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In many ways Bruce's decision to make the hot-headed, yellow card-prone Lee Cattermole his captain proved emblematic of a rather gung-ho reign during which players such as David Meyler were rushed back from serious injuries only to suffer further complications, the idea of hiring a sports psychologist was dismissed and the manager boasted about his inability to send an email. While Bruce – who did finally learn how to log on last summer when the club issued him with an iPad – may well argue this lack of computer literacy was hardly relevant, many of his peers spend countless hours checking out the latest sports science innovations, researching transfer targets and analysing Prozone statistics on their increasingly indispensable laptops.

 

Unashamedly old school, Bruce believed that motivation was the key to management but the influx of overseas coaches has raised the Premier League's technical bar and despite his relative youth, he has begun to look suspiciously like a man whose era has passed.

 

Unlike many modern managers he did not coach the team himself, delegating that job to his assistant, Eric Black. While Bruce's undoubtedly engaging, humour-suffused, personality had a broad appeal, he fell out with quite a few players, most notably Kenwyne Jones, now at Stoke, and Anton Ferdinand, now at QPR and who had by common consensus finally emerged as Sunderland's outstanding defender when he was sold in August.

 

Is it the top bit of this, from the 2011 piece? Mentions his computer illiteracy

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if the dopey fat cunt had kept quiet, there would have been absolutely no pressure on him.

 

no crowds to jeer/abuse him and fuck all in the media.

 

he really has fucked it up for himself. there was just no need.

 

its simply because he hasnt got a clue what to do and is starting to panic.

 

going to bring even more scrutiny on himself now.

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Lose tonight and things will get interesting, the toxicity will certainly ramp up to another level. Burnley have injury problems and appear ripe for the taking, anything less than 3 tonight, may even have Ashley moving to protect his investment.

 

According to Caulkin Staveley and co are consulted regarding the club at present, if things are looking dodgy they may act faster than previously.

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Am hoping that Ashley will be wanting to protect his investment more than ever at the moment.

 

A few more shite performances might have this fat cunt on the way sooner than might otherwise have been the case.

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If he's feeling under pressure and ganged up on, I have no sympathy for him. He took this job with his eyes wide open. He knew his limitations and he knew the parameters of the job.

I'm going to enjoy watching it all unfold. I hope it turns him into a dribbling mess.

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Every job he's ever had the fans end up hating him so he must just assume everyone hates him, hence the relentless defensiveness. The irony being that the Sheff Wed fans didn't hate him (yet) when he decided to shithouse his way out of that club for a bit more money at NUFC.

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sherwood talking absolute bollcks.

 

him and merson contradicting themselves continuously.

 

and again...success is surviving relegation - you're never going to get top 4 or 6.

 

best chance is to play carrol and wilson and to lump balls up to them to put pressure on the opposition.

 

so fucking angry can barely type.

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Sherwood - Newcastle won’t get top 6 so staying in the prem would be the aim.

 

Also Sherwood - Everton can look at Leicester and wolves; why shouldn’t they break the top 6

 

I hate the way we are just expected to shup up and accept shit football from shit managers.

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