Liam Kennedy, Jordan Cronin and Dominic Scurr of the Geordie Journos discuss the impact of Bruno Guimaraes - and why he's the perfect leader for Newcastle United.
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00He's a daft lad, daft as a brush, but he's got a good heart, and he wants to have fun and have a laugh, and he cares, and he hasn't been here that long, but his kids were born here, you know, he's ingratiated himself with the fans, with the city, everything, he felt it, and he said, I don't know how many people believe it, but when he said, I'm going to write my name and their students here, I remember when we were here, obviously I went brewing up for Saini's press conference, and were you there Dom, it was a milestone for the team,
00:29and I remember the talk around the room, after Bruno had left the room, and he said in his first press conference, I want to play a Champions League football for this club, everyone was like, we're in a relegation battle, but Sutley's promised, they've got a Champions League, and he went about the history, and he's done that as well, it's phenomenal really.
00:44I would say on the day, if I was to rank Newcastle players just through the 11-1 to 11, he was probably 8th, 7th or 8th or 9th maybe in terms of performances on the day, he wasn't one of the better players individually, but God, it's what he stood for, what he said, to give that interview in the immediate aftermath, shows where it comes from, it's from here, he's a smart lad as well, but it comes from here, I think he's incredible, and people wanted a leader, I remember he stood up, Carragher was half taken,
01:13when he did that interview with him after the West Ham game, and Bruno never bit, he never stood for it, he said, we believe that we can win, we can win that game, and we'll do this, we'll do that, and he stood, and he was the one, he was the orchestrator-in-chief at the London Stadium, and I remember turning to you saying, that's incredible, him and Joel Inton, and you could tell it was before the cup final, they were stirring everybody, it was great to see, and I turn to you and I'll be honest and say, I hope he's not having to drag everybody along with him,
01:42I hope it's not just Bruno chanting along to himself, but he showed it was not, it was anything but,