What will Bruce be thinking if his former side reach a Wembley semi- final? ‘I will be pleased for nearly everyone, maybe not the morons who shouted that abuse at me.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...view-Im-managerial-failure.html#ixzz1pBjqG5PO Steve Bruce believes he was a success at Sunderland. Even by his sub-standard managerial career Bruce's win percentage at Sunderland was worse than any of his previous positions with the exception of one example, that being his monumental 18 game tenure at Crystal Palace. Steve Bruce's win percentage in actual fact became worse and worse with every club he managed... Sheffield United (1998-1999) Played 55: Wins 40% Huddersfield (1999-2000) Played 66: Wins 38% Wigan (2001-2001) Played 8: Wins 38% Crystal Palace (2001-2001) Played 18: Wins 61% Birmingham (2001-2007) Played 270: Wins 37% Wigan (2007-2009) Played 68: Wins 34% Sunderland (2009-2011) Played 98: Wins 30% Now forgive me if I'm missing the point here... Is it not generally considered natural to improve with experience? Surely Steve Bruce had enough time to nurture his lack of belief in football tactics to such extent that after managing 7 different clubs during a 13 year period that he ought to have produced a statistical improvement, even if just a mere 1%? Bruce suggests that Sunderland won't ever see four better strikers on our books again, making reference to Bent, Gyan, Campbell and Welbeck and perhaps he is correct. However, when taking Bruce's words aside for a moments contemplation we can derive some unsettling hypothetical insights. Bruce's words imply that Sunderland were unlikely to finish higher than 10th place in the league during future seasons as we wouldn't ever see the quality of strikers needed to provide the ammunition to improve upon our finish that was obtained during that brief 12 month period. What did Bruce choose to do with those best ever strikers in the history of Sunderland? Well, he sold one which he never bothered to replace... preferring to make reference to his ability to balance the financial books. Bruce also cunningly fails to acknowledge the impact upon the number of goals that the club managed to score from that point forward which went onto produce lower crowds, reduced revenue and ofcourse a numbingly flat atmosphere which itself led to a severe drop in the general morale of the team and supporters alike and ultimately, the crowd turned on the mangager. Bruce loaned another of those strikers out to a North African club and sent Welbeck back to his parent club of which he had no choice with the latter. The latter of which merely highlights a philosophical flaw in having to rely upon loaned players to complete a football squad as the club is forever in a state of flux, having to rebuild from one season to the next with barely any foundational continuity or any coherent description. No wonder it took so long to go nowhere under Steve Bruce? Excuse my language for one moment ladies and gentleman however I cannot help myself from wondering if Steve Bruce wouldn't have felt to aggrieved at his treatment had the moronic fans of Sunderland merely addressed him as a 'fat bar steward' as opposed to a 'fat geordie bar steward' because Bruce appears to have only chosen to take the hump at being called a 'geordie'.
We will finish top 10 WITHOUT 3 of those 4 'best strikers club will ever see' (Hmm, Clough?SKP?...) What does that tell you about the hapless twat? He'd be better advised to stop talking, if I was a chairman looking at his inane ramblings, i'd be taking steps back. Maybe he talked himself out of the Wolves job with this exact same 'blame the fans' patter. The guy suggested we were idiots to expect a club with 40,000 gates, a wonderful owner, and some of the best infrastructure in Europe, never mind the league, to progress. Bravo Steve.
This bloke is starting to really get on my tits now, I have always remained grateful to Steve Bruce as I do think he steadily progressed and stabilised the club, but his constant moaning about Sunderland and how well he done along with how lucky we were to have him is putting me right off the bloke. He needs to move and keep any ounce of dignity he has left in him.
They have been running his interviews here on Prem league news... He cuts a sad figure these days.....
He's bitter, because he had a job at the very top of his realistic ability, with a chairman prepared to back the club. He won't get the chance again.
Great post TBC How long are we going to listen to the same crap from Bruce? No time for the team to gel? What is he on about? Presumably he thinks that if he'd had an extra two games he'd be having the same results as MON? To keep harping on about Sunderland's past record in derbies or our league position is laughable. They were different teams, in different financial situations. He had it all on a plate. The only reason Steve Bruce was sacked, was Steve Bruce!
He had a year of bad results. If he claims he wasn't given time, then his brain power is as good as his looks.
He's coming across as delusional. Hes going down in my estimation every time he opens his mouth. I would now say the bloke is a complete bell-end. A lucky escape for our club that we got rid when we did. I am so grateful for that last minute winner vs. Wigan last year.
He's not doing himself any favours if he's hoping for another job as 'whiney self-deluding Geordie' is not usually seen as a plus point when going into an interview.
Ha'way lads. All the bloke is doing is putting himself in the shop window, can you blame him? He obviously wants to get back into the game. He's quite respectful in this interview in the main, maybe he's bigging himself up but don't we all do that in interviews? As for the moron bit. He's right. The people who were calling him a fat Geordie **** and the like are morons.
Ta-raa please log in to view this image As stated, he's just embarrassing himself now -for ****sake Steve, move on.
Those so called morons are the same fans who go week in week out, many home and away. They pay their money in the £1000's every year and have the absolute right to pass opinion. I don't think Sunderland fans are morons personally for wanting better than the utter garbage Bruce served up week after week for 11 months. There are some on here who would have still kept him for the whole season, even though it had obviously good tits up, and mercilessly derided those of us who wanted him out. However, I still wouldn't label them morons either. The only moron here is Bruce himself, for continuing this denial of the facts week on week. It's the excuses, lies and 'nowt to do with me' attitude that is preventing him from getting back into football imo. I'm just glad I don't have to listen to him at my club any more these days.
Well personally I think the abuse went to far for someone who was then, our manager. The only thing it achieved was to give the false impression he was sacked for being a Geordie, to most outsiders.
To every outsider at the time, Bruce was doing a great job and they all thought he should be given more time as well. Time to bugger us up even more that is. I really don't give a **** what some London based journalist, who knows **** all and cares even less, thinks about my club. All I want is for it to be managed by a person capable of doing their job. Bruce wasn't but Mon is. I bet if we did who the Cup, Bruce would be all over the telly advising anyone stupid enough to listen, that he had won it for us as well. All Mon's talking has been done on the pitch and he hasn't offered any excuses for defeats, injuries or fans. He just gets on with the job in hand. Thank Christ Ellis acted when he did imo.
Someone not being good enough at their job does not warrant personal abuse imo. Sunderland fans were clearly right to want him out, but the minority who felt compelled to label him like that are morons.
Yes I entirely agree. Infact, I'm absolutely 100% certain that Sunderland are the only club in the world to have fans that swear at a failing manager... Steve Bruce ought to grow up and move on... If Bruce needs a job in football so badly he ought to take a job at championship level and work himself back upto the premier league by proving himself with results on the pitch. However his ego appears to be a major stumbling block as he clearly prefers to goto the media in order to 'defend' his public perception whilst simultaneously taking subtle snipes at the fans of SAFC. These subtle little snipes in the media reveal that Bruce holds the same psychology as the very fans he chooses to berate as if he were graced with class, he would merely rise above that level of moronic psychology as if it didn't even exist. Keano bit his lip and got on with it by taking the job at Ipswich, maybe Bruce ought to follow Keano's example.
Pot? Kettle? Black? I can think of Souness, Roeder, Gullit & Fat Sam to think of 4 recent managers who were abused and especially Gordon Lee for those old enough to remember. Look at them and you will see how mags treat their managers who fail, or are failing. Oh and even SBR came in for some massive quick for being old and senile by the selective memory toon army, at the time he was sacked. Have you ever heard the expression people who live in glass houses chum?
