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Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4140 on: August 15, 2017, 10:26:36 PM »
I respect fellow fans who want to give him more time. My argument would be he has had time and money. We are going backwards football wise. I think more time just gets us further behind.

Lovely bloke, talks a great game, knows football. It just hasn't translated to anything positive at this club. His rolling contract means it is a mildly financially painful but not overly so.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4141 on: August 15, 2017, 10:26:51 PM »
His post match interview is the top video here https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial/videos

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4142 on: August 15, 2017, 10:27:44 PM »
Brian Little and Ian TAylor until we can get that fulham bloke

Offline four fornicholl

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4143 on: August 15, 2017, 10:27:57 PM »
Give him until Christmas? WTF? Why? What possible difference will he make? Get rid now and at least try to turn it around.

So as people have as decent a set of options to vote for as possible.
Can't see give him the season. :P

Offline TonyD

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4144 on: August 15, 2017, 10:29:17 PM »
Can the poll be reset, please? I reckon this'll be 90% out, now.
Please
To show how much we want him to go.  And maybe it might be read in China!!!!!!!

Offline Legion

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4145 on: August 15, 2017, 10:30:31 PM »
Bruce out? No. Bruce out.

Offline cdward

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4146 on: August 15, 2017, 10:31:31 PM »
I'm normally one for giving managers time, but after Lambert, who was left too long, and RDM, he clearly has to go now.
 

Offline paul_e

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4147 on: August 15, 2017, 10:31:37 PM »
I respect fellow fans who want to give him more time. My argument would be he has had time and money. We are going backwards football wise. I think more time just gets us further behind.

Lovely bloke, talks a great game, knows football. It just hasn't translated to anything positive at this club. His rolling contract means it is a mildly financially painful but not overly so.

My argument is that 11 games in last season was considered by many to be not enough time to turn things around and giving the club the best chance possible of promotion is the only thing we should be thinking about right now.  Is a guy who has a runs of 10 without a win and 9 with 1 win after 38 games really giving us that?

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4148 on: August 15, 2017, 10:31:40 PM »
Brian Little and Ian TAylor until we can get that fulham bloke
Ant n Dec's milkman wouldn't do worse.

Offline KRS

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4149 on: August 15, 2017, 10:32:01 PM »
Bruce. Fuck right off.

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4150 on: August 15, 2017, 10:33:11 PM »
In ten months Bruce has taken us from third bottom to 2nd bottom having spent a fortune = that says it all really.

you might say RDM played better football too

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4151 on: August 15, 2017, 10:34:50 PM »
Given that everything we do seems to turn to shit these days I don't think changing the manager will have the desired effect. This has the feel I'm sorry to say of one of those Forest, Wednesday, Norwich, Leicester, Leeds, Southampton scenarios where the expectation is of a quick return but you just don't adjust to the new division and end up dropping again. An extreme and hopefully laughably off the mark prediction but the club's stunk for years now and it never seems to improve no matter who the personnel.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4152 on: August 15, 2017, 10:36:51 PM »
I could do better than him.

Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4153 on: August 15, 2017, 10:37:11 PM »
In ten months Bruce has taken us from third bottom to 2nd bottom having spent a fortune = that says it all really.

you might say RDM played better football too

I think he did.


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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #4154 on: August 15, 2017, 10:38:06 PM »
His post match interview is the top video here https://www.facebook.com/avfcofficial/videos
He's blaming the strikers for not taking 'wer chances'

 


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