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DB
October 20, 2021, 7:08pm
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Interesting article on the BBC :-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58984256

To sum it up the new owners didn't mind the fans dressing up like sheiks, but they don't want them to do it again. I might sound harsh but it looks like the thin edge of a dictatorship - you can enjoy yourself as long as you do it our way.



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It’s probably more that they want to disguise the Saudi links.


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I thought the whole point of it was to think that the Saudis are a great bunch of lads?


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Silly.......everyone knows that's Piers Morgan


No it's Brenda Morgan, or is it Piers Fricker😉
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You’d think they’ll be looking to replace Bruce with someone who’s got experience of staying in the PL in difficult circumstances. Like Steve Bruce.
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I thought the whole point of it was to think that the Saudis are a great bunch of lads?


Maybe they want to project a ‘modern’ image of the country. A world away from somewhere that has people chopped into pieces in embassies abroad.


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Brilliant!
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I see that in the two full seasons Bruce was in charge Newcastle finished 12th and 13th. Yet he was reviled as a failure for that performance. And that with an owner tightening the purse strings. It just shows how incredibly high the Geordie expectation levels are, and that's before the Saudi billionaires took the club over.

I imagine that now their expectations will be Champions league qualification as a minimum next season or they will be calling for the head of whoever takes over as manager.  
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Yeah I've never quite got the anti-Bruce vibes.  Purely from the outside looking in he's done a great job.  I think he's done better than the much revered Rafa in terms of league finishes yet has been absolutely vilified.

Bit behind the curve but I've only just watched the highlights from Sunday, the fans responded to the stupid sending off by Jonjo Shelvey by singing 'We want Brucey out'...

I can completely understand the frustration their fans must have felt over the last 10 or so years with a chairman like Mike Ashley who just wouldn't loosen the purse strings but Bruce wasn't the problem.  Even a Champions League winner like Rafa couldn't polish a turd.  You scrape in the bargain basement and you'll end up with scraps.  Bruce's style isn't entertaining or free-flowing, but when you're having to play your right winger at left back because your budget is so poor what do you expect?

Whoever takes over there has a hell of a job on.  It wouldn't surprise me if they end up with someone like Frank Lampard who then spends a fortune in the January window on poor, but big name, transfers and yet fails to do the thing that Bruce did well over the last two years in getting them organised and ultimately takes them down.  To be honest I'd laugh like a drain if it happened.
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