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Premier League wise as the twenty shareholders would be great if they put it too a vote...where 14 is the magic number and every other club turned against them!

I'm sure it was last season when he put Krafth CB against Kane which resulted in a pummelling. Glad lessons have been learnt...

Was it someone on here that mentioned RedBird Capital? Liverpool have seemingly benefitted from investment by them to go back to pre-COVID spending...

100% I'd guess he is fed information from a member of the playing squad as articles always lead with a view on how the squad or members of it feel about a decision i.e. a player being allowed to travel home for recovery, a bust up or argument. When Bruce said that fights happen up and down the country I'm sure they do. We've had Andy Griffin v Laurent Robert, Andy Carroll v Steven Taylor and I'm sure there will have been more over the years!

Just waiting for us to be flushed in all honesty. Across the club we've got incompetance at all levels that when we've had an employee that has wanted to push on they've found themself an outcast. Premier League football offers both financial and personal rewards so if you can get away with it and others are happy staying on the gravy train I'm sure you can get paid very well for being poor. The vast majority of people who watched that game yesterday knew it was a shocking performance and I doubt any of the players thought they had a good game after it. Bruce openly said it wasn't good enough, but the sticking point will always be no one ever challenges it. I couldn't imagine Bruce breaking down the performance with a technical or tactical analysis tomorrow and then working on the issues that have been clear to see. To a football fan it doesn't make sense, but Mike Ashley is not a football fan...this is the problem.

Worse performance than Riviere against Bournemouth in 2016?

Brighton to win 2-0.

We'd probabaly do better without a manager rather than with Bruce. Gut feeling is the damage has already been done, they won't make a change as resulted in relegation in the past anyway.

If we had lost that would they have sacked Bruce? He looked mightily relieved at the end!

He is good on the ball, occasional aspects of his play which let him down today - holding onto the ball too long before a pass or pass not reaching target. However feel sorry for him based on players either not looking to receive the ball which makes him look worse. I've been impressed and he's confident running at people. How would people compare him to Longstaff/s? I noticed Villa opted to play their home grown player over a loan player so it's interesting in our predicament we need to use bigger clubs youth players to improve the team!

You pay for what you get. I'm sure it was reported Bruce is on around £20,000 a week with a incentive based contract for finishing above the relegation zone. Surely they pay off would only be about £1.5m to get rid of him if he has a deal until June 2022?! It has to be one of the worst gambles Ashley is making with the club.

Watching the match you just know it will be repeated in the Championship next season.

The best thing to happen for him would be he resigns or is sacked. Imagine presiding over the relegation of your hometown club...even Carver managed to avoid that (just).

As much as I'd like a change I can't see him getting sacked after this. Two points dropped, but narrative will be we picked up injuries. I bet we get a story this week about a senior player bust up based on that post match interview. It's been brewing for a few days - Dubravka, Darlow, Ritchie or Lascelles to be named in it.

The difference between Lascelles and Bruce was the player covered the team aspects of in this together and didn't really respond to that question whereas Bruce deflected the communication onto Ritchie and then mentioned the cross not being blocked and the keeper thinking they should save it. If this is the direction he is taking the players will hang him out to dry when the defeats come.

Is he joking? This is painful

Overall not a terrible performance, but Willock and Joelinton have to score from 18 yards out. Our inability to get the ball into the box on a number of occasions and finish from inside the box has resulted in two points dropped. Disappointing to pick up the injuries though - we don't have enough quality in reserve which will result in a drop in form. Surely it can't be a coincidence the amount of injuries and decrease in performance from the 60 minute mark for a number of players?

Nothing appeared on the TV, would imagine it was looked at. It hit around the t-shirt sleeve mark so probably grounds for he couldn't do anything to prevent it hitting his arm.

He could have done better with their goal, but overall a decent performance. I just hope Bruce isn't picking the team for the next fixture and goes back with Darlow.

The pundits are atrocious. I'd rather watch/listen to three members off here breakdown the performance and the post match interviews. I vote samptime29, Nobody and MiggysFirstGoal for the next match...painful watching Jenas there!

I was 7 now a 9 unless we change the manager.

He needs to be dropped - offers nothing at all. He won't be dropped because we've not got the players to come in and replace him. The club is a joke.

Posted during West Ham game that it was comforting to have an actual left back in the side. However you can see he has regressed being involved with us which is probably due to coaching and a lack of confidence. He rarely attempts to beat his man moving forward and often cuts back inside or a pass back. Throw ins he gets no support or movement from other players so often looks like he is wasting it. Bruce should just stick Dummett in to hoof the ball upfield...it's the best we can hope for.

Would love the takeover to come to fruition, but a relegation surely would reduce the price beyond what Ashley would want. I think it's clear this is part of a wider push to enhance his business globally and enter new markets especially if the high street is decimated due to the pandemic. The amount of companies that have been bought by those with only an online presence recently might have gave him a bit of a kick up the backside. As for the club - he should have involved someone that knows football because we're heading for relegation unless there is a change coming with echos to the McClaren season should we lose the next 2-3 games.

If only we had opted for Denzel Dumfries instead...