rjw63 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 If it goes well, they get promoted, then he will get an extended contract. Then 12 months later when they are rock bottom again, he gets sacked and yet another pay off. He's certainly not stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I remember Steve Bruce as a manager that steadied the ship for us after a period where we were looking like a club in complete freefall. He got us to the playoffs final and then the following season it was time for a change which went well for us, not least because we were on a solid footing from Bruce's time at the club. He came into a club that was most recently managed by Lambert, Sherwood, Garde, Di Matteo and managed to turn that around. I do remember the cabbages, but I also remember him being a very respectable man, who played a positive role in where we find ourselves today. I'm not sure why there is a thread of thought here that WBA have gotten themselves a dud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, YLN said: I'm not sure why there is a thread of thought here that WBA have gotten themselves a dud. It's not that, it's the fact the Boingers were all crying because of Ishmail's horrendous style of football. Which isn't far away from Bruce's style of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 36 minutes ago, YLN said: I remember Steve Bruce as a manager that steadied the ship for us after a period where we were looking like a club in complete freefall. He got us to the playoffs final and then the following season it was time for a change which went well for us, not least because we were on a solid footing from Bruce's time at the club. He came into a club that was most recently managed by Lambert, Sherwood, Garde, Di Matteo and managed to turn that around. I do remember the cabbages, but I also remember him being a very respectable man, who played a positive role in where we find ourselves today. I'm not sure why there is a thread of thought here that WBA have gotten themselves a dud. Signing "good characters" should be the absolute basic standard for management. Shows how shambolic it was when this is lauded. ....and it's certainly easy to sign good heads and seasoned pros when you're dropping 50k and 60k a week in the Championship. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 6 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Signing "good characters" should be the absolute basic standard for management. Shows how shambolic it was when this is lauded. ....and it's certainly easy to sign good heads and seasoned pros when you're dropping 50k and 60k a week in the Championship. some of the senior pros he ''signed'' he didnt actually sign, Elohick, Jedi, Chester and Adomah he didnt sign that was Di Matteo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 05/02/2022 at 19:02, YLN said: I remember Steve Bruce as a manager that steadied the ship for us after a period where we were looking like a club in complete freefall. He got us to the playoffs final and then the following season it was time for a change which went well for us, not least because we were on a solid footing from Bruce's time at the club. He came into a club that was most recently managed by Lambert, Sherwood, Garde, Di Matteo and managed to turn that around. I do remember the cabbages, but I also remember him being a very respectable man, who played a positive role in where we find ourselves today. I'm not sure why there is a thread of thought here that WBA have gotten themselves a dud. Steadied the ship, yes. After that fairly straightforward task it was utterly shambolic. Not ever getting near the automatic places given the resources and backing he had was incredibly poor, and the disgraceful non-attempt he presided over in that play off final should have seen him sacked immediately. Then he filled the team up with loans and older players running down their contract meaning that when we did finally get promoted we could barely scrape a team together, something that took us a good few transfer windows to remedy. All whilst smugly saying things like "who would they get that is better" and after fairly basic successes coming out with shit like "That should shut them up". As a person, I have more respect for McLeish - he at least managed us with dignity in his words and behaviour. Steve Bruce respectable?, my arse! Ask Wednesday fans how respectable they think he is. Yet somehow this "manager" keeps getting fairly decent gigs - it is baffling. A true sign of desperation. Hopefully when he fails at West Brom people will start to realise that he is a relic who should be left out to pasture. He will not get West Brom promoted. £20 to Acorns from me if he does. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 And same as with us if he does get them promoted they will be royally **** If this team goes up they'll threaten derby's record, give him a summer to get some old pros in and then if they go up they'll threaten derby's record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Nice first game for Bruce. Starts off in the play-off positions, loses the game and is now 9th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wurzel Posted February 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, mykeyb said: Nice first game for Bruce. Starts off in the play-off positions, loses the game and is now 9th. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 hours ago, mykeyb said: Nice first game for Bruce. Starts off in the play-off positions, loses the game and is now 9th. The fans never wanted him since he managed that lot down the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Well this is one set of fans that don’t get to laugh at how bad we are currently. They've entered full “you’re not fit to wear the shirt” territory. A very dark place to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Bottom of the Championship form table over the last 6 games (1 point) and joint bottom with Peterborough over the last 10 games (5 points). Glorious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 We warned them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted February 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2022 What’s the opposite of a new manager bounce? Whatever it is Bruce is delivering it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Steve Bruce's 'new manager bounce' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, villan-scott said: What’s the opposite of a new manager bounce? Whatever it is Bruce is delivering it! The cabbage bounce? Edited February 23, 2022 by Demitri_C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Quote I think he's changed the formation every match so far. He went for a back four tonight with narrow inverted wingers, exactly the sort of formation that doesn't work with Andy Carroll. But regardless of which formation he selects I can't get my head around the lack of basic team shape. We have midfielders stood thirty yards from defenders and a front one or front three twenty yards ahead of the midfield. Then surprise, surprise we are unable to either attack or defend as a unit. http://westbrom.com/forum/Themes/Wheeit/images/ip.gif http://westbrom.com/forum/index.php?topic=26689.550 The old just keeping tossing shapes and tactics at a board until one sticks. Dont worry about training it or being familiar. Eventually one of them will produce a win at random. Then when you lose again abandon it instantly ,rip it up and go back to tried and trusted for 3 months until the next winless run. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 06/02/2022 at 01:43, Zatman said: some of the senior pros he ''signed'' he didnt actually sign, Elohick, Jedi, Chester and Adomah he didnt sign that was Di Matteo Snodgrass and Whelan did a job though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 From the photo I saw on Facebook it looked like they took about 300 last night at a push Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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