'I'm an old dinosaur': Steve Bruce makes admission amid online criticism

Newcastle United's head coach has been criticised on Twitter along with a number of his players.

Bruce, however, insists that he “doesn’t got near social media”, though his son Alex, a free agent after leaving Kilmarnock last month, got involved in a Twitter spat with a journalist who had criticised his father’s tactics.

There has been more criticism in the wake of two goalless draws at St James’s Park, and Bruce was asked if he had told his players, many of whom have Twitter and Instagram accounts, to stay off social media ahead of tonight’s FA Cup replay against Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium.

“I’m old dinosaur – I don’t go near social media,” said Bruce. “I hope some of them don’t go near social media. You can’t control that and delve into that nonsense.”