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Assessing Steve Bruce’s performance as Newcastle manager
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Assessing Steve Bruce’s performance as Newcastle manager

It’s fair to say that, on reflection, a 12th-place finish in the Premier League table does not quite represent how much of a struggle things were at times for Newcastle United and manager Steve Bruce. Amongst fans of the Magpies, there has been plenty of disgruntlement at the style of play deployed by Bruce, and his assertion that the club’s minimum requirement was to stay in the division. And yet, it’s hard to argue with the result. Bruce achieved his goal of keeping Newcastle up with plenty to spare. In fact, thanks to a fine run of form at the end of the campaign, they recorded their best Premier League points tally since the 2013-14 campaign. Is it wrong to suggest that Bruce has done a good job? Managing expectations Given the fact that Newcastle are unable to spend big in the...