To be fair to Bruce, Elphick is poor and a liability like Samba. He was not a Bruce purchase and we have been trying to move him on for sometime. I think Bruce has been let down by John Terry here although I don't blame Terry - he has to do what he needs to do financially. The main thing Bruce has got wrong is reading the situation and it could be costly for SB, for the club and for us.
All this talk of magnets and Ferrous Bueller will bring on a pun fest. Be warned. We are being drawn towards it.
Quote from: brian green on September 09, 2018, 11:12:43 AMAll this talk of magnets and Ferrous Bueller will bring on a pun fest. Be warned. We are being drawn towards it.I just fail to see the attraction
Quote from: villa `cross the mersey on September 09, 2018, 03:55:52 PMQuote from: brian green on September 09, 2018, 11:12:43 AMAll this talk of magnets and Ferrous Bueller will bring on a pun fest. Be warned. We are being drawn towards it.I just fail to see the attraction We are poles apart on this one
Quote from: johnc on September 09, 2018, 04:15:16 PMQuote from: villa `cross the mersey on September 09, 2018, 03:55:52 PMQuote from: brian green on September 09, 2018, 11:12:43 AMAll this talk of magnets and Ferrous Bueller will bring on a pun fest. Be warned. We are being drawn towards it.I just fail to see the attraction We are poles apart on this oneI'm finding these magnet puns utterly repellent. So stop it.
I take it as a bit of a vote of no confidence from the board I Bruce tbh. I suspect Bruce and JT thought he would be coming back here "because we're desperate" and the board have still said no, we're not giving a near 38 year a deal on big wages, make do with the squad YOU have assembled.
Not sure as to why someone would have blocked his comeback. At the moment without decent cover at cb we are going nowhere. Jt at least would have given us hope. We may possibly now miss out on the play offs
Quote from: wittonwarrior on September 10, 2018, 10:54:19 AMNot sure as to why someone would have blocked his comeback. At the moment without decent cover at cb we are going nowhere. Jt at least would have given us hope. We may possibly now miss out on the play offsBecause it appears the board told him he couldn't re-sign Terry weeks ago and he then fucked about leaving it too late to sign an alternative which has left us short. He's backed them in to a corner by asking for JT again so I can understand them telling him bollocks.
Quote from: paul_e on September 10, 2018, 11:13:02 AMQuote from: wittonwarrior on September 10, 2018, 10:54:19 AMNot sure as to why someone would have blocked his comeback. At the moment without decent cover at cb we are going nowhere. Jt at least would have given us hope. We may possibly now miss out on the play offsBecause it appears the board told him he couldn't re-sign Terry weeks ago and he then fucked about leaving it too late to sign an alternative which has left us short. He's backed them in to a corner by asking for JT again so I can understand them telling him bollocks.I'm not sure it's as simple as that regarding transfers. Surely the board are the ones handling all the transfer negotiations and targets rather than Bruce running the whole show. If anything I'd expect the board would take the blame for failing to get deals done and leaving us short.