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Chopra having another go at Brucey today... After reading Steve Bruce’s comments about me. “I would just like to make him aware that I have played more than 20 times and scored on more than one occasion for my boyhood club, so now HE is now telling lies. Also the so called tactics you are working on seem to be working according to the stats. “I’m a lifelong football fan of my boyhood club which makes it my right to have an opinion along with the rest of the geordies out there!”
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Recently appointed Newcastle manager has been cut into the clear favourite to be the first Premier League boss to be sacked this season. Bruce has leapfrogged Crystal Palace gaffer Roy Hodgson as the bookies’ pick to be relieved of their duties first. The Newcastle-born manager has been cut from 8/1 into 4/1 to be the first to go, overtaking Hodgson, who is now 9/2.
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There ya go Bruce's presser round up... Says some of the things written this week have been fabricated and “lies”. Took aim at Michael Chopra too. Does not intend to change formation, saying 3-5-2 did “very, very well” against Arsenal Argues Joelinton and Almiron need time - and says there are a lot of new players in the group Bruce says “ I know the only way I can shut people up is by winning games” Was “trying to protect” Sean Longstaff by dropping him last week, but has been “impressed” by him and brother Matty Bruce says “he knows” NUFC will have to play far better than they did last week to get a result at Spurs
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Remember this kid he's all grown up now He owns a couple of Steve Vai's famous guitars that Steve gave him the 1st ones on the Passion & Warfare cover The 2nd one featured in the video for Goin' Crazy by David Lee Roth when Vai was in his band I've recently got back in touch with Tom as I think I helped him a little bit on his journey. In August 1988 a couple of days before Donington i saw an advert saying something like Junior Jimi Hendrix play at The Percy Arms Newcastle. This intrigued me so I went along & saw this little kid playing an Ibanez Jem Floral he played Tobbaco Road bits of Euruption etc I was gobsmacked. I spoke to Tom's dad John during the interval & mentioned I was going to Donington Monsters Of Rock at the weekend. I said it was a shame they couldn't go & meet Steve Vai as I'm sure he'd be impressed. I'd only ever seen I Jem before & that was of Vai in Kerrang. It was an off the cuff remark. At the end of the night i took off my Van Halen t shirt & gave it to Tom telling him if your going to be a rock star you better start wearing t shirts like this. I wish them both well & navigated my way across Percy St to get the bus home. About 6 months later there was a documentary on BBC about guitar greats it featured Hendrix , Blackmore, Beck, Page etc. Then right at the very end they showed some footage of Tom playing at The Moira Arms in Donington. It wasnt until a few years later I found out what happened John drove Tom down to Donington managed to persuade the pub landlord to let Tom play that night. It just so happened that Vai's roadie was in the pub. He got John & Tom backstage the following day & were taken to Vai's caravan Tom plugged his guitar in started playing & Vai was blown away. The rest as they say is history Tom featured as "Little Stevie Vai" in the video for The audience Is Listening. After that Tom & Vai got some other talented youngsters together & formed a band Bad 4 Good they featured on MTV eventually Tom came back to the UK. He's now manager of a music shop in Newcastle & the last couple of years has taken up playing again. He very recently released an e.p. under the name McRoclin called Beginnings & in November support Dragonforce on their UK tour playing in Newcastle on the 14th I'm hoping to get along were me & Tom have decided to have a meet up.
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Bruce's presser round up... Says some of the things written this week have been fabricated and “lies”. Took aim at Michael Chopra too. Does not intend to change formation, saying 3-5-2 did “very, very well” against Arsenal Argues Joelinton and Almiron need time - and says there are a lot of new players in the group Bruce says “ I know the only way I can shut people up is by winning games” Was “trying to protect” Sean Longstaff by dropping him last week, but has been “impressed” by him and brother Matty Bruce says “he knows” NUFC will have to play far better than they did last week to get a result at Spurs
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Could well be propping the table up this Sunday night after Spurs
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Cheers Gloomy mate thanks for the information it's all helping. It looks like they've found a car park virtually across the road from where they're staying it's costing £60 for the 2 days.
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No worries mate honestly you've been very helpful I really appreciate it thankyou
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One more thing @Meenzer Miss T said do you know of any car parks close to the Travelodge mate