[jjamez]

I know we don't like him for walking out on us and everything, but in the mid 00s when his style of football was fairly common, he did rather well with Brum and Wigan to an extent, he even allowed us to win in the fa cup. Now his football is out dated and obsolete, the game moves quickly and leaves managers like himself, pullis, pardew and allardyce in its wake very quickly.

But like him or loath him, as a genuine football fan, the way Newcastle and their fans have treated him has been nothing short of a disgrace, especially when he's one of their own and a boyhood fan of the club. 8million makes it a hell of a lot better, but it doesn't excuse the abuse directed at him and his family.

They talk about the style of football they were playing, it wasn't much different under benitez and the comparison between the two isn't too disimilar either, Bruce managed to get them finishing in half decent positions, yet he's victimised and benitez is idolised