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Offline Legion

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17955 on: August 27, 2018, 10:36:41 PM »
I'm pretty sure it won't happen but I'd love it if he was appointed our manager.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17956 on: August 27, 2018, 10:39:51 PM »
I'm pretty sure it won't happen but I'd love it if he was appointed our manager.

Jose   ???? He's lost the plot more than Bruce.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17957 on: August 27, 2018, 10:41:55 PM »
Jose Mourinho might be available soon...

Following United's 0-3 home defeat to Spurs tonight Talksport have just said they will be shortly broadcasting a post match interview with Mourinho that they have described as "bizarre".

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17958 on: August 27, 2018, 11:00:51 PM »
I'm pretty sure it won't happen but I'd love it if he was appointed our manager.

Jose   ???? He's lost the plot more than Bruce.

Why not? He's in a different league. In all references

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17959 on: August 27, 2018, 11:01:17 PM »
Jose Mourinho might be available soon...

Following United's 0-3 home defeat to Spurs tonight Talksport have just said they will be shortly broadcasting a post match interview with Mourinho that they have described as "bizarre".

I think he comes over a twat in interviews but when he put three fingers up and said that’s how many prems I’ve won more than the other 19 combined I actually thought it was a pretty good

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17960 on: August 27, 2018, 11:11:28 PM »
Hourihane

Is he any better than when we signed him?

He was Barnsley's captain, scoring at a rate of about 10/12 a season and generally running the midfield for them.

For us, he's kept up the goalscoring record but if he isn't scoring he's often anonymous. And now, with the arrival of McGinn he's been relegated to the bench.

That doesn't seem like he's come on leaps and bounds under Bruce.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17961 on: August 28, 2018, 07:17:33 AM »
Grealish.
He didn’t sign Grealish and in any case Grealish has improved due to age not Bruce.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17962 on: August 28, 2018, 07:23:34 AM »

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17963 on: August 28, 2018, 07:41:49 AM »
Grealish.
He didn’t sign Grealish and in any case Grealish has improved due to age not Bruce.

So according to that statement all players will get better as they get older!!! Bizarre

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17964 on: August 28, 2018, 07:46:59 AM »
Grealish.
He didn’t sign Grealish and in any case Grealish has improved due to age not Bruce.

So according to that statement all players will get better as they get older!!! Bizarre

What's strange about that?

Most players do get better, physically and mentally.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17965 on: August 28, 2018, 07:47:42 AM »
Grealish.
He didn’t sign Grealish and in any case Grealish has improved due to age not Bruce.

So according to that statement all players will get better as they get older!!! Bizarre

I'm 52 and I'm ace, at 18 I was shit.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17966 on: August 28, 2018, 07:59:55 AM »
Grealish.
He didn’t sign Grealish and in any case Grealish has improved due to age not Bruce.

So according to that statement all players will get better as they get older!!! Bizarre
Yes that’s exactly what I said🙄

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17967 on: August 28, 2018, 08:08:01 AM »
I think Bruce has clearly helped Jack mature as a person and a player. Not sure he's improved him tactically or anything though.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17968 on: August 28, 2018, 08:43:27 AM »
I am going to dive out at this point but some of the defence of Bruce is bordering on the insane for me. Short of being a nice bloke that the players like I don't really get what else he brings to the table.

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #17969 on: August 28, 2018, 08:51:15 AM »
nothing - he's eaten everything on it including himself

 


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