lapal_fan Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Dave J said: Actually I would challenge you to prove otherwise Na I'm good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 23:00, lapal_fan said: Na I'm good Thought so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 10 hours ago, privateer said: That's the thing now, isn't it? His time here has brutally exposed him in a very high profile way. He's had all the advantages of being at a club with world class facilities, a regular battalion of coaching and support staff - both at subordinate and co-operative level, huge financial clout to buy and loan his choice of players and time - real chronological time, not Brucetime. And he failed so how many clubs can offer the same who will be willing to take the risk? Worse still, he's shown his coaching skills and tactics aren't worth shit. So who will be will to entrust their aspirations to him. Who will believe he can work magic with limited funds when he has demonstrated a talent only for making pig's ears out of silk purses? Good post - football is a strange industry where failure is often instantly rewarded with a new job - I make you right on everything you say - Bruce will work again, but the clock is very much ticking on the likes of him, moyes, Hughes, allardyce, lambert all of these guys have so many recent failures on their cv's and can no longer dine at the top table. Modern day football has caught up and overtaken these guys and a few more. Lambert is the one who surprises me the most - at Norwich he showed himself to be a modern forward thinking coach. He's the one out of this lot that possibly could reinvent - As For Bruce he's had his shot at a big club - don't think he will get another chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I see this thread is still going strong. Bruce had many flaws but no way is he as incompetent as his remaining months at Villa suggested. In my opinion from the Villa turmoil in the summer all way to the takeover his number one intention was to get sacked. There’s no other explanation for leaving such an unbalanced squad. A little bird told me the plan was named Mission Pina Colada. It was a success. Bruce can be seen relaxing on a beach near you. As for him getting another job in this league. Probably. There’s always some mug owners out there that will fall for his spin and past successes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted October 14, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) Just caught up with football focus because they had a section about Deadly. Afterwards they talked about us sacking Bruce and the female pundit (no idea who she was) said she'd seen us several times this year and felt she couldn't identify what our identity and style was, players unsure what to do. Andy Goal just said Steve Bruce was really close to getting it all right. So basically she actually knew what she was talking about and the ex Premier League player hadn't a Scrooby. Edited October 14, 2018 by sidcow 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 23 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I see this thread is still going strong. Bruce had many flaws but no way is he as incompetent as his remaining months at Villa suggested. In my opinion from the Villa turmoil in the summer all way to the takeover his number one intention was to get sacked. There’s no other explanation for leaving such an unbalanced squad. A little bird told me the plan was named Mission Pina Colada. It was a success. Bruce can be seen relaxing on a beach near you. As for him getting another job in this league. Probably. There’s always some mug owners out there that will fall for his spin and past successes. In all seriousness I think you're not far off. Perhaps not about deliberately sabotaging our season with the signings, but I wouldn't be surprised if he'd mentally prepared himself for leaving in the summer and having a nice long golfing holiday, only for NSWE to scupper it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 17, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2018 On 14/10/2018 at 17:14, sidcow said: Just caught up with football focus because they had a section about Deadly. Afterwards they talked about us sacking Bruce and the female pundit (no idea who she was) said she'd seen us several times this year and felt she couldn't identify what our identity and style was, players unsure what to do. Andy Goal just said Steve Bruce was really close to getting it all right. So basically she actually knew what she was talking about and the ex Premier League player hadn't a Scrooby. Just popped in to see what's gwarn'n...see the thread's still going strong but i must say, i thoroughly agree with the bolded bit...the lady pundits really impressed me in the world cup as they feel like they have something to prove, so actually do a few mins of research. andy cole just saw that we made it to the playoff final so must have been close to getting it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, tomav84 said: Just popped in to see what's gwarn'n...see the thread's still going strong but i must say, i thoroughly agree with the bolded bit...the lady pundits really impressed me in the world cup as they feel like they have something to prove, so actually do a few mins of research. andy cole just saw that we made it to the playoff final so must have been close to getting it right. Plus, Andy Cole is a grade A moron anyway. Edited October 17, 2018 by bannedfromHandV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 45 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Plus, Andy Cole is a grade A moron anyway. I believe he prefers Andrew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) Not sure if posted but more bullshit from Sidwell here. Bellamy is more on the money Edited October 18, 2018 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Wouldn't be suprised to see Bruce rock up at Stoke if they sacked Rowett. Fans are already turning on Rowett there and i have seen some Stoke fans suggest they would like see Bruce in charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Now that we are out of the midst of his madness and we can look at his decisions with a sense of calm and rational....the less they make sense. He has to have been trying to get the sack, there is no other reasoning. Even if we forget tactics, training, and coaching. You put 11 players in sensible positions you will win more than you lose with this team. He has to have been trying to get sacked. Either that, or he has gone senial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugeley Villa Posted October 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2018 He will have time out, and rightly so. When he feels like it’s the right time, he will be back at it, and rightly so again. He’s a football man, and a manager, it’s what he does. He will never get a job as big as the one he had at villa, but there will be plenty of clubs lining up for him, if there was a vacancy. Wherever he goes, I wish him well. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: He will have time out, and rightly so. When he feels like it’s the right time, he will be back at it, and rightly so again. He’s a football man, and a manager, it’s what he does. He will never get a job as big as the one he had at villa, but there will be plenty of clubs lining up for him, if there was a vacancy. Wherever he goes, I wish him well. He will get another job - but much like Moyes/Allardyce/Hughes his stock is falling and he has to do well in his next post or he is staring at a football abyss imo. i used. To think of him as a decent guy and i'm disappointed that I'm no longer sure - given some of the things posted on here re: his conduct in the summer along with Hogans claims that Bruce spoke to him about fulfilling a role and then promptly went and bought a striker. so all in all I'm glad we have Dean smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I too wish Steve Bruce well....genuinely believe he enjoyed being our manager, until things started to move away from him. its the past now and looking forward to new things, new style, new approach. I hope we all remain dignified in our regards of the past and his tenure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Gotta bump this bad boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 On 21/10/2018 at 11:41, Villan4Life said: Wouldn't be suprised to see Bruce rock up at Stoke if they sacked Rowett. Fans are already turning on Rowett there and i have seen some Stoke fans suggest they would like see Bruce in charge WBA.....bet ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, TRO said: WBA.....bet ya. Na the Baggies more likely bring in Slouth from Goonies Edited November 5, 2018 by Villan4Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Just now, Villan4Life said: Na more likely be Slouth from Goonies Don't kid yourself.....he will get a decent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Villan4Life said: Na the Baggies more likely bring in Slouth from Goonies Iain Dowie ?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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