Call it mass hysteria if you like, but Newcastle United are a team getting worse by the month. Call it signs of progress if you like, but Steve Bruce's squad have not won for eight games, losing seven.
Call it a work in progress if you like, but the Geordies have scored just once in six games. “Nice little cushion” from the relegation zone, you say?
Not for long, if the spiral of cluelessness on the ball, that reached a new low against Sheffield United, continues for much longer.
Steve Bruce used all these phrases in recent weeks. Now he is fighting for his future as Newcastle boss. Toon fans have largely given up on him.
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