Dr T has pulled the trigger

[Meanwood Villa]

Beat Newcastle and this furore stops. Let the bloke get a fit 11 out before we sack him. I didn't want him in the first place but I recognise the job is akin to doing a hand brake turn in the QE2.  Get Tshibola and Adomah and McCormack fit and we will be ok.

this time next year rodney

Not sure signing Peter Crouch in time for next season is the answer.

Lovely stuff

[Risso]

I'm sure there'd be a line of suitable managers a mile long who'd want to work for an owner that let their predecessor spend £50 million then sacked him three weeks after the window closed.

As long as the job came with the usual two or three year contract, of course there would be.

[dave.woodhall]

I'm sure there'd be a line of suitable managers a mile long who'd want to work for an owner that let their predecessor spend £50 million then sacked him three weeks after the window closed.

As long as the job came with the usual two or three year contract, of course there would be.

Yes, they'd be falling over themselves to work under such conditions.

[Clampy]

I'm sure there'd be a line of suitable managers a mile long who'd want to work for an owner that let their predecessor spend £50 million then sacked him three weeks after the window closed.

As long as the job came with the usual two or three year contract, of course there would be.

So we keep paying them out every time it dosen't go right after 8 games?

[Monty]

Out of interest, can anyone give me an example in the modern era of a club being unable to hire a manager, despite offering lots of money and so on, because the owner isn't trusted not to sack them? I mean, people like Cellino and the madman at Palermo have been known to sack the same manager twice in one season and people still go and work for them.

[brian green]

His obvious replacement is already working under identical circumstances.  Steve Clarke.

[The Edge]

Hypothetically, what happens if Newcastle beat us very comfortably next week? Do you think patience will continue?

In a word. Absolutely not.

[Richard E]

Hypothetically, what happens if Newcastle beat us very comfortably next week? Do you think patience will continue?

In a word. Absolutely not.

That's two words.

[Monty]

His obvious replacement is already working under identical circumstances.  Steve Clarke.

No. Nor to Bruce, nor any other steady-as-she-goes, uninspiring, boring option. The club doesn't need someone whose maximum ambition is solidity - it needs a proper kick up the arse, a fresh start, a sense of purpose.

[The Edge]

Hypothetically, what happens if Newcastle beat us very comfortably next week? Do you think patience will continue?

In a word. Absolutely not.

That's two words.

It was an attempt at Del boy type humour. Seems to be the theme at the moment.
Lovely jubbly my son.

[john e]

Has Steve Bruce become this seasons David Moyes

[aj2k77]

Out of interest, can anyone give me an example in the modern era of a club being unable to hire a manager, despite offering lots of money and so on, because the owner isn't trusted not to sack them? I mean, people like Cellino and the madman at Palermo have been known to sack the same manager twice in one season and people still go and work for them.

Quite right, it's football and it's bonkers and the money talks, nearly every time.

[VinnieChase84]

If the choice a few months ago was a straight choice between RDM and Bruce, who in their right mind would have really chosen RDM for our new era? Bruce outweighs in credentials (and literally) in every way. RDM was and is an entertaining gamble in the same sense that Sherwood was. Lots on paper for how the future 'could look', yet extremely limited direct results/experience to back it up. Hell Dean Smith outweighs RDM in this basis. RDM is a gamble, we would romp to promotion of fail miserably and at the rate that's likely to happen.
Spud head in

[Monty]

I had no idea there'd been a nuclear apocalypse which had wiped out every manager on earth but Bruce and RDM.

[Risso]

I'm sure there'd be a line of suitable managers a mile long who'd want to work for an owner that let their predecessor spend £50 million then sacked him three weeks after the window closed.

As long as the job came with the usual two or three year contract, of course there would be.

So we keep paying them out every time it dosen't go right after 8 games?

You're ignoring the cost of persisting with failing managers, which is far in excess of the cost of paying off a contract in most circumstances.