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Offline Ad@m

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11130 on: March 17, 2018, 07:34:03 PM »
Can I get a little melodramatic please and say that I think we're fucked.

If we don't go up via the playoffs (because automatic is absolutely gone now) there'll be an absolute fire sale next year to meet FFP.

We could be down here for a while...

Who we going to sell?

Terry will likely retire.

Johnstone will go be a number 2 at a prem club and fight for a place somewhere.

Chester 10 million ish?

Grealish??

Adomah??



Yep, all of them. Plus Kodjia, Hogan, Hourihane, Jedinak, Whelan, ElMohamady. And all the loans will go as we won't be able to afford their wages - the biggest impact of course being Snodgrass.

We're fucked.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11131 on: March 17, 2018, 07:34:42 PM »
Can I get a little melodramatic please and say that I think we're fucked.

If we don't go up via the playoffs (because automatic is absolutely gone now) there'll be an absolute fire sale next year to meet FFP.

We could be down here for a while...

I don't think its melodramatic. Any financial advantage has been pissed away.

Bruce has been riding the "stability" safety net his entire tenure.

We are playing playoff lottery now. I really hope we have the luck on our side.

Bruce out, regardless.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11132 on: March 17, 2018, 07:34:57 PM »
Other than Grealish, the rest are too old or just not very good.  Therefore, fairly unsellable. Kodjia needs until January to get properly fit and sellable. 
« Last Edit: March 17, 2018, 07:36:51 PM by Newby »

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11133 on: March 17, 2018, 07:45:21 PM »
Feckin disgrace, not acceptable. With the money & players to not be in the two! Very poor

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11134 on: March 17, 2018, 07:46:56 PM »
I'm not angry with you Steve, just very disappointed.

Offline sickbeggar

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11135 on: March 17, 2018, 07:51:39 PM »
When you're getting beaten by worse teams but who want it more than you, then the alarm bells are going off. Fuck wolves, its beating the qpr's and bolton's of this world that will decide if we go up or not.

Malandro

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11136 on: March 17, 2018, 07:51:48 PM »
I'm not angry with you Steve, just very disappointed.

It's a tough league.

Online paul_e

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11137 on: March 17, 2018, 07:53:14 PM »
I'm not angry with you Steve, just very disappointed.

I'm also not angry. the problem is that I'm not surprised either.

Online PaulWinch again

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11138 on: March 17, 2018, 07:58:00 PM »
Its the whole thing that in chasing a game he removes those who creates chances and replaces them with players who need chances to be created for them. It’s just utterly illogical.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11139 on: March 17, 2018, 07:58:47 PM »
Very very angry, not disappointed, just angry

Offline Uknowthescore

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11140 on: March 17, 2018, 07:59:17 PM »
Thing is if we don’t go up do we keep him or get rid. Think there’s a case for both

Offline sickbeggar

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11141 on: March 17, 2018, 08:00:09 PM »
Thing is if we don’t go up do we keep him or get rid. Think there’s a case for both

I don't.  Up or out..

Offline robleflaneur

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11142 on: March 17, 2018, 08:00:23 PM »
Can I get a little melodramatic please and say that I think we're fucked.

If we don't go up via the playoffs (because automatic is absolutely gone now) there'll be an absolute fire sale next year to meet FFP.

We could be down here for a while...


Who we going to sell?

Terry will likely retire.

Johnstone will go be a number 2 at a prem club and fight for a place somewhere.

Chester 10 million ish?

Grealish??

Adomah??



Yep, all of them. Plus Kodjia, Hogan, Hourihane, Jedinak, Whelan, ElMohamady. And all the loans will go as we won't be able to afford their wages - the biggest impact of course being Snodgrass.

We're fucked.

Amavi's transfer fee takes effect next season.
Green,RHM ,Davis,Doyle-Hayes,Mitch Clark and Suliman.
Probably biggest attendances in the league.
The money-men said previously that they had contigency plans.
And most important ,Bruce will be gone.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11143 on: March 17, 2018, 08:00:23 PM »
If we don't go up he should be sacked the second our season ends.

Online paul_e

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #11144 on: March 17, 2018, 08:01:12 PM »
Thing is if we don’t go up do we keep him or get rid. Think there’s a case for both

If we don't go up and keep him, aside from anything else, it's the board showing that there are no consequences for failure, and that was a big part of the problem with Lerner.  He has to go because everyone agreed that promotion was the target this season.

 


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