Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[paul_e]

Now we're losing to late goals what differences are left between Bruce and rdm?

[four fornicholl]

Now we're losing to late goals what differences are left between Bruce and rdm?

European Cup Winners medals?

[Three Spires Villa]

None, football was better and his record is as bad (!) If not worse poor manager + poor team

[themossman]

Now we're losing to late goals what differences are left between Bruce and rdm?

Terrible, terrible football and Gabby being given his 57th chance.

[myf]

Every one still happy with 5 3 2?

If he wants this formation why not buy another central defender in the window? Bringing Elphick back in has been  another idiotic decision

[brontebilly]

Surely Bruce had to deal with a worse hand at Hull last time. Fans in open revolt against chairman, no money to spend, Livermore drugs ban and yet he got them back up with players like his son, Curtis Davies and David Meyler in the team.

It's like he has lost his bottle.

[ChicagoLion]

Surely Bruce had to deal with a worse hand at Hull last time. Fans in open revolt against chairman, no money to spend, Livermore drugs ban and yet he got them back up with players like his son, Curtis Davies and David Meyler in the team.

It's like he has lost his bottle.

Or the plot.

[myf]

He's defo lost plot. Gabby, Elphick, no idea about formation, Johnstone.  I'm praying he comes to his senses to keep us up

[Tugby Villain]

Give him until Wigan away, March 18th.  No win by then and he'll have to go.

He has to be given until the end of the season. After that we can review and if needs must, select from a far larger pool.

You know what, I agree with you.  That was a bit daft of me.  We need stability at some point else we'll never be successful.

[PeterWithesShin]

I think we're going to have an exciting finish to the season and it could go to the last day.

I just hope we stay up.

[ChicagoLion]

The suggestion that he gets the summer and next season is bonkers.
Unless he looks like he has got a handle on the job, performances and results.

[Tugby Villain]

I think we're going to have an exciting finish to the season and it could go to the last day.

I just hope we stay up.

I laughed, but not without realising that it's genuinely possible we could be playing Plymouth and Wycombe in the league next season.

[LukeJames]

The suggestion that he gets the summer and next season is bonkers.
Unless he looks like he has got a handle on the job, performances and results.

Correct, he has shown absolutely nothing since he has been here that shows he can get us up next season, its a daft suggestion.

[KevinGage]

When he initially came in, he started doing seemingly wacky things like benching Grealish and Ayew.

I liked Ayew as a player, and he was in good form then.  But for a team that was continuously on the backfoot from about the 70th minute mark waiting for the inevitable goal against, that strategy did seem to work. We were still stretching teams in the latter stages, giving them something to think about. Rather than all hands to the pump near our own penalty area and throwing the game away anyway. Due to suspect fitness, mentality or whatever.

Since then, nothing, nada.

As per Tim Sherwood and the various other charlatans who have blagged their way into the job since, we might start a game reasonably well. But once the opposition step it up or switch things around, we have no response.

[wittonwarrior]

I'm starting to think we need a few years at this level to rebuild. In which we can afford to get a much more promising manager than Bruce and give him time. Bruce only works as part of a pact with the devil, quick fix strategy and he's already failed from that angle.

A few years in this league will kill us

Yep, it a few years never helps anything.  Look at Leeds, Sheff Weds etc.

I genuinely believe that is where we are heading.

Once the parachute payments run out, there's no inherent reason why we should expect to get promoted any more than the likes of those clubs.

This is the continuation of the results of the utter neglect of the latter Lerner years. Neglect and decline, the after effects are lingering even now.

That man has ruined this club.

Not 100% of this mess can  be pointed at Lerner.  Look the way  O'Neill spent Lerner's  money and then jumped ship.  No wonder the owner lost interest. 

Yes he should have sold up and got out earlier.

I am sure Dr Tony is already looking to lock up his money until such time as he can see anything positive on the pitch.  If not then I wonder how he ever made it in business.