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September is that long enough for you ?

Newcastle 1Dubravka 5Schär 6Lascelles 3Dummett 17Krafth 14Hayden 8Shelvey 4Ki Sung-yueng 11Ritchie 24Almirón 9Apolinário de Lira Substitutes 2Clark 13Muto 15Willems 18Fernandez 19Manquillo 26Darlow 36Longstaff

Bruce's tactics today are to leave Longstaff out of the starting 11 fucking genius this bloke

Many travelling United fans have been left wondering if they will make it to Carrow Road in time for the 3pm kick-off

East Midlands Trains has confirmed services running between Nottingham and Norwich will not run due to an RMT Union strike An RMT Union strike means that the Toon Army have been diverted on their journey to Carrow Road with some supporters told to head to London for connecting services, adding up to two hours to their already long trek. It took me & Mrs T 5 hours to get to Norwich by car the other week for our sons wedding

My eldest son lives down in Norwich he's not going to the match though

Sticky buns ?

3-0 to Norwich, Bruce looking forward to Deliah's pies after the game

Bruce's football honours are exemplary as a manager Birmingham City Football League First Division play-offs: 2002[209] Football League Championship runner-up: 2006–07[210] Hull City Football League Championship runner-up: 2012–13[211] FA Cup runner-up: 2013–14[170] Football League Championship play-offs: 2016

Even if the list isn't that big it's a massive downgrade to go from possibly Arteta & Vieira to end up with Bruce

the ten names Newcastle approached before Bruce were: Jose Mourinho, Mikel Arteta, Patrick Vieira, Roberto Martinez, Sean Dyche, Sam Allardyce, Garry Monk, Chris Hughton, Eddie Howe Mark Hughes. Bruce is out of his depth at Ashley's football club I'd put him about on par with Carver

Ha ha ha that's so funny he was the 11th choice for the job just let that sink in for a moment.

Because he's clearly out of his depth at Ashley's football club.

Me too also as well. With 6 players unavailable for Norwich tomorrow, Caroll, St Maxim, Gayle, Lejune, Yedlin & Atsu. Also reports of Colback refusing to go out on loan. That head coach seat might be starting to get a bit warm for Brucey.

Charnley trying to justify the state of the training facilities Newcastle spent over £65million this summer on transfer fees and were the ninth biggest spenders in the Premier League in terms of recruitment. "You go and spend it on the training ground it means there is less to spend on the team," Charnley added. "Spend it on the Academy, there is less to spend on the team. "Spend too much on wages, there's less to spend on the team. "That doesn’t mean we don’t spend in all those areas, because we do, but our view has been at this point in time the priority is what goes on to the field." Charnley went on: "It doesn’t mean we don't want to update the training ground. Our pitches are very good, our gym is perfectly adequate and functional. Do we have a swimming pool or water facilities? No. "Would we like to have it at some stage? Absolutely."

4 days ago... Steve Bruce has revealed that the cup competitions will be his main priority in his first season in charge of Newcastle United. They've just been handed a 2nd round league cup home tie to Lesta ha ha ha

People in Newcastle have been talking about my decision to move to China without knowing what happened behind the scenes during my three years at St James’ Park. I haven’t wanted to say too much about that — I’ve encouraged supporters to get behind Steve Bruce and his new team — but I’ve been made aware of what Lee Charnley, Newcastle’s managing director, claimed in the club’s match programme last weekend and I think it’s important I address that. I tried to do my best every day, even staying when we went down to the Championship and saying no to other offers — bigger offers than the one I recently accepted with Dalian Yifang, by the way. If I was only interested in moving “for money”, as Charnley stated, I could have done it much earlier. Over my long career, and especially in my time at Newcastle, I’ve always shown commitment to my club, its city and its community and I’ve done it with professionalism and honesty. Newcastle’s board had a year to sort out my contract but, when we met after the end of last season, they didn’t make me an offer I could accept. They told me they didn’t want to invest in the academy or the training ground — if they like, I can explain the reason why Mike Ashley refused to do that. Their idea of a project was a policy of signing players under 24 and, in my opinion, the budget available was not enough to compete for the top 10. After that meeting, I knew they would not come back with a serious offer and, when it arrived, 19 days later, it was for the same salary as three years earlier and with less control over signings. Charnley’s comments in the programme about having a deal agreed for Joelinton in February explains a lot that I couldn’t understand at that time. After three years of unfulfilled promises, I didn’t trust them. When we finished 10th in the Premier League in our first season back, all players and staff were paid a bonus — aside from my coaching team. That felt like a punishment for me not signing an extension. So, by the end, I knew there would not be a proper offer and they knew I was not signing. couldn’t explain that in public because I was not allowed to talk to the press without their permission, so I was waiting until late June, like every fan, hoping there would be good news about Newcastle’s prospective takeover. On Sunday morning, I switched on my television in Dalian and there was a documentary about Alan Shearer being shown. Can you believe that? It’s true. I saw joy in the faces of Newcastle fans after every goal. I didn’t need the reminder, because I was there so recently, there with all my heart, but it made me think again about that history and potential. And it made me consider something else: what would an 18-year-old Newcastle supporter think about his club now?’

Yeah I dont get it Alex, if people are boycotting why give Ashley your money ? It makes no sense. It seemed like the vocal section boycotted yesterday as there were no FCB chants.

Empty For Ashley... We have now been told by two separate club sources (both stewards) that today’s attendance was actually around 42,000. Club figure bumped up to over 47,000 as it includes season ticket holders regardless of whether they attended or not. Over 5,000 ST holders may have boycotted!

It's going to be a long season , I'll watch in amusement as Bruce tries to get something out of Rafa's team. He'll probably try Ki in goal against Norwich to give the lad a bit of game time.

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