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Bruce turns to brutal honesty as moment of truth looms
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7.41pm GMT
Richard Hirst says: “I have, unusually, some sympathy with Steve Bruce’s outburst. If highly paid professional footballers can’t play more than one system then maybe they should cease to be highly paid professional footballers and start lumping a ball about on Hackney Marshes, or the Newcastle equivalent thereof.”
One of many outbursts here ...
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7.29pm GMT
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