Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[N'ZMAV]

Bruce isn't getting sacked any time soon.

[VillaAlways]

Bruce isn't getting sacked any time soon.

He will be if he carries on losing games

[Mister E]

End of the season. And then, let's see.

[Mister E]

The disappointment yesterday - apart from conceding a poxy goal - was that we had nothing on the bench to bring in to make a difference.

[auntiesledd]

The disappointment yesterday - apart from conceding a poxy goal - was that we had nothing on the bench to bring in to make a difference.

Well Bruce could have taken Mutton & Taylor off and replaced them with Adomah & Bacuna. At least the latter pair might've provided more pace & better quality delivery to the forwards, but I suspect the manager was relatively content to carry on with his starting 11 all the time we weren't losing. Cue the late(ish) Ipswich goal - & very little remaining time to resort to a Plan B (assuming he ever had one). Quite how this guy has achieved the amount of prior Championship success is a mystery to me.

[Clampy]

Hopefully James Brittle sorry James Bree won't be as lightweight as Bennett was who seemed to miss so many games with cut knees or broken fingernails.

We need him fit as I agree even at this level Hutton is a completely mediocre player.

In fairness to the club De Laet was signed as the first choice RB so it was very unlucky to lose him for the season after he played one game.

I assume Hutton is out of contract end of season so can get shot of him.

Why are you calling a new player who's missed 1 game  Brittle?

[brian green]

Spot on Auntie.

[ez]

I can imagine the shitstorm that would erupt if we appointed a third Fukkinbluenose. What I can't imagine is what decent manager would want to be our sixth in two years.

Before McLeish we must have gone nearly 20 years without sacking a manager. It's a bit different now.

[mr underhill]

well, a slight exaggeration, I think

[sickbeggar]

Terrible panic appointment. Instead of finding someone who suits the club and vice-versa and build for the long term (like a certain Mr Taylor all those years ago), we jumped at "Mr guaranteed promotion" and his dark ages football, but hey-ho we can get rid once he gets us promot...


oh.

[Monty]

I can imagine the shitstorm that would erupt if we appointed a third Fukkinbluenose. What I can't imagine is what decent manager would want to be our sixth in two years.

I really haven't seen much evidence that managers care about that sort of thing anymore. Impatient sacking is such a part of the game now that they're happy so long as they're guaranteed a chunky severance package.

[Clampy]

Terrible panic appointment. Instead of finding someone who suits the club and vice-versa and build for the long term (like a certain Mr Taylor all those years ago), we jumped at "Mr guaranteed promotion" and his dark ages football, but hey-ho we can get rid once he gets us promot...


oh.

I don't see anything wrong with employing a manager who's got a track record of getting teams promoted. Isn't that what Sir Graham did with Watford after all?

[Ads]

We can't win at fucking home, even in the 2nd Division.  Taylor out.

[VillaAlways]

Terrible panic appointment. Instead of finding someone who suits the club and vice-versa and build for the long term (like a certain Mr Taylor all those years ago), we jumped at "Mr guaranteed promotion" and his dark ages football, but hey-ho we can get rid once he gets us promot...


oh.

It was hardly a panic appointment He was the obvious choice at the time.

[Monty]

Bruce wasn't my choice because he didn't seem like a long-term rebuild kind of guy, but of course it made sense from a short-term point of view. The problem I have is that this is the short-term, and it's looking a little grim - and frankly, given the state of the club, it might actually take a long-term rebuilder to actually turn us around and get us up.