I fully agree, I loved it when he was with us, but as you say the game has moved on, and his way is rather out of date.
Had my eyes opened to his methods at Bishop Burton when City were forced to train there for a short while. I was watching a session which was being taken by Phelan and Bruce spent the whole session in the dugout on the phone, only holding his call to sometimes stand up and shout something, generally quite aggressivley, at a player and then would sit down and carry on with his call. My father in law was coaching at Hull FC at the time sharing the facility and he said every session was the same. A member of Bruce's staff said 'it's just his way, it's apparently a Fergie thing and many of his former players rely heavily on their assistants to actually coach the team.' As much as I am grateful for what he did for us here I think his time has been and gone, as with many managers of his age, and the Graham Potter generation will be the way forward now given the importance of modern methods to get the edge, 'one percenters' if you like. Brucie also used to insist on parking in the disabled spot, something that really pissed off the College but I guess when you're the best player never to win an England cap you can park where you want?
For.me it's about getting the right fit, when Brownie took over he had little to no experience managing, just experience working under fat Sam, but he managed to create a team ethic which saw us go up, it wasn't til his ego took over that he basically lost the dressing room, and the naughty step was introduced. If we manage to get the right fit we'll flourish again, granted with a couple of additions of some grafters and nasty bar stewards which we are lacking right now. For me, both Wilder and Carvalhal ( or however the fk ya spell it?) Have that type of mentally to get a team spirit going, as shown at previous clubs. Granted they have had failures, like most managers, but let's be fair here, if they hadn't they'd be managers of Barcelona or Real Madrid ! Not scrambling around in the Championship!
He'd had a spell and been sacked by Derby and had a lot of experience as assistant. I agree that any manager who's been anyone will have some disappointments on their CV. Average tenure for a manager these days is a little over a year.
I'd have Rooney + Rosenier combo here. I assume Rooney will stay state-side until a Prem team comes calling.
has a lot of experience, he's managed 20 clubs starting in 1998 . Good thing is as a player he was a centre half so can sort our defence out!!
Baz does not say that re Corberan. “Any potential move is no longer an option” A little vague but could mean he already has a position lined up.
