Fitzgerald Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Bruce out. Fuck off steve will ya Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 passion & quality are very different Rafa has a cold approach to players Steven Gerrard will attest to that. Apparently the training ground is a happier place with Bruce. Rafa isn't really a players manager where as Bruce is but invariably there the worst ones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Probably because it’s a complete doss from a bloke just about fit to put the cones out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Of course the players are happy, they’re back on easy street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzgerald Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Exactly. Cunts like wearyside jack, Aarons, sterry, jonjo, sterry etc all be pally pally and getting loads of game time when they should have been peddled by now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Be captain jack spanner deputising lascelles you watch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 He's forever a sad mackem bastard tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzgerald Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 God I hate him. Has there even been a manager so hated before he's even took a competitive game!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yerdas El Savon Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 God I hate him. Has there even been a manager so hated before he's even took a competitive game!? Rafa at Chelsea Big Sam at Everton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 passion & quality are very different Rafa has a cold approach to players Steven Gerrard will attest to that. Apparently the training ground is a happier place with Bruce. Rafa isn't really a players manager where as Bruce is but invariably there the worst ones I'm normally happier at parties than at work. Guess where I'm more productive though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Exactly. Cunts like wearyside jack, Aarons, sterry, jonjo, sterry etc all be pally pally and getting loads of game time when they should have been peddled by now :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 God I hate him. Has there even been a manager so hated before he's even took a competitive game!? Rafa at Chelsea Big Sam at Everton Allardyce at West Ham too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 passion & quality are very different Rafa has a cold approach to players Steven Gerrard will attest to that. Apparently the training ground is a happier place with Bruce. Rafa isn't really a players manager where as Bruce is but invariably there the worst ones Fuck me, man. Just go and find something else to do. Being a WUM is so pathetic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 God I hate him. Has there even been a manager so hated before he's even took a competitive game!? Rafa at Chelsea Big Sam at Everton Allardyce at West Ham too. McLaren at Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 God I hate him. Has there even been a manager so hated before he's even took a competitive game!? Rafa at Chelsea Big Sam at Everton Allardyce at West Ham too. McLaren at Newcastle Nah, most people were happy to give McClaren a chance after Pardew/Carver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumbheed Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 God I hate him. Has there even been a manager so hated before he's even took a competitive game!? Rafa at Chelsea Big Sam at Everton Allardyce at West Ham too. McLaren at Newcastle Pardew at Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Kinnear at Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Fucking absolute moron. Why the fuck did he play some kids for the first half? Yeah we have a small squad but we have 2 games left to get some fitness into our players. Aside from those who are injured, as well as Almiron, and Joelinton, everyone who is supposed to be in his first team should have started today and played as much as they could. The guy doesn’t have a fucking clue. There'll be plenty of opportunities to express foam-flecked rage, this is just a pre-season friendly, not worth getting that wound up about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Would love to know who the other two on the supposed 3 man shortlist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Must admit I have been a bit shocked at just how warped Steve the Bruce's mug is these days. Looks like someone put a foot through a blancmange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Would love to know who the other two on the supposed 3 man shortlist. Tweedle dee and Tweedle dum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Would love to know who the other two on the supposed 3 man shortlist. Fat Sam and Pardew is my guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 They approached Fat Sam, so he’s one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 God I hate him. Has there even been a manager so hated before he's even took a competitive game!? Rafa at Chelsea Big Sam at Everton Allardyce at West Ham too. And which one won a trophy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I was reading an article from Louise Taylor after Bruce was sacked by Sunderland in 2011 where he was labelled a dinosaur manager because he was averse to modern technology and tactics. I decided to look at the managers Bruce was competing against for him to have such a damning label attached to him. The managers in the Premier League in 2011 and I have included managers from the previous season - Wenger, Ferguson, McLeish, Kean, Di Matteo, Moyes, Jol, Dalglish, Mancini, Pardew, Lambert, Hughes, O'Neill, Rodgers, Redknapp, Martinez, Warnock, McCarthy, Villas Boas. Houiller, Holloway, Coyle, Hodgson, Hughton and Allardyce. The managers in the Premier League this season - Guardiola, Klopp, Pochettino, Lampard, Emery, Solskjaer, Silva, Rodgers, Nuno Santos, Dyche, Hodgson, Wilder, Smith, Potter, Howe, Farke, Hasenhuttl, Gracia and Pellegrini. Look at the difference in quality of manager between when Bruce was at Sunderland nearly 10 years ago and now at Newcastle. In 2011 it was full of pfms and excluding Wenger and Ferguson barely a handful of those managers are in top jobs at the moment. A few of them are either struggling to get work or have been filtered down to the lower leagues while others probably wouldn't be considered for a job at other Premier League clubs. Lambert when he first arrived on the manager scene was seen as an exciting young manager along with the likes of Coyle yet now they are probably only good enough to manage a decent League 1 team. Then look at todays managers in the Premier League and even midtable teams have managers like Pellegrini that would have been good enough to lead a Premier League team to challenge for the title during Bruce's time at Sunderland. All these managers nowadays or the vast majority of them are all in touch with the modern game in terms of tactics and taking into consideration the importance of science and data for preparing their teams for the season with Bruce being the exception. The point I'm making is Bruce is going to be so out of his depth at Premier League level next season. He might just about get by if Benitez's methods don't wear off too quickly, but I just can't see him lasting a full season similar to McClaren. He has no business managing a Premier League club especially when you look how he struggled to get Villa out of the Championship despite all the money and quality he had at his disposal. It wouldn't surprise me even with more spent Bruce will struggle to get half the points Benitez managed to get the last 2 seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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