PaulC Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I think Bruce handled that very poorly. Right now we are two strikers down and McCormack could be a big asset but Bruce has totally alienated him. don't care who is right or wrong. his job is to manage players and he has failed in this instance. He cant be that bad an apple when he was scoring 20 goals a season regularly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2017 Dont think Bruce cant be blamed here at all! He has shown on various times hes willing to offer an olive branch to players, in fact his management of players is reported as being very good. Mccormack has been here 12 months now, with 2 different managers, and never once has he looked like a player who can lead from the front, or even score regularly. Whatever has happened to him has zero to do with Bruce, and its unfair to say it has! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Nigel said: Dont think Bruce cant be blamed here at all! He has shown on various times hes willing to offer an olive branch to players, in fact his management of players is reported as being very good. Mccormack has been here 12 months now, with 2 different managers, and never once has he looked like a player who can lead from the front, or even score regularly. Whatever has happened to him has zero to do with Bruce, and its unfair to say it has! I thought in the limited time we saw him he looked decent. And Bruce's treatment of Tsibola would indicate that if he takes a dislike to a player he can be nasty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Quote I didn’t take him to Germany. I left the door open for him. He is training well but at the moment I can’t guarantee him a game. So by all accounts he is training well. I think its 70% confidence with players. If you tell them they are great they will perform much better but if you keep putting them down then it doesn't matter who you are you wont perform. The fact he would rather pick kids must be a huge put down to McCormack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2017 Just now, AntrimBlack said: I thought in the limited time we saw him he looked decent. And Bruce's treatment of Tsibola would indicate that if he takes a dislike to a player he can be nasty. He looked decent enough for about 2 games under DiMateo, apart from that he has looked dire. I dont know which Games you are refferring to but 'decent' isnt a word id use for every game since. 'Off the pace,' 'disinterested,' yes.......'Decent'...no!. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Yes but fact is he was a proven goal scorer at this level and sometimes it takes time for a player to settle in to a new club. I think he would have come good eventually under RDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 McC must be thinking "Any time now" Rubs hands - looks to Gaby - shakes head - looks to Bruce - thinks "my contract's longer than yours" - goes home - gets ready to fix his gate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 On 16/08/2017 at 16:29, Jareth said: Bruce = bad so now Mcoremack = good. Alrighty then. Why write his name wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Just now, skarroki said: Why write his name wrong? B - R - U - C - E - looks right... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Jareth said: B - R - U - C - E - looks right... Hahaha hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Just now, skarroki said: Hahaha hilarious If you meant mcoremack - what's the issue? We get surnames wrong all the time, even Irish ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 On 8/16/2017 at 16:29, Jareth said: Bruce = bad so now Mcoremack = good. Alrighty then. Nobody is suggesting that. Just weird a team with no creativity or goalscoring can find no room for one of this divisions highest ever goalscorers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Nobody is suggesting that. Just weird a team with no creativity or goalscoring can find no room for one of this divisions highest ever goalscorers I'm sure there's a big gaping hole for someone of that calibre, just a pity he couldn't climb over his gate and catch a cab. Not sure what job you or I could hold on to with these sorts of excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 12 hours ago, PaulC said: I think Bruce handled that very poorly. Right now we are two strikers down and McCormack could be a big asset but Bruce has totally alienated him. don't care who is right or wrong. his job is to manage players and he has failed in this instance. He cant be that bad an apple when he was scoring 20 goals a season regularly. We've been round this one before. If you use a search engine you will find several tales from several clubs of him having problems. Which is what you expect a club, exercising due diligence, using some common sense, and expecting the very senior and very well paid people they employ to advise on transfers, to find out about before signing him and not after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 11 hours ago, AntrimBlack said: And Bruce's treatment of Tsibola would indicate that if he takes a dislike to a player he can be nasty. I'm sorry, I just can't accept that someone so softly spoken and with such a nice Northumberland accent could be nasty. No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, peterms said: I'm sorry, I just can't accept that someone so softly spoken and with such a nice Northumberland accent could be nasty. No. Agreed, worst he can do is "stop that, pet!". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, Zatman said: Nobody is suggesting that. Just weird a team with no creativity or goalscoring can find no room for one of this divisions highest ever goalscorers Yes. There may be reasons why it won't work for us, like style of play or personal issues, but you expect those things to be considered beforehand. It's like being told you've bought a great new machine for your factory, but it won't fit the available floorspace or integrate with the production line, and no-one thought to check beforehand, they just thought it sounded good. Like having transfers decided by a ballot of fans. Actually, that or spinning the bottle might yield better results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 What I don't get (as I'm not clued up on these interweb rumours regarding McCormack) is how Gabby can be & reintegrated & rehabilitated by Bruce yet McCormack who is proven class at this level can't be and doesn't get a look in. He must really be in a bad place.... or maybe Bruce just doesn't like him. Should of been a hero. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, thabucks said: What I don't get (as I'm not clued up on these interweb rumours regarding McCormack) is how Gabby can be & reintegrated & rehabilitated by Bruce yet McCormack who is proven class at this level can't be and doesn't get a look in. He must really be in a bad place.... or maybe Bruce just doesn't like him. Should of been a hero. I have suggested before that Gabby might have been given a second chance because his issues arose before SB arrived and McCormack's happened when he himself was the boss. It may also be that Gabby was keener to take the chance he was offered than Ross was and is further forward in getting those issues behind him. Having said that I would like to see Ross given another opportunity as we are not spoilt for choice up front. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Last year I didn't blame Bruce one bit for anything with him. This year he takes some of it. He knows we have FFP issues, he knows he has goal scoring issues. McCormack in his defence was one of the players that attended the pre pre season (which shows commitment has improved) I don't see why the relationship hasn't tried to be rebuilt by giving him another chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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