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Newcastle United: Fans react to Steve Bruce’s formation claim

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A lot of Newcastle United fans have flocked to a post from NUFC 360, which has relayed comments made by Steve Bruce regarding the formation that his side play.

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The Toon boss speaking at his press conference (via The Chronicle), claimed that his ‘preferred way of playing’ is a 4-2-3-1 formation and used Newcastle’s game against Bournemouth last season as an example of that.

Still, he then claimed that if his side ‘played that way against the big teams’ they would get ‘turned over.’

This has drawn the attention of many Toon fans, who are embarrassed by these claims from Bruce.

So, what did these Toon fans think of Bruce’s comments?

Are you annoyed by these claims?

Yes, what is he talking about

Yes, what is he talking about

No, he makes some valid points

No, he makes some valid points

If you look at the formations that Newcastle have played since Bruce took over, you can see that on just three occasions in the Premier League, Newcastle have played Bruce’s ‘preferred‘ formation of 4-2-3-1, which seems odd considering he apparently likes it so much.

This post continued to draw in angry Newcastle fans.

Also, apart from the so-called ‘big six’ Bruce has played five at the back in 14 other games against other sides, so it seems that he either considers Newcastle to be a smaller team than the likes of Southampton and Norwich City, or he doesn’t know what he is talking about.

Looking at comments like these, we can see why so many Toon fans are frustrated with Bruce.

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