Newcastle United defender Paul Dummett is standing by manager Steve Bruce.
Many fans and pundits are laying into Bruce after his side capitulated against Leicester City in the Premier League at the weekend.
While Dummett understands the anger, he does not believe the result and manner of the team's performance were down to the manager.
He told the club's official website: "In the second half we collapsed, and that's one thing as a team with the players we have, we've never really done that in the past few seasons.
"We've never collapsed and given away the goals we gave away. That's one thing the manager wanted to address, and I think as a team we knew it wasn't acceptable.
"That's one thing that can't happen again. This team has been successful on working hard as a team and sticking together to get results.
"Obviously the manager has changed, but we all still know what we have to do on the pitch. We train every day with the manager on different ideas but we all know exactly what our jobs are on the pitch.
"The performance against Leicester wasn't that we didn't know our jobs. We didn't put the performance in and collapsed - like the manager said we surrendered."
