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Author Topic: Bruce Sacked at last (now official)  (Read 2410187 times)

Offline Holy Trinity

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17355 on: August 18, 2018, 05:05:46 PM »
Bruce out!

Play like crap for 4 games
fluke a 1-0 against Yeovil
Fluke a win against Wigan
Fluke a win against hull
Get found out vs Ipswich

Bruce is not good enough at this level anymore. If he was we would be I  the prem by now or other clubs would come sniffing. He is a dinosaur who needs to become extinct and I hope to god the owners have seen how poorly we have played so far and are not happy with the tripe served as fillet steak that Bruce serves up. We will not go up with Bruce in charge and change needs to happen long before December or we can live up to the fact we will be a championship team for the foreseeable future!

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17356 on: August 18, 2018, 05:06:01 PM »
"The senior players found it difficult playing real football against 10 men".

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17357 on: August 18, 2018, 05:06:08 PM »
The question remains the same as it's always been. Who is better placed to come in?

Dean Smith? Maybe. I find it hard to tell.


Offline andyh

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17358 on: August 18, 2018, 05:06:10 PM »
The quality of football continues to disappoint.
Against 10 men today,we play exactly the same as every other game. We rely far, far too much on the hope that an individual moment of skill or brilliance will deliver something, while a great deal of time is spent ‘helping the ball on’ or  just hoofing it.

Personally, I hope our new owners show a ruthless streak and if and when results start to match the performances, they act decisively.

Offline curiousorange

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17359 on: August 18, 2018, 05:07:11 PM »
Bruce staying? Christ.

Offline Monty

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17360 on: August 18, 2018, 05:07:22 PM »
That game showed all his weaknesses for me. Lack of ideas, lack of style, odd as hell selections, for every good signing (McGinn) a bad one (Nyland), no ability to really change a game tactically all that often.

Offline mr underhill

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17361 on: August 18, 2018, 05:07:34 PM »
if that fat fucker plays someone out of position again I'm going to explode. Bruce - no.

Offline curiousorange

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17362 on: August 18, 2018, 05:12:06 PM »
Brendan Rodgers is making noises about not being happy at Celtic at a very worrying time for Bruce.

Offline Monty

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17363 on: August 18, 2018, 05:12:17 PM »
He's playing players out of position who, if you swapped them round, would actually BE in position. It's like he's arranged a jigsaw wrong.

Offline AlexAlexCropley

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17364 on: August 18, 2018, 05:12:28 PM »
Trouble is,he's considered some kind of benevolent guru who gets teams up.I hope the new owners see through this media fake news.I can't stand the negative throttling he gives our players.

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17365 on: August 18, 2018, 05:14:41 PM »
Brendan Rodgers is making noises about not being happy at Celtic at a very worrying time for Bruce.

Mentioned that a page or so back.

I'd be delighted if it happened and his comments after we signed McGinn suggest that he recognises Villa's size and stature.

Offline john e

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17366 on: August 18, 2018, 05:15:20 PM »
he’s unbeaten this season ffs

I never wanted him and still don’t but he’s going nowhere with that record

Offline sickbeggar

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17367 on: August 18, 2018, 05:19:24 PM »
Same old, same old. Another play-off lottery beckons at best because we're not going up directly with this team.

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17368 on: August 18, 2018, 05:21:00 PM »
Same old, same old. Another play-off lottery beckons at best because we're not going up directly with this team.

This manager.  I think there's just about enough quality in the squad, if a little lop-sided (and I'd blame Bruce for that too).

Offline Ads

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Re: Bruce staying
« Reply #17369 on: August 18, 2018, 05:21:07 PM »
What a bunch of self entitled fannies we look sometimes. 7 points from 3. Sack him!

At least wait until we fucking lose.

 


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