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Emery would be a fantastic appointment I think. He was given a rough deal at Arsenal and he’s one of the better more realistic names I’ve seen linked recently. He’s worlds ahead of the Lampards, Gerards etc

For me the Bruce interview is exactly why he shouldn’t be here. He represents negativity despite the overwhelmingly positive week it’s been. Rather than talking up the match and the spectacle that it should be he’s droning on, wallowing in self-pity and getting digs in. He’s the underperforming managerial representation of the Ashley era and I can’t wait until he’s no longer associated with us. Jones should have been in charge until they got someone else in. Instead we’ve given this bloke a platform to sulk in for another week or so.

Whatever the logic behind it, I’m still canny livid he hasn’t been sacked yet.

I think we’ll see a far better performance from the players in the next game. People forget how morale crushing it must be for them playing for a club clearly going nowhere with a manager happy to tick over. Even if Jones is in charge I bet we see far more from this group who’ve been underachieving massively.

Getting a bit anxious he hasn’t been thrown into the Tyne yet.

Doesn’t want massive investment in favour of a team that’s been selling their best players every year while investing very little? Seems likely.

I was wondering whether he’d consider it sooner. Assuming Everton were prepared to let him go/sell him.

I can’t believe we’re actually on the cusp of this. After arbitration was delayed in the summer and Bruce was hell bent on dragging us down with him I didn’t really have any hope left.

Im too far gone. It’s happening!

Seen a few try hard “bittersweet” comments on twitter if the Saudi takeover is approved. Everything is terrible and we’re heading for obscurity if this doesn’t happen. Just enjoy the hope and prospect of something better you miserable bastards.

Well I was really trying not to get caught up in this but that Caulkin tweet has done me.

Thought this was pretty interesting given how some have been rating his effort levels. I can’t really comment as I’ve barely watched anything more than the Sky highlights.

I really lost a lot of respect for them in the aftermath of the Saudi’s pulling out of the takeover. Their public view of Staveley has Alex’s number and can contact him if she wishes when people were asking them to make contact to find out what was next seemed very wet to me. Equally now when the entire fan base is at their ends Bruce, his reluctance to quit as he wants the payoff and Ashley’s refusal to pay to sack him and her the trust seem to be again taking the non-confrontational route. I’ve read one of the trust members have stood down as he couldn’t shape it to represent the fans who elected him. At what point does it stop being representative of the fan base in favour of the personal opinions of a few involved?

I’m shocked

Bruce out.

Man U need Bruce.

Late to this but the penalty that was reversed by VAR on Armstrong v City is one of the worst decisions I’ve seen in years. It’s that bad it’s almost questionable why he’s reversed it. Very dodgy.

I think the Southampton point and the Leeds one probably relegated us. Bruce seems close to the edge to me and those points will just keep him going on long enough where the damage will be irreparable by the time he leaves/is ever sacked.

Woodman injured? Still no Schar ?

Hope doing the same to Bruce as he did in twisting the knife on McClaren. He’s the only journalists that’s been prepared to go the extra mile.

I wonder if Townsend regrets leaving us to work under Benitez in favour of having Pardew as a manager. It torpedoed his England career.

Wonder if Everton fans are still scoffing at Benitez signing Gray and Townsend.

Bored of this narrative now and particularly bored with Shearer refusing to criticise his mate in the media. Most of what he said there is true and I’m not disagreeing with that but we’re vastly underperforming with the players we have available. We performed way better, more organised and more intricately with Benitez with a far weaker group of players. As a club we’re capped with what we can achieve with Ashley but with Bruce we’re rapidly turning into a side that doesn’t deserve to a Premier League one.

Murphy arguably our best player so far this season and he’s dropped.

Even after all this time I still find stuff like this painful. That feeling of trusting the manager and knowing we’re performing at our absolute limit is long gone.