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Zero attempts this half? This is the Bruceball we all know and love.

The sight of him ambling about with the armband on is what was made for.

At least Hendrick misses the next match.

What's the rationale for him being captain, anyway? Leads by example? Well liked amongst the group? A good talker? Tremendous arse kisser?

He seemed genuinely pleased with himself discussing the shot stats. 21 shots with 5 on target while losing 2-1is nowt to be proud of, you fucking rectangle.

He's scared of his own shadow. He was just looking at ASM at times when he should have been on the overlap. I'd like to see him under a capable manager but he has to take some responsibility for his own game at some point.

With the exception of them being down to ten men, this is exactly what he did tonight. This is what I was looking for in the match thread. Incredible.

Bruce is hoying on forwards in the exact way like he did at Villa when they were chasing games. Someone described on here the other day.

He's got the 'take an age to shape to pass to their full-backs' trick down to a tee. Fair play to the lad, a proper captain.

Fucking hell, "Hendricks" is the new "Humphries/Houghton". Please stop it.

Has to be Clark in for Lascelles, then?

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I was utterly convinced Gouffran scored a wondergoal until I got back from the match and caught the replays.

He's absolutely class, like. Hopefully we can see a good few games where we consistently play to his strengths.

That accent, man. "We've defended deep for three or four years." Still trying to shift the blame onto Rafa for the way we play. He's fucking shameless. Also, hearing him refer to the club as "we" fills me with embarrassment and has done from the day he joined. What a mess.

He's such a weird bloke.

"Well, wuv got a lot of people back right and it's his turn to miss out."

If nowt else it'll be interesting.

The Charnley bit.

At this point I'm starting to think it's some sort of ploy to mix the coaching staff with as many people as possible, contract Covid, and have our next few fixtures postponed. The lack of action from the gimps at the top is both completely expected and baffling all at the same time.

*Big Jow

VAR not being used for Grealish's elbow, man. The Sky replays completely ignoring it, too.

2 MORE YEARS! 2 MORE YEARS!

Definitely. That scenario with Schar there basically forces him into making the decision to play the ball. If he leaves it for Watkins to tap in he has to be 100% certain he's offside. Ludicrous stuff.

We're absolutely hopeless. The fucking chasm between Villa's attacking play and ours, man. It's embarrassing.