Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[brontebilly]

Well probably end up throwing 10 million at Pulis or some other fucking idiot like that

Pulis instead of RDM last summer and we would be chasing Newcastle at the top of table now.

The one thing he does is ensures every player in his team knows exactly what their role is and at this level with our budget it would have been enough.

[VillaAlways]

Well probably end up throwing 10 million at Pulis or some other fucking idiot like that

Pulis instead of RDM last summer and we would be chasing Newcastle at the top of table now.

The one thing he does is ensures every player in his team knows exactly what their role is and at this level with our budget it would have been enough.

I thought that's what Bruce did too

[avfcpg]

Reading stuff about him and Jedi being held back from each other?!!

Probably made up but someone on twitter said that Bruce has traveled back alone away from the squad and coaching staff.

[sickbeggar]

Reading stuff about him and Jedi being held back from each other?!!

Probably made up but someone on twitter said that Bruce has traveled back alone away from the squad and coaching staff.

well that's a start. now just need him to keep away in training and match days

[brontebilly]

Well probably end up throwing 10 million at Pulis or some other fucking idiot like that

Pulis instead of RDM last summer and we would be chasing Newcastle at the top of table now.

The one thing he does is ensures every player in his team knows exactly what their role is and at this level with our budget it would have been enough.

I thought that's what Bruce did too

Me too mate but the club has sunk him without trace. His career won't recover from this either.

[SheffieldVillain]

Reading stuff about him and Jedi being held back from each other?!!

Probably made up but someone on twitter said that Bruce has traveled back alone away from the squad and coaching staff.

It's the same person who said earlier that Jedinak had to hold back Doctor Tony from getting at Bruce outside the dressing room, and that he had just seen Colin Calderwood pushing Bruce off the coach as he tried to get on it. He's a Newcastle fan. And a twat.

[mr underhill]

I posted in the summer that all we were doing this season after the monumental fuck up of the one before, was to fight to stay in the Championship, and it looks like even that might be beyond us. I can't help but think this morning that we would have been better off with a relegation thwarting specialist like Warnock rather than Bruce. Look what he did last season to help Rotherham and this term with Cardiff. Long term no, but a short term stabilization deal might have been the way to go.

[Ian.]

I posted in the summer that all we were doing this season after the monumental fuck up of the one before, was to fight to stay in the Championship, and it looks like even that might be beyond us. I can't help but think this morning that we would have been better off with a relegation thwarting specialist like Warnock rather than Bruce. Look what he did last season to help Rotherham and this term with Cardiff. Long term no, but a short term stabilization deal might have been the way to go.

That's what we thought we was getting with Bruce. Most were happy as his record in this league is good, not so good in the top division. It was generally said long term he might not be the man.
For some reason or another Bruce is not delivering what's written on the tin.

[Clampy]

The game plan last night was to frustrate them and the crowd and up until we conceded that corner, it was working. As for the second goal, a manager must tear his hair out when he sees his team concede a goal like that.

My own personal view is for us to try and have as strong as finish to the season as possible, and give him pre-season. I think that's what Dr Tony will want to try and do as well.

[ROBBO]

He walked from his last club without a payout.

[sid1964]

I would not be surprised if Bruce did not travel back with the team, he said before the game that members of his family where at the ground watching the game, maybe he stayed over with them

For all the criticism of all the other players last night, can someone please tell me what Lansbury did?? for me he is a real let down, at least Conor, was still running around trying to get involved in the game, I cannot remember a decent thing that Lansbury did last night (apart from play like a Sunday morning league player trying to clear the ball off the goal line, he was woeful!)

[Nev]

The game plan last night was to frustrate them and the crowd and up until we conceded that corner, it was working. As for the second goal, a manager must tear his hair out when he sees his team concede a goal like that.

My own personal view is for us to try and have as strong as finish to the season as possible, and give him pre-season. I think that's what Dr Tony will want to try and do as well.

Agreed. One would hope that we can amass enough points to stay up without too much trouble but it is difficult to see that at the moment such is the gloom created by such continual and indeed, identical performances. But football can change quickly and the next three games present opportunities that must not be spurned this time around.

We do seem to be in a "lets get this season over and done with" situation again though, a lot sooner than any of us would've imagined I'm sure.

[puppyfeat]

I posted in the summer that all we were doing this season after the monumental fuck up of the one before, was to fight to stay in the Championship, and it looks like even that might be beyond us. I can't help but think this morning that we would have been better off with a relegation thwarting specialist like Warnock rather than Bruce. Look what he did last season to help Rotherham and this term with Cardiff. Long term no, but a short term stabilization deal might have been the way to go.

Agreed. Warnock wasn't available when we appointed Bruce - and we wouldn't have gone for him anyway - but he'd have been my choice, and I'd go for him now if I thought there was any chance of getting him. Although why he'd leave a club he's done a great job of turning round and is now aiming towards the play-offs and join our trainwreck of a club is another matter - I'm sure he's got more sense than that. Personally I can't stand the man, but at this level he does have a knack of quickly organising an underperforming squad and getting results out of them. And that's just what we need right now, because I don't see Bruce being able to do that, much as I want him to.

[mr underhill]

I feel the same way - Warnock's a prize cock but I'm convinced he would have organised us better

[A Northern Soul]

Just seen Bruce at Euston station. Clearly no double training then today...