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Got to be Robert up there with most of those in the video but you can't overlook Papiss Cisse v Chelsea just for the sheer audacity of the attempt.

Massively jealous right now, Bears has been my team for the last 34 years. I'm stuck in Middlesbrough opening another shop.

I used to rag on Pardew for the same thing. He would change his mind about "tactics" every bad result. It's basically laying bare you have no real idea what you're doing and just making it up on the fly. Bruce is talking about how he has plenty of other players champing at the bit to step in. To do what exactly? Is he going to change the players or the formation? Or both? Compare it to Rafa who knew exactly how his team was supposed to line up every week. Players either fit in or were left out. Pardew could never make his mind up, and neither can Bruce. It's because he has no idea basically. He's literally the antithesis of Rafa. Even when we got a few beatings (though few and far between) with Rafa in charge he was steadfast in his tactics, formations always remained the same, maybe the personnel would change slightly and the approach, but the base formation and personnel would remain the same. Because a good manager believes in his methods, trusts his own ability and the knowledge he's imparted on his players. Conversely a poor manager blames everything but himself, decides to switch out players who had one bad game (escape goating) and fiddle with formations in the hope that they stumble on one that works (see Pardew, 5th place finish).

Anyone with half a brain knew what Rafa was doing in the championship with us, just not pundits and a large selection of NUFC supporters. We wouldn't have done half as well that season back up without that philosophy engrained in those players.

Absolute nail on the head, what will it take for an actual national to print something as damning as this, the wider audience needs educating. This has to be the end game now, the club simply cannot go on like this and unless the pressure mounts we'll go the way of Blackpool before something changes.

Mediawatch have absolutely nailed Alardyce for his Bruce defence: https://www.football365.com/news/sam-allardyce-graeme-souness-prime-mediawatch-fodder

The last 30 minutes of the second half of the Brighton game is all I've watched this season, no match of the day, not even radio footage. I was driving back from Birmingham (3hrs drive to where I live) when this game was on and only kept up to date by checking periodically on here. The result was, as always, bitter sweet, scoffed at 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 but couldn't help for feel a tinge of hurt also. I don't think I'll ever truly "Not care", although I tell myself and others that it's more of a defence mechanism. I don't care in that it's not my team any more, it's Ashley Football Corperation now, but I care that this used to be my club and even in the dark days of Souness and Gullit, I still had some pride, now that's replaced by shame. I still get moments of anger but mostly that's turned to apathy, I just want our club back, whoever buys this club (I know, I know) will have bridges to build through no fault of their own, trust to repair for people to come back full time, I just hope this damage is not irreparable, I can't even tell you if it's repairable for me at this point. /rant

Wonder what he said to the thumb?? I'm glad Ashley doesn't want to pull the trigger yet, it's the best thing he could do to bring supporters back. The anger is still growing and more games like yesterday will only increase the anger/apathy leading to more empty seats. If he were to jettison Bruce now and get someone remotely capable in I can see a lot of fair weather customers returning.

You've just got to let go mate, it's not worth your health, mental or physical and it's not worth upsetting the people around you. I have watched 30 minutes this season and that was enough for me. Rip the plaster off, it hurts at first but it gets better NUFC is dead, what was left on life support when Rafa was here is now on the morphine drive, let it go.

Well still more points than Rafa had this time last year, give Brewcie a chance, he's a good guy you know #bantzzzz

I sort of agree tbh, I would be delighted if we got £10m for Gayle, and that's purely down to his age. The real problem is we should have spent that £16m on hiring a proper manager. Or even better spending it on keeping the great one we had. What makes you think he wanted to stay? If the club had shown some ambition, given Rafa the reigns, sorted the academy and training facilities like any normal club then he would have stayed, no doubt.

Bruce talking about/insulting Rafa again Problem is people will just take it at face value and go along with it, let's sully the name of the best manager we've had in almost 20 years

2 down within 15 mins then. "I've got a great job until a Saturday or Sunday..." that's like working in retain and saying I love my job, i just cannot work with customers, being a doctor is great, just don't ask me to see none of those pesky patients and it's the best job in the world.

Would rather gouge my eyes out with a blunt rusty spoon that's been up a tramps arse

Crowds dropping, apathy growing, what could we do to stir some interest up??

Following this now

That Sensible Monk guy is either a sandwich short of a picnic or on the club's payroll.

Miggy, Miggy, Miggy can't you see, Brucey's gone and dropped you for route one footy.

Utterly, depressingly, predictable. The whole piss poor scenario is playing out just as anticipated from the moment this useless sack of kebab meat was hired as Rafa's replacement. Good luck getting out your own half vs Leicester without Almiron fat boy. Having said that there's probably no use for Almiron if we're going "back to basics" the instruction will be to hoof it and play the percentages.

Prexit means prexit and I bet we're out before brexit

Reading the comments gave my eye aids, also what is it with these Fulham supporters all weighing in on everything NUFC related at the moment? Get back in your own lane, obsessed weirdos

Defence isn't that bad tbf - 8 goals conceded from 6 games isn't a disaster. The lack of goals is the big worry. We aren't going to score goals with 30% possession at home. 25% and I think the defence has done ok up to now but I can also see that changing as the season goes on and the confidence is completely sapped out of them.

I said 10 at the beginning of the season, I'm sticking to my guns, he can use Rafa's formation all he wants but without his drills and tactics they are useless, the players haven't a clue where they should be or what they should be doing. We can't score and we can't defend, Bruce doesn't have the wherewithal to get the best out of the players he has, formulate a set of tactics based on opponent and to play to the strengths of the £80m worth of talent he has in attack.

Watford had more possession against Man City today than we had at home to Brighton

He needs to not be tracking back so far, he's being asked to do far too much, he's acting like a box to box winger/wing back. Bruce will ruin him and the boo boys will blame him, wasted here unfortunately.