blame the players too

[Commachio]

Not trying to take the flake away from bruce, but surely even with all the injuries we should have been able to beat wolves, or at least give them more of a game.

So how about giving the players some stick rather than bruce, and off all people quinny,

Sunderland
22 Mignolet.........belgian int.
02 Bardsley.........scottish int
05 Mensah..........ghana int
15 Onuoha..........england u-21
07 Zenden..........ex dutch int
08 Malbranque.....ex french u-21
10 Henderson......england int
16 Riveros...........paraguay int
25 Colback......... future star in the making
27 Elmohamady....egypt int
28 Sessegnon......benin int

Surely the team that bruce put out was more than capable of performing better than they did...

 

[Steven Royston O'Neill]

Good point mate. My problem is this, first half, and I have now watched it again on football first, we played very well. Poor defending for their first goal but some good footy.

Second half very poor, yes I hear all the but Bruce should have but do these players really need a manager to tell them to keep on playing second half, they were crap, they were on the field, they let us and Bruce down.

 

[NEMO]

Your correct,but the Manager is ultimately responsible at the end of the day.

 

[NEMO]

Good point mate. My problem is this, first half, and I have now watched it again on football first, we played very well. Poor defending for their first goal but some good footy.

Second half very poor, yes I hear all the but Bruce should have but do these players really need a manager to tell them to keep on playing second half, they were crap, they were on the field, they let us and Bruce down.

Agree about the first half,but we capitulated in the second half yet again

 

[Steven Royston O'Neill]

Agree about the first half,but we capitulated in the second half yet again

and all we are saying is the players need to share a lot of the blame

 

[NEMO]

Its true to a point what your saying.But Bruce is dire manager at this level - well and truly found out. Fortuntaley I think Ellis Short knows this.

 

[Commachio]

i sense another bruce out thread developing....

not another one please...

let's blame the lads that were actually on the pitch also...

 

[NEMO]

In half an hour time to depress ourselves further

 

[Steven Royston O'Neill]

Think I may well take the day off not606, getting sick to death of the constant Bruce out bandwagon. Dont mind the opinion but it goes on and on and on

 

[Commachio]

Think I may well take the day off not606, getting sick to death of the constant Bruce out bandwagon. Dont mind the opinion but it goes on and on and on

take yer self out for the day mate, got a feeling it's gonna be like it for the rest of the day.... go and enjoy

 

[NEMO]

Haway Man whats this love fest with Bruce on this forum? 2.1 down. He decides to try the kids.
Riveros has looked Like he hasn't ever played football. Bruce takes off steed and Henderson.
How can you ever defend this?
Absolute clueless man who needs to go

 

[Commachio]

2.1 down. He decides to try the kids.
/QUOTE]

isn't that what many off you wanted him to do?

give the kids a try...

 

[captainZak1979]

good first half poor second sums it all up. also the players were playing in fear of getting injured. if you look at it the starting 11 were the only fit senior starting players we have. yesterday the bench was full of kids younger than 20 years old and yes they may be the future be looking at the three that came on in the second half they look no wear near strong enough physically to cope with the PL yet it doesn't matter how good they are. what would have happened if one or a couple of the senior players had have got injured and out for the last game?

Can somebody in the Bruce out can tell me what team he should have played? with the players he had avalible.

 

[captainZak1979]

Riveros was the only other senior fit midfilder we have, Steed very very rearly last a full match and Henderson is nackered and he probably took him off incase he got injurede for the last match. What was he supposed to do. Put yourself in Bruces shoes and tell me the team you would have played and the tatics and susatutions you would have made during thr match.

 

[Steven Royston O'Neill]

Please tell me why despite another huge spending spree last summer Bruce has not moved this club on one iota?

Please tell me how you Bruce lovers can even see any positives under his regime,we are going nowhere fast.

And this shows just how little you understand about us, how emotion stops you understanding. I am not a Bruce lover, the point is I'm not a Bruce hater. Bruce has made many mistakes, got lots wrong and may well not be the right man.

Just the one sided never ending Bruce out tirade that pisses me off.

 

[captainZak1979]

Please tell me why despite another huge spending spree last summer Bruce has not moved this club on one iota?

Please tell me how you Bruce lovers can even see any positives under his regime,we are going nowhere fast.

what hudge spending spree? we bought in four players on permant deals and the rest were loans, and the only money spent was on Mignolet, the modle right back and 13M on Gyan so not really huge is it.

 

[NEMO]

Scenario- if we had half a dozen games to go to season end,and we went down would you still back Bruce.At the end of the day i want our club to progress and prosper.Bruce aint the man to take us forward.

 

[Commachio]

Please tell me why despite another huge spending spree last summer Bruce has not moved this club on one iota?

Please tell me how you Bruce lovers can even see any positives under his regime,we are going nowhere fast.

what the ****s going on, i never posted this...

 

[NEMO]

Please tell me why despite another huge spending spree last summer Bruce has not moved this club on one iota?

Please tell me how you Bruce lovers can even see any positives under his regime,we are going nowhere fast.

Commachio

That was my post mate,whats gannin on ???

 

[talcnturnip]

For me the players are 99% of the time to blame if not, how do you explain the new manager syndrome when the exact same team play like The Dog and Duck under one man then Brazil under another. The players should be professional enough to put aside any differences they have with the management for 90 or so minutes on a match day. However the buck always stops at the manager as he has brought in the majority of the players who stab him in the back as soon as it is turned.
We do have some very good players but, as ever they cannot play as a team week in week out. They can do it on odd occasions which unfortunately is not good enough at PL level in fact not good enough for most professional football levels. I do think Bruce will be with us next season and if he fails again he will have a very difficult time in management with any other teams, as he is on borrowed time for me and anything less than an outstanding season next year could be his last.