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Offline Hopadop

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12945 on: May 23, 2026, 11:31:38 AM »
so off potato head for a minute,  is the Trinity capacity increasing next season ?

You mean The Steve Bruce Stand?

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12946 on: May 23, 2026, 11:40:26 AM »
Cabbage Stand

Offline Skipper_The_Eyechild

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12947 on: May 23, 2026, 06:24:03 PM »
Remember how eyeball-bleedingly shit the football was to watch?

It was absolutely as bad as McLeish days, utter garbage. Bruce - like McLeish - both came across as decent types, but their idea of 'tactics' was to slap the lads on the back and egg them on as they ran out, then hope for the best.

I remember having had enough of the football after about 6 months. I turned to a mate and said 'I have no idea what we're trying to do'. I probably shouldn't have thought about it too much, I don't think he did.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12948 on: May 23, 2026, 06:46:31 PM »
Di Matteo's win rate was 8% or something daft. Extrapolate that over a season and you're going down.

We kept conceding late equalisers. That would have turned round. Robbie won the CL as a manager, Arsenal have never done that.

Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12949 on: May 23, 2026, 08:11:25 PM »
What Bruce said on TS was fine until he put David Moyes in the same managerial category as Unai. Twat.

Offline TonyD

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12950 on: May 23, 2026, 08:12:04 PM »
Let’s keep the topic on thread.
Bruce was less of a chancer than carpet head. 

Offline Skipper_The_Eyechild

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12951 on: Today at 02:13:40 AM »
I mean, that's just whataboutery. I doubt anyone would argue otherwise.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #12952 on: Today at 03:00:53 AM »
I don't care what anybody says, Bruce did stabilise us.

Yes, only as a Playoff-chasing Championship team, but that's better than what went before!

As others have said, we were in freefall.

Nobody knew how well Deano would do. Nobody knew that within a decade we'd be winning a major trophy and qualifying for the Champions League.

But a modicum of respect is owed, because another appointment like Lambert, Garde, Di Matteo and we wouldn't be where we are now.

 


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