Well this sums it up for me:
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport...osition_in_brighton_and_hove_albion_1_3706395
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport...osition_in_brighton_and_hove_albion_1_3706395
Team v Swansea
Bramble
Mig Larson Sess Cattermole
Turner O'Shea Whickham Gyan
Gordon Brown
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But 2 games time the transfer window will be closed or closing.
I have already said I don't think we have any money, but where there's time there's hope. Get a gaffer in quick and give him cash to play with.
Sorry Mr Short. It has been expensive but do this and I'll never ask for anything else again. Honest.
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I agree. It needs a team of very technical, very creative and very intelligent players.
I'm not having a dig at the likes of Vaughan and Cattermole, as they're good footballers, but creative, technical and highly intelligent football simply isn't their style.
They're clever, don't get me wrong, but successful total football is like a game of chess. The whole team always has to be two steps ahead. They also have to work in harmony so the right player 'becomes' the striker temporarily to get the ball into the net. With Bruce's formation and team selection, everyone was still stuck to their positions, so when the ball came in no one was there.

that two of us then MrRAW
I'm still a BIB, but I would like an explanation of last nights team selection?
However, I still can't believe the knee-jerk reaction to an away defeat to a Brighton side who are undefeated this season...
It's time for him to go. There are some supporters of this fine club of ours who seem to think that loyalty comes with a resolution to stick with a failing ****wit of a manager all the way down to the Third Division. That doesn't wash with me. The club is bigger and better than that, and the red and white stripes will live on long after the likes of Bruce and Black are dead and gone.
Bruce is an abject failure, having had more cash to spend than any boss in our history and yet thinks that it's ok to field a team for a cup tie without a striker. He can no longer expect to receive our support. Nor does he deserve it. The performances since January have been barely above abject and the dismal run continues into this season. I quite like the fellah but sorry to say, he's clueless at this.
3 of us, unless more owned up in the pages after you - couldnt be arsed to read them all.
Bruce sees Sess as a striker, and he has stated that several times. He also sees Ricco as a LB and has stated that since beginnging of last season: Elmo at RB? possibly because we dont have another RB at the club? I suppose he could of played ferdinand there, and bramble in the middle. But hasnt Elmo already played wing back for Egypt? Wing back is what he was playing last night.
What pisses me off more than the Bruce out comments is the fact that a large number of "fans" saying it never post anything when the going is good and only post negative comments.
How many times did newtonlee (and the likes of) post when we were beating the likes of chelsea 3-0 last season? not once from what i recall. never a good thing to say.
Those who post regularly, when the going is good and/or bad, I have no gripe with and they can state their opinion if they want Bruce out or not, its the others i cant stand. not a a decent SUPPORTER among them (the clues in the name).
I much prefer us to have a bad spell beginning of the season (now) and play well the rest of it than collapse in the middle like the last 2 - cos that really kills team morale.

It's time for him to go. There are some supporters of this fine club of ours who seem to think that loyalty comes with a resolution to stick with a failing ****wit of a manager all the way down to the Third Division. That doesn't wash with me. The club is bigger and better than that, and the red and white stripes will live on long after the likes of Bruce and Black are dead and gone.
Bruce is an abject failure, having had more cash to spend than any boss in our history and yet thinks that it's ok to field a team for a cup tie without a striker. He can no longer expect to receive our support. Nor does he deserve it. The performances since January have been barely above abject and the dismal run continues into this season. I quite like the fellah but sorry to say, he's clueless at this.