Just a rough guess and no offence Walter, but I would say that Mr Clough knew more about football management than you.
I don't see what your point is.
Just a rough guess and no offence Walter, but I would say that Mr Clough knew more about football management than you.
Either that or SB thinks the forwards we have on the bench are worse. Just hope the Lambert rumours are trueWhy don't others like Diame and Hernandez ever get benched then? Because they'd throw a strop?
The thing with Hayden is what is the point of picking him for one game in weeks then benching him, he needs games to get his sharpness, when he's been settled and confident he's looked excellent. A wasted loan signing of what will turn out to be a great player in years to come.Of our get stuck in midfield players - Livermore, Meyler and Hayden only Hayden was available last night and after Saturday it was probably right to bench him. One of our problems is that we have no leaders on the pitch - no one is barking out orders or giving bollockings when needed and not too many leading by example at the moment either.
I think the words used by Bruce were something along the lines of… we'd sign him today if he was available….The thing with Hayden is what is the point of picking him for one game in weeks then benching him, he needs games to get his sharpness, when he's been settled and confident he's looked excellent. A wasted loan signing of what will turn out to be a great player in years to come.
I don't see what your point is.
The thing with Hayden is what is the point of picking him for one game in weeks then benching him, he needs games to get his sharpness, when he's been settled and confident he's looked excellent. A wasted loan signing of what will turn out to be a great player in years to come.
The thing with Hayden is what is the point of picking him for one game in weeks then benching him, he needs games to get his sharpness, when he's been settled and confident he's looked excellent. A wasted loan signing of what will turn out to be a great player in years to come.
In January we scored 15 goals in 6 games.
In February we scored 3 goals in 6 games.
In March (so far) we have scored 2 goals in 4 games.
The wheels have fell off chaps, there is something very wrong and, like you, I haven't the faintest idea what the solution is but we need some goals from somewhere and FAST!
bruce has got his eye on the villa job.
Sorry Walter, I was just being a little flippant about the number of people on these boards who criticize Steve Bruce and his team on their tactics when we lose and come up with THEIR solution which is always AFTER the game. Surely everyone must understand that Steve and his Team will have an in-depth discussion as to what tactics and players to use against our next opponents whilst opposition Managers come up with a counter-tactic - someone has stated that the opposition tactic 3-5-1 appears to nullify our style of play. This appears to be working as there wasn't a gram of criticism in January when we won all 6 of our games and scored 15 goals but since then we have played 10 and scored 5 goals and so Bruce comes in for much criticism.
Like Clough said, players win games not tactics so where has our 10 million quid man been for the last 10 games? What the hell has happened to Elmo, The Hudd, Livermore, Clucas, Meyler bearing in mind there has been injuries to Snoddy and a couple of others whilst Akpom and Diomande appear to be firing blanks.
It'd be great if the opposition all played 3-5-1 against us.
That may well be the case Brian… but they're not that daft or are they? The statement that has been applied when he's been linked to other clubs before is "Bruce knows how to get a club out of this division'… if you ask me, if it happens it will be more luck than design.bruce has got his eye on the villa job.
Sorry Walter, I was just being a little flippant about the number of people on these boards who criticize Steve Bruce and his team on their tactics when we lose and come up with THEIR solution which is always AFTER the game. Surely everyone must understand that Steve and his Team will have an in-depth discussion as to what tactics and players to use against our next opponents whilst opposition Managers come up with a counter-tactic - someone has stated that the opposition tactic 3-5-1 appears to nullify our style of play. This appears to be working as there wasn't a gram of criticism in January when we won all 6 of our games and scored 15 goals but since then we have played 10 and scored 5 goals and so Bruce comes in for much criticism.
Like Clough said, players win games not tactics so where has our 10 million quid man been for the last 10 games? What the hell has happened to Elmo, The Hudd, Livermore, Clucas, Meyler bearing in mind there has been injuries to Snoddy and a couple of others whilst Akpom and Diomande appear to be firing blanks.
First Bruce is paid to get it right, nobody here is.
Second, even on better runs this season the team has played ok in small patches, normally a part of the second half, very rarely for most of the game. The division is bad enough to get away with that at times, but not all the time.
He can't change his tactics very successfully, either during a game when it doesn't work or to accommodate injuries.
Who bought Hernandez and others? He also loves buying injured players.
What money did we waste this season?It's painfully obvious now that City are losing form at the wrong time and our manager cannot motivate the players by the looks of things. One or two on here keep suggesting Bruce should have gone last season, and whilst I disagreed with that at the time,the last few weeks have shown we are quickly becoming play off fodder at best,and the boardroom made a huge mistake by allowing Bruce to yet again waste so much money on squad who,quite frankly,are finding the promotion battle too hot to handle.
Disappointed as **** last night.Come on City Man, where's that never ending optimism that you usually spew when we play like a set of ****ers? We could do with a laugh?
Disappointed as **** last night.
However, not being an emotionally incontinent ****, I managed to resist booing the team.
However, I saw the BHA result when I got in and booed the tv set as I had to vent my frustration.
I pay my licence fee and have a right to express my opinion. I demand favourable scores involving our rivals.