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Offline London Villan

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12870 on: May 26, 2018, 11:32:00 PM »
I like Bruce, but we need a progressive manager. Dean Smith? Rowett would have been my choice. Mcinness from Aberdeen? Not another dinosaur please.

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12871 on: May 26, 2018, 11:32:59 PM »
Rowett would hardly be what I call a progressive manager.

Offline London Villan

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12872 on: May 26, 2018, 11:35:27 PM »
Done well with limited resources, pressing football. Not an option amyway.

Offline ChicagoLion

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12873 on: May 26, 2018, 11:36:22 PM »
It’s the negative defend a nil nil, sit deep  with no variation of tactics or approach what ever the circumstances or the opposition.
It’s dull, it’s the way he plays. I have bad enough of it.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12874 on: May 26, 2018, 11:37:55 PM »
Rowett is just a younger version of Bruce, his sides play negative boring shit.

Offline London Villan

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12875 on: May 26, 2018, 11:38:43 PM »
Today needed something different, anything just to make Fulham think. We all could have predicted that line up. Wasted opportunity. Another slog ahead.

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12876 on: May 26, 2018, 11:41:09 PM »
Rowett is just a younger version of Bruce, his sides play negative boring shit.

Yup.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12877 on: May 26, 2018, 11:48:20 PM »
Rowett is just a younger version of Bruce, his sides play negative boring shit.

Ossie Ardiles is our man. Five in midfield, five up front and a sweeper keeper.

Offline themossman

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12878 on: May 26, 2018, 11:48:51 PM »
We were set up to invite a goal from a team who never lose when they score first, when we never win when we concede first.

This season is a failure, and for entirely predictable reasons. However nice a guy he is, Bruce needs to fuck off now.

Offline Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12879 on: May 26, 2018, 11:51:57 PM »
Last season Newcastle went out to win every game and expected to win every game. They got promoted. If we had that attitude, we’d be promoted.

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12880 on: May 26, 2018, 11:53:23 PM »
Rowett is just a younger version of Bruce, his sides play negative boring shit.

And you know because you watch his teams play week after week after week, not just the times he plays Villa.

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12881 on: May 26, 2018, 11:55:15 PM »
Rowett is just a younger version of Bruce, his sides play negative boring shit.

And you know because you watch his teams play week after week after week, not just the times he plays Villa.

I think it’s fairly well known he plays a very pragmatic style.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12882 on: May 26, 2018, 11:56:51 PM »
I know because it's what the fans of the clubs he manages say and they do see it week after week. It's hardly a well kept secret, same as the McLeish style isn't, the Bruce style isn't and so on.

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12883 on: May 27, 2018, 12:02:26 AM »
Sorry Bruce old chap but our negativity set us back today. There's just no coherence going forward.

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Re: Bruce out
« Reply #12884 on: May 27, 2018, 12:07:39 AM »
I mentioned rowett as he seems to get the most out of his players. Does Bruce?

 


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