Quote Originally Posted by boingy View Post
Al I think you over reacted here. What I am saying is we are replacing like for like. Nobody has ever been excited by a Steve Bruce appointment. You said "anybody would be better than Val", I genuinely hope you are just as happy in a few weeks.

But the football under Val has been embarrassing and shocking. I was his biggest fan at the start and defended him. The fan base has turned toxic because of him! Arrogance of the greatest degree - my way or the high way! Even a pub manager has a plan B. I don't expect lots of victories - I didn't expect immediate automatic promotion but is it too much to ask to play decent football like Coventry or QPR or Blackburn? I can't remember the last match with DECENT football regardless of the result! Remind me?

Bruce would be a decent appointment in my book - experienced and certainly not arrogant. I say again - where's the huge improvement at Newcastle since Bruce left and they have spent millions? I can't see it and I would rather have Bruce than Howe! What has Howe achieved?

I don't condone player power but will say this - how many people work better under a manager who inspires them - gives them confidence and looks forward to coming to work! The opposite - what does it do when a manager is s hite - does not give confidence to staff - does not have a two way buy in on delivery! It's a fact of life in employment that staff work better under a manager they like - trust - have confidence in as opposed to an arrogant w anker who is right up their own backside!