Bruce Sacked at last (now official)

[N'ZMAV]

i also noticed none of his coaches went and stood with him for support, leaving him a lone target on the touchline.

That's interesting....

Could be that his coaches aren't happy with him, or could be they didn't want to be in the firing line, or maybe I could be looking too much in to it.

[N'ZMAV]

If these pundits, experts and presenters watched Villa every week they'd soon understand why Bruce is on his way out

One has, Liam Rosenior. He spoke in depth about playing for Bruce and seeing no system at all at Villa.
Mentioned buying 20 players without a plan and trying to keep them happy.
This is from a bloke who played under Bruce for Hull, so he knows a bit more than hes letting on.

that's good to read

[Clampy]

I'm not comfortable with the personal abuse either, whoever the manager is.

[PeterWithesShin]

He dishes it out when it suits him. I reckon he's getting so much not just because of the results but also because of the digs and insults at fans that he's been dishing out for over a year.

He doesn't dish out anything like that though does he?

He deserves the sack without question, but certainly not the vile abuse or other knuckle dragging nonsense like last night

I thought we were above that sort of thing. And yet it's made the club look ridiculous today. What kind of arsehole takes a cabbage in a bag to a football match? I mean i'd have even given some credit if it had been potatoes. Embarrassing

I thought we were above being lied to by the manager, having him call us stupid, having him give it the big one after beating the might of Rotherham at home, telling the world we only don't like him because of who he managed over a decade ago, and numerous other digs and insults, but we aren't.

[sickbeggar]

Wide-eyed, dribbing at the mouth swearing at people from 10 foot away isn't great. I prefer the more subtle vegatable related protests

[sirlordbaltimore]

He dishes it out when it suits him. I reckon he's getting so much not just because of the results but also because of the digs and insults at fans that he's been dishing out for over a year.

He doesn't dish out anything like that though does he?

He deserves the sack without question, but certainly not the vile abuse or other knuckle dragging nonsense like last night

I thought we were above that sort of thing. And yet it's made the club look ridiculous today. What kind of arsehole takes a cabbage in a bag to a football match? I mean i'd have even given some credit if it had been potatoes. Embarrassing

I thought we were above being lied to by the manager, having him call us stupid, having him give it the big one after beating the might of Rotherham at home, telling the world we only don't like him because of who he managed over a decade ago, and numerous other digs and insults, but we aren't.

To be fair he was 100% bang on the money with that and the hysterical comments for me. He didn't call everyone those two things, it was clearly aimed at those that were both of those things

[cdbearsfan]

Yeah, he can't really complain about any verbal abuse, so long as noone is having a go at his family, when he's been slagging fans off for weeks.

There is still no excuse for throwing food at him.

Especially salad, which it is pretty obvious he doesn't like.

[DBTW]

Hundreds of people, snarling and using language they wouldn't normally use at home, to personally abuse one bloke standing alone, for me isn't justified because of what he said.

Its classless and embarassing

[DBTW]

Suppose its 'passion' though, ay it

[PeterWithesShin]

Yeah we were really stupid for pointing out he doesn't have a clue what he's doing and is costing us numerous points this season with his bizarre team selections and piss poor tactics. He's sure showing us by beating Rotherham.

[sickbeggar]

Fresh fruit and vegatables is the way to go. Or any sort of healthy food used as part of a calorie controlled diet. As long as we don't overstep the mark and bring down some carbohydrates, i can't see how he can complain.

[DBTW]

Yeah we were really stupid for pointing out he doesn't have a clue what he's doing and is costing us numerous points this season with his bizarre team selections and piss poor tactics. He's sure showing us by beating Rotherham.

I agree with what you're saying, im saying the way our fans go about it is terrible. Its easy to sit in the safety of others and abuse from a distance.
He deserves the sack, he deserves to be questioned but doesn't deserve what he had last night.

Sing Bruce out by all means, but to personally abuse the bloke shows no class from  our fans at all.

[Des Little]

If this keeps up I can see the old bill closing every grocer's on match days, like they do with the pubs on Derby day.  Then it'll be all us healthy eaters that suffer, so bloody well think on you lot.

[robleflaneur]

All the press coming out to defend him.....the Bloos connection, the play-off, the penalty....

Why don't they mention - one Centre half, not playing wingers, 1 clean sheet, poor keepers....?

Well its Team Bruce attempting damage limitiation at the moment. It's not really about Villa anymore, its about writing his own narrative about why he failed here, so he can get another job.

However,Matt Law,Rosenior and Garry Thompson have spoken out about the lack of method ,echoing what's been said here for the past 18 months.Labelling these fans as ''stupid ones' is very ironic as their educational qualifications probably far exceed those of the press and the ex professional pundits.
A similar thing happened in cricket when the press and the ex pros backed the establishment v Kevin Petersen and attacked the views of those 'outside cricket'
Saunders backing Bruce is surprising,especially as he basically described Bruce's football as Route 1 in a Radio 5 interview about a year ago.

[PeterWithesShin]

In future it should only be salad foods thrown at him as none will ever hit him as he's an expert salad dodger.*


*Disclaimer* Throwing items was used purely for 'comedic' reasons and is in no way big or clever.