It's Your Round Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 On 28/04/2022 at 12:34, Follyfoot said: It’s mad that they got the whole incident on camera. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 The only permanent Premier League manager not to win a game in the 2021/22 season Who could do a better job than him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 The sad thing is when a manager is sacked next season people like paul merson will be calling for Steve bruce to come in as a safe pair of hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 So, I haven't been following West Brom's season - but as I understand it they were 6th when he took over so, the promotion specialist must have got them promoted then. I shall look forward to us playing them next year. Oh, they weren't promoted? I guess he must have had an unlucky loss in the play-offs then? What do you mean, 10th? How did that happen? He is a safe pair of hands and a promotion specialist. 4 times he has done it, 4! Count the promotions.... 4!!! Must be the player's fault. Perhaps he is just a shit manager then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 25, 2022 3 hours ago, TheStagMan said: So, I haven't been following West Brom's season - but as I understand it they were 6th when he took over so, the promotion specialist must have got them promoted then. I shall look forward to us playing them next year. Oh, they weren't promoted? I guess he must have had an unlucky loss in the play-offs then? What do you mean, 10th? How did that happen? He is a safe pair of hands and a promotion specialist. 4 times he has done it, 4! Count the promotions.... 4!!! Must be the player's fault. Perhaps he is just a shit manager then. Don't worry he'll sign 8 left backs and transform the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, HKP90 said: Don't worry he'll sign 8 left backs and transform the team. And release 3 CBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted May 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: And release 3 CBS and buy 4 goalkeepers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 3 hours ago, HKP90 said: Don't worry he'll sign 8 left backs and transform the team. He's moved on from right-backs then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: He's moved on from right-backs then? He's gotta move with the demands of modern football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 40 minutes ago, HKP90 said: He's gotta move with the demands of modern football. I want to see his full backs playing like TAA and Cancelo with his famous hands on training regime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: I want to see his full backs playing like TAA and Cancelo with his famous hands on training regime "OI, TRENT!! STAY IN WOR POSITON LAD! YER AWAY UP IN THEIR HALF, GETTING CAUGHT OUT EVERY TIME EH? I'll be the one who tells you where to cross from, and if I want it lofted in towards Andy Carroll from 70 yards away, then that is what you will do. Dont make me drop you for Jake Livermore again" 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I pine for the days when Steven Roger Bruce managed our club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2022 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/07/29/steve-bruce-exclusive-ridiculed-newcastle-peps-respect-flattering/ Quote Great club with a great history, but the reason I got it was they were in a bit of a mess in the Championship. They had won four games out of the last 54 or something. When we won away at Reading, you would have thought we’d won the European Cup, the fans hadn’t seen an away win in so long. First season we kept them up, second season we lost in the play-off final to Fulham. We didn’t play at all well. Kevin Friend, who is retiring this summer, saw Ryan Fredericks stamp on Jack Grealish after 20 minutes and it should have had a red card. We would have won and it was a huge disappointment. Then, again, there was another takeover, which the club badly needed. But the biggest thing I did that summer was fight tooth and nail to keep Grealish because they wanted to sell him and Spurs were there with £10million. They got £100m for him last summer! Great new owners there, even though they sacked me. how do i not remember that kevin friend ref'd the first playoff final... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, tomav84 said: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/07/29/steve-bruce-exclusive-ridiculed-newcastle-peps-respect-flattering/ how do i not remember that kevin friend ref'd the first playoff final... Wasnt the story from some ITK at the time saying Bruce wanted Grealish gone and told him on the Hull game it was his last game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, tomav84 said: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/07/29/steve-bruce-exclusive-ridiculed-newcastle-peps-respect-flattering/ how do i not remember that kevin friend ref'd the first playoff final... Which the club needed badly as I steadied the ship by spending 15m on Hogan and having Lansbury on 40k a week Terry on 60k a week Snoddy on 65k a week and 2m loan fee and Bolasie on 80k a week. **** off you self serving narcissistic rocket polisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Wasnt the story from some ITK at the time saying Bruce wanted Grealish gone and told him on the Hull game it was his last game He was gonna ship him off to Boro in exchange for Jordan Rhodes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Which the club needed badly as I steadied the ship by spending 15m on Hogan and having Lansbury on 40k a week Terry on 60k a week Snoddy on 65k a week and 2m loan fee and Bolasie on 80k a week. **** off you self serving narcissistic rocket polisher. no one knew we needed new owners badly until after the play off final though? there was no ship to be steadied when he signed the players you mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted July 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2022 So his tactic was hope for a red card, as if that would’ve even helped. It’s harder to play against 10 men! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, tomav84 said: no one knew we needed new owners badly until after the play off final though? there was no ship to be steadied when he signed the players you mention I think it was pretty obvious it was promotion or bust. Every single person from Xia to fat Keith and fat Steve was complicit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Albrighton Posted July 29, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 “First season we kept them up” Let me take you back. It was October 2016, Little Mix were on the radio with “Shout out to my ex”, Jack Reacher returned to our screens vowing never to go back. And a suave, sophisticated promotion specialist walked through the door at Villa Park. From the outset, saving us from certain relegation to League One was the only thing crossing his mind as he made perfectly clear at the time - Quote "When you look at the squad we are capable of mounting a challenge and that can be this year too," he said. "We’re capable of being a very good team. "I realise we have to turn this around and I’m quietly confident with the group of players I’ve seen on paper. "They’ve been a little bit unfortunate but certainly the qualities are there and it’s my job to go and get the best out of them." Bruce, of course, has a history of succeeding in the Championship. On four occasions has he been able to lead a side to promotion to the Premier League which, and with the introduction of the new TV rights deal, this feat will see teams incur an even bigger monetary windfall. "When I went to Birmingham we were 15th at Christmas and went on a run that got us promoted... I hope I can bring that success here, now, that’s what this club needs. We need to get back in the big league and the challenge of that alone was the resounding factor of why I came here." There’s always a link Do you see? He clearly has no previous history of steering a struggling side to chasing promotion that he can reference and he obviously didn’t rate the Villa squad he inherited. The final league position of 13th in the Championship will go down as one of football’s, no, sport’s greatest accomplishments. No one could come in at a similar point in the season and guide a struggling Villa side to promotion. It’s foolish to think it could ever happen. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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