markavfc40 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, VillaCas said: Not wanting to appear argumentative and also not wishing to use any stick to beat Bruce, but I can't give him too much credit here. With the amount of money invested it would be incredible if a manager could not put a half decent group together - weve clearly got a good squad by Championship standards but in my opinion we could have done even better - whatever, any credit should go to Xia for providing the levels of finance He has at worst balanced the books and I think if I could be bothered to go through the figures would probably find he is a few mill up. He did though inherit some players worth a few quid and has had the luxury of being able to wheel and deal off the back of them. I know some are loathe to give him any credit and I can understand why as the bottom line is results and performances haven't so far been good enough. I do think the squad is better than the one he inherited though and the first 11 is some way better. If as expected we start with the same 11 as last week, which I think most of us would accept is our best 11 at the moment, then he signed 7 of them and promoted one of the other four from the youth/reserves. He now needs to get consistent results and performances from them as putting a good squad together is only half the job. Edited September 23, 2017 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2017 1 hour ago, terrytini said: You are usually very good at ensuring people's recollections equate to the reality..... My recollection is that there were certainly some saying they would take a defeat "if it meant Bruce got the sack" which is of course an entirely different thing to " wanting us to lose " They wanted us to lose, however you want to word it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 What pisses me off about Bruce is that I so desperately wanted him to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Dick said: What pisses me off about Bruce is that I so desperately wanted him to succeed. He still might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Tommo_b said: He still might. Fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Dick said: What pisses me off about Bruce is that I so desperately wanted him to succeed. Ideally I want him to fulfil his credentials of being a promotion expert. What that means is that the ownership did get the appointment right and this does not set the club back. I am rooting for him quietly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sexbelowsound Posted September 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2017 I'm not sure how he does this but even when we win i'm further convinced he isn't up to the task. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Back to back wins and this time next week I fully expect us to be top 6. Yet I just don't think he will take us up. Hope he proves me wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Vintage Bruce, as good as it gets under him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 It ain't pretty, but I'll take 3 points any day. Promotion is the only thing that counts. Much improvement needed, but a win is a win. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA_Villa Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Welcome to Expansive Football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 It's a results business, so a win will allow him to fight another day. Not convincing but I don't really care about that if we've got 3 points. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Was needlessly nerve wracking but he lives to fight another day - we simply must win these next 2 games and get ourselves right back in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Vintage Bruce, as good as it gets under him. I think the wins where we scored 4 goals were better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Such a limited manager. He should be giving CH permission to run a train on his daughter because he is the only reason we won that game. What in Gods name does he say at half time to send them out so unmotivated. Gaining momentum yet I feel more deflated than before kick off. I guess it's because I was hoping for a positive performance after Barnsley. But not with this guy on the touch line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted September 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, USA_Villa said: Welcome to Expansive Football think palace had better stats in de boer's last game. there's only 1 stat that matters for me every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 1.44 Still a lot of work to be done. Not impressed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, USA_Villa said: Welcome to Expansive Football He was going to build his team around Grealish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, lexicon said: It's a results business, so a win will allow him to fight another day. Not convincing but I don't really care about that if we've got 3 points. I don't know about this. It's dangerous to wait until we go on a bad run to sack him. There's no way playing like this is sustainable over a season and will get us promoted. We might as well get rid while we still have a fighting chance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 It is strange but that is pretty much what you get with Bruce. Not pretty but does get the job done. Personally i'm delighted and i'll certainly enjoy today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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