Pilko Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Palace will look turgid and there for the taking without Zaha but we'll sit off, play for the 0-0 and end up losing 1-0 to a set piece or goal from a corner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Two mountains of shit wrestling in a sewer of despair. I'm not going to waste my time on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Palace will look turgid and there for the taking without Zaha but we'll sit off, play for the 0-0 and end up losing 1-0 to a set piece or goal from a corner. Milivojevic penalty, conceded by Lewis, who Buttery Steve will blame in his post-match spluttering - and Twitter will call for the head of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steve-bruce-offers-depth-explanation-19349859 When Chronicle Live put the recent catalogue of negative stats to the Newcastle manager, he responded: "Look you can look at the statistics as much as you want. "Our defensive record is on par with Liverpool, yet we're the same as Sheffield United? (at the bottom based on stats). "You can have all sorts of statistics. "For me, we have not played well enough in the last two games. "Against two very good teams, one, and I will be brutally honest, are miles better than us. "However, I do understand we have conceded twice early and that set us back in both matches. He reflected: "I am never one to make excuses. We have not played well enough. "It is now a big opportunity now (at Palace) and I can do one of two things, change personnel or change the system, which I am looking at, looking at a bit of both. "I have always said that we have to be adaptable to play two different ways. "If you do look over the last six months in particular. "We have had the ability to adapt, playing three at the back or five at the back against the bigger teams. "Then there are the teams who I think we can take on, and we will go in a different way." Bruce said: "If we go toe-to-toe with a Man City and try to play the way they do and push the full-backs up the pitch and play open and expansively, we will get turned over like everybody else does. "Can I change it? I try to find a way. "Last year we picked up 10 points against the top six. "We beat Chelsea, we drew with Man City, we beat Man United and Tottenham. "We did it by playing a certain way. "That is the way I see it and how I've tried to be." "Against Bournemouth (last season) away we played a 4-2-3-1 - that is my preferred way of playing but I do believe if I played that way against the big teams we'd get turned over." Bruce said: "The one thing I would never try to do with the public here is pull wool over their eyes. "Look, in the last couple of games we did not play well enough against two teams that are better than us. "So I understand it (criticism) totally. "But two or three weeks ago we played Everton, played very well on the day against a team that could have gone top of the league and beat them. "We went to Wolves who have been seventh twice and we got a respectable draw. "We have played well against Burnley and West Ham too - so let's not all dive into the negativity. "I understand what we are judged on. "Again, we have not played well enough or been good enough. "Against Chelsea in particular they are just a far, far better team than we are." "Chelsea have transformed themselves overnight. "They have spent £300m on six or seven players on top of what they already had. "We have spent £34million. "I can't change us around and say here we go. I understand that it is all about style and that is in the debate too. "I remember at Aston Villa this was lodged against me there, but hang on a minute, we nearly got up through the play-offs, and when I left in 2018 when I got the sack we'd scored as many as Man City! "All am I asking is people asking to be balanced and fair. I can't change us overnight like we'd all love to." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 That’s fucking tragic. How have we sunk this low? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 " when I left in 2018 when I got the sack we'd scored as many as Man City" A) That appears to be a lie. MCFC scored 21. AVFC scored 19 B) They were in the fucking Championship Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Jesus wept......he's even more full of shit than Pardew this cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirtleyMag Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Sounds like the pressure is getting to him based on that response. He doesn’t read social media though... The line about having a defence as good as Liverpool’s is just comical too. We’ve conceded 15 goals in 9 games which would equate to 63 goals over a whole season. Somehow I can’t see Liverpool conceding 63 goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 He also had Bolasie, Grealish & Abraham as a front 3...in The Championship. He left them in 12th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 "brutally honest" and ""I am never one to make excuses." really fucks me off its what he says every week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 I bet every question he cut in too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.... Steve, Steve, Steve...... Where to begin with that verbal diarrhea?! I'll just leave this nugget: "It is now a big opportunity now (at Palace) and I can do one of two things, change personnel or change the system, which I am looking at, looking at a bit of both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Bruce is a total idiot, had them mid-table in the Championship Can't believe he'd even refer to them being in the play-offs as some kind of achievement, Villa should be walking that league any year, all he does is downplay a team's stature Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Palace will look turgid and there for the taking without Zaha but we'll sit off, play for the 0-0 and end up losing 1-0 to a set piece or goal from a corner. Milivojevic penalty, conceded by Lewis, who Buttery Steve will blame in his post-match spluttering - and Twitter will call for the head of. Buttery Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Gerrin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 ‘Against Bournemouth (last season) away we played a 4-2-3-1 - that is my preferred way of playing but I do believe if I played that way against the big teams we'd get turned over’ Ah the teachings and beliefs of Steven Bruce - If we play the way I want to play then we’d get beaten. Good job he plays a different way against the ‘big teams’ so we dont get turned over ? Have we even played 4-2-3-1 this season? I mean he shit the bed after the Man Utd game and went 5 at the back but can’t remember that definitive shape at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 We're playing 5 at the back and still getting turned over, with a shot ratio against us that beggars belief you fucking thick as pig shit prat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 We get turned over now FFS, Christ on a bike Steve Did he actually say that quote? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Stats and tactics. Modern shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 "You can use so-called statistics to make any point you like," "You can have all sorts of statistics." It's almost as if his rhetoric is becoming predictable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Gerrin Typical fucking deluded geordie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 If this was a normal club he’d be in receipt of a P45 right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 New formation for the Palace game. 5 at the back with 2 holding midfielders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 New formation for the Palace game. 5 at the back with 2 holding midfielders. I suppose that's new compared to 3 holding midfield players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krabbe2 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 I can't change us overnight like we'd all love to." well, how many years does he need? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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