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The media have a new favourite that needs to be dealt with

What about for the next 8 games? Sorry for not being a flip flop.

Well it’s got the same number of likes as hate comments most people know what I’m saying is true.

I wish that was the case now

Just had a reply saying our playing style is like the Leicester team that won the title Jesus christ.

Over 170 replies of hate to my Bruce stats tweet Don’t ever tweet about local hero Bruce you’ll get death threats haha. How’s Bruce become an untouchable god? The same flip flops will probably be waiting him gone after this hard run of 8 games

You have to joking?

We were under Rafa as well tbf, but there was always the impression that he was trying to refine us and gradually get us playing more fluid football. With Bruce you get the feeling there's nothing else, he's just going to ride the wave of Rafa's defensive organisation for as long as he can. You mean like being the 4th highest scoring team in the league in the second half of last season? To now being the 3rd lowest scorers. In the last 17 games under Rafa we scored 27 goals. In the first 17 games under Bruce we scored 17 goals. We’ve gone back a year. Far less of an attacking threat now compared to the second half of last season. Not having two-thirds of the strikeforce from that period might also have something to do with it mind. Yeah he only spent £60million to replace them Can’t make excuses for someone with a front 3 that cost £80million being bottom for nearly every attacking stat going. He was not given £60 milion to replace them. He was given two players allegedly worth that to replace them. One of which who has, thus far, lived up to his price tag, and one which who has absolutely not. Clearly, we/Bruce, need to make massive improvements to our attacking play if we're going to improve in the long run, but let's not make out he came along, chucked away Rafa's attacking methods, and replaced them with his own. I think a huge percentage of managers would get more out of the forward players that he has. OK, but that's opinion, rather than fact. Do you agree that most manager would get more out of the forward players that he’s got? Some would, obviously. But a quick scan of the league: Hodgson - Zaha, Benteke, Ayew - less goals Silva - Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Calvert-Lewin - two more Howe - King, Wilson, Fraser - one more Pellegrini - Haller, Anderson, Yarmelenko - one more As i've said, our attacking play will have to improve substantially in the long-run, and we can all cherry-pick stats to try and back-up the point we're making (as I've done here, and you're very well-versed in), but it's not as simple as saying 'Bruce is shit at attacking'. :lol: Yeah Bruce is actually an attacking god and I’m just fooling you by suggesting he isn’t

We were under Rafa as well tbf, but there was always the impression that he was trying to refine us and gradually get us playing more fluid football. With Bruce you get the feeling there's nothing else, he's just going to ride the wave of Rafa's defensive organisation for as long as he can. You mean like being the 4th highest scoring team in the league in the second half of last season? To now being the 3rd lowest scorers. In the last 17 games under Rafa we scored 27 goals. In the first 17 games under Bruce we scored 17 goals. We’ve gone back a year. Far less of an attacking threat now compared to the second half of last season. Not having two-thirds of the strikeforce from that period might also have something to do with it mind. Yeah he only spent £60million to replace them Can’t make excuses for someone with a front 3 that cost £80million being bottom for nearly every attacking stat going. He was not given £60 milion to replace them. He was given two players allegedly worth that to replace them. One of which who has, thus far, lived up to his price tag, and one which who has absolutely not. Clearly, we/Bruce, need to make massive improvements to our attacking play if we're going to improve in the long run, but let's not make out he came along, chucked away Rafa's attacking methods, and replaced them with his own. I think a huge percentage of managers would get more out of the forward players that he has. We’ve got Steve Pulis as manager. His Birmingham side got relegated scoring only 28 goals all season. We scored 16 goals after first 21 games last season. Oh when he had Atsu and Joselu starting every week Give Rafa this squad for a whole season and it finishes higher than Bruce and scores more goals.

We were under Rafa as well tbf, but there was always the impression that he was trying to refine us and gradually get us playing more fluid football. With Bruce you get the feeling there's nothing else, he's just going to ride the wave of Rafa's defensive organisation for as long as he can. You mean like being the 4th highest scoring team in the league in the second half of last season? To now being the 3rd lowest scorers. In the last 17 games under Rafa we scored 27 goals. In the first 17 games under Bruce we scored 17 goals. We’ve gone back a year. Far less of an attacking threat now compared to the second half of last season. Not having two-thirds of the strikeforce from that period might also have something to do with it mind. Yeah he only spent £60million to replace them Can’t make excuses for someone with a front 3 that cost £80million being bottom for nearly every attacking stat going. He was not given £60 milion to replace them. He was given two players allegedly worth that to replace them. One of which who has, thus far, lived up to his price tag, and one which who has absolutely not. Clearly, we/Bruce, need to make massive improvements to our attacking play if we're going to improve in the long run, but let's not make out he came along, chucked away Rafa's attacking methods, and replaced them with his own. I think a huge percentage of managers would get more out of the forward players that he has. OK, but that's opinion, rather than fact. Do you agree that most manager would get more out of the forward players that he’s got?

We were under Rafa as well tbf, but there was always the impression that he was trying to refine us and gradually get us playing more fluid football. With Bruce you get the feeling there's nothing else, he's just going to ride the wave of Rafa's defensive organisation for as long as he can. You mean like being the 4th highest scoring team in the league in the second half of last season? To now being the 3rd lowest scorers. In the last 17 games under Rafa we scored 27 goals. In the first 17 games under Bruce we scored 17 goals. We’ve gone back a year. Far less of an attacking threat now compared to the second half of last season. Not having two-thirds of the strikeforce from that period might also have something to do with it mind. Yeah he only spent £60million to replace them Can’t make excuses for someone with a front 3 that cost £80million being bottom for nearly every attacking stat going. He was not given £60 milion to replace them. He was given two players allegedly worth that to replace them. One of which who has, thus far, lived up to his price tag, and one which who has absolutely not. Clearly, we/Bruce, need to make massive improvements to our attacking play if we're going to improve in the long run, but let's not make out he came along, chucked away Rafa's attacking methods, and replaced them with his own. I think a huge percentage of managers would get more out of the forward players that he has. We’ve got Steve Pulis as manager. His Birmingham side got relegated scoring only 28 goals all season.

We’ve lost 6 of 9 away games much more of a lucky home team. It’ll be like Villa away I reckon.

We were under Rafa as well tbf, but there was always the impression that he was trying to refine us and gradually get us playing more fluid football. With Bruce you get the feeling there's nothing else, he's just going to ride the wave of Rafa's defensive organisation for as long as he can. You mean like being the 4th highest scoring team in the league in the second half of last season? To now being the 3rd lowest scorers. In the last 17 games under Rafa we scored 27 goals. In the first 17 games under Bruce we scored 17 goals. We’ve gone back a year. Far less of an attacking threat now compared to the second half of last season. Not having two-thirds of the strikeforce from that period might also have something to do with it mind. Yeah he only spent £60million to replace them Can’t make excuses for someone with a front 3 that cost £80million being bottom for nearly every attacking stat going.

We were under Rafa as well tbf, but there was always the impression that he was trying to refine us and gradually get us playing more fluid football. With Bruce you get the feeling there's nothing else, he's just going to ride the wave of Rafa's defensive organisation for as long as he can. You mean like being the 4th highest scoring team in the league in the second half of last season? To now being the 3rd lowest scorers. In the last 17 games under Rafa we scored 27 goals. In the first 17 games under Bruce we scored 17 goals. We’ve gone back a year. Far less of an attacking threat now compared to the second half of last season.

I doubt Bruce be still be god on Twitter after the next 8 games. Man Utd Everton Leicester Wolves Chelsea Everton Norwich Arsenal 4/5 losses in the next 8 at least.

Out of interest, what do you want to achieve by putting out something like that? Are you genuinely aiming to highlight that we've been 'lucky', or do you just get a buzz out of the backlash it causes? Mainly because the media and local journalists seem totally oblivious to it.

I’m getting a public hanging on Twitter for this tweet about local hero Brucie

Man Utd to have 99 shots and 70% possession and Brucies mags to get a late winner via their first shot on target. Basically the same as most weeks.

This is not really directed/a dig at you, but I've seen this sort of thing creep in a lot. It's basically what Ashley wants, isn't it? The manager being the lightning rod for most of the anger towards the club, taking the majority of the heat for the problems ultimately caused by the ownership. Get half the fan base attacking the manager, half the fan base defending him, keep the attention over there until it becomes unsustainable then refresh and start again. It’s not Mike Ashley’s fault that Bruce is getting so little out of Joelinton. Is he a £40million striker? No Would we be seeing a better Joelinton if he wasn’t managed by Bruce though? Yes. We shouldn’t have spent so much money on him but Bruce should be getting way more out of him.

I could see us losing 5 of our next 8 games. Man Utd L Everton Leicester L Wolves L Chelsea L Everton Norwich W Arsenal L We’ll be comfortable in midtable like every season though.

Is this the most relevant thread to put this?

Lee Ryder, Mark Douglas, Luke Edwards dislike. #FullCreditBruce

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