The hypocrisy of Steve Bruce

[pablopicasso_10]

he is still cowardly hinting that we tapped him up...

but he isnt brave enough to actually come out and say it...

cock nobbler...

[villajk]

Disappointed in Houllier as he hasn't had a phone call from him.

[pablopicasso_10]

does he want flowers as well?

[villajk]

He really is bitter and twisted.

You've got £18M just go and spend it for goodness sake.

[VillaAlways]

This is quite unbelievable Bruce moaninag that GH hasn't even phoned him.Quite amusing to see him wriggle out of why he didn't turn down the transfer request.Didn't want to keep an unhappy player yet didn't stop Mancini turnring Tevez down inititally.Intimated Bent had had head turned with his recent attitude.Did we go on like this over Milner/Barry sagas.Classless !!

[eastie]

The chairmen do the deal , i dont see what bruce and holloway are both moaning about this afternoon , bruce has shit on more than one previous employer in the past and can bleat as much as he wants - life goes on!

Bent said yesterday he was told after the game and the first he heard of it was sunderland had accepted a bid and it was from aston villa. and he said he was interested- in which case why would he put in a transfer request if as he says sunderland had accepted the bid - someone is telling a porkie.

[Dave P]

Steve Bruce admiring a picture of Darren Bent, thinking what might have been.

http://topbiographymovies.com/20075-elephant_man.jpg

[eamonn]

He really is bitter and twisted.

You've got £18M just go and spend it for goodness sake.

He hasn't though. Villa are paying in stages - the £6m downpayment will cover the sell-on clause owed to Spurs according to Niall Quinn. The next 6m will come in a year.

[Dave]

He really is bitter and twisted.

You've got £18M just go and spend it for goodness sake.

He hasn't though. Villa are paying in stages - the £6m downpayment will cover the sell-on clause owed to Spurs according to Niall Quinn. The next 6m will come in a year.

In fact, the majority of that £6m they are giving to Spurs is just money they still owe him from when they bought him originally.

[native]

So Darren Bent has "had his head turned" eh? Just like Bruce had when he left Carrow Road to join the Mancs.
Same scenario the only difference is that Bent is deemed a good enough player to represent his country unlike Bruce. 

My fave Bruce quote of all time though is still "If Ashley Young is worth £12 million, how much is Gary McSheffrey worth??? - 'bout tuppence ha'penny  and I'll expect change

Everyone loves a clown, Steve.

~Native~

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Disappointed in Houllier as he hasn't had a phone call from him.

Apparently it's the norm for managers to call their opposing number to let them know. A bit rude rude from Houllier but no big deal.
As for tapping up Bent, even the Sunderland supporters had a laugh at this one, what with Bruce's record of tapping up players. Shawcross and A. N. Other were the examples given.

My guess is we called his agent and asked was it worth giving Sunderland a call if we were to meet their asking price. Is that tapping up?

[PeterWithe]

Just listening to him on SSN now, you can understand him being upset at losing his best player but it didn't take Bruce long to decide he wanted to double his wages so why should it be the case that Bent takes longer? His dig at Houiller was pathetic, the correct way of doing things is the Chairman or CEO dealing with his opposite number. I've always had a lot more respect for Bruce than others like Holloway etc despite his previous allegiances but hinting at things without saying them outright is a shithouse trick.

Just get over it you fat, ugly twat.

[Ads]

Waah waaah waah.

We took your money, but its not fair waaah, waah, waah!

[olaftab]

Tough!

We have him  so just accept it and shut the **** up!

[Dave Summers]

I listened to him and I think he getting very close to saying something that could be construde as being libellous !!!