Mike Ashley is once again ignoring the perfect opportunity to sack Steve Bruce

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Steve Bruce has guided Newcastle to zero Premier League wins this season.

After seven games, the Magpies have just three points, leaving them in 19th place.

They’re also out of the Carabao Cup, despite Bruce taking pride in the fact they didn’t actually lose in 90 minutes against Burnley. But they did lose on penalties, thus losing the game and crashing out of the cup.

The anger from fans at Bruce has been deafening. The only time it really stopped was in the aftermath of last week’s takeover developments.

But business resumed on Saturday, as Newcastle lost once again.

They will spend the international break in the relegation zone, and could be rock bottom before their next game against Spurs on October 17th.

Alas, Bruce remains in charge. And, once again, Mike Ashley is passing up the perfect opportunity to change manager.

International break is the ideal time to sack Steve Bruce

With Newcastle not playing for another two weeks, now is the time to bring in a new manager.

They would get a decent amount of time to work with the players, and aim to fix the ongoing issues on the pitch that Bruce seems unable to resolve.

And it’s not like the club would struggle to find a replacement. The Chronicle have reported that Chris Wilder would be keen. Surely he would be better than what we’ve currently got.

An international break is the perfect time to make a change. Watford have done it themselves, replacing Xisco Munoz with Claudio Ranieri.

Then again, this wouldn’t be the first time Ashley has ignored the obvious.

He did it in 2016 after Steve McClaren’s Newcastle lost 5-1 to Chelsea. That season he acted too late and we went down.

He could’ve sacked Bruce last season after the 3-0 defeat to Brighton before the March international break. Ashley decided not to, and luckily the Magpies rallied.

But is that going to happen again? Fans will be sceptical, and most have grown tired of Bruce’s tenure.

It’s his third season in charge, and nothing has improved. We aren’t playing free-flowing football, and we’re not solid at the back. We aren’t anything. We merely exist in a void nothingness.

It’s been time for Bruce to go for a while now, and it’s incredible he’s still in the job. But Ashley continues to gamble.