Keyblade Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 minute ago, sne said: How long did they cretin who ran in and punched Grealish in the back of the head get? Hopefully a lifetime season ticket at the Sty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: They scored an extra time winner in the cup replay away in the 116th minute (after blowing a 2-0 lead) ASM runs over to the fans to celebrate guy runs down some of the steps whips his cock out and starts windmilling (as you do) Somewhere between him and Newcastle blowing a 2-0 lead in a replay with a league 1 team there is plenty to talk about without rehashing the Bruce vs Smith stuff Thanks. Newcastle are a private business and can decide for themselves who they allow on private property, but (without being a lawyer) I'd be surprised if there was a criminal case to answer, if there was no sexual aspect to it and he wasn't er, windmilling, in anyone in particular's direction. As I say though, not a lawyer, so maybe I'm completely wrong. Certainly a baffling thing to decide to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Keyblade said: Don't think Smith, Farke and Wilder were elite managers last season. Nor are Dyche and Potter. You don't have to be elite to have your own style of football, or even be very good to be honest. But, most of the good managers do. And the trend in recent seasons is that teams with a clear identity, whether it be Warnock's kick and rush style, or Farke's passing style, tend to get promoted. In the 3 years we've been in the Championship I'd say Brighton were the only team got promoted that didn't have one. And possibly Newcastle, who were just brute forcing their way through the league with superior players. As I said, it can and does happen that great Managers operate outside of the best clubs but are you trying to argue that they’re not in a significant minority and short supply? And justifying someone like Warnock or Pulis as having a defined style which is nothing that wasn’t being done 30 years ago is laughable, if they have a defined style then so does Bruce - defensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: Thanks. Newcastle are a private business and can decide for themselves who they allow on private property, but (without being a lawyer) I'd be surprised if there was a criminal case to answer, if there was no sexual aspect to it and he wasn't er, windmilling, in anyone in particular's direction. As I say though, not a lawyer, so maybe I'm completely wrong. Certainly a baffling thing to decide to do. You can be placed on sex offenders list for pissing in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Zatman said: You can be placed on sex offenders list for pissing in public. Think that's if you piss on the pubic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: As I said, it can and does happen that great Managers operate outside of the best clubs but are you trying to argue that they’re not in a significant minority and short supply? And justifying someone like Warnock or Pulis as having a defined style which is nothing that wasn’t being done 30 years ago is laughable, if they have a defined style then so does Bruce - defensive. I feel like we're in general agreement here, but we're making the same point with 2 different implications. You agree that he doesn't have any particular philosophy on how to win a football match, but that's okay because he's in the same boat as most other mediocre managers. Exactly, that's my whole point! He'll never be more than an mediocre manager because of this and it's why he couldn't get us promoted. He'll only ever be able to eke out the bare minimum, which is still better than a whole host of managers to be fair, but it wasn't good enough for Aston Villa and shouldn't be good enough for anybody who aspires to more than just survival in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 06/02/2020 at 12:42, Stevo985 said: How is that blind admiration for Bruce? I think loyalty would be a better word. I find the fact that someone would f disparage their own current manager in defence of some bloke who had since ****ed off to 2 different clubs since leaving us, astonishing. Utterly bizarre behaviour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I know some will vehemently disagree with me, but having watched Newcastle a few times this year I think they are incredibly lucky to be where they are. One stat that to me shows how deceptive league position can be is Dubravka’s saves: 18/19 - 38 games - 95 saves - 2.5/game 19/20 - 25 games - 103 saves - 4.12/game No doubt I’ll now be told it shows “ Saint Rafa” was shit as he couldn’t motivate Dubravka to save as much as Bruce gets him to. Joke before anyone piles in... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Looks like a pretty nasty injury on Clark(e) Foot got caught under an Arsenal player and twisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2020 That was a heavy defeat! Unfortunately their run now is very favourable. I don't think they'll be dragged back into the fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I haven't got it to hand, but I just saw a clip of Steve Bruce in a press conference mishearing a journalist's question and saying "How was the bacon, did you say?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Joelinton hasn't scored for 22 games. When do they play us? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I listened to an interview with ol potato this morning, even the interviewer said ‘dust yourselves down’. Twice. Why do the media love him so much?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 54 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I listened to an interview with ol potato this morning, even the interviewer said ‘dust yourselves down’. Twice. Why do the media love him so much?! Brings them biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, It's Your Round said: I listened to an interview with ol potato this morning, even the interviewer said ‘dust yourselves down’. Twice. Why do the media love him so much?! Probably because he's media friendly. At work I deal with hotel reps. I get on with the ones that are more engaging, friendly, etc. These same ones aren't the best ones at their job. Edited February 18, 2020 by kurtsimonw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 12 hours ago, It's Your Round said: I listened to an interview with ol potato this morning, even the interviewer said ‘dust yourselves down’. Twice. Why do the media love him so much?! Chris Wilder is doing a good job right? A quick google of "dust ourselves down chris wilder" returns over 2 million results. Nearly every game they lose he says it, or occasionally he varies it to dust ourselves off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, LakotaDakota said: Chris Wilder is doing a good job right? A quick google of "dust ourselves down chris wilder" returns over 2 million results. Nearly every game they lose he says it, or occasionally he varies it to dust ourselves off Do you actually think all those are article about Sheffield Utd games? I just tried it and the relevant links only went to the end of page two on Google. Looks like he does say it a lot but seems you can discount [2mill - 20] of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I saw one of those stat lists recently that lists things like possession, chances created, shots etc.. and Newcastle were 20th for everything, they are definitely in a false position as we all alluded to about 2 months ago when they were winning a lot of games. They will probably just have enough to stay up but I doubt there's a Newcastle fan out there who is happy with Bruce as manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 18, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: I saw one of those stat lists recently that lists things like possession, chances created, shots etc.. and Newcastle were 20th for everything, they are definitely in a false position as we all alluded to about 2 months ago when they were winning a lot of games. They will probably just have enough to stay up but I doubt there's a Newcastle fan out there who is happy with Bruce as manager. I think they'll comfortably stay up. But I agree there won't be many who are happy about the football or with Bruce as manager. Unfortunately for Newcastle fans there will be one person who is happy with it. Mike Ashley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 12 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: I saw one of those stat lists recently that lists things like possession, chances created, shots etc.. and Newcastle were 20th for everything, they are definitely in a false position as we all alluded to about 2 months ago when they were winning a lot of games. They will probably just have enough to stay up but I doubt there's a Newcastle fan out there who is happy with Bruce as manager. But they were exacty the same last year & the year before under football genius Benitez & people loved him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts