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It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. Racist scum most of them.

I'm on the fence but the fact that he's done nothing for them so far and can't get into the team doesn't bode well.

Oh how joyous that would be. Players earning 60K a week and a 20 point deduction down in League one.

He wouldn't be. I doubt they are ready to cut their losses just yet after having wasted £25m on him.

Not going to be any money for signings in January by the looks of it. They are definitely going to be there or thereabouts for relegation.

It depends on how you look at it. In my opinion we should have been in the top 2/3 all season but due to a poor start we are now slowly moving back up the table. You can take the view that Bruce is getting the team to where were should be and we are on course for automatic promotion or you can take my view that we will continue to be inconsistent and end up in the playoffs at the end of the season. As an example have there been any games in a row so far this season where we have put in 2 or 3 really good performances back to back? I don't think so. It's only occasionally we play well an it's never sustained. We should have dominated a terrible Sunderland team at home after beating QPR and instead we fell over the line to scrape a win. We'll probably do well against Ipswich and then come unstuck against Leeds.

I think the anti-Bruce folk (of which I am one) don't agree that we can get better with him as our manager and that's the important point as he's not going to be sacked unless we plummet down the league.

I don't understand this logic, if we hadn't been beaten by the top two teams in the league (both of whom comprehensively outplayed us and embarrassed us) then we would be better? I supposed you're correct in that if we had been good enough to beat both of those sides then we would be top and should be considered the best team in the league. However unfortunately it's not what actually happened so I don't get what point you are trying to make at all.

It's just telling us what we already know. Against the weaker teams we can overpower them with the talent in our squad but against the better teams we get outplayed. It's not a mystery but our manager isn't able to fix it.

2-0 up at half time, could be 3 or 4 by the end.

Exactly, they should tackle diving properly or not bother at all.

Defoe!

Full Kit rocket polisher.

Did Bruce say he needed an ankle Operation in his post match interview?

We don't though. Sheffield Wednesday deservedly beat us at villa Park. We also draw alot of games against poor opposition that we should be good enough to win.

The table will start to make people think automatic promotion is possible now. Tonight's performance should show people that it's unlikely. Our inability to keep the ball and the managers inability to correct this will cost us.

Under no circumstances should Steve Bruce be manager of this club next July.

Frank lampard made a career out of it.

Isn't it always. We simply cant keep possession for a sustained period of time and it's typical of a Steve Bruce team.

Should be able to do this rabble by a few goals now.

A real test of Bruce to see if he can maintain momentum and get us on a good run of form over Xmas. I expect more inconsistency to be honest.

Crouch in on loan in January so...

No. Chelsea did the same, things were just cheaper back then.

Best to ask a doctor. They should know who the best ones are and what type you need.

I always forget that pulis is Welsh.