Mattoon

It's the hope that kills you, your gut says no but you're so desperate to get rid of Ashley that the hope takes over. I'm trying to keep a distance from this one because that inevitable fall out is a bitch. If it is all another ruse by the club then it's a stupid one, Ashley has never had it so easy, even managed to attend a game without a word of anger in his direction, this will only rile up supporters that were sated.

This guy is PAID to write about sports

The truth of the matter is that any decent sized club in the PL now can only be afforded by a billionaire and you'll be hard pressed to find one that hasn't trodden on the working class to get where they are in some shape or form. Can't say I'm ok with any of the atrocities committed by these guys but I'd still give my left nut to have them over Ashley any day of the week. It's purely selfish but if that's what it takes

Grim Rider has already all but shut it down, don't worry

And especially the younger ones! Word of the day toilet paper today clearly being "naive"

This got me as well, plus that lip smacking ? then you follow it up at the end with "I know, but I'm not telling you!" To something he clearly doesn't know. What a colossal prick #BruceIn

I think Shearer is torn because he's clearly friends with Bruce but obviously hates Ashley really, he should probably just keep his head down.

Douglas says we've got extended highlights on BBC, so goals as they go in etc... but no live footage in the UK

Brilliant, hits the nail on the head, more of this please!

Horrific Manure performance, got everything wrong tonight, imagine expecting a 2 stone overweight Shaw to turn the game Ole at the wheel though

Nee one left in the ground to boo

Definitely has a pact with the devil this guy, how do you get that lucky???

Loves a good papering over cavernous craters does our Brewcie

WTF!??

Getting 2m for him now would be a good deal. Man, this is unfortunate. You folks are really prepared to just throw this guy away now. I hear you Kaka, but he has been shocking - regardless of off-field circumstances. I know, but the majority of our players have been, and so it makes no sense to turn on individuals like people are now doing. The whole team does not function and hasn't at any point this season. I don't understand why because we have scraped some results people pretend otherwise. Absolutely nailed it. How fans cannot see this garbage from Bruce is beyond me. It's a lot more fun to call players names and go completely over the top. Really seems like this is the case. Did you not get the memo guys? "Support the regime, boo the team"

One off the back of his head in the 96th minute with only 4 minutes of added time, just to watch them cry a little harder

It was aimed at Tiote, sorry

The problem with that is the last two seasons are proof that he wouldn't have done that. Based on the momentum of the last 4 months of last season, if he’d backed Benitez (who’d have brought Rondon back) I’ve no doubt we’d be higher than where we are. That sounds as bad as the Bruce supporters, it's like people completely forgot what that final half season was like under Rafa, he was building something and the momentum was there. It's not impossible to think, given that second half plus money to spend in the last window that we could have seen some real strides made. You can't base a prediction on the basis of coming out of that Summer '18 transfer window, it was horrific! Jan "19 made a huge difference, continuity, a modicum of spending and stability would have yielded more points, I have no doubt.

I hate these almost as much as I hate Ashley so I'm a little ambivalent for the result, for some reason they hold us in the same disdain as the Mackems and Villa fans, plus it's always a pleasure to see tiny arms get some stick so hopefully another undeserved win.

Too much cringe for me I'm afraid, I gave up after 30 seconds of him bumbling over his own words. If your going to put someone at the forefront of your campaign, at least make sure they have the basic skill of talking in public, that was horrific!

Titus was an enigma, absolute beast one minute, total liability the next, it wasn't just that he made the odd mistake it was that those mistakes were usually game changing calamities.

I tried to play devils advocate with Douglas earlier and when I got a reply got straight to the point about Ashley, surprisingly he got quiet. Not an ounce of backbone between them. I had the Ashley conversation with Edwards also, who admitted he was the real issue but again wouldn't elaborate on the issue. Journalism is dead in this country.

You do realise this is Rafas exact tactics? Haven’t even dropped to the low of Bruce ball yet This is a bastardisation of Rafa tactics, Rafa's teams were more coherent and more fluid going forward with purpose and aim. This is the same dogged defence but with the caveat of a Brucie lump it to the big guy and see what comes off or slide it sideways to the quick guy and hope he pulls off some majik. When Bruce finally gets his claws in this side the soopafans will be calling for his head. This false league position has really divided support, much as Pardew did but after even more years of crap being fed at the table of Ashley it's the most divided we've been. Spot on, the same numpties crowing over this all will be the first to boo and the likes of the cretins writing pro Bruce/anti Rafa shit in the media will also be the first to stick the boot in. They all have the cub they deserve. Don’t think there’s that much difference between this way of playing and rafas personally- just joelinton is worse at holding the ball up than rondon. There were some awful games with Rafa and hardly played attacking at all. There was progression though. You could see he had a plan and the players were drilled well. With Bruce we’re just using the same tactics but arnt improving. Will come a point everything will drop off and we will plummet. Anyone advocating Bruce doesn’t know football. He is a fraud and doesn’t have any history to back up any of the shit he talks We saw some horrific football under Rafa, no doubt about that but once we had Almiron we were a different side, I don't think you are giving that second half a season the justice it deserves, we had some exciting spells and, although still cautious, definitely opened up more. I haven't seen anything of the like under Bruce, this whole season has been a shit-fest with the exception of 2 games, one of which was against league 1 powerhouses Rochdale. Anyway, it's besides the point, Rafa was building something, Brice can't see past the next game ??

You do realise this is Rafas exact tactics? Haven’t even dropped to the low of Bruce ball yet This is a bastardisation of Rafa tactics, Rafa's teams were more coherent and more fluid going forward with purpose and aim. This is the same dogged defence but with the caveat of a Brucie lump it to the big guy and see what comes off or slide it sideways to the quick guy and hope he pulls off some majik. When Bruce finally gets his claws in this side the soopafans will be calling for his head. This false league position has really divided support, much as Pardew did but after even more years of crap being fed at the table of Ashley it's the most divided we've been.