Wolfcastle Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Bittersweet about it as was really enjoying being proved right to such a ridiculous degree but obviously its only right. Then I'll not miss the Bruce propaganda like a paper today that 'prior to Newcastle' he had 25years of 'creditable' career (Palace, Sheff Wed, Aston VIlla?!). Plus we can always invest in his replacement doing much bettter to continue to prove the same point We've seen the last of him now. Even he's not coming back from four horrific jobs in a row. Edited October 10, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Nepharite said: Steve Bruce, first rate player, third rate manager, abomination of a person. meh. the only player from that team that didnt get any international recognition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 minute ago, huss9 said: meh. the only player from that team that didnt get any international recognition. But to be fair, that was a travesty. As much as I hate him he was a really good defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Just now, Shearergol said: But to be fair, that was a travesty. As much as I hate him he was a really good defender. Yeah, he was. I disliked man u a lot during his time with them (and afterwards too) but I always thought he was a very good defender and his partnership with England international Pallister was excellent. As a manager, and indeed as a person, he is the absolute opposite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoForJoy Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Shearergol said: But to be fair, that was a travesty. As much as I hate him he was a really good defender. Not really a travesty. He was rightly behind the likes of Tony Adams, Terry Butcher and Des Walker in the pecking order. Plus Bruce was painfully slow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nun tumblers Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Big fat sausage fingers on another cool 1M plus sacking, Dubai Hotel stopover on his way to oz for T20 W/C life's sweet, One more crack at the big time to prove how wrong WBA,NUFC VILLA,safc, PALACE Sheff U, etc..etc..were Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) A couple caps in friendlies maybe, but they weren't just handed out then and by the time they were (Oceania tour 91, Venables reign) he was at veteran stage. Mabbutt, Adams, Walker, Butcher, Wright, Pallister, Howey, Keown were just better. Less cumbersome and lumbering looking and at international level managers looked for players that could play. Edited October 10, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Wasn't Des Walker infamously shite for England, or have I just dreamt that up?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Maybe as motivation in his next job give him a rolling contract where no payout is required when he’s shit. See if that motivates him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoOGazOoO Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I don't really know what to add, the guy is just completely inept and hasn't got a chuffin clue. It's laughable but also ridiculous to think how much he has made from being absolutely sh*te at management. Can't wait to hear his next interview and how it was everybody's fault except his. Deluded idiot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lenny said: Wasn't Des Walker infamously shite for England, or have I just dreamt that up?! Bit of both. He was the best defender in the country by a mile before he went to Italy in 92. Which in itself was proof of the oppposite. It was several notches above any other league at the time and he flopped badly and was broken thereafter, but only continued playing for England in that 92/93 season, albeit badly. The years prior to that he was fine Edited October 10, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, OoOGazOoO said: I don't really know what to add, the guy is just completely inept and hasn't got a chuffin clue. It's laughable but also ridiculous to think how much he has made from being absolutely sh*te at management. Can't wait to hear his next interview and how it was everybody's fault except his. Deluded idiot. He can throw the owner under the bus now, finally, bet he couldn't wait. Didn't he do that here. Not say a peep about his master then intermated how difficult it was after he left? Edited October 10, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, Lenny said: Wasn't Des Walker infamously shite for England, or have I just dreamt that up?! was decent until we played Holland at wembley in the euros qualifiers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Useless fat knacker gets himself another payoff, it's almost like he's realised he can make more money by half arseing his job and getting sacked than by putting any actual effort in. Hopefully that is the last we see of him in the dugout. Edited October 10, 2022 by Bizza Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LV Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Nattfare said: Class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Gutted. Now I have to go and refresh myself about the mackems' situation. I followed the ongoings at WBA more than the garbage down the road this season. And I bet you, what will make it worse is, Bruce will turn up at Sky or BT for one of our games soon. Please go to be with beIN in Qatar with hairy hands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Hope WBA get promoted now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 bbc: "Bruce admitted he tried to change too much, too soon when he arrived, so it took six games for his first win; 2-0 at Hull in early March, by which time early talk of still pushing for the top two and even the top six was quickly dissipating." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Not like him to try and change anything. Usually he likes to ride the good work of the previous manager until it gradually collapses because of his lack of effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 8 months - getting paid £X thousands a week, does an absolute wank job and then gets a £1m payoff. Unbelievable, the world is screwed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) Not to nosh ourselves off or anything, but we've always been proven right and I'm pretty sure most fanbases are when they know what their managers and players are like. Ironically most of the revisionism I've seen about the likes of Pardew seems to come from those in our own fanbase with the memories of goldfish. Edited October 10, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: Not to nosh ourselves off or anything, but we've always been proven right and I'm pretty sure most fanbases are when they know what their managers and players are like. Ironically most of the revisionism I've seen about the likes of Pardew seems to come from those in our own fanbase with the memories of goldfish. Depends on the fanbase/club. As an example us and Evertonians hated Allardyce for similar reasons yet the mackems loved him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 minute ago, HaydnNUFC said: Depends on the fanbase/club. As an example us and Evertonians hated Allardyce for similar reasons yet the mackems loved him. I think it’s still fine, at our and Everton’s level at the time he was absolutely shit, but he’s absolutely fine for shan clubs like Bolton and Sunderland. I think he’d have eventually been disliked by the Mackems as well tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Tbh I think it's only Souness, Pardew, and Bruce who we've all labelled as shit, regardless of any levels involved. We knew the limitations of the likes of Allardyce, McCLaren, probably even Hughton and Rafa to a certain extent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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