Dear syd, Iâd like to start by saying a special thank-you to the supporters. Thereâs not many clubs whoâd bring more than 4,000 to an away match when their team could have been around the bottom at 5pm. The fans gave us some fantastic support and the players responded to that. Theyâve gone home happy today which Iâm delighted about. You could see what it meant at the end. Weâre all in this together. Weâve got the nucleus of a decent squad which is very capable of doing what we want to do, which is to compete in the top half of the best league in the world. When I look at my bench today and who was playing, for me weâve improved enormously from where we were a couple of years ago. I told the players at half time to calm down and let me do the worrying. I wanted them to try and enjoy it. Both teams looked nervous and edgy in the first half and I wanted to take the shackles off a bit. Thankfully we did that in the second half. I canât remember ever coming to a Barclays Premier League game and dominating like we did in the second half - it was terrific to see. Weâve tried Stephane [Sessegnon] off the front man in the past and he didnât manage to score, and now when we move him wide he comes up with a goal. It was a great finish â he turned on a sixpence and lashed it home. When Stephane doesnât have time to think heâs onto it like a flash. He really ripped it into the net which was great to see. Meanwhile, Nicklas [Bendtner] has had a good start. He had probably his quietest game today but when the ball came to him there was never any doubt that heâd stick it in the back of the net. All the best, Steve Bruce
Come on Brucey Baby - prove the doubters wrong. Am down for the Villa game - can't wait. Bart PS - Consett girls, See ya Saturday night.
Incorrect, hes still tactically inept and one win doesnt gloss over that fact! Chuffed the lads won but Bruce is only doing what we have been saying all along, he was the only person that didnt see it!! The only bad thing about yesterday is that Bruce didnt get sacked IMO
