Bruce Sacked at last (now official)

[KevinGage]

The best way he can shut the dissenting voices up is to go on a seven-game winning run.

He's done it before, so I wouldn't rule it out.

But patting himself so firmly on the back after seeing off the mighty Rotherham makes him look a bit of a tit.

[passport1]

Shocked that he should bite back. It's not like anyone on here has ever been abusive about him.

[Risso]

“I have got four promotions, last year I nearly had a fifth. Yet I don’t know what I am doing? Unfortunately it filters through the mad few. The vast majority of supporters are right behind what we are trying to do. You can feel it in the stadium. If they wanted me out, the stadium would have erupted with it before the start. The supporters can see we had a bloody awful performance at Sheffield. Now we are sitting in sixth. I hope it shuts a few up. But I doubt it.”

He's worse than O'Leary, absolute shithouse of a bloke.

Suggested that as well last night Risso. He's a pathetic little man point scoring off minor successes at every turn. The sooner he's gone the better.

It just shows how lacking in intelligence he is.  It's not about individual victories and defeats, it's about doing enough to get us promoted, something which has proved beyond him for the last two years.  He's had a go at the fans and the local press, he shouldn't therefore be surpised when he has few friends when things go wrong.

[sickbeggar]

He probably thinks he's got nothing to lose by calling out the fans now. I mean even his most loyal and patient supporters on here seemed to have given up the ghost. If he thinks he's going to get the bullet anyway then there's no harm in pushing a narrative of unjust criticism to the press with the next gig in mind.

[berneboy]

I really think this has gone past the point of no return. He's lost the great majority of the fans. He lost me ages ago.

It's too late for him. It's just timing on behalf of the owners I expect. Waiting for the appropriate replacement makes sense.

[PaulWinch again]

From my perspective, and to my knowledge I haven’t been abusive towards him I just think he shouldn’t be in charge, he can give it both barrels once he puts out an organised coherent side on a regular basis and gets us promoted. Then he can rightly state he knew what he was doing and I’ll hold my hands up. At this point however I don’t really see any evidence of that. We won last night, which is obviously good, but I still saw a lack of cohesion and strategy  that will hinder us long-term.

[Allan C]

The club is more important than the manager, particularly this manager.

absolutely 100% this. We’ll be here long after hes’s gone and I hope that is very soon

[Chris Smith]

I really think this has gone past the point of no return. He's lost the great majority of the fans. He lost me ages ago.

It's too late for him. It's just timing on behalf of the owners I expect. Waiting for the appropriate replacement makes sense.

I’m not sure that he’s lost the vast majority. There is a bit of an echo chamber developed on here but this is a small, unrepresentative minority. My sense is that although there are grumbles it hasn’t gone far enough for it to be a lost cause but if will not take much to tip it into outright hostility. He needs a sustained run of results, last night offered glimpses of what the team are capable of but it could go either way.

[dicedlam]

I really think this has gone past the point of no return. He's lost the great majority of the fans. He lost me ages ago.

It's too late for him. It's just timing on behalf of the owners I expect. Waiting for the appropriate replacement makes sense.

I’m not sure that he’s lost the vast majority. There is a bit of an echo chamber developed on here but this is a small, unrepresentative minority. My sense is that although there are grumbles it hasn’t gone far enough for it to be a lost cause but if will not take much to tip it into outright hostility. He needs a sustained run of results, last night offered glimpses of what the team are capable of but it could go either way.

When the away support turns your days are usually numbered.

[Chris Smith]

I really think this has gone past the point of no return. He's lost the great majority of the fans. He lost me ages ago.

It's too late for him. It's just timing on behalf of the owners I expect. Waiting for the appropriate replacement makes sense.

I’m not sure that he’s lost the vast majority. There is a bit of an echo chamber developed on here but this is a small, unrepresentative minority. My sense is that although there are grumbles it hasn’t gone far enough for it to be a lost cause but if will not take much to tip it into outright hostility. He needs a sustained run of results, last night offered glimpses of what the team are capable of but it could go either way.

When the away support turns your days are usually numbered.

I have no doubt that his days are numbered but my sense is that it is a higher number than many of you are hoping for.

[Clark W Griswold]

I've been a lot more patient than many on here and I still think overall he's done ok, but the recent sticky patch was the last straw for me, there have been too many. We may have a few good results again but it's inevitable that we'll keep hitting the skids. There is no evidence that we're playing significantly better overall than 18 months ago.

[sickbeggar]

I really think this has gone past the point of no return. He's lost the great majority of the fans. He lost me ages ago.

It's too late for him. It's just timing on behalf of the owners I expect. Waiting for the appropriate replacement makes sense.

I’m not sure that he’s lost the vast majority. There is a bit of an echo chamber developed on here but this is a small, unrepresentative minority. My sense is that although there are grumbles it hasn’t gone far enough for it to be a lost cause but if will not take much to tip it into outright hostility. He needs a sustained run of results, last night offered glimpses of what the team are capable of but it could go either way.

When the away support turns your days are usually numbered.

I have no doubt that his days are numbered but my sense is that it is a higher number than many of you are hoping for.

I tend to agree.  If you consider that he probably has to get us promoted this season to keep his job, then he's knows he's probably gone at some point this season. It's just how long it takes really. I'm trying to be realistic here, but i can't see him getting us automatically promoted, but you could see him getting us in the play-offs. After that its a lottery again. He's just gotta keep in the play-offs places or within reach of it to keep his job really.  He will really have to put us totally out of the reckoning to get the bullet i think

[ColinMac]

This 4 promotions thing annoys me...how many seasons in the Championship and how many of his promoted teams has he also relegated .and he has more promotions from the championship as that’s his level...he’s had more money and players at his disposal at villa than most clubs in Championship history and has failed twice and I have no confidence he can succeed now.
He should have went immediately after the play off, I understand why he didn’t as the club could not afford to pay him off..he can call the fans anything he wants, but he’s one injury to James Chester away from having his squad limitations totally exposed, it was his choice to leave the squad that vulnerable, his will succeed or fail by those choices.

From the outside I can understand why other clubs must look at Villa and wonder  what the fans want...but we have had possibly the easiest start to the season we could possibly have and got 13 points beating an appalling Hull team and squeaking wins against Wigan and Rotherham, with a single clean sheet.

If he thinks that record makes him exempt from criticism then he’s the one who’s mad, who is less intelligent, not us.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Agree, ColinMac. From what I've read, it says something about him when having got Hull promoted and then walking out on them, the Hull fans were at best not bothered to see him go, whilst plenty were happy to see the back of him.

[sirlordbaltimore]

I really think this has gone past the point of no return. He's lost the great majority of the fans

You say that, i didn't hear any Bruce Out chants last night. I did hear his name sung though.