DCJonah

Did you say the same when people used to mention Bruce and his win percentage?

I didn't criticise the academy, i said as fans we have a tendency to over rate a lot of young players.

I don't see him doing anything special there.

You could tell he wouldn't do much after his debut.

They are direct quotes in the article

We all knew it, its just hits hard when you read it. Although saying that Neil Moxeley is reporting that his release clause is £60 million.

We over rate so many of our youth team. I'm still waiting for that nextgen winning team to conquer europe in the first team. No problem with Smith getting rid of players he doesn't think is good enough

I find it unbelievable that every 6 months when he does one thing that isn't atrocious footballing ability, the same people jump in to tell us about how he never had a chance and all he needs is game time Absolutely laughable.

What? For a long time you said it would be disgraceful for us not to make the playoffs. Now its a miracle. Strange

I think Mings and Axel would be an excellent prem defensive partnership. If we do go up, we need to get them both signed up.

Going to be interesting to see which teams start to tank over the next couple of seasons to get Lawrence in 21.

Its going to be a bloodbath. I had my heart set on Dillard. Really stupid move hoping he'd land where we we were, i know we came close but we should have really moved up. It was a desperate need for the team. There were rumours we were gonna trade Clowney as well, which could have been an interesting move.

Yeah, they look like the team to beat next year. We had our chance last year but never looked like doing it in the playoffs.

Ah makes perfect sense now. To be honest i'm a bit worried about the division, everyone seems to be getting much stronger and we have not done much to solve our biggest issue Just pray Fuller can stay healthy for the year and by some miracle Watson isn't put on his ass multiple times.

What's wrong with the Texans. They seem a pretty inoffensive team

Had my heart set on Dillard for the Texans and the Eagles go and do us a treat. Why didn't we give up one of our 2nd round picks and move up? We are going to break Watson with what we have in front at the moment. By the way, I have picked up NFL fever in the last 12 months. Always been a distant, casual fan but have i've been hooked since paying more attention last year. Got the NFL pass, watch college football on youtube and love any reality show I can get on netflix and prime.

Steve Bruce wasted nearly every advantage he was given. Luckily we have finally hired the right man for the job.

Is this because you can't admit you were wrong? Now make your criticism so over the top that you can pretend you were joking all the time

My dream is boro 6th. Leeds too deflated and we get boro in the final.

Wonder if he still shows world class movement though.

This just proves how useless he is. Will anyone continue to blame the system?

And yet the man who made that decision was the guy you defended, while constantly criticising dean smith. That was also unbelievable.

Don't usually post in off topic, but feel compelled to having read how you're feeling. Mate, I know it won't feel true when people tell you, because your pain is personal to you and what you had was special to you, but trust me when I tell you it has happened to lots of us and time will heal it. I've felt the pain, the crushed feeling when she seems to get over it so easily, the not wanting to bother with other girls because they aren't her. But like I said, it does go and you'll look back on it as just a stop on your journey. I've been married for 5 years and have 2 twin 3 year old girls. Every magical moment I spend with them has allowed me to forget any regrets I ever had, as every decision (good and bad) that I made and every moment (good and bad) led me to this point. While unbelievably painful and crushing at the moment, when you find happiness in the future you'll look back on this period of a painful time that helped get you there. Don't throw in the towel bud, just get through each day and it will get easier and easier. It might take time but new opportunities will come up.

Wow. I could not disagree more. He ended up making his own errors, adding on to the absolute mess we'd become but to say he is most responsible is crazy. Paul Lambert embedded a losing culture and created such a negative fan base, that combined with Lerner being an abysmal owner were the main reasons. Timmy was just too shit to do anything to really stop the eventual result.

Not often managers doing a good job get the sack. Would suggest he probably wasn't doing a good job.