Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[Tony Erdington]

Doctor Tony went to Rome to drop off Di Matteo bought us back potato head cos now he is okayo.
Welcome to the Villa Steve. Good luck.

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[Bernie]

Dr Tony said to Bruce
We think you'll be some use
So will you take the tiller
Of our beloved Villa?
Brucie didn't sigh
He just said "whay aye aye"!!

The End

[PaulWinch again]

Shit appointment, even worse than Mcliesh

If I really said what I thought of it and and those wanking themselves silly over Steve Fucking Bruce
I would get banned for life so I better leave it there

Don't think anyone is 'wanking themselves silly', more accepting our current situation.

Also Mcleish at the time he was appointed was absolutely not a better appointment than Bruce is now.

[cdbearsfan]

I'm going to call him Steve The Bruce as we always do well under Scottish managers.

I'm going to call him Steve Barnes

http://thesetpieces.com/features/sweeper-steve-bruce-review/

Superb. I read his review of "Striker!" before but that's the first time I've seen that.

I'm going to get to the game extra early on Saturday in the hope of getting a good luck at Bruce's car. I bet it's fantastic.

[kippaxvilla2]

Timing in the game on Saturday of the first rendition of 'Stevie Bruce, he used to be shite, but now he's all right.'

[Rudy Can't Fail]

"Stand up Potatohead"

[Brend'Watkins]

Stevie Bruce is now our king
Now our king
Now our king
Stevie Bruce is now our king
Our King Edward.

[kippaxvilla2]

Stevie, throw us a spud, Stevie, Stevie throw us a spud.

[PeterWithesShin]

[Diablo]

Stevie Bruce is now our king
Now our king
Now our king
Stevie Bruce is now our king
Our King Edward.

Ace!

[Dave]

I'm going to call him Steve The Bruce as we always do well under Scottish managers.

I'm going to call him Steve Barnes

http://thesetpieces.com/features/sweeper-steve-bruce-review/

Thanks for this. I've only read the first couple of paragraphs but I'm going to really enjoy that. Saving it for the tube home.

It's like Paul Auster without the prose. Or the irony. Or the plot. Or any sense that he knows what he's doing.

"a warren of intrigue featuring Yugoslavian warlords, lesbian prostitutes, Nazi-hunting spies and much, much more besides…"

They read extracts from it on the Guardian podcast the other day. I can't wait till he does the audio version.

That "slide tackle" bit (quoted in the review as well) had me in stitches.

[Hookeysmith]

Any reasoning or speculation why it is taking so long to announce?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Any reasoning or speculation why it is taking so long to announce?

Press conference delayed as Bruce has only just finished his lunch. Now he's in the bog throwing it up.

[Iamkmkm]

why are people so sure it's steve bruce? might be steve mcClaren.

[MarkM]

Stevie Bruce is now our king
Now our king
Now our king
Stevie Bruce is now our king
Our King Edward.

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