The hypocrisy of Steve Bruce

[Ads]

Fuck off Fist Face
Bent is ours

[SashasGrandad]

Cheer up Stevie Bruce

Oh what can it mean

To a sad jealous bastard

and writ for libel in the post

[Big Dick Edwards]

FACT - Sunderland could have turned down our bid.
FACT - Sunderland could have rejected Bent's transfer request.
FACT - This transfer happened very quickly so both clubs must have been satisfied with the deal.

If you ask me, Sunderland are just trying to smooth things with their own supporters for taking a big pot of cash in exchange for their best player.

[lovejoy]

How is this any different to any other transfer. His agents talk to our representatives both of whom are at arms length to the club and player. Positive noises both ways. Feedback. Tacit agreement. Transfer request. Transfer.

[treaders12000]

Or maybe as he now has only one striker as welbeck now out for 6-8 wks following knee surgery day after bent sign. Karma or what ?

[TheTimVilla]

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.

He does seem to be clutching at straws. One of the journalists should ask him what his reaction would have been if Ged had asked Bruce.

[eric woolban woolban]

And now Welbeck is out for eight weeks. Ouch.

[villa74]

After admitting he has been concerned for a number of weeks about Bent 'he hasn't been his self in training' any manager worth employing would have approached the player and had a chat about this, especially as he had to convince the player to stay in the summer. This would have given Bruce and Quinn time to sort a replacement.  As for his comments about GH it shows the bloke lacks class. Infact I might send Bruce a Villa handkerchief to blow that bosted nose on!!!

[Pete3206]

[Rudy Can't Fail]

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.

At one point I thought he was going to cry. "I never knew".

[The Situation]

Sit down potato head.

I think the media in general are getting a bit sick and tired of his constant whinging. He talks about 'loyalty', he is the man that walked out on Wigan after they finished above Sunderland... only to go and be manager of Sunderland. He is the man that runs onto pitches when his team score a late goal. He is the man who plays Lee Catermole.

We didn't approach Bent illegally - Darren Bent has a mind of his own and decided he wanted to join Villa, he was the one who wanted to hand in the transfer request etc...

[Holtemeister]

Ok ..... for GH to go after another teams top striker without having a word with his counterpart is a tad naughty ....

However...... cards on the table.

Who on here would have thought we were fishing in such a pond when it broke we were interested in signing Bent ?

Could it have been that Bent's agent went though the league table and identified a big(ish) club, struggling a little at the moment, in desperate need of goals and for some reason contacted Villa.

It could be that Villa never made the approach !!!

Also, does anyone else think that by signing Bent, and possibly the others we are being linked with, is not just in response to our current league position.  Could it be an attempt by Randy to convince the likes of Downing and Young that Villa long term is the place to be.

If they left.... yes we would get the money but finding quality players aint easy even if you have the cash.....

[koreanmeatballs]

Brucie is replacing Bent with Ricardo Fuller; He of one knee fame. 

Brucie is clearly mental, ignore the shit he spouts.

[villa74]

A fair number of Mackems fans think Brucie is talking shite.

 http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=561290

[TheMitaCopier]

if we really did something wrong they could report us to the F.A, i bet they don't