Steve Bruce should never have had the honour of managing Newcastle United in the first place.
That is the brutal view of former Liverpool, Aston Villa and England forward Stan Collymore who believes Newcastle would be 'comfortably mid-table or higher' with a better manager.
Bruce is facing up to calls for his sacking among the Newcastle fanbase after presiding over a 10 match run without victory for the Magpies.
The 60-year-old has faced criticism for his negative style of play and those performances are now being matched by results, with fears growing that the Magpies could be dragged into the Premier League's relegation battle.
Collymore has long been a critic of Bruce going back to his days as Villa manager between 2017 and 2018.
And he had his say on the growing pressure on the Newcastle boss after their 2-0 defeat to the Villans at Villa Park.
"He should never have had the honour of being Newcastle United manager in the first place," Collymore tweeted when asked whether Bruce should be sacked as Magpies boss.
"As I wrote before he sat in the dugout at Newcastle."
Collymore then disagreed with his former Liverpool team-mate Jamie Redknapp who told Sky Sports that 'things wouldn't change under another manager'.
Responding to a clip of Redknapp, Collymore said: "I'm disputing this big time despite having lots of love for JR.
"With the right manager, it's unthinkable that this squad shouldn't be smoking cigars for the last six games of the season, comfortably in mid-table or higher with a better manager than they have."
