Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[myf]

That screeching sound, Mr Bruce, is the buck stopping. Over to you. Sort it.

Surely the buck stops with xia who appoints the board and management and funds the deals?  Splashing the cash  was needed in the summer but went horribly wrong and I'm concerned that it all seems a bit too forced again, especially when we knew a fortnight ago that the playoffs were a big ask.

[KevinGage]

We're in the very familiar place that:

(1) What he's saying is sound, but the players aren't listening.

Or

(2) The players are listening, but his tactics are shite.


Either way, we are shite.

[Risso]

What sort of moron sticks a player in for his debut who hasn't played for 5 weeks?

[PeterWithesShin]

What sort of moron sticks a player in for his debut who hasn't played for 5 weeks?

In fairness to him on that, the only other options were Bacuna and Gardner.

[Des Little]

I listen to these post match conferences, and all I can think of is Big Ron's mantra...'Don't tell me, show me'

[Risso]

What sort of moron sticks a player in for his debut who hasn't played for 5 weeks?

In fairness to him on that, the only other options were Bacuna and Gardner.

Both of whom would have been better.  That was one of the worst debuts I've seen since Djemba Djemba.

[wittonwarrior]

Very harsh for Bruce to shoulder the majority of the blame for what is going on right now.

First of  all  he took over a squad of individuals who were not jelling and has had to rebuild.  Yes one or two mistakes but he needs time the rest of this season  and  the whole  of next before knives and daggers are drawn.

[LukeJames]

The rest of this season and the whole of next is a mind numbing thought to be honest. He's shown no signs that he knows how to take us forward.

[PeterWithesShin]

Easy with hindsight but you've said before how shit they both are so as I said, he wasn't exactly blessed with options. Whichever one he picked wouldn't have improved us much.

[Ian.]

Very harsh for Bruce to shoulder the majority of the blame for what is going on right now.

First of  all  he took over a squad of individuals who were not jelling and has had to rebuild.  Yes one or two mistakes but he needs time the rest of this season  and  the whole  of next before knives and daggers are drawn.

Yep, got to agree with this.

[Des Little]

Watching that shower tonight you'd honestly think that there were 11 debutants, and without a training session either. They were utterly clueless and outclassed by a well organised, drilled team.

[kippaxvilla2]

They are all attacking midfielders though.  I definitely would've played either bacuna or Gardner as a holding player tonight.  They waltzed through our midfield like it wasn't there time and again.  Jedi for bjarnasson or indeed the ineffectual pseudo winger that is Albert.

[adrenachrome]

What sort of moron sticks a player in for his debut who hasn't played for 5 weeks?

If he had scored that early chance, then things would have turned out much differently.

The worrying thing is that SB has gone from being over cautious to chancing his hand. We have seen this pattern of behaviour before, and it has never turned out well.

[QuintonVilla]

That tonight was worse than Preston away under RDM. He'd had three months in the job, Bruce has had four. We're no better off now than we were then and still never look like we will win away.

[olaftab]

He can have rest of the season and the first 10 games of next season. If by then we not in the top 3 he can forget about travelling down from Chester every day.