Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[croatian]

You mean tortoisalogical.  38 is no age for a tortoise.

Ah, you're awake Mr Green.
Horological, tautological and testudinidae comments?
You've obviously not woken up on a SHA website.

Relax.

[joe_c]

A man of taste horologically speaking. Steve is wearing an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Dual Time. A proper connoisseur's watch.

Spooky  I thought exactly the same and wondered if anyone else was as anal about timepieces
 

Isn't that somewhat tautological? Surely they're one and the same...

Oh, TIMEpieces!

I'm 38 years old.

Anal about timepieces?

[VinnieChase84]

I have one story of Brucey. Again was in the boot at Lapworth back when he was blues manager. I was at a family meal with my old man (whose American and doesn't know anything about football). I mentioned to him that Bruce was in their and was the blues manager.
Anyway, my old man happened to bump into him in the the loo a couple hours later. My old man said "my son mentioned your the manager of Birmingham aren't you"!? Bruce replies, yes is your son a blues fan.
My old man replies, no he's Aston Villa and just walked off. He says his face was a picture

[croatian]

A man of taste horologically speaking. Steve is wearing an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Dual Time. A proper connoisseur's watch.

Spooky  I thought exactly the same and wondered if anyone else was as anal about timepieces
 

Isn't that somewhat tautological? Surely they're one and the same...

Oh, TIMEpieces!

I'm 38 years old.

Anal about timepieces?

Timepiece/ringpiece?
I'm slow...

[brian green]

I heard a story that a fan sent Gabby a tortoise in a parcel hinting that our hero is not as quick as he was.  He got a very nice letter thanking him for the meat pie.

[KevinGage]

I have one story of Brucey. Again was in the boot at Lapworth back when he was blues manager. I was at a family meal with my old man (whose American and doesn't know anything about football). I mentioned to him that Bruce was in their and was the blues manager.
Anyway, my old man happened to bump into him in the the loo a couple hours later. My old man said "my son mentioned your the manager of Birmingham aren't you"!? Bruce replies, yes is your son a blues fan.
My old man replies, no he's Aston Villa and just walked off. He says his face was a picture

Maybe a separate thread devoted to scat stories involving Steve Bruce?

Potatohead:  Close Encounters of the Turd Kind, etc.

[rob_bridge]

To be fair based on his record and where we are now and where we want to be in 7 months he may not be a bad pick.

Christ he follows some dirge (though I exclude Garde from that) in the last 6 years or so.

[lovejoy]

Indeed Garde was stitched up good and proper. Was in the wring place at the wrong time.

[brian green]

They certainly put him through the wringer.

[kippaxvilla2]

Is there anything in the rumour that his contract is only to the end of this season?

[FatSam]

In the circumstances I'm happy with this and fully behind him. Who knows, maybe he'll make us good again?

[VinnieChase84]

Is there anything in the rumour that his contract is only to the end of this season?

Doubt it with Xai referencing getting up within the next two years

[old man villa fan]

It wouldn't have been my way forward but the club have decided getting back to the PL asap is the highest priority.  With that being the case, Bruce is probably one of the most capable of the British managers available.  I hope he is successful and we go up.

I see the appointment as more of a gamble than those that are sure he will get us up.  We are throwing all our money on red.  If he fails, we will be a worse position than if we had appointed someone with forward vision, even if it took 2 seasons to get us back up.  Even if we just scrape through and get promoted and he hasn't tried to integrate younger or new players, we will not be ready for the PL and we will struggle.  He has to be thinking about developing the team has he goes as many of our current players are good Championship players but too many in the side will see us really struggle in a higher division.  He cannot be totally focused on getting promotion at the expense of next season.

Best of luck Steve and be bold.  Plan for who to bring in on January 1st (don't leave it until the end of the month) and make it happen.  You need two midfield players that will be at home in the PL.  With these two players, I firmly believe that we will have a very good second half of the season.  Will it be enough, I don't know but I'm hoping so.

[john2710]

Given where we are & what we need Bruce is the right choice. He was my choice before we took a punt on RDM.

Despite what the gloom mongers will tell you, there's not an awful lot wrong with the team that someone with an ounce of sense couldn't put right.

[spinksy the bfg]

Support the team/club not the manager is what I will do and many others I'm sure. He will always be blues at heart just like Saunders was villa at heart dispite going to blues.