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Newcastle: Fans react to Mark Douglas tweet

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A lot of Newcastle United fans have not responded well to Mark Douglas’ suggestion that some of them overreacted after the Toon were beaten 2-0 by Aston Villa.

Newcastle were dreadful that night, but it led to some fans dismissing Steve Bruce – since then Newcastle have drawn 2-2 with Manchester City and won 2-0 at Sheffield United.

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This led the Evening Chronicle’s Mark Douglas to tweet about the Villa game, and some fans have not reacted well to that.

Other Newcastle supporters, though, do agree that there was an overreaction.

What do we think?

Newcastle United were awful at Villa Park last Monday, and it rightly made some Toon supporters worry about their team, but not one of them can argue with the response from Bruce’s men.

City at home and the Blades away could have been three defeats in a row for the Magpies, but they have emerged from those fixtures with four points and are in a good position to really push on up the table.

The Toon face Southampton, Burnley, and Crystal Palace in their next three games – so if they can perform as they have done in the last two matches, Newcastle could be in the top six.

That would be a remarkable turnaround for a side that were hammered 5-0 off Leicester City only two months ago.

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