we were lucky - we were 6 points behind Brighton and they ****ed up the first leg against Sheff Wed otherwise it could have been different - on top of which Brucie almost totally ****ed up the semi when losing 2 0 at home - we got promoted despite Brucie
Bruce spent just under £50m at Sunderland and those players were sold for just under £50m (Bent and Mignolet were the only two not sold at a loss and Cattermole is the one one who's still there).
Was that the same semi when Brucie triumphed at Derby 3-0 when most people would have been happy with a 1-0 defeat?
Exactly, if we’d lost 2-0 away and won 3-0 at home people would be calling him a genius. Why is it any different that it was achieved the other way around?
He bought ten players and eight were subsequently sold at a loss (though on a few of them the losses were negligible). He did finish tenth.
I guess I'm suggesting that the small losses were worth the 10th place finish, and the fact that the remaining two players made the club large profits off-set the rest of the losses.
No doubts SB was a top manager here and has a person he came over has a very genuine person who came over well with the fans. One thing he did do was stand up to Ehab Allan making him walk away from a premier league football club something not many managers do.
Steve Bruce talks Hull City exit, evaporation of trust, recruitment and why with investment he could have built a great side Hull City's most successful manager talks exclusively to Philip Buckingham about his time at the club, his regrets at having to walk away and why he believes he was building a great City side https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steve-bruce-talks-hull-city-1395014
Just read it and it makes me hate Ehab even more than before. So glad Bruce has finally come out and said something and I bet he saved it exactly for his return to the KC just to piss off Ehab. Lets see if he counter attacks in his slimy way cos no doubt he will be absolutely raging.
If anyone thinks Bruce was lucky or a poor manager you need to give your head a shake. Look at us now. Not only did he temper the Allams he provided us with our most successful time as a football club. It’s as simple as that.
