Bruce Sacked at last (now official)

[Villa in Denmark]

He deserves to go, by any normal measure he should be gone for woefully underperforming with 1 win in 8 against at best mediocre opposition, but I suspect we've another couple of weeks until the international break before anything happens if anything does happen.

[PeterWithesShin]

If you were intelligent enough you'd see that the stability of mid-table in division 2 and 5 defeats in 100 games are impressive achievements.

If it hadn't been for Forestieri having a blinder today we'd have won.

[eamonn]

Was there much booing at the end or was he saved by half the crowd leaving to beat the traffic? He said in his presser that as long as he has the support of the fans at VP he feels as snug as a bug in a rug.

[Small Rodent]

What can you do with only waifs and strays in the team?

[The_ads]

He should have gone after the Sheffield United game.  Every week now is a wasted week. The new owners and chief exec need to act. I'm sick of Bruce. I'm sick of his excuses. I'm sick of his football.

This

[Risso]

I await his comments with interest.  No doubt the interviewer will chuck him a bone with a question about McGinn's worldie, and how that's only his 5th home defeat, to which the reply will be it's been a torrid summer, we didn't do enough, we'll be better next week and I've been promoted four times.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Talk your way out of that one. No doubt he'll claim we deserved something from the game, missed opportunities and two games in a week with lots of new faces. The man is an arse.

[Monty]

He just has to go now, right? He just has to.

[passport1]

I think he has already been told by the powers that be that his time is up and the players are aware of it. Its just a case of getting our new messiah ( whoever that is ) in place as well as his coaching staff.

I read somewhere recently that the average tenure of a manager is about 1.2yrs and in  the Championship it drops to something like 0.9yrs. on that basis Bruce is well overdue for the chop. Come to think of it so will our new boy be by this time next year. Maybe its something to do with football being show biz these days and we all need something new and shiny every year.


Any way we probably need to get that New Manager Out  ? thread going.

[four fornicholl]

Where's your pride Brucie, please resign and let us get on, roll up your sleeves and go play golf.

[PaulWinch again]

I await his comments with interest.  No doubt the interviewer will chuck him a bone with a question about McGinn's worldie, and how that's only his 5th home defeat, to which the reply will be it's been a torrid summer, we didn't do enough, we'll be better next week and I've been promoted four times.

Yes post match bingo time, just wonder how he’ll slag off/patronise the fans.

[Jockey Randall]

Today finally tipped me into the out camp. I said 4 points minimum from the last 2 games and we've not got that. With the players we have we should never be 2nd best at home to mid table fodder like we were today. Give someone else a go.

[themossman]

I know it’s early doors and I’m not one to rush to judgment but if he doesn’t go soon it starts to reflect badly on the owners judgment. We can’t be chucking this season away. 

[TonyD]

Only 5 points off top. 
This season is still salvageable.
Please get rid now,  today. 
I want to watch the Bristol game without  his stench.   

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Where's your pride Brucie, please resign and let us get on, roll up your sleeves and go play golf.

Preferably in Spain.