Bruce Sacked at last (now official)

[The Edge]

Regarding that article Steve Bruce being appointed in the PL was a nailed on disaster. If there was a board arguably worse than the one we had it was that lot. Appointing him in the Championship came with a lot less risk and should have come with more certainty.

He'd actually done a decent job at Wigan when Sunderland appointed him. Same as he did a pretty good job at Hull when we appointed him.

He's better suited to underdog clubs imo with little money to spend.

He's out of his depth when expectations increase and he gets more of a transfer kitty. His time at SHA tells you that. Did very well first couple of years getting them up and keeping them up. As soon as he got the funds to sign Heskey, Gronkjaer, Melchiot etc they got relegated.

That's true, the only time in my lifetime they had better players than us and they went down.

Yeah they did. That was hilarious. Anyone see his comment on John Terry? Apparently he's a great influence around the place. Bruce said "he's got everyone on toast" Does anyone know what he means?

[Mister E]

Regarding that article Steve Bruce being appointed in the PL was a nailed on disaster. If there was a board arguably worse than the one we had it was that lot. Appointing him in the Championship came with a lot less risk and should have come with more certainty.

He'd actually done a decent job at Wigan when Sunderland appointed him. Same as he did a pretty good job at Hull when we appointed him.

He's better suited to underdog clubs imo with little money to spend.

He's out of his depth when expectations increase and he gets more of a transfer kitty. His time at SHA tells you that. Did very well first couple of years getting them up and keeping them up. As soon as he got the funds to sign Heskey, Gronkjaer, Melchiot etc they got relegated.

That's true, the only time in my lifetime they had better players than us and they went down.

Yeah they did. That was hilarious. Anyone see his comment on John Terry? Apparently he's a great influence around the place. Bruce said "he's got everyone on toast" Does anyone know what he means?

It's healthy living advice: toast - and bread generally - is great for you; the more the better. Make athletes really light on the feet, apparently.
The manager has been doing his homework on nutrition ... trying to keep up with the new trendy managers ...
not!!

[old man villa fan]

Bruce goes on so much about this being a hard league that I genuinely think he believes it, to the point of being frightened of it. Hence no adventure at all and avoiding defeat being more important than going out to win.

[The Edge]

Regarding that article Steve Bruce being appointed in the PL was a nailed on disaster. If there was a board arguably worse than the one we had it was that lot. Appointing him in the Championship came with a lot less risk and should have come with more certainty.

He'd actually done a decent job at Wigan when Sunderland appointed him. Same as he did a pretty good job at Hull when we appointed him.

He's better suited to underdog clubs imo with little money to spend.

He's out of his depth when expectations increase and he gets more of a transfer kitty. His time at SHA tells you that. Did very well first couple of years getting them up and keeping them up. As soon as he got the funds to sign Heskey, Gronkjaer, Melchiot etc they got relegated.

That's true, the only time in my lifetime they had better players than us and they went down.

Yeah they did. That was hilarious. Anyone see his comment on John Terry? Apparently he's a great influence around the place. Bruce said "he's got everyone on toast" Does anyone know what he means?

It's healthy living advice: toast - and bread generally - is great for you; the more the better. Make athletes really light on the feet, apparently.
The manager has been doing his homework on nutrition ... trying to keep up with the new trendy managers ...
not!!

Really?? I thought bread was bad for you. Shows what I know!

[XXVilla]

Bruce goes on so much about this being a hard league that I genuinely think he believes it, to the point of being frightened of it. Hence no adventure at all and avoiding defeat being more important than going out to win.

Wolves

[eamonn]

A Wolf would frighten you in fairness, certainly a pack of them.

[Dave Cooper please]

A Wolf would frighten you in fairness, certainly a pack of them.

Heinz Wolff. He won't frighten you, not any more anyway.

[Dave]

His contacts in the game mean he gets the odd one right, Johnstone and Onomah are quality players. Valencia and Palacious before then, think Wenger recommended them to him.

Paul Jewell took Valencia to Wigan. He'd been nominated as the best young player at the World Cup that summer, so he wasn't some Salifou style nobody.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Still here then..

[Mister E]

It's healthy living advice: toast - and bread generally - is great for you; the more the better. Make athletes really light on the feet, apparently.
The manager has been doing his homework on nutrition ... trying to keep up with the new trendy managers ...
not!!

Really?? I thought bread was bad for you. Shows what I know!

I was mildly taking the piss, mate, after the article that described the manager as not having any interest in nutrition.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Bruce goes on so much about this being a hard league that I genuinely think he believes it

Well it is a hard league. I'm still amazed some folks think it isn't after watching a season and a half of it.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Bruce goes on so much about this being a hard league that I genuinely think he believes it

Well it is a hard league. I'm still amazed some folks think it isn't after watching a season and a half of it.

It's bloody hard to watch, that's for sure.

[Des Little]

It’s only a hard League because we make it so. Wolves are pissing it.

[paul_e]

Bruce goes on so much about this being a hard league that I genuinely think he believes it

Well it is a hard league. I'm still amazed some folks think it isn't after watching a season and a half of it.

It really isn't, we've made it much more difficult than it needs to be.  With the money we had a decent manager with a proper plan would've had us where wolves are.

[XXVilla]

Bruce goes on so much about this being a hard league that I genuinely think he believes it

Well it is a hard league. I'm still amazed some folks think it isn't after watching a season and a half of it.

Wolves have spent a reasonable amount of money, are organised from top to bottom and have a footballing philosophy. That’s what makes them a cut above and is everything we have every right to expect Villa to be. We too should be pissing it.