Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[sickbeggar]

*sprays Pledge on Elmo's/Whelan's legs and starts polishing*

[Malandro]

I feel sorry for their fans.

[The Man With A Stick]

So he takes charge on 1st February, with Agnew and Clemence running things in the meantime?  Bet the Wednesday fans are delighted about that.

[Duncan Shaw]

Is that so they don't have to let him spend/waste any money in January window?

[sickbeggar]

I know he's not the most photogenic bloke but that photo they're using...…. Looks like he's been stung on the face by a wasp and is having an allergic reaction

[john e]

So he takes charge on 1st February, with Agnew and Clemence running things in the meantime?  Bet the Wednesday fans are delighted about that.

seen a lot of fans saying exactly what we were saying

4 promotions, play offs, win percentage record, difficult to beat

which is all true, it just depends on whether you want to get there the way he does it and in our case don’t quite make it in the end and have to be continually rebuilding

no doubt  they are banging in about stability as well

[sickbeggar]

I wouldn't be  that surprised if they did go up. Still doesn't change the fact that they'd be either nailed to bottom 3 this time next season or starting the first of a 2 or 3 season premier survival minibreak while playing soul-destroying football and making no impression on anyone anywhere before disappearing back to the championship. Getting to the premiership is a means to an end, not the end in itself. Which was mine and other's argument against him before he came here.

[Malandro]

Glenn Whelan in a Wednesday shirt would be very pleasing.

[footyskillz]

The best thing about this news is that Paul Lambert thread less likely to be on first page and consign to yetster year
.

The worst thing about Bruce appointment people will have this thread on the first page all the start of this year if not all season.

Having to see Steve Bruce appointment nearly as annoying as Paul Lambert.

Both have passing interest as they manage clubs in the league villa occupy but I hope come next year we won't still be talking about him !

Even I'm not naive enough to know even by after Easter this thread will be alive and well in run up to the match against him.

A hesitant good luck to him but I just glad we have Dean Smith in and hope football winner come April !

[pooligan]

Glenn Whelan and Alan Hutton please

[TopDeck113]

One thing I can safely predict is that when it eventually turns sour, his friends in the media will be touting the line that Wednesday fans never gave him a chance because he once managed the Blades.

[john e]

yeah but footy it gives us all something to get in a fuss about without it directly affecting us anymore

[ozzjim]

What's with the 1st Feb thing??

[TheTimVilla]

What's with the 1st Feb thing??

Is it do to with compo from us? That he’d get less than if he started before 1st Feb?

[PeterWithe]

I read somewhere that he didn’t want to start until he’d completed an already arranged family holiday.

Good luck to him.