Little snippet on Steve Bruce from Sunday.

Sticky Vicky · 7th December 2011, 10:16 AM

Was talking to one of the lads who works in The Newcastle Hero at Central Station, last night.

He was working on Sunday afternoon while our match was on and a certain Mr Bruce walked past, saw that they had our match on and popped into the bar saw what the score was (one nil to us at the time) and shouted "get in" then wandered out again....

Seems he still cares about SAFC.

Pete B · 7th December 2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Sticky Vicky

Was talking to one of the lads who works in The Newcastle Hero at Central Station, last night.

He was working on Sunday afternoon while our match was on and a certain Mr Bruce walked past, saw that they had our match on and popped into the bar saw what the score was (one nil to us at the time) and shouted "get in" then wandered out again....

Seems he still cares about SAFC.

i might be in minority of one but him, Black and his backroom team were genuine people. Yes, it went wrong towards the end but some of the vitriol aimed at all of them is a little embarrassing

Monkton mackem · 7th December 2011, 10:26 AM

Bruce in

naughtynose · 7th December 2011, 10:27 AM

If true, fair play to him. I genuinely hope he was trying his best for us this year tbh as I dont really like thinking bad of people. He brought us some good times

robin hood · 7th December 2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete B

i might be in minority of one but him, Black and his backroom team were genuine people. Yes, it went wrong towards the end but some of the vitriol aimed at all of them is a little embarrassing

Agreed.
Dont believe this story like

Pell · 7th December 2011, 10:28 AM

probably knew we'd do exactly what we did v wigan

Notts Mackem · 7th December 2011, 10:28 AM

Like Bruce think he's a cracking bloke, the Geordie shit is disgusting and small minded.

It just didn't work out for him here, I wish him every success where ever he ends up.

The Mighty Mackem · 7th December 2011, 10:28 AM

HE was a genuine guy but part of me suspects if this is true then it may be because his backroom team were running the show that made him happy?

The Cabbage · 7th December 2011, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sticky Vicky

Was talking to one of the lads who works in The Newcastle Hero at Central Station, last night.

He was working on Sunday afternoon while our match was on and a certain Mr Bruce walked past, saw that they had our match on and popped into the bar saw what the score was (one nil to us at the time) and shouted "get in" then wandered out again....

Seems he still cares about SAFC.

There's been a lot of spleen venting on here about Bruce. He's been demonised to the point where some are comparing him to Mackemenemy. It's ridiculous. Seems that far too many are mortally wounded by one misguided set of interviews that he made. The reference to mass hysteria was certainly ill advised. However, to read on here you would have thought that he was slagging us off at every opportunity. Its nonsense. While the defeatist rhetoric that followed may not be what we wanted, it was neither disrespectful nor insulting. Still, minds had been made up and offence was taken at every opportunity - people made sure of that.

History will show that he'd come to the end of his tenure here. His retreat into his shell this season was his undoing. Scared to lose. Scared to make a change. No positivity. I firmly believe that the squad isn't as bad as some say on here. We're short of one or two key players to achieve a comfortable mid table position. I hung in there a lot longer than most, I admit. However that was primarily down to a belief that we really aren't all that far away. As the weeks went by it became more and more frustrating that Bruce wasn't going to be the architect of his own salvation. He remains a good football fella, and I'm certain that the vast majority of those who eviscerate him on here would change their views if they sat down and had a pint with him. However, his downfall was of his own making and we now must come together and move on.

I still believe that we have a good basis for a squad and hope that MON can demonstrate this in the coming months. As someone said the other day, this is the last chance saloon for SAFC.