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Author Topic: Bruce Sacked at last (now official)  (Read 2413025 times)

Offline sickbeggar

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8220 on: November 26, 2017, 09:19:36 PM »
Don't buy bobbins like Hogan for millions seems to be the moral of the story here.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8221 on: November 26, 2017, 09:23:49 PM »
Don't buy bobbins like Hogan for millions seems to be the moral of the story here.

Indeed. Buying, and paying the wages of crap players who don't contribute to anything is definitely not the way forward.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8222 on: November 26, 2017, 09:25:06 PM »
And this is why buying 'young and hungry' is appealing and why spending the money we did on Fat Ross was fucking stupid.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8223 on: November 26, 2017, 09:29:51 PM »
well Bruce made Ross unsellable IMO. Yeah he was a liability, but don't tell the whole world about it.

Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8224 on: November 26, 2017, 09:30:10 PM »
And this is why buying 'young and hungry' is appealing and why spending the money we did on Fat Ross was fucking stupid.

I am all for it. Next time we do it though I would prefer to do it in a way that doesn't get us relegated.  :D


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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8225 on: November 26, 2017, 09:31:58 PM »
well Bruce made Ross unsellable IMO. Yeah he was a liability, but don't tell the whole world about it.

You mean don't tell the fans why he's not being picked?

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8226 on: November 26, 2017, 09:35:55 PM »
just how sensible managers do it. Keep it internally and then get rid.  like it or not we had 12m locked up in his transfer and we wouldn't get a million for him now.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8227 on: November 26, 2017, 09:42:01 PM »
well Bruce made Ross unsellable IMO. Yeah he was a liability, but don't tell the whole world about it.

Ross made Ross unsellable.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8228 on: November 26, 2017, 09:44:49 PM »
just how sensible managers do it. Keep it internally and then get rid.  like it or not we had 12m locked up in his transfer and we wouldn't get a million for him now.

The truth would have got out anyway. Bruce did nothing wrong whatsoever.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8229 on: November 26, 2017, 09:48:17 PM »
well Bruce made Ross unsellable IMO. Yeah he was a liability, but don't tell the whole world about it.

Ross made Ross unsellable.


nah, after Bruce mouthed off, all the fulham stuff came out. They knew but kept their mouths shut, and got rid. In January when it all blew up, a striker who had scored 21 goals the previous season was a saleable asset. After all the press, we couldn't give him away

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8230 on: November 26, 2017, 09:48:17 PM »
just how sensible managers do it. Keep it internally and then get rid.  like it or not we had 12m locked up in his transfer and we wouldn't get a million for him now.

The truth would have got out anyway. Bruce did nothing wrong whatsoever.
Agreed. Also I know nothing about the legalities of football but I assume misrepresenting a players fitness and behaviour to fraudulently increase his sell on value is illegal somehow.

Offline sickbeggar

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8231 on: November 26, 2017, 09:52:04 PM »
just how sensible managers do it. Keep it internally and then get rid.  like it or not we had 12m locked up in his transfer and we wouldn't get a million for him now.

The truth would have got out anyway. Bruce did nothing wrong whatsoever.
Agreed. Also I know nothing about the legalities of football but I assume misrepresenting a players fitness and behaviour to fraudulently increase his sell on value is illegal somehow.

sold as seen. fulham knew he was poison and didn't inform us. maybe we can sue?

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8232 on: November 26, 2017, 09:53:02 PM »
just how sensible managers do it. Keep it internally and then get rid.  like it or not we had 12m locked up in his transfer and we wouldn't get a million for him now.

The truth would have got out anyway. Bruce did nothing wrong whatsoever.
Agreed. Also I know nothing about the legalities of football but I assume misrepresenting a players fitness and behaviour to fraudulently increase his sell on value is illegal somehow.

sold as seen. fulham knew he was poison and didn't inform us. maybe we can sue?

Seems fair to me!

Offline sickbeggar

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8233 on: November 26, 2017, 09:58:48 PM »
just how sensible managers do it. Keep it internally and then get rid.  like it or not we had 12m locked up in his transfer and we wouldn't get a million for him now.

The truth would have got out anyway. Bruce did nothing wrong whatsoever.

fulham managed it. As it was it didn't need to be leaked as Bruce was telling any journo who would listen

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #8234 on: November 26, 2017, 10:01:14 PM »
He's getting results but we have to find something to have a go at Bruce at it seems.

 


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