Never liked him, but as others have said he is a good coach just not a manager.I see his assistant was Chris Powell, did an ok job at Charlton and Huddersfield so probably thought he would be offered the chance to manage them the rest of the season. Good set up at Derby, decent size stadium and decent enough squad of players, sure someone will come in and turn them into playoff contenders next season.
McLaren = McLeish. It's that simple.
Quote from: dcdavecollett on March 13, 2017, 08:11:32 PMMcLaren = McLeish. It's that simple.Mclaren, Mcliesh, Bruce, Warnock, Holloway, Lambert, Sherwoodall exactly the same not a fag paper between the lot of them
Quote from: john e on March 13, 2017, 08:23:09 PMQuote from: dcdavecollett on March 13, 2017, 08:11:32 PMMcLaren = McLeish. It's that simple.Mclaren, Mcliesh, Bruce, Warnock, Holloway, Lambert, Sherwoodall exactly the same not a fag paper between the lot of them Are you talking about their respective records, playing style or media image? Who is your favourite manager at the moment?
Quote from: Rigadon on March 13, 2017, 08:33:47 PMQuote from: john e on March 13, 2017, 08:23:09 PMQuote from: dcdavecollett on March 13, 2017, 08:11:32 PMMcLaren = McLeish. It's that simple.Mclaren, Mcliesh, Bruce, Warnock, Holloway, Lambert, Sherwoodall exactly the same not a fag paper between the lot of them Are you talking about their respective records, playing style or media image? Who is your favourite manager at the moment?Probably unfair to lob Sherwood in there as he's not been around as long obviously Mclaren and Mcliesh have actually won stuff as well as promotion, and the others have had there day in the sun with promotions as well but collectively they are all typical British old school old fashioned archaic tactical nieve extremely boring football managers
Quote from: john e on March 13, 2017, 08:41:14 PMQuote from: Rigadon on March 13, 2017, 08:33:47 PMQuote from: john e on March 13, 2017, 08:23:09 PMQuote from: dcdavecollett on March 13, 2017, 08:11:32 PMMcLaren = McLeish. It's that simple.Mclaren, Mcliesh, Bruce, Warnock, Holloway, Lambert, Sherwoodall exactly the same not a fag paper between the lot of them Are you talking about their respective records, playing style or media image? Who is your favourite manager at the moment?Probably unfair to lob Sherwood in there as he's not been around as long obviously Mclaren and Mcliesh have actually won stuff as well as promotion, and the others have had there day in the sun with promotions as well but collectively they are all typical British old school old fashioned archaic tactical nieve extremely boring football managersPlaying style then? Do you think Lambert, Warnock or Holloway would be getting the kind of results we have been getting of late? After such a shite run before it? Who is your current favourite manager?
Quote from: Rigadon on March 13, 2017, 09:27:02 PMQuote from: john e on March 13, 2017, 08:41:14 PMQuote from: Rigadon on March 13, 2017, 08:33:47 PMQuote from: john e on March 13, 2017, 08:23:09 PMQuote from: dcdavecollett on March 13, 2017, 08:11:32 PMMcLaren = McLeish. It's that simple.Mclaren, Mcliesh, Bruce, Warnock, Holloway, Lambert, Sherwoodall exactly the same not a fag paper between the lot of them Are you talking about their respective records, playing style or media image? Who is your favourite manager at the moment?Probably unfair to lob Sherwood in there as he's not been around as long obviously Mclaren and Mcliesh have actually won stuff as well as promotion, and the others have had there day in the sun with promotions as well but collectively they are all typical British old school old fashioned archaic tactical nieve extremely boring football managersPlaying style then? Do you think Lambert, Warnock or Holloway would be getting the kind of results we have been getting of late? After such a shite run before it? Who is your current favourite manager?I don't know mate who can say, Warnock did pretty good with Huddersfield last season when they were dead and buried, but I still hate the way he sets up his teamsI just don't like those grinding boring managers, and that's it, I accept they all might have their plus points and a lot of people said they don't mind putting up with Bruce type football if it gets us up, which it wont this year obviously but maybe next, but its not for me, i wouldn't want any of the managers mentioned above at Villa or back at Villa whether you like it or not Bruce is not any different to that little group, he's not something special he belongs right in the middle of the old boy network British managers boring football club, a lot of people know that and are prepared to accept it because they believe it will bring success and that's fine, its not my view but i can see where they are coming from, but don't think he's much different, he's not I haven't got a favourite at the momentas we don't need a manager just now, when we do i'll let you know, but some of my choices in times past haven't come up trumps i'll be honest enough to tell you thati sort of know what i don't like more than i know what might work, its a cop out i know
But Bruce is managing at a club way above the level of any of the others, if they are managing at all. Why is that? Unless you class us on a level with Derby, Cardiff, Wolves, etc.