Steve Bruce’s tenure as Newcastle United manager got off to an underwhelming start today as they lost 1-0 to Arsenal.
A goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was enough to see the three points head back down south the Gunners, and the result gives Bruce plenty to think about already with his team.
The biggest signing of the summer for the Magpies was the arrival of Brazilian striker Joelinton, who was given his debut by Bruce today as he looked for his new striker to trouble the Arsenal backline.
While he did record three shots and win an impressive 8 aerial duels (per WhoScored), whether or not the South American could score goals was questioned by the Daily Star in their player ratings, in which the big-money man was awarded a 7/10.
Newcastle fans seemed divided too on the performance of Joelinton, who was reported to have cost the Magpies £40m in July.
With that then, we took a look on Twitter to see just what Newcastle fans had to say about their big-money new signing…
https://twitter.com/leedavison182/status/1160582676384047104
https://twitter.com/Rob_Haney/status/1160583088113639424
https://twitter.com/jackobnufc/status/1160581521197162497
He’s paid £25m too much for joelinton.
— Me 🏴 (@toontoon999) August 11, 2019
I think people have jumped on Joelinton far too quickly. The boy was a bit sloppy yes, but he is a unit and is just 22. Chances will come.
Get behind him.
— NUFC Blue Star (@NUFCBluestar) August 11, 2019
Joelinton needs time. Don’t write him off.
— Brandon (@_CampaignOfHate) August 11, 2019
