The Steve Bruce appreciation thread

Agreed, but he did change the structure and took away their stepping stone to the first team

 

Agreed, but it had heehaw to do with money, or why he quit.

 

The club was skint

 

Very informative

 

On floatation on the stock market in 1997 the club was valued at between £172m and £193m.

 

I will ask @Geordieginola for all the facts and figures to this as I think this is in his line of work.

 

Make sure you check the wage bill and net spends and debts.

Make sure you have the interviews I have

 

Oh and when I wake up if one of you could please be kind enough to comment on whether Bruce deserved a little credit for the cun runs?

 

"It was because the people at the top of the club were preparing to float Newcastle on the stock market and, as a rift grew behind the scenes, it had started to feel as if we were no longer all on the same wavelength."

I'll tell you who and where this quote comes from once you wake up from the canvas. Let me just add - 4 months prior to him quitting we signed a canny player who scored a record number of goals for this club for a WORLD RECORD TRANSFER.

 

After tonight's chat I've taken everything in to consideration and concluded the answer to my original question was yes.

 

Why are we still on about Steve Bruce, **** him.

 

The club was skint and going a different direction, so I was right.

 

He did deserve credit for those, though it is also true that we didn't beat anyone of note in any of them - but you can only beat what is in front of you. He also deserved the blame for throwing it away against Brentford. He also deserves criticism for the state we are in this season. He did ok for two seasons, though he rode a bit of luck getting results with some dreadful performances. This season he was awful. The situation had become untenable, and yes some of that was from the fans and the abuse he got. Since Howe has come in we have seen improved performances but only slight improvements in results and consistency. Today was shocking. he dropped a real clanger today by not picking a striker no matter what level they are at (assuming one was available for selection).

 

Night mate

 

Mark Twain said it best: Never argue with an idiot. You'll never convince the idiot that you're correct, and bystanders won't be able to tell who's who.

 

Night buddy

 

Good morning bullshitters

I'm just wondering why the fans have stopped using win % as weapon?

Just because Howe's is only 11%

It's clear - the problem was never Bruce it was the players. You all thought you'd chace out yet another manager and thinks would improve, but the fact is you were wrong. Just admit it.

 

Why are people dressing up the ****, Steve Bruce?

He's gone. Thank the ****ing lord.