.....starting to filter through from our supporters after some of the ****e thats been posted. There was more sense coming from posts from Newcastle supporters than from some of our so called supporters.
Two games into the season, two FFS and people are calling for the managers head. Prior to the Newcastle game up until our bad patch in the last half of the last season I can't recall any serious posts calling for his head. If we had been beaten off say Stoke or Wigan on Saturday would there be as much as an uproar, I don't think so. If Bruce wasn't a Geordie but a Scot or a Foreigner would there been as much of an uproar, again I don't think so. Some people need to forget there hatred of all things to do with Newcastle and let it not cloud their judgement.
Bruce has led us to finishes of 13th and 10th. Alex Ferguson in his first four years at Manchester United led them to 11th, 2nd, 11th and 13th. During that time they went on a few winless runs and guess what they were beaten by their fierce rivals Man City 5-1 during that time as well. Good job their board stuck with their man.
I have been watching Sunderland since 1972, all the highs and lows. But lately I have seen some excellent football not seen since Reidy's days and some not so good granted. Last season during one game we had 5 internationals on the subs bench (I'm cheating a little one of them was Bolo) I have seen us take points off all the big teams, finish above Newcastle for the last 3 years and actually seen us stay in the top flight longer than a couple of years, something I've never before witnessed. Lets not forget all these highs for the sake of one low on Saturday
Some people have been creaming themselves over our signings, who attracted them. Yes we still require certain areas to be strengthened and I believe Bruce has tried to address this but has so far been unsuccessful, nobody can honestly say who we have or have not tried to sign, only Bruce and Quinn know the answer to that. There's still time yet to get someone in.
I am not in the keep Bruce or sack him camp but I am a realist. I don't sometimes agree with his team selection or tactics. I honestly thought he would have played a more attack minded midfield against Newcastle but if he had and they still lost, people would be saying why didn't he stick with the team who played so well during the second half against Liverpool. Sometimes managers are on a hiding to nothing especially geordie ones !
People have been calling for Martin oNeil, what's he won, apart from with Celtic (I regard scottish football as playing the game premiership manager). He's won a couple of League cups with Leicester, finished 6th with Villa a few times. Another one branded about is David Moyles, great achievements on a shoestring budget but would he fair any better than Bruce given money to spend, no one can tell. I remember being excited about what I thought at the time were great appointments. Howard Wilkinson, having won the title with Leeds (the last English manager to do so) and an ex England caretaker manager. When we made Lawrie McMenemy the highest paid manager at the time, supposibly the next big thing, touted as a future England boss, do I have to say what watching Sunderland was like under those two. Sometimes these things don't work out
All I'm trying to say, lets not have any knee jerk reactions. Remember how far we've come in the last few years. Sometimes it's better the devil you know. Give Bruce a little more time, a lot longer than two games and if things haven't improved then we sack the fat geordie bastard and get someone else in to have a go. We need to keep the faith and get behind the team and not start booing and throwing our season tickets on the pitch, not just yet anyway
Two games into the season, two FFS and people are calling for the managers head. Prior to the Newcastle game up until our bad patch in the last half of the last season I can't recall any serious posts calling for his head. If we had been beaten off say Stoke or Wigan on Saturday would there be as much as an uproar, I don't think so. If Bruce wasn't a Geordie but a Scot or a Foreigner would there been as much of an uproar, again I don't think so. Some people need to forget there hatred of all things to do with Newcastle and let it not cloud their judgement.
Bruce has led us to finishes of 13th and 10th. Alex Ferguson in his first four years at Manchester United led them to 11th, 2nd, 11th and 13th. During that time they went on a few winless runs and guess what they were beaten by their fierce rivals Man City 5-1 during that time as well. Good job their board stuck with their man.
I have been watching Sunderland since 1972, all the highs and lows. But lately I have seen some excellent football not seen since Reidy's days and some not so good granted. Last season during one game we had 5 internationals on the subs bench (I'm cheating a little one of them was Bolo) I have seen us take points off all the big teams, finish above Newcastle for the last 3 years and actually seen us stay in the top flight longer than a couple of years, something I've never before witnessed. Lets not forget all these highs for the sake of one low on Saturday
Some people have been creaming themselves over our signings, who attracted them. Yes we still require certain areas to be strengthened and I believe Bruce has tried to address this but has so far been unsuccessful, nobody can honestly say who we have or have not tried to sign, only Bruce and Quinn know the answer to that. There's still time yet to get someone in.
I am not in the keep Bruce or sack him camp but I am a realist. I don't sometimes agree with his team selection or tactics. I honestly thought he would have played a more attack minded midfield against Newcastle but if he had and they still lost, people would be saying why didn't he stick with the team who played so well during the second half against Liverpool. Sometimes managers are on a hiding to nothing especially geordie ones !
People have been calling for Martin oNeil, what's he won, apart from with Celtic (I regard scottish football as playing the game premiership manager). He's won a couple of League cups with Leicester, finished 6th with Villa a few times. Another one branded about is David Moyles, great achievements on a shoestring budget but would he fair any better than Bruce given money to spend, no one can tell. I remember being excited about what I thought at the time were great appointments. Howard Wilkinson, having won the title with Leeds (the last English manager to do so) and an ex England caretaker manager. When we made Lawrie McMenemy the highest paid manager at the time, supposibly the next big thing, touted as a future England boss, do I have to say what watching Sunderland was like under those two. Sometimes these things don't work out
All I'm trying to say, lets not have any knee jerk reactions. Remember how far we've come in the last few years. Sometimes it's better the devil you know. Give Bruce a little more time, a lot longer than two games and if things haven't improved then we sack the fat geordie bastard and get someone else in to have a go. We need to keep the faith and get behind the team and not start booing and throwing our season tickets on the pitch, not just yet anyway
Bruce knows he has to win the fans back and its up to him now. Hopefully he will have learnt some lessons from the game, and we can push on. If we are in the bottom 7 come Christmas he should go imo, he's had a lot of time. Not now though, we could be 5th come christmas for all we know.
