We labelled Titus Bramble as "the man who gets Toon managers the sack" because Sir Bobby Robson, Graeme Souness and Glenn Roeder all stood by the former England Under-21 defender, even those he became a joke figure.
But he returned to SJP on Saturday and stole two valuable points off Joe Kinnear's side with a header 90 seconds from time.
Bruce: "Titus has taken some stick over the years, particularly playing for this club.
"He was spot-on, but he was like that against Liverpool, he was like that against Portsmouth. He has been terrific of late."
