{"id":13278,"date":"2025-03-23T17:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T18:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=13278"},"modified":"2025-03-23T19:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:00:19","slug":"manchester-united-legend-hits-back-at-former-players-claim-he-didnt-do-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/manchester-united-legend-hits-back-at-former-players-claim-he-didnt-do-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United legend hits back at former player\u2019s claim he \u2018didn\u2019t do tactics\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steve Bruce was unhappy with claims made by former Newcastle striker Dwight Gayle (Picture: BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Steve Bruce<\/a> has hit back at Dwight Gayle after the former Newcastle<\/a> striker accused him of employing archaic methods during their time together at St James’ Park. <\/p>\n

The 35-year-old, who currently plays for Hibernian in Scotland<\/a>, spent six years with the Magpies and scored 34 goals in 113 Premier League<\/a> appearances. <\/p>\n

Appearing on the Open Goal podcast, Gayle accused Bruce of ‘chucking a few of the boys under the bus’ in a game away to Manchester City and claimed he was a limited manager when it came to the tactical side of the game. <\/p>\n

‘He was OK,’ Gayle said. ‘I felt that he didn’t spend enough time working on a lot of things with us. <\/p>\n

‘Perhaps he was trying to go game by game rather than developing us as a team. I think we could’ve improved a lot of things.<\/p>\n

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‘I remember some of the boys got chucked into the Man City shift. We had a three-game week and the gaffer chucked some of the boys under the bus in terms of who had to play Man City away.<\/p>\n

‘Me and Matt Ritchie were asking for tactical improvements for weeks, months. We came in at half-time and we were two or three down, and he was like, ‘boys, you keep asking for tactics, I don’t do tactics; just put your boots on and work hard’.’<\/p>\n

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Steve Bruce coached Dwight Gayle during their time together at Newcastle (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bruce, one of the most experienced coaches in the game, returned to management last year following the difficult end to his Newcastle tenure and a brief, unsuccessful spell at West Bromwich Albion.<\/p>\n

The former Manchester United captain is currently in charge of Blackpool and on Sunday issued a stinging response to Gayle’s criticisms. <\/p>\n

‘Is that the legendary Dwight Gayle, who missed the chance in the quarter-final against Manchester City? ‘Is that the same Dwight Gayle? Interesting,” the current Blackpool boss told\u00a0BBC Radio Lancashire.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘I’ve been around the block a long, long time. I’ve only managed 1,050 games but according to Dwight, I don’t know what I’m doing.<\/p>\n

‘I’ll let other people make their minds up who are a bit more established than Dwight ever was.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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