Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[Clampy]

Haven't really got anything against Sheffield Wednesday apart from that bleeding drum. Hope he does well, apart from when they play us of course.

[Ads]

Racist northern twats.

[brontebilly]

All the best to Bruce and Sheff Wed. Elmo bound to be getting a call and maybe the likes of Hogan and Nyland whom he apparently was scouting for years. Out of the more recent previous managers I'd have a lot more time for Bruce than the others, his limitations notwithstanding.

[BC Villain]

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

Read somewhere that he forfeits his severance package from us if he takes another job before 1st February.

[sirlordbaltimore]

All the best to Bruce and Sheff Wed. Elmo bound to be getting a call and maybe the likes of Hogan and Nyland whom he apparently was scouting for years. Out of the more recent previous managers I'd have a lot more time for Bruce than the others, his limitations notwithstanding.

Pretty much this. Wish him well 44 games of the season

[sickbeggar]

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

Read somewhere that he forfeits his severance package from us if he takes another job before 1st February.

That sounds about right......

[Jon Crofts]

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

Read somewhere that he forfeits his severance package from us if he takes another job before 1st February.

That sounds about right......

Oh come off it with the holier than thou bullshit, if you were looking at a fat payoff don’t tell me you’d forfeit it by breaking a contractual clause. Maybe just maybe our savvy new CEO wrote the clause in so he wouldn’t get a January transfer window in.

[VILLA MOLE]

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

Read somewhere that he forfeits his severance package from us if he takes another job before 1st February.

That sounds about right......

Oh come off it with the holier than thou bullshit, if you were looking at a fat payoff don’t tell me you’d forfeit it by breaking a contractual clause. Maybe just maybe our savvy new CEO wrote the clause in so he wouldn’t get a January transfer window in.

I think Wednesday would probably cover the difference considering the value of promotion ?

[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.

Read somewhere that he forfeits his severance package from us if he takes another job before 1st February.

That sounds about right......

Oh come off it with the holier than thou bullshit, if you were looking at a fat payoff don’t tell me you’d forfeit it by breaking a contractual clause. Maybe just maybe our savvy new CEO wrote the clause in so he wouldn’t get a January transfer window in.

wouldn’t we want him to have a window considering the expensive overage overpayed shit he buys

[sickbeggar]

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

Read somewhere that he forfeits his severance package from us if he takes another job before 1st February.

That sounds about right......

Oh come off it with the holier than thou bullshit, if you were looking at a fat payoff don’t tell me you’d forfeit it by breaking a contractual clause. Maybe just maybe our savvy new CEO wrote the clause in so he wouldn’t get a January transfer window in.

Isn't that the point though? If you were excited about returning a big-(ish) club to the premier, then missing out on a important transfer window to keep your pay-off doesn't sound that committed to the cause to me. Just talk to them end of January if its that important to you and the job is still available. I have no real axe to grind with Bruce really apart from the crap football and his media friends making excuses for him all the time, but throughout his career he's jumped ship or looked for a better gig if it suited him either pay-wise or a bigger transfer budget. That's fine but it probably explains why he's one of the  mercurial merry-go-round managers who never gets the big job, rather than someone who builds something long term

[itmustbe_it is!]

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

Good luck to him.

I believe the suggestion its more about the compensation from us.
It's about what I'd have expected.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Never liked Wednesday, always preferred Sheff Utd but tonight Wednesday have my sympathy.

Oh and if they're looking for a wonderful right back/wing back/right winger, we have one called Elmo going cheap. The gifted Lansbury would fit in well with their midfield and Scott Hogan up front would score a load.*


*Edit: I can't promise Wednesday fans that Bruce would play the above in positions mentioned.

[Jon Crofts]

Never liked Wednesday, always preferred Sheff Utd but tonight Wednesday have my sympathy.

Oh and if they're looking for a wonderful right back/wing back/right winger, we have one called Elmo going cheap. The gifted Lansbury would fit in well with their midfield and Scott Hogan up front would score a load.*


*Edit: I can't promise Wednesday fans that Bruce would play the above in positions mentioned.

Christ you could add so much more absolute shite to that list, a whole starting 11 bought by Bruce for well above their value.

[Toronto Villa]

He’ll do fine there. Modest expectations and no money.

[Steve67]

How ironic would it be that he signed the bloke who got him sacked from the Villa,  Step forward, penalty king, Sir Whelan of Glen. On a free, obviously!