Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[TonyD]

Back to Bruce.  If he doesn't sign two effective midfielders and get us into the playoffs,  then Dr T will sack him.  The heat is on for Bruce.

[Ad@m]

Back to Bruce.  If he doesn't sign two effective midfielders and get us into the playoffs,  then Dr T will sack him.  The heat is on for Bruce.

I bet Dr T doesn't.

[JJ-AV]

I wonder if Mike Phelan will end up on our coaching staff.

[john e]

Back to Bruce.  If he doesn't sign two effective midfielders and get us into the playoffs,  then Dr T will sack him.  The heat is on for Bruce.

I bet Dr T doesn't.

if we don't get to the play offs and we are still playing like we are ie no obvious improvement then I reckon he will be a gonner to be honest

[Risso]

Back to Bruce.  If he doesn't sign two effective midfielders and get us into the playoffs,  then Dr T will sack him.  The heat is on for Bruce.

I bet Dr T doesn't.

if we don't get to the play offs and we are still playing like we are ie no obvious improvement then I reckon he will be a gonner to be honest

Just read his comments re Gabby.  Jesus Christ, not sure I'd be gambling my future on a striker with 1 goal to his name in the last 2 seasons.

[old man villa fan]

Back to Bruce.  If he doesn't sign two effective midfielders and get us into the playoffs,  then Dr T will sack him.  The heat is on for Bruce.

I bet Dr T doesn't.

if we don't get to the play offs and we are still playing like we are ie no obvious improvement then I reckon he will be a gonner to be honest

If we get to a point where it looks as though we are not realistically going to get into the play-offs, it will depend on Bruce's approach to the rest of the season and how he wants to change the playing staff at the end of the season.  If he just plays out the rest of the season and not prepare for next. I think he will be gone.

Let's hope it doesn't come to that and we do make the play-offs.

[KevinGage]

He still has plenty of rope.  Points-wise, we are no nearer the play-offs than when he arrived. 

But our results have been decent - just a shame that the same can be said for those around and above us.

He doesn't help himself with comments like that about Gabby, mind. There is bigging your own players up and then there is cloud cuckoo land.

[brian green]

In other words let's hope he doesn't do an Eric Black.

[brian green]

I am still convinced he is trying to sell Gabby.  He cannot possibly believe what he is saying about him.

[dave shelley]

I am still convinced he is trying to sell Gabby.  He cannot possibly believe what he is saying about him.

I agree Brian.  I think he's trying the old reverse psychology trick with Flabby.  Hoping it just might gee him up enough for someone to take a risk on him.  I'm not holding my breath.

[peter w]

gabby will end up at Wolves.

[cheltenhamlion]

I get the impression Bruce has long been building up to a last Flabby hurrah and trying to get a tune out of him in January. He will soon fall off the radar again after that.

[brian green]

He will go to Sunderland when they sell Defoe to Set Spam.

[clash city rocker]

Let's face it Bruce can hardly slag Flabby off in the press. I should imagine ( bloody hope) that what he has said and what he thinks are two different things. A bit like a politician really.

[Toronto Villa]

Maybe Bruce is talking Gabby up to get some sort value for him in the hope of sale. Because I cannot imagine anybody actually wanting to spend money on him.