Johnnyp Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, villan501 said: I' take John Terry as Bruce replacement next season as player/manager get lampard as assistant had enough of negative uninspiring Bruce. Dear god 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 To pretty much a man we didn't seem up for it today and that has happened way too often lately and when as team you aren't up for it you have to point the finger firmly in the managers direction. If he can't have us going into games of this importance foaming at the mouth giving everything what chance will we have in the play offs. We have won one of our last 5 games and that run has been QPR, Bolton, Hull, Reading and Norwich. You arguably couldn't have hand picked a nicer run of games to get points from and we have taken four points. What a missed opportunity. I am now worried we will go into the play offs on a downer. Both as a team and as fans. Bruce has to ensure that doesn't happen but judging by the last few games I am now not so sure he is capable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 He has done better than i thought he would this year, but its starting to look like we blew it not getting rid a lot earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 What did bruce say after game. He has ti lay into them and say it was a unacceptable performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I blame the players. Too many big names (at this level) performing inconsistently and going missing when it counts. Today was a prime example. Bruce is limited and makes mistakes, but apart from a couple of dodgy substitutions, it's the players that have really let him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, villan501 said: I' take John Terry as Bruce replacement next season as player/manager get lampard as assistant had enough of negative uninspiring Bruce. I'm assuming you're joking? That's a hell of a risk to take in our position. If both us and Fulham don't go up I'd move heaven and earth to bring in Jokanovic. If we somehow managed to go up we could do far worse than taking a punt on trying to persuade Brendan Rodgers to leave his current "easy ride" job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairy In Boots Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I don’t understand the logic of “let’s not replace him now do it at the end of the season”. Get a better manager in to give us a chance in the playoffs as we can now all see & those of us who’ve called it all season know, we’re not going up with him in charge. So why persist with this drivel for 6 games, give someone a 5 game period to bed in and it’s 50/50 in the playoffs at the minute whoever comes 3rd out of Cardiff or Fulham will walk the playoffs. Bruce is a waste of effort now sack him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: To pretty much a man we didn't seem up for it today and that has happened way too often lately and when as team you aren't up for it you have to point the finger firmly in the managers direction. If he can't have us going into games of this importance foaming at the mouth giving everything what chance will we have in the play offs. We have won one of our last 5 games and that run has been QPR, Bolton, Hull, Reading and Norwich. You arguably couldn't have hand picked a nicer run of games to get points from and we have taken four points. What a missed opportunity. I am now worried we will go into the play offs on a downer. Both as a team and as fans. Bruce has to ensure that doesn't happen but judging by the last few games I am now not so sure he is capable. Exactly right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Just now, wazzap24 said: I blame the players. Too many big names (at this level) performing inconsistently and going missing when it counts. Today was a prime example. Bruce is limited and makes mistakes, but apart from a couple of dodgy substitutions, it's the players that have really let him down. I think you take away from what a manager does. Its not just picking 11 names and saying get on with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairy In Boots Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, DCJonah said: I think you take away from what a manager does. Its not just picking 11 names and saying get on with it I think that’s what he does and that’s why he’s the problem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: I think you take away from what a manager does. Its not just picking 11 names and saying get on with it No I'm not and I never said it was. My opinion is the players have let him down at key times, both recently and throughout the season. If you think it's all the manager, that's up to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) As much as Bruce's game management is poor and his substitions/formations are baffling I don't blame him for today. On paper we were the better side today, first half we were the better side today but we didn't take our chances and didn't show the class that we have in the squad. It's all too easy to blame the manager for the loss but this is arguably our strongest first 11. It makes you wonder if the so called 'strongest squad in the league' is actually as strong as we all think. Sack him now? Ridiculous, you can't sack your manager with 5 games to go before the playoffs and expect a new manager to come in and turn us into world beaters. We need to now use the last 5 games to get some form together, find an 11 that works and bring some form into the playoffs. If at the end of the season we don't go up via the playoff route then I agree, Bruce goes and we bring someone in who can rebuild the squad over the next few season. Realistically if we don't go up then we are in this league for a few more years where we will need to rebuild with limited funds. That is the sad reality of where we are as a football club now. Edited April 7, 2018 by wilko154 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digavilla Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 If a manager only depends on individual brilliance ( aka Kodjia today trying to beat the whole defense himself) , Bruce may fluke some results if our team are flesh playing only once a week. But if r playing a games every 3 days , your individual players will be too tired to come up with any magic/ brilliance. Teams with more tactical senses/ & with more passing etc will be much suited in such mad rush of games. We had the same poor run of results during Xmas Dec period too.. Bruce never learn.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 30 minutes ago, jim said: 100% at fault for me. He doesn’t have a clue how to change a game when we are losing. Proven by his decision to just chuck on a load of strikers in the 3 games we have lost recently. Amateur FM stuff! So what should he have done Jim?.....with what he has. thats not a loaded question, just interested what you think he should have changed. If he is at fault for me ....is the mental attitude of the players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: What did bruce say after game. He has ti lay into them and say it was a unacceptable performance We’ve heard all that before from him though and then we do it again and again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Not a fan of Bruce at all. It was so easy to pick the same team that beat 10 man Reading today and that’s exactly what he did. He should have brought in Kodjia and/or Grabban and pushed forward early. Hogan offers absolutely nothing. Special mention to Neil Taylor today who was an extra level of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 11 minutes ago, jacketspuds said: I'm assuming you're joking? That's a hell of a risk to take in our position. If both us and Fulham don't go up I'd move heaven and earth to bring in Jokanovic. If we somehow managed to go up we could do far worse than taking a punt on trying to persuade Brendan Rodgers to leave his current "easy ride" job. The likes of jokanovic should have been targeted 2 years ago - now with ffp biting hard why would he leave Fulham for a club having to huge cuts . rogers would not leave Celtic for villa in my opinion even if we went up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 13 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said: I don’t understand the logic of “let’s not replace him now do it at the end of the season”. Get a better manager in to give us a chance in the playoffs as we can now all see & those of us who’ve called it all season know, we’re not going up with him in charge. So why persist with this drivel for 6 games, give someone a 5 game period to bed in and it’s 50/50 in the playoffs at the minute whoever comes 3rd out of Cardiff or Fulham will walk the playoffs. Bruce is a waste of effort now sack him Would be crazy to sack him now at this stage - wait till the season is over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 8 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: No I'm not and I never said it was. My opinion is the players have let him down at key times, both recently and throughout the season. If you think it's all the manager, that's up to you It’s players and manager but the manager carries the can overall as it’s his job to get the team ready for match day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Not a fan of Bruce at all. It was so easy to pick the same team that beat 10 man Reading today and that’s exactly what he did. He should have brought in Kodjia and/or Grabban and pushed forward early. Hogan offers absolutely nothing. Special mention to Neil Taylor today who was an extra level of crap. Kodjia isn't fit enough to play 90 minutes though. And if he had changed Grabban for Hogan in this game and it had ended as it did he would be getting slaughtered for changing a winning team after Hogan scored mid-week. Today was down to the players and not the manager. We should be beating teams like Norwich with ease, or at the very least grinding out results as Cardiff and Fulham are consistently doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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