Rocker Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Fuck you Steve Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 It's simple though, he thinks 'front foot football' means getting it to the front as quickly as possible, and he absolutely is not willing to adapt to any development of how teams play. Keeping possession is a waste of time so we don't work on that. The majority of teams we play against can at least pass a little bit, know time spent passing around is time not under threat of conceding goals. He doesn't do the homework on other teams to know where the threats will be (see Lamptey). His failings are arguably least exposed against teams like Man United he expects to lose to cos he can tell everyone to drop deep and run up the pitch on the counter, but when we can't even manage that we have literally no threat. When our entire plan is pass it to ASm to run the length of the pitch... I will concede he is obviously a very good man manager, he has got players on side (though this may be cos they don't have to work hard like they did under Rafa) but the sidelining of Schar and Lejeune illustrates his problem completely. YEs they are higher risk than the other defenders, but the rewards on keeping hold of the ball do defensive wonders. Currently Bruce does not improve us going forwards and he has not made us defensively solid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Agree with all of this. Absolutely fuck all preparation goes in to the opposition. Same shit every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Fuck you Steve Bruce. Oh what can it mean... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Not entirely sure why the worm has suddenly turned now like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Not entirely sure why the worm has suddenly turned now like They're stuck watching the football indoors with the missus. They can no longer use the excuse "support the team not the regime" for their day out on the lash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Not entirely sure why the worm has suddenly turned now like They're stuck watching the football indoors with the missus. They can no longer use the excuse "support the team not the regime" for their day out on the lash. I really hope it is this After I gave up my ST post Rafa it became very easy to see what the 'product' of NUFC actually was and it was terrible. When football only makes up 2 hours of a day out with mates/family its easy to ignore how dire the activity that you're building the day round actually is. Stripping all that away and forcing people to actually choose to watch this shite will have been a massive eye opener. Ive said for years that the location of SJP is actually one of the biggest things holding our club/fanbase back. Its too easy to turn up, accept the shit youre served and then go back to the pub or home. If following the club actually took any effort (like living away from the area or an out of town stadium) then people would have walked away many years ago. Once you see things for what they actually are its very difficult to go back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I've seen a few diehard fans say they don't miss it at all now since covid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Once Dummett, Ritchie and Carroll are back in the side the diehards will be happy again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Damning thread. Especially considering the team is stronger in almost every area than the players Rafa had available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Good point this to be fair, once they've only got the actual game to watch and not the full event of a day out and they're having to watch the football in cold light of day sans beer goggles they're probably realising how horrific this club has become. If Ashley is still here when crowds are allowed back in it'll be interesting to see how far our support has fallen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Even the TF podcast turned on him a bit, they're only going to buy 5 ST's each now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 He's a cabbage-headed dinosaur who's too stupid to have gone extinct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 He's a cabbage-headed dinosaur who's too stupid to have gone extinct. There's the foreward for his autobiography sorted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Still remember and hate the day baconhead was confirmed as manager and popped up in China for our Asia Trophy training 18 months ago. Lost all hope in the team from that day. Surely there is a way for the fans to let this anger out on him despite being away from games? He is getting a smooth ride so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Holden Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Surely there is a way for the fans to let this anger out on him despite being away from games? He is getting a smooth rude so far. Take sly photos of him having a pint at the airport and slag him off on the internet for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Fuck you Steve Bruce. GO BACK TO LEDDERSFORD TOWN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 He's a cabbage-headed dinosaur who's too stupid to have gone extinct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Sky's MNF just showed a stat. We are 2nd in the table behind Villa in conceding goals in the last 5minutes since the start of last season. 16 goals conceded and losing 4 points in the process. Work in progress my arse..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 https://twitter.com/MoneyMikeAshley/status/1317767057174372354 Sums up the stupidity of explaining away months of shite because we're in the process of changing formation, like it's akin to adjusting the course of an oil tanker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 https://twitter.com/MoneyMikeAshley/status/1317767057174372354 Sums up the stupidity of explaining away months of shite because we're in the process of changing formation, like it's akin to adjusting the course of an oil tanker. WINNER Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 You’d think he’d have picked up something from Fergie, like anything. But it’s almost like he just wasn’t paying attention for all of those years.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 The only thing he picked up from Fergie is that he shouldn’t try to be Franz Beckenbauer as a defender and that his job is to stop the ball going into the net, that’s it. And that’s why he doesn’t like ball playing defenders like Schär and Lejeune. He’s basically stuck in the 80s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 To be fair he himself was a very good ball-playing defender. He was pretty cultured, could pass well and chipped in with a lot of goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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