Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[mr underhill]

yes, I think his deal at Wednesday was £2m a year and Ashley being Ashley, he's offered £1m but with the bonus.

[AsTallAsLions]

Wonder what sort of money Dean is on at Villa.

[exigo]

Steve Bruce, promotion specialist. I assume he'll add this one to his CV.

[eamonn]

Does anyone who occasionally visit other teams' forums (weirdos!) have a summary of the funniest reactions from Geordies and Owls?  Guess Twitter would be a quicker way of checking.

[London Villan]

Wonder if he will start after his summer holiday, his autumn holiday or Christmas?

The rewards for failure in football are breathtaking.

[Tuscans]

RHM to Tranmere on loan doing the rounds.

[exigo]

Does anyone who occasionally visit other teams' forums (weirdos!) have a summary of the funniest reactions from Geordies and Owls?  Guess Twitter would be a quicker way of checking.

There or thereabouts on the twitter

[Des Little]

Let's not stain a wonderful uplifting thread with news of that failed fat tw*t

[SoccerHQ]

Does anyone who occasionally visit other teams' forums (weirdos!) have a summary of the funniest reactions from Geordies and Owls?  Guess Twitter would be a quicker way of checking.

https://www.newcastle-online.org/forum/index.php?topic=103091.3175

128 page thread. Sample comments:

"Surely, even at Newcastle, he can't get away with this. f*** off a club that have treated you brilliantly to be a lapdog for Ashley, as the lowest paid manager in the league. Your budget is pretty much zero and your objective is to finish 4th bottom. The majority of the north of England now hate you.

Enjoy Steve"

"He'll fit in well, the stocking filled with mash potato faced prick.

Wouldn't waste any time making the conversation about him though, another Pardew-style fall guy is exactly what Ashley wants and exactly what Bruce is happy being. No problem at all with being absolutely despised by the city he pretends he loves. The scabbiest c*** going."

[Sexual Ealing]

Does anyone know if a journalist has asked him, since our promotion, how that reflects on the job he did here?

[OCD]

"Former Sheffield United manager Steve Bruce resigns from Sheffield Wednesday job as the former Sunderland manager gets ready to take over at Newcastle. Anyone would think the former Birmingham and Aston Villa manager didn't care much for footballing loyalty."

[Toronto Villa]

"Former Sheffield United manager Steve Bruce resigns from Sheffield Wednesday job as the former Sunderland manager gets ready to take over at Newcastle. Anyone would think the former Birmingham and Aston Villa manager didn't care much for footballing loyalty."

Didn’t the fat prick walk out on the Noses to manage Wigan, walk out on someone else to manage Palace and do the same to Hull? I’m probably exaggerating but I’m sure one of those is right.

[paul_e]

"Former Sheffield United manager Steve Bruce resigns from Sheffield Wednesday job as the former Sunderland manager gets ready to take over at Newcastle. Anyone would think the former Birmingham and Aston Villa manager didn't care much for footballing loyalty."

It's almost as if he likes having the excuses for being disliked already lined up.

[Clark W Griswold]

The key thing is that it will weaken Newcastle, I would have expected them to be similar to us next season with Benitez in charge but they will be weaker than us with Bruce.

[Monty]

It might be the biggest drop in manager quality in recent times. Can anyone think of a bigger gap than Benitez to Bruce?