League 2 to Premier League? Howe did with Bournemouth.
This man is horrid. He’s managed countless clubs, won nothing, no fan has a good word to say about him.
Would you hire/ever have Steve Bruce as your manager.
I wouldn't let him manage the Sunday league team
As if Birmingham and Aston Villa fans didn’t like him already he shamelessly takes the West Brom job he doesn’t care really
Birmingham fan and yes agree bruce was silly to jump from certain clubs however before he had to deal with the death of his parents…. He is literally the most successful manager in terms of getting club’s promotion so the comment about him getting Bournemouth promoted is ridiculous
Why compare howe and Bruce? Makes no sense at all.
@dannyx2737 what do you mean they are both managers and are English and managed newcastle what doesn't make sense?
He didn’t interfere cos he didn’t care
World class coach. 🧟
😂😂
Small pot of money cos Ashley brought in nothing in the way of commercial revenue. Instead using the club to advertise his tat shop on the cheap. Shyster. And Mrs Doubtfire here is one of the worst managers to grace the game.
So if he didn’t interfere with the team what excuse have you got for how shit they played?
1000 odd games as a manager, and fans of every club he’s ever managed think he’s a wanker. Won nothing, 25/30% win record. 0 England caps.
Nobody has wanted Steve Bruce.
I think only hull fans liked him he’s an awful manager
3 Premier league's
Couldn't have said it better myself. 👏 👏
But he has got multiple teams promoted into the Premier League, so he clearly did win quite a few things...
@@johnburton7633 You couldn't Add 2+2 You plonker
He’s chatting shit.
NO player improved under Bruce.
Howe has dramatically improved every player in the club
better manager than lucky mark hughes and diabolical stuart pearce.
Ivan dobsky football manager
Failure, walked into a play off side at west brom and all Newcastle fans said forget the playoffs he will take you near the bottom and what happened! Joke!
Would have been great if he wasn't given an easy ride by Jordan. Bruce is clueless, awful tactics, players out of position. Not playing Schar, Longstaff, Murphy 3 first team regulars now
Mike Ashley ... worst owner ever
That false voice is an embarrassment from Bruce
It's also very difficult when you're a shit manager
So now we know Newcastle was awful because of Steve Bruce🤔👍
Steve Bruce has been shit everywhere he has been
Gobshyte manager
Explains why he had zero success then
Wheres the bacon at cabbage head?
Everything he said was horse shit! Come on bruce am sure you are smarter than that. Kevin kegan is extremely smart he knew straight away! Only reason Bruce got the job because we had been through the lot. Only smart managers seen what was happening and didn’t get involved.
Bruce seemed a good nanager to me. I support Aberdeen FC, in Scotland.
Really
The bloke had more relegation than promotions proper shite manager the Newcastle team only trained twice a week
Mate, you really need to look into how shit he was, and not just for us, stealing wages from clubs for many a year.
Thank fuck hes gone
Thoroughly decent man is Bruce. I’m neutral on the football front but hated how he was vilified
Bruce is a clown. He is a yes man and he knew how lucky he was too have a job because he was useless as a manager. His tactics were nonexistent and he didn't improve any players. A terrible manager who made a lot of money for being bad at his job. Always had a good excuse after a match
Terrible manager .
Well ya know
Charlatan
Played the most boring and terrible football ever at Newcastle 😊
Bruce is gone
🥔
Shite manager
Cabbage head
Useless
J
Shit manager.
Fraud
Wilson is rubbish totally overrated.