Sir Bobby Robson brought him to Tyneside from Ipswich for £5m and stuck by him through "thick and thin", but results went against us and Bobby got the sack.
Graeme Souness even tipped Titus to play for England one day ... and for that comment alone ... deserved to be sacked!
Glenn Roeder often had little choice but to play him, what with the horror injury list, and Bramble again survived another season.
Big Sam let him go to Wigan, and now Wigan boss Chris Hutchings is being tipped as the next Premiership manager to pick up his cards.
It's nothing new to Hutchings, of course, he was odds on favourite with the bookies back in July. But a good start to the season kept the wolf from the door.
Latics have lost their last five in the Premiership but the manager still believes his players have a chance despite Chelsea hitting Man City for six last weekend.
Bramble Set For Yet Another Change?
Hutchings: "We will be fighting hard because we believe we can get something out of the game.
"We must think like that, whoever the opposition are. Every game you play you have to battle, you roll up your sleeves and earn the right to play.
"We'll have to be tight against Chelsea, but we have to create chances too.
"We aren't going to sit back. We have to be positive and give the crowd something to shout about.
"In the last home game against Portsmouth, we didn't give the crowd anything and it was a dull affair.
"But I'm confident we can get it right. We are getting our injured players back and I've always said that will make a difference."
Titus, as always, has little to say. He simply lets his feet do the talking.
And the silence was deafening!