Some Newcastle United fans have been reacting negatively to some comments that were recently made by Magpies boss Steve Bruce regarding the goals he aims to achieve before the end of his time at St. James’ Park.
Newcastle-focused Twitter account @NUFCTheMag posted a tweet shared some comments that were recently made by the club’s manager, who has stated that he’s got his “sights set on Europe, top eight, and competing to win a cup every season”.
Bruce’s comments originally surfaced via a recent interview that the 59-year-old Magpies boss conducted with The Telegraph, in which he also declares that he thinks his current job “will be the last” of his managerial career.
Some Magpies fans have been responding negatively to Bruce’s comments, with one supporter even claiming that the club’s manager is “deluded”. Read the negative responses from some Magpies fans to Bruce’s recent comments in the tweets below.
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Steve Bruce says sights set on Europe, Top Eight and competing to win a cup every season #nufc https://t.co/zhvYoB1QMb pic.twitter.com/L0fG3ukwZG
— The Mag (@NUFCTheMag) March 27, 2020
Aye ? Is he moving to another club ?
— john hegarty (@johnheg11) March 27, 2020
Mike Ashley says ?
— Barnesy (@BARNE5Y79) March 27, 2020
Nice of him to have ambitions but he doesn’t have the capability. Ashley on the other hand has neither the ambition nor the will nor the desire to do anything but leech
— Rick Fury (@rick_vengeance) March 27, 2020
Ashley will never back you.
— Stuart Cowie (@Stuart72584324) March 27, 2020
He’s deluded.
— Mick Hudson (@mickhudson575) March 27, 2020
He would be lucky to finish in the top 8 if there was only 9 teams in it
— colinpatteson (@colinpatteson) March 27, 2020
What do we think?
If Bruce’s recent comments are true and he does indeed anticipate that his current post at St. James’ Park will be his last in the game, it may be understandable why the 59-year-old manager has got a desire to succeed in his current role and subsequently leave the game on a high note.
However, Newcastle United have failed to finish in a higher position than 10th place in the Premier League in any of the last seven seasons, with the club even spending one of those in England’s second tier.
With that in mind, it may be understandable why some Magpies fans may feel that it is unrealistic for Bruce to achieve his aim of getting the club “back into the top eight” during his tenure.