Match Day Thread Burnley v Hull City

[Amin Arrears]

Saw the 2nd half of the WBA game and they were awful. No quality in the final third, which seems bizarre to say considering the quality of their attacking players. Cardiff look miles better than they did last year and should have a better season.

If we beat them on Saturday, Bruce would probably be half way out the door

EDIT: Read on twitter Bruce has only won 6 out of 21. Top record that.

Seems Livermore's legs have gone too. Being slaughtered by their fans.

Ah Conor Townsend, another one Bruce ****ed off. Oh and Liam Cooper, who was ****ed off directly for Alex.

Well done fatty ****.

 

[StCloudTiger]

The only people who sing Bruce’s praises are starry-eyed City fans and his Man Utd chums on Sky Sport and BT.

This has to be one of the most stupid statements ever made on here, and that is saying something. Go give your head a shake Kalman

 

[rovertiger]

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[Red top reader]

Still second… boom !!!!

 

[Kalman]

This has to be one of the most stupid statements ever made on here, and that is saying something. Go give your head a shake Kalman

Try coming up with an argument against what I said then, soft ****.

 

[John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.]

Safe journey John, will your next live City fix be next season?

If we get into the playoffs or better I will be back again this season

 

[SW3 Chelsea Tiger]

Bruce will always be a legend to me

 

[BlackAndAmberGambler]

Bruce will always be a legend to me

And Anthea was alright too.

Good game

 

[Ric Glasgow]

Alex Bruce was probably 5th/6th choice CB for most of his time at City and there were long periods he rightly didn’t get a look in. The role in the middle of three at the back suited him, and he rarely had a bad game there. People are forgetting him having Suarez in his pocket when we beat Liverpool. Also the cup final, where he was in contention for M of M. Suggesting he sold Cairney and played Livermore at RB solely to give Alex a game is absolutely ridiculous, but why let the truth get in the way of a good story? He probably filled in in midfield in a few games usually to do a marking job on a specific player.
I do also recall the ‘games won vs lost when he played/didn’t’ argument, as well as the counter which clearly showed he was playing against the top half teams ( generally when Bruce was reverting to three at the back).
Unfortunately he was the Managers son and will always be a target for those with an agenda against his dad. He wasn’t the best player in the squad (which then made it tricky for both), but certainly not the worst and rarely let us down.
Steve Bruce was criticised for rotating in the Europa league, but most clubs of similar standing (ie amongst the favourites to go down) did similar. I also,recall the following season(?) Burnley having a bit of a run in that cup, but ended up seriously adrift at the bottom of the league. They relied on a miracle escape from relegation when they were a top half team.
The season, we were relegated was mainly because we had a ridiculous amount of injuries (not just in number, but whenever a player hit form). I researched this ages ago for a similar debate and recall while we weren’t the highest number of injuries in the league, those who had more were far better equipped. All immediate rivals (with similar squads) had amongst the least.

Good post,for me anyway I liked Bruce,we had some absolutely fantastic times during his tenure.Not without the odd **** up but show me a manager at any team in any league that hasn't ****ed up at some point!!

 

[Amin Arrears]

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Believing the suspensions are disproportionate, manager Steve Bruce said: 'The two incidents don't warrant each other.

'He (Hutton) has thrown the ball at his back. It's not going to hurt Altidore, he is built like a horse. He might be angry, but to go and headbutt someone...

'That was below the belt and Alan is lucky not to be in hospital as he has a cut eye, bust nose and chipped tooth.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...d-Hull-City-star-Jozy-Altidore-uses-head.html

Steve Bruce is a two faced, fraudulent, full of **** ****.

Lucky not to be in hospital!

 

[tigerrev]

Tony Pulis

Welsh I think

I actually thought Alex played well for us on the whole and earned his spot in the defence

If he checks his pockets I reckon he might find Luis Suarez in them from the game where be beat the Scousers 3-1

 

[Ehab's Member]

You’re right. He did improve a lot. We’ve had a fair few defenders who started average/crap and ended up pretty decent:

Greaves (Mark)
Delaney
McShane
Zayatte

To name a few.

Zayatte started brilliantly then became a liability. How many own goals was it?

 

[DuaneDarby18]

Zayatte started brilliantly then became a liability. How many own goals was it?

Really? I thought it was the other way around and the own goals came early on? You’ve got me questioning my ‘usually reliable’ memory now!

 

[Ehab's Member]

Really? I thought it was the other way around and the own goals came early on? You’ve got me questioning my ‘usually reliable’ memory now!

He definitely looked the real deal in his first few games (Everton at home particularly springs to mind) then he gave an interview saying he wants to play for Arsenal, after which the OGs started to flow.

 

[BlackAndAmberGambler]

Welsh I think



If he checks his pockets I reckon he might find Luis Suarez in them from the game where be beat the Scousers 3-1

If he'd stayed on at Wembley we'd have won the FA Cup.

 

[Charon]

If he'd stayed on at Wembley we'd have won the FA Cup.

if he hadn't been on in the first place we'd have won the FA Cup

 

[spesupersydera]

if he hadn't been on in the first place we'd have won the FA Cup

If Lee Probert (the grinning **** him) hadn't have been so blind when giving a corner when it was CLEARLY a goal kick, allowing them to score the equaliser, we'd have won the FA Cup - in 2014 I'd been supporting for 48 years and seen some really **** matches but nothing in all those years gutted me more than losing like that.

 

[askewshair]

If Lee Probert (the grinning **** him) hadn't have been so blind when giving a corner when it was CLEARLY a goal kick, allowing them to score the equaliser, we'd have won the FA Cup - in 2014 I'd been supporting for 48 years and seen some really **** matches but nothing in all those years gutted me more than losing like that.

Looking back now, City 2-0 up in the FA cup final vs Arsenal was all a bit surreal from my point of view. Not sure it dawned on me the magnitude of the occasion for some reason. There was still an air of inevitability as we scored far too early.

 

[spesupersydera]

Looking back now, City 2-0 up in the FA cup final vs Arsenal was all a bit surreal from my point of view. Not sure it dawned on me the magnitude of the occasion for some reason. There was still an air of inevitability as we scored far too early.

It really was, and had that third close call gone in - that would have been madness ....

 

[Amin Arrears]

Looking back now, City 2-0 up in the FA cup final vs Arsenal was all a bit surreal from my point of view. Not sure it dawned on me the magnitude of the occasion for some reason. There was still an air of inevitability as we scored far too early.

Yeah it was really strange. It was like it was too good to happen, at no point did I have that feeling that we might actually win it.