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Mind, walking him would be a bloody good way of making sure people keep their 2 metres

Isn’t that what Chez used to be into before he started making the big bucks?

There’s nothing in Bruce’s record to suggest he’s ever been a decent manager over a sustained period, and he’s got worse as his career’s progressed. I see him as the David Brent of football management - having a bit of craic with the lads, trying to impress them with tales of his Man Utd days, while they doss about and take the piss out of him behind his back. I doubt he does much more than watching training and picking the team tbh. The quality of the squad is no excuse for the slack/amateurish football, disorganisation, tactical ineptitude and demotivated/demoralised players. Like others have said, he’s stealing a living and I don’t see that changing, and he should rightly be slaughtered for the job he’s doing. However most of us predicted this when he was appointed because it was totally fucking obvious that he was a washed up incompetent old fraud. His mates in the media can gaslight the viewers all they like but he’s a garbage manager appointed by a garbage owner.

The simple fact is most footballers are thick as shit and so it follows that most football pundits are too. In every other sport that I've ever watched the pundits/comentators make insightful comments about what is happening in the match/event but with football all you get is the same tired old cliches time and time again. I find it harder and harder to watch a match with the commentary on and can hardly ever bare to watch the pre and post match bollocks. It was like this before Bruce but when these morons are telling us that what we are actually seeing with our own eyes week after week is wrong and that he's a good bloke working in difficult circumstances, it just becomes so patronising that it's impossible to take seriously.

My arse has been an arse for a long time, doesn't mean I have to listen to it when it speaks.

My mother has smoked for over 60 years. She’s got a vast experience of different brands of cigarette, can blow smoke rings, and hasn’t died yet.

I would imagine he’s crippled by indecision because his one and only concern is keeping his job by keeping his boss happy. Being a clueless ‘yes’ man rather than someone driven by ambition and a desire to take the club forward means he hides away and hopes he doesn’t have to be proactive

Still though, something to tell the grandkids.

Ebony and irony...... 🎶

Neville clearly watches us so little that he’s not even aware we still have Ritchie in the squad ffs. They just keep re-routing the discussion back to Benitez, I don’t care about Benitez ffs he has no impact on my opinion of Steve Bruce. Bruce is a fucking shite manager, I don’t need to compare him to any of our recent managers to make that argument, we play dire football, we barely get in the opposition area let alone have a shot, and we look all over the map defensively. Even if Benitez was the worst manager we’ve ever had that still doesn’t change the fact Bruce is absolutely bobbins and shouldn’t be managing at the premier league level. Our squad isn’t great, but this new angle where it’s suddenly become the worst squad in the league is pathetic, just 18 month ago tits like Neville were fawning over Fraser and Wilson, Almiron has pace to spare and despite lacking end product can be useful with an actual plan / system, our central defenders are the best group we’ve had in fucking donkeys years (we have had better individuals but never 4 or so that are all at this level), goalkeepers are very good, we’re very weak in CM and the full back positions but most teams in the bottom half mix have weaknesses in positional areas too. Again I’m not saying we have some array of talent, but Bruce isn’t getting close to enough out of what he has, saying if you give him loads of money he’ll do better doesn’t wash as an excuse in a fucking job where the owner is Mike Ashley, this broken nosed cunt knew exactly what he was signing up for and many of these same pundits were acting like Ashley was more than generous with previous managers, Bruce has outspent many of them so which way is it? If we can’t feel aggrieved at watching Bruce’s version of football can we finally be pissed off at having Mike Ashley as owner?

I think each patient reqyire 2 support staff plus an ambulance. It's clear that the Nightingale hospitals were a basically just an expensive PR exercise, plus I'd be interested to know if the owner of the Excel centre is a tory donor. The problem for a lot of trusts isn't so much covid capacity but the impact this is having on everything else, including urgent surgery. The whole thing is a practical and ethical nightmare. Its evident the NHS is already overrun in places, despite government denials.

Bonkers that pundits are searching away from the pitch for a reason why we don't like Bruce. It's not because he once managed Sunderland, it's not because he's not Benítez, it's not because he allegedly favours defensive football, it's not because I expect CL football. It's purely because he was shit before, is shit now and will be shit forever. Honestly I reckon, if Lee Cattermole had us 7th in the league, semis of the cups and playing good football I'd be walking in a Clattermole Wonderland.

So heard the wife who is a teacher doing a live lesson and speaking to someone called "Ebony". Is it wrong I find it funny that Ebony is a blonde haired blue eyed wee Chav from Hamilton?

I wonder just what is going through Lee Charnley's head at the moment. We're bottom of the form league, one goal from open play in eight matches and looking completely inept. I can't think of a single reason to keep Bruce, not one.

I feel sorry for your missus if 50% of your cock is the tip 😂

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Sympathies to her black dad who probably regrets picking a name before the birth and dismissed rumours of his lass playing away

I wasn’t saying it does make it any better. I’m just saying why I think he gives Bruce an easy ride.

being mates with bruce doesn't make it any better as far as i'm concerned alex. i've no doubt bruce is mates with neville, savage etc too, just puts shearer on a par with the other twats. i've worked in engineering all me life,. i've known blokes for decades who've stolen a living doing the same job as me, it's never stopped me telling them they'd be hard pressed to know the difference between the open and the ring end of a spanner. if they were shit at their job and it was adversely affecting something which i deeply cared for rather than an employer i didn't really give a shit about i'd be even more inclined to tell them.

Just reminded me I got a row for muttering "fucking thick cunt, hes a lefty" early in the first half when he had wee dig at Almiron for cutting inside and playing off his stronger foot instead of "fancying himself to get the better of Tierney and get to the byline".

See you at the Gabba

Paines had a lot of credit since becoming test captain but as a player I can't see much in him at all. And his captaincy has had a few knocks this series so they may well look to move him on. Not sure who else would replace him as keeper, Wade does well in state and franchise cricket but always looks a weak link when he's played for Australia. We should certainly take confidence for the Ashes in seeing an severly under strength India beat them. Our upcoming games against India are another matter.

Ankle biter, my problem with ours is ankle bashing (he likes sticks)

Second worst iirc. Only the mighty Captain Lager, Bryan Robson himself was worse. Although there's a good chance he's bettered than record now.

Hasn’t he got the worst win ratio of top flight managers with more than 200 games (or something like that)? Some achievement to keep conning people into employing him tbf

Apparently, with my micropenis, I’m lucky to give one.

Bruce keeps coming out with the 'I've been doing this a long time'. Just once I'd like a journalist to ask him, 'in all the time you've been a manager what have you ever achieved in the top flight?'

Nah, even his lass isn’t that good at faking it

Almiron was our best player today. If he could concentrate on being an attacker rather than an auxiliary RB, and actually had some support up front I think he would do canny for us. He looked lethal under Rafa

Of course our first best option is getting rid of Bruce soon as.

They have to get rid of him now, I’m not saying I expect us to pick up points away to Arsenal but we weren’t even in that game. He will whinge on about how he played more attacking but we fucking didn’t, he put more offensive players on the pitch but there was no plan so we may as well have had 10 defenders on tbh. I don’t particularly rate our team, but they’re better than what they are showing, under this whopper the average players look shite and the shite ones barely resemble football players. It’s at the point, imo, that the longer they delay sacking him they’re just making the inevitable relegation scrap harder. Not sure who to get but this can’t go many more games, I really can’t see where any points are going to come from.

Mind, if I wanted a team that was going to show a lively reaction, Shelvey would be the last player I’d pick.

Whatchoo talkin' bout Willis?

Who's ffs?

Won't be able to see this tonight.....

All fart and no shite vs plain shite

Words of import from footballs answer to Sun Tzu.

He died years ago, they probably murdered him, bastard EU !!!!!

Maybe we’re gonna speed up our counter attacks?

I've honestly thought that passing the ball to the opposition has been a key tactic of Bruce's since he's been here so this could actually be a game changer if they manage to do it. If he could continue this to the natural progression of pass it forward to your team mates rather than backwards, we could be in business.

Based on what? I’m not being snarky here, I’d love to see the Fatman gone, but I’ve not heard anything re. takeover lately so I’d love to get pointlessly optimistic again

I blame Corbyn.

He wants them to pass to each other now!

Steve 'Tactics' Bruce:

I was so happy being protected yesterday I went skipping down Jesmond Dene in celebration. Slipped on black ice and went arse over tit, banged my head and was mildly concussed. Nearly broke my neck, was thinking it would be quite an ironic way to die. Waking up this morning I'm aching all over and have mild whiplash in my neck. Life is an absolute shit show at the minute. 🤬