Steve Bruce has hit again at Dwight Gayle after the ex-Newcastle United striker claimed his former supervisor “didn’t do tactics”.
Gayle, who scored 34 targets in 122 appearances for Newcastle, accused Bruce of “chucking a few of the boys under the bus” in a sport away to Manchester Metropolis and stated the supervisor failed to supply tactical recommendation when he and team-mate Matt Ritchie requested for steerage.
Gayle, who left the membership in 2022 after a six-year spell at St James’ Park and is now with Hibernian, additionally criticised Bruce’s coaching strategies and believes the Magpies gamers struggled to develop beneath his administration.
“He was OK,” Gayle instructed the Open Aim podcast. “I felt that he didn’t spend enough time working on a lot of things with us. 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.
“I keep in mind a number of the boys obtained chucked into the Man Metropolis shift. We had a three-game week and the gaffer chucked a number of the boys beneath the bus when it comes to who needed to play Man Metropolis away.
“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’.”
Bruce, who managed 97 video games for Newcastle from 2019 to 2021, has launched a fierce defence in response, whereas questioning Gayle’s efficiency for the Magpies throughout their FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Metropolis in 2020, the place the striker missed an enormous alternative in opposition to Pep Guardiola’s workforce.
Gayle missed a wonderful likelihood for Newcastle in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup in 2020
“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 present Blackpool boss instructed BBC Radio Lancashire.
“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.
“I will let different folks make their minds up who’re a bit extra established than Dwight ever was.”
