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Steve Bruce did little to lift the spirits of a fanbase that is getting sick to the core of what sound like tired old excuses.
The Magpies were defeated 2-0 at Manchester City, but fans watching from home expected nothing more than a loss to Pep Guardiola’s.
The only surprise was that the score wasn’t higher, but the post-game press conference revealed exactly where Newcastle is heading towards 2021.
In it, Bruce, who had spoken optimistically about pushing for the top 10 in July, declared that his “mission” was to keep Newcastle in the top flight.
He said, “All fans are like us, we have to accept where we are. It’s as simple as that.”
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“My mission is to make sure Newcastle stay and remain a Premier League team.
“That is what I will try to achieve. That is where we have been for the last three or four years.
“Of course, for Newcastle, in the eyes of many people, that will not be enough.
“But that’s where we are right now.
“We have to accept it and keep trying to move forward a bit.”
Explaining the 2-0 loss to Man City, Bruce said: “We lacked a bit of quality in the final third and we gave the ball away for the second goal, but I couldn’t blame their effort, application or attitude towards the game. . “
Bruce only offered brief responses when asked by Chronicle Live to expand on the “mass hysteria” that allegedly followed the -1-0 loss to Brentford.
Then he said: “There has been a lot of criticism about the way we limped out of the glass, so all you need is an answer.
“It was always difficult to come here, but I couldn’t ask for more in terms of the commitment and attitude shown by them.
“I’ll let other people judge that.
“We had a bad week, but some of the mass hysteria, in my opinion, was unfair.
“A lot of that was not right, in my opinion. I’m probably going to say that, but that’s my opinion on it.”
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