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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20220 on: September 28, 2018, 01:40:53 PM »
I just watched the itv coverage of the presser and Bruce the Genius states that all of our bad results this season are due to individual player errors and there's nothing he can do to prevent them. He just keeps making stuff up, I don't know how he keeps a straight face.

His sacking is negligently overdue.
He's been trotting out that kind of garbage for years but for some reason not one journo has had the balls to call him out on it. Quite bizzare really. It's almost like he's using some Derren Brown type mind control over the spineless fuckers.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20221 on: September 28, 2018, 01:50:09 PM »



longer than the AV one

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20222 on: September 28, 2018, 02:03:12 PM »
when the new lads get used to how we want to play ?




oh crap

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20223 on: September 28, 2018, 03:10:58 PM »

longer than the AV one

That's funny Steve, we're not enjoying watching your team play either.

If it's upsetting you that much, why don't you just foxtrot oscar?

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20224 on: September 28, 2018, 03:12:07 PM »
I am absolutely amazed he's still here, and I'd guess that he is too

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20225 on: September 28, 2018, 03:28:02 PM »
In reference to Grealish, "He's got to get back to the form that nearly got a move to one of the big clubs".  First time I've seen Bruce talk and have been annoyed.  Anyway, he increasingly looks like a man who knows the game is up.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20226 on: September 28, 2018, 03:54:51 PM »
In reference to Grealish, "He's got to get back to the form that nearly got a move to one of the big clubs". First time I've seen Bruce talk and have been annoyed.  Anyway, he increasingly looks like a man who knows the game is up.

...he says, playing him out of position and filling the defence with players incapable of getting the ball to him so he has to come back and fetch it himself.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20227 on: September 28, 2018, 04:00:57 PM »
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"Fitting into what we did last year is easy for some, but the six that have now joined us will take a bit of time

But isn't that your job, Steve, your ONE fucking job that you have to do, manage the tools at your disposal to achieve a goal?

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it's not an excuse, it's the way it is."

Then why mention it every time you open your fucking mouth in public?

If you're not up to it, leave. Bruce fucking out. Now.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20228 on: September 28, 2018, 04:08:10 PM »
I'm sure I heard a, 'Jack's better in the middle, being creative' as if it's not him that's played him out wide.


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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20229 on: September 28, 2018, 04:12:29 PM »
I am absolutely amazed he's still here, and I'd guess that he is too

Utterly shocked myself, we must be the only team in the whole of the UK that puts up with this kind of crap. The teams in place, defeat or even a draw today has to mean he's sacked, the fans are not going to tolerate much more of this, not Villa.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20230 on: September 28, 2018, 05:47:40 PM »
I've said before, you listen to how often he says "I take responsibility/I'm not going to make excuses" type stuff, and immediately follows it with a load of excuses and why it isn't his fault. He really is a wanker.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20231 on: September 28, 2018, 05:57:23 PM »
I've said before, you listen to how often he says "I take responsibility/I'm not going to make excuses" type stuff, and immediately follows it with a load of excuses and why it isn't his fault. He really is a wanker.

...and he's not the sort to walk away either.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20232 on: September 28, 2018, 06:02:50 PM »
Oh and, "it takes a while to find a system and style of play with the new signings". Actually Steve, good managers buy players that will fit into and compliment the system and style of play that the manager employs, whereas as you bring in players and then seem to think "now what the fuck do I do with them". Wanker.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20233 on: September 28, 2018, 06:29:29 PM »
While not always the case in this specific situation the word "wanker" really is precise and all encompassing when it comes to describing Bruce.

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Re: Bruce out!!1@"*!1£$%
« Reply #20234 on: September 28, 2018, 06:48:35 PM »
Oh and, "it takes a while to find a system and style of play with the new signings". Actually Steve, good managers buy players that will fit into and compliment the system and style of play that the manager employs, whereas as you bring in players and then seem to think "now what the fuck do I do with them". Wanker.

I think that is the fundamental issue. None of the "journalists" there capable of holding him to account for it. "We are far too open", agreed 100% with him.

But part of the reason for that was that he went into the season with Jedinak as first choice centre back. Replacing Terry had to be priority one but he brought into two wingers and a striker instead. The front three he brought in don't appear the types to put a graft in either. This is in marked contrast to the likes of Snodgrass, Grabban and Hogan.

Decisions have consequences Steve

 


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