Steve Bruce reacts to being told about Newcastle’s low possession & lack of goals

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Newcastle United remain in the relegation zone after their humiliating defeat to Leicester City on Sunday.

Steve Bruce has stated that his team have been working on their ‘defensive organisation’ when he was told about Newcastle’s problems on the pitch such as, their low possession in games, inability to keep the ball and score goals.

On Sunday, Newcastle were thrashed 5-0 by Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, as Bruce claimed that up until that match their defensive work on the training pitch had ‘kept us in the game’.

Newcastle supporters weren’t keen on Bruce when the St James’ Park hot-seat became available in the summer and recent performances and results are simply justifying their initial feelings.

Well, the Newcastle faithful will be even more annoyed with Bruce’s answer regarding their problems on the field of play. This is what he told Sky Sports Football (29/09/2019) during his post-match interview.

Sky reporter: ‘The problems for your team are easy to spot, but hard to fix, possession, keeping the ball, and. to put it simply, putting it into the back of the net’.

“Up until today we have worked on the defensive organisation and it has kept us in the game,” Bruce told Sky Sports.

“Today, we didn’t have a left wing-back and we changed. We have made it more difficult for ourselves. Of course, to win any football match, you have to create the opportunities too, so it is getting that balance right between the two. It’s one thing we have to work on.”

Going by Bruce’s comments, if Newcastle do pride themselves on their defensive work and being ‘organised’ then they are making quite a mess of it.

Their performance against Leicester was without a doubt their worst of the season, but they put in very poor displays against Brighton recently and away at Norwich City last month.

It doesn’t get any easier for Newcastle because they face back-to-back games against Manchester United and Chelsea – two teams who are hoping to finish in the Champions League places this term.