Anyone read Shearer's column in the athletic? Does it criticise Bruce in any way or is it all aimed at Ashley?
Just scanned it and mainly a criticism of Ashley/Charnley etc. Does say how bad the football is but gives Bruce all the outs possible. It's all very wishy washy and you can tell how close he is to Bruce and Harper. He calls out the Sheffield game as "crap" but never really says why from our perspective, just that we let them play their game.
Makes the point Bruce is head coach only at the beginning and then refers to manager throughout the rest of the article.
All very much sympathy for Steve and how there are mitigations. No help from Charnley, everything falls on him etc. Didn't work on me
