Steve Bruce 主張するs he sent Jetro Willems on as a central midfielder before changing his mind... which led to 戦術の 混乱 resulting in 高くつく／犠牲の大きい error during 兵器庫 敗北・負かす

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Steve Bruce has 試みる／企てるd to （疑いを）晴らす up the fallout from last 週末’s introduction of Jetro Willems by 主張するing he did bring him on in midfield - only to change his mind 60 seconds later.

The Newcastle debutant （機の）カム on in the 54th minute against 兵器庫 on Sunday as 交替／補充 for the 負傷させるd Jonjo Shelvey and began 非難する around the midfield.

Bruce then spent the next minute 試みる／企てるing to tell Willems to move to 左翼-支援する, 主要な to 憶測 the player did not know where he was meant to be.

Steve Bruce looks on in disdain during Newcastle's 開始 day 敗北・負かす to 兵器庫

Bruce said there may have been 混乱 代用品，人ing Jetro Willems on in the wrong position

The Holland international was caught on his heels moments after switching position and 兵器庫 broke with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 得点する／非難する／２０ing the only goal on 58 minutes.

Bruce said afterwards there had been a ‘欠如（する） of communication’ with the Dutchman and that he had been ‘too high’ up the pitch before his mistake.

However, he now says Willems did know where he was playing, even though the 代案／選択肢 見解／翻訳／版 does not 補償する for the 混乱 it 原因（となる）d.

‘I put Jetro on in midfield, where he played all last season for Frankfurt, and then I very quickly thought, “Do you know something? That's a bit 不公平な on him”,’ said Bruce.?

Jetro Willems (権利) was （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd at 左翼-支援する after 最初 coming on in the middle

An error by Willems lead to the only goal of the game, 得点する／非難する／２０d by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

‘Maybe I should have done it beforehand. It’s a bit 不公平な on him because he's making his debut and (I thought), “I will put him on in his favoured position”, so I switched him very, very quickly.

‘We’ve made a mistake, but he wasn't the only one who made a mistake in the build-up to the goal.

‘The 混乱 I talked about was to get the message across to go over. Bu t look, people have jumped all over it, sensationalised it.

‘Also, the 推論する／理由 I didn’t have a midfield player on the （法廷の）裁判 was that I knew Jetro could play there. I hope that tries to 直す／買収する，八百長をする the 審議 that has been 激怒（する）ing.’

一方／合間, Bruce could be without new 調印 Allan Saint-Maximin for Saturday's trip to Norwich.

'We've got a slight 疑問 about Allan Saint-Maximin,' he said. 'He's got a bit of a hamstring (problem) and we'll see how he is today (Friday)'.

Newcastle did not 勝利，勝つ in their first 10 under Rafa Benitez last season, but Bruce knows he cannot afford such a run with the 圧力 already on.

'I don't think we won until November last year, so it will be vitally important if we can we get a few results,' he said.

'Always, any 経営者／支配人, whatever league you are in, the one thing that takes a little bit of 圧力 away is to get a few results, so let's hope we can get off and running tomorrow.'