Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[sickbeggar]

its is a good points total and yeah plenty of good teams grind out a result now and then and generally play below par but get something from a game. I just wonder if you can get promoted doing just that

Since you've already said it's Steve Bruce's way of playing and isn't going to change, and since he's already been promoted four times from this division, isn't the logical answer based on your own comments 'yes'?

well i do realise you like shitty football. some of us don't, thats all. Doesn't make us bad people

So 'yes' then? Since you've decided to attack me with a rather daft comment rather than answer my question.

you started getting all passive agressive. If that's attacking you, you need to man up

[dave.woodhall]

its is a good points total and yeah plenty of good teams grind out a result now and then and generally play below par but get something from a game. I just wonder if you can get promoted doing just that

Since you've already said it's Steve Bruce's way of playing and isn't going to change, and since he's already been promoted four times from this division, isn't the logical answer based on your own comments 'yes'?

well i do realise you like shitty football. some of us don't, thats all. Doesn't make us bad people

There's only one type of shitty football and it got us four wins in 51 matches.

[sickbeggar]

its is a good points total and yeah plenty of good teams grind out a result now and then and generally play below par but get something from a game. I just wonder if you can get promoted doing just that

Since you've already said it's Steve Bruce's way of playing and isn't going to change, and since he's already been promoted four times from this division, isn't the logical answer based on your own comments 'yes'?

well i do realise you like shitty football. some of us don't, thats all. Doesn't make us bad people

There's only one type of shitty football and it got us four wins in 51 matches.

well quite, i would just like to see us winning playing a bit of football in the process

[cdbearsfan]

I'm also disgusted that we aren't playing like Barcelona four games into Bruce's management.

He's got to go.

[sickbeggar]

I'm also disgusted that we aren't playing like Barcelona four games into Bruce's management.

He's got to go.

thats not what i'm saying is it. dominating a game we win and having the majority of possession is not really aspiring to the heights of Barcelona is it? A lot of team do it all the time

[dave.woodhall]

I'm also disgusted that we aren't playing like Barcelona four games into Bruce's management.

He's got to go.

thats not what i'm saying is it. dominating a game we win and having the majority of possession is not really aspiring to the heights of Barcelona is it? A lot of team do it all the time

Not after five years of shite they don't.

[cdbearsfan]

We've been garbage for years. Expecting him to turn it around after four games is beyond ludicrous.

[PeterWithesShin]

After seeing us win 3 league games in the previous 14 months I couldn't give a shite how we play as long as we win.

We were crap on Sunday, big deal, we nearly always play crap there which is why we haven't won a league game at the sty by more than one goal since 1970.

[sickbeggar]

I'm also disgusted that we aren't playing like Barcelona four games into Bruce's management.

He's got to go.

thats not what i'm saying is it. dominating a game we win and having the majority of possession is not really aspiring to the heights of Barcelona is it? A lot of team do it all the time

Not after five years of shite they don't.

well lets hope paulie's brother-in-law is wrong and we will eventually pass it a bit once Bruce gets things sorted, and its not his entire modus operandi

[LukeJames]

Why does having the majority of possession matter to you?

[sickbeggar]

erm..I like passing football?

[LukeJames]

We tried that under Garde, did you like that?

[sickbeggar]

no we didn't. He was clueless. Passing isn't the be all and end all of a good team, but it helps to actually have the ball occassionally.

[Ads]

I said on Sunday that I was pleased with the point, as despite in my view us not turning up as an attacking threat, we looked defensively solid and got a point when not playing well.

That's twice now against Wolves and SHA where we've been off the pace but instead of rolling over, we've stayed in there and ground out a draw.

I thought Reading was a classic away performance and we deserved the last minute goal for being the only threatening side. Fulham should have been more and the second half we upped it and should have had more.

Blackburn is critical that we capitalise and turn Sundays point into a very good one in context as there's a chance to turn the six point gap between us and the place offs into a 4/6.

That would be significant improvement after just 5 games and if we kept the gap that small or narrowed it further between now and January then I'm confident that with money to spend we'd over haul it.

[Old Kodjia]

I agree with Ads.  The focus has to be the results.  Every game is a cup final and the manner of the way we play is secondary to the result.  Needs must and we all have a common goal of wanting to see the side promoted.  If we achieve that, will anyone care this time next year, about how we played this season?

Everyone on this forum wants to see us winning and winning in style.  It's not that simple though.  Under RDM, we played some great football.  Take Forest for example.  It was a great game and there was some great intricate passing from our front 4.  Fulham was not great but fans left the stadium a lot happier than they did after Forest.

The Championship is not pretty.  There are not that many footballing sides that I'm aware of.  Bruce has plenty of experience of the decision.  I trust him to know what he's doing.  He has only been in charge for 4 games, beautiful flowing football is not going to happen overnight.  He clearly wants to make us more difficult to break down, to start with.  That would probably be a priority for 90%of new managers.  Once we have the basics, I'm sure the football will improve.  In the meantime, lets just be pleased that we're climbing the table.