He left us better than he found us, which was an improvement on his five immediate predecessors.
I did not want Steve Bruce and when we sacked him I thought it was the right thing to do.However, if I had chance I would buy him a pint and thank him for his part in where we are now.
Quote from: garyellis on January 22, 2021, 07:50:06 PMI did not want Steve Bruce and when we sacked him I thought it was the right thing to do.However, if I had chance I would buy him a pint and thank him for his part in where we are now.Agreed. Without the buying bit, obvs.
Quote from: Damo70 on January 22, 2021, 03:24:18 PMQuote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:20:07 PMNo away end could possibly be as cold as Meadow Lane in 1992. And it was a terrible game.I seem to recall Staunton missed a penalty.And nobody could fathom what it had been given for in the first place.
Quote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:20:07 PMNo away end could possibly be as cold as Meadow Lane in 1992. And it was a terrible game.I seem to recall Staunton missed a penalty.
No away end could possibly be as cold as Meadow Lane in 1992. And it was a terrible game.
Quote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:28:29 PMQuote from: Damo70 on January 22, 2021, 03:24:18 PMQuote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:20:07 PMNo away end could possibly be as cold as Meadow Lane in 1992. And it was a terrible game.I seem to recall Staunton missed a penalty.And nobody could fathom what it had been given for in the first place.I was probably too cold to care.
Quote from: Damo70 on January 22, 2021, 08:46:38 PMQuote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:28:29 PMQuote from: Damo70 on January 22, 2021, 03:24:18 PMQuote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:20:07 PMNo away end could possibly be as cold as Meadow Lane in 1992. And it was a terrible game.I seem to recall Staunton missed a penalty.And nobody could fathom what it had been given for in the first place.I was probably too cold to care.Was that game when we had three players standing over a free kick and they all ran over the ball?
Quote from: Clampy on January 22, 2021, 07:05:48 PMWell, we stopped losing which was the main thing really. Sunderland will tell you that. If our current set up were happy with being better than Sunderland we'd still be in the Championship.
Well, we stopped losing which was the main thing really. Sunderland will tell you that.
There is no evidence now to say Bruce did better than DiMatteo would have done but I do not think we were heading for the third division under him and somehow Bruce delivered a miracle to take us to play-offs.
Quote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:28:29 PMQuote from: Damo70 on January 22, 2021, 03:24:18 PMQuote from: Richard E on January 22, 2021, 03:20:07 PMNo away end could possibly be as cold as Meadow Lane in 1992. And it was a terrible game.I seem to recall Staunton missed a penalty.And nobody could fathom what it had been given for in the first place.The ref felt sorry for us that we hadn't scored a goal in years ?
Quote from: Clampy on January 22, 2021, 07:02:32 PMThe rot needed to stop first and foremost regardless of who came in. Which a good manager would have done whilst being, well, good.
The rot needed to stop first and foremost regardless of who came in.