Quote from: Toronto Villa on February 22, 2020, 10:24:57 PMQuote from: aj2k77 on February 22, 2020, 10:01:15 PMNearly £40m on Nakamba, Wesley and Trezeguet. Whoever made that call needs sacking just for that. They look/looked worth about a quarter of the price.You realize though that’s the price of one decent player at this level. We simply couldn’t spend as much as we really needed to buy the required quality given how many players we neededHow many £40m players have Burnley got. Or Southampton? Most teams outside of the top 6 don’t spend anything like that.
Quote from: aj2k77 on February 22, 2020, 10:01:15 PMNearly £40m on Nakamba, Wesley and Trezeguet. Whoever made that call needs sacking just for that. They look/looked worth about a quarter of the price.You realize though that’s the price of one decent player at this level. We simply couldn’t spend as much as we really needed to buy the required quality given how many players we needed
Nearly £40m on Nakamba, Wesley and Trezeguet. Whoever made that call needs sacking just for that. They look/looked worth about a quarter of the price.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on February 22, 2020, 11:47:17 PMAt least Steve Bruce had a Plan A.Nothing can ever get so bad to justify a sentence that begins, "at least Steve Bruce..."
At least Steve Bruce had a Plan A.
Unfortunately, if we entertained any serious ambition about staying up, he should've gone before Christmas. I was probably fooled by the wins over Burnley and Leicester to think that maybe he could do it, but some of the mind-boggling signings in January were just absurdAs a fan, he has been given so much leeway which we just cannot afford.
The recruitment strategy was clearly a bit of a risk, and currently that is looking a bit iffy, but decent players with premier league experience come at a massive premium so I think it was understandable at the time.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on February 22, 2020, 11:55:19 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on February 22, 2020, 11:47:17 PMAt least Steve Bruce had a Plan A.Nothing can ever get so bad to justify a sentence that begins, "at least Steve Bruce..."At least Steve Bruce isn't our manager.
Bruces football was shit but i dont care what anyone says he had us better defssbovely than smith has.Smith has to be one of the worst managers for defensive mistakes i have seen for us. We are so woeful at the back its unreal
We can take the piss all we like out of Bruce but he’s mid table and 6 points better off with an inferior squad to ours imo.
Newcastle are shit, Steve Bruce is shit, that they've jammed some bizarre results doesn't alter that and on no planet would I swap Smith for him. And I say that as someone who isn't convinced Smith is good enough to be a top flight manager.