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Author Topic: Bruce Sacked at last (now official)  (Read 2402269 times)

Offline jwarry

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18030 on: August 28, 2018, 07:21:27 PM »
Not sure I agree with the line of thought here.  Pretty sure Bruce is under no illusion this time as the new owners are a different kettle of fish, indeed he has already come out and said he needs to pay a different way, albeit blaming the crop of players he had before as the reason for not doing it. 

I still don’t get the c all to get shot now though. He’s had 4 weeks to cobble together a squad and with 5 new players in its not surprising we might be misfiring a bit but unlike last year we are not falling out of touch whilst we get our shit together. Just get behind your team and if by the end of November we are out of touch with the top 2 then call for his head, doing it now serves no purpose and will on,y set us back as there will be no time for a new manager to get his ideas across

Offline PeterWithe

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18031 on: August 28, 2018, 07:24:10 PM »
I think it is sensible and defensible and all that. I only worry that, by sticking with a possibly inadequate Bruce, we sacrifice our chances of going up anyway. We'll have to see.

We will, and given where we were 4-5 weeks ago I’ll take that anytime!

That was very much my view, he knew the club in the absence of more or less anyone else of experience and was going to be an able, if unexciting captain in some stormy seas. The seas have now calmed and it’s unlikely he’s going to get better. I get that we will look ungrateful and premature by binning him but I still would.

He’s been well paid through this tenure, we don’t owe him.

Offline Allan C

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18032 on: August 28, 2018, 09:07:24 PM »
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.
Grealish is, by a long way, the classiest player in this league and would grace the league above. If anything, Bruce has held back his development

Online Fasth56

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18033 on: August 28, 2018, 09:18:47 PM »
I just hope that someone at NSWE realises the mistake they have made in appointing this tactically inept dinosaur and sorts the situation immediately.

Offline in exile

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18034 on: August 28, 2018, 09:27:44 PM »
Just sack him FFS

Offline Jon Crofts

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18035 on: August 28, 2018, 09:33:50 PM »
Times up fist face.

Online The Man With A Stick

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18036 on: August 28, 2018, 09:35:39 PM »
I'd have Lambert or O'Dreary back right now. Thanks for stopping the rot, now fuck off.

Online PaulWinch again

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18037 on: August 28, 2018, 09:38:37 PM »
Sack him. That’s a fucking embarrassing result.

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18038 on: August 28, 2018, 09:38:38 PM »
P45  please

Online ROBBO

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18039 on: August 28, 2018, 09:39:23 PM »
Got to go.

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18040 on: August 28, 2018, 09:39:23 PM »
I liked him in April . I cant bloody stand him now .

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18041 on: August 28, 2018, 09:39:31 PM »
1 fucking substitution as we're knocked out of our cup by Burton fucking Albion, spud faced twat.

Offline CJ

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18042 on: August 28, 2018, 09:39:33 PM »
Taxi for Bruce!

Malandro

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18043 on: August 28, 2018, 09:39:35 PM »
Perhaps we could offer him the "Grandfather" role. Put his arms around the youngsters, steer them from the unrighteous path.

I will never forget the impact he has had on Grealish.
« Last Edit: August 28, 2018, 09:43:04 PM by TheMalandro »

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Bruce out?
« Reply #18044 on: August 28, 2018, 09:40:04 PM »
knocked out by a team that makes Wagon Wheels

 


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