Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

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Has Steve Bruce resigned? Only a friend just said he saw it on Facebook

No chance, if you had worked all your career to get an opportunity like this you wouldn't quit at the first sign of trouble. The club from what I can see have been more supportive to Steve than any manager in the past 10 years, he will be given time to put things right and he will put things right.

[Ian.]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

Fucking Bruce and his shit Chinese whispers, he can't even do them properly.

[Clampy]

What a load of shady shit - if he doesn't rate Kodjia,at least, he deserves the tin tack

Where does it say anywhere on the whole wide interweb that he doesn't rate Kodjia?

[Clampy]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

I know, it's unbelievable what people fall for sometimes.

[ChicagoLion]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

Fucking Bruce and his shit Chinese whispers, he can't even do them properly.

Guilty feet have got no rhythm, er

[paul_e]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

I know, it's unbelievable what people fall for sometimes.

what isn't unbelievable is that a Bruce would throw the players in the bus to protect himself given the run we're on.  He's pretty much following the script for managers in a rut in every other way.

[Ian.]

Who's he blaming?  Have I missed any particular name? Or is this still the name he's apparently said to someone else?

[dave.woodhall]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

I know, it's unbelievable what people fall for sometimes.

what isn't unbelievable is that a Bruce would throw the players in the bus to protect himself given the run we're on.  He's pretty much following the script for managers in a rut in every other way.

So not only is he being slagged for something he hasn't said, he's also getting it for something he hasn't done.

[Chris Jameson]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

I know, it's unbelievable what people fall for sometimes.

what isn't unbelievable is that a Bruce would throw the players in the bus to protect himself given the run we're on.  He's pretty much following the script for managers in a rut in every other way.

So not only is he being slagged for something he hasn't said, he's also getting it for something he hasn't done.

Makes you sick, probably not saying something to somebody who knows somebody who might know somebody and then to make things even worse if that is possible, not doing something that somebody has made up in their own imagination. Sickening behaviour. Amazed he's not been sacked.

[BOB MANSFIELD]

Hope he hasn't.............

[themossman]

The original comment might or might not be bollocks, but I assume all the responses to it were made on the proviso that it is true. As paul_e says, given the run Bruce is on it wouldn't be the most surprising thing in the world if he was framing our situation as a continuing players-with-shit-attitudes one. I probably expressed the same views about Sherwood briefing his mates in the media before he left, and had/have no idea if that is a verified fact or just message board speculation.

[BOB MANSFIELD]

Part of the " problem " surrounding SB now is surely the fact that he has lived locally for so long that there is a whole bunch of ITK's who know someone who knows something. Even his wife Janet's hairdresser and someone who went to several schools with Alex ??
At times like this they come out of the woodwork with a nod in the direction and we are all keen to see where that nod leads.

[paul_e]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

I know, it's unbelievable what people fall for sometimes.

what isn't unbelievable is that a Bruce would throw the players in the bus to protect himself given the run we're on.  He's pretty much following the script for managers in a rut in every other way.

So not only is he being slagged for something he hasn't said, he's also getting it for something he hasn't done.

I'd have assumed that the 'if this is true then...' at the start of all of these comments would be implied.

I don't know if it's true or not, all i'm saying is that it's the kind of story you always hear from managers under pressure.

[passport1]

Calderwood made the comment Xmas before the new players were signed. I daresay Bruces comment was made even earlier.

Interesting the responses on here , though probably typical of a fans site.

[ChicagoLion]

Is Bruce now being criticised for something he might not have actually said to somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody?

I know, it's unbelievable what people fall for sometimes.

what isn't unbelievable is that a Bruce would throw the players in the bus to protect himself given the run we're on.  He's pretty much following the script for managers in a rut in every other way.

So not only is he being slagged for something he hasn't said, he's also getting it for something he hasn't done.

And we haven't even considered things we think he might have thought of doing.