I find the calls for Brucie's big bulging head shocking. Do you really think he wanted to lose Bent, Gyan and Henderson?
When you take into account how much money he's brought in compared to how much he's spent and the wage structure that he has to work in at Sunderland he's done a great job. He's proved at Wigan and Birmingham that he can unearth gems and develop them into great players and with him rebuilding the squad he needs time for him to find the right balance and for the team to gel, but he's been unlucky with injuries in key positions.
Sacking him now would be a stupid decision. yes it may appease the fans who think that he's deliberately trying to turn his reputation to **** and ensure he never works again by destroying Sunderland, but in reality it would destabilise the squad and then the team would have to start again with someone new who would only have a few short weeks to assess the squad with a view to the January transfer window, which would probably lead to terrible panic buying.
Bruce needs to be given until February I reckon. He knows the team better than anyone and he knows where they need to strengthen in January and he'll turn it around