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Bruce to Sunderland?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:08 pm
by Tombwfc
Just need to sort out compo according to 5Live.
Wigan could struggle next year, Whelan looks to be selling everything that isn't nailed down.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:08 pm
by Bruno
It's true.
Only Megson can save them from the struggles ahead.
Re: Bruce to Sunderland?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:14 pm
by screech powers
Tombwfc wrote:Just need to sort out compo according to 5Live.
Wigan could struggle next year, Whelan looks to be selling everything that isn't nailed down.
Bruce jumping ship again!! What a shocker
Re: Bruce to Sunderland?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:33 pm
by Puskas
screech powers wrote:Tombwfc wrote:Just need to sort out compo according to 5Live.
Wigan could struggle next year, Whelan looks to be selling everything that isn't nailed down.
Bruce jumping ship again!! What a shocker
Don't worry, he'll go back in a year or so when Sunderland are bottom three....
Without him and Valencia, though, Wigan could be going down with the Wolves, next season.
Re: Bruce to Sunderland?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:05 pm
by bobo the clown
screech powers wrote:Tombwfc wrote:Just need to sort out compo according to 5Live.
Wigan could struggle next year, Whelan looks to be selling everything that isn't nailed down.
Bruce jumping ship again!! What a shocker
Didn't someone on here used to have a sig' that went ...
"Steve Bruce ... treats contracts like I treat Andrex"
A wise man he was !!
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:07 pm
by Bruno
As if we wouldn't sell our mothers to have him here!
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:27 pm
by Worthy4England
Bruno wrote:As if we wouldn't sell our mothers to have him here!
Aye, if memory serves, we tried to get him before recruiting Megson...
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:28 pm
by Bruno
I was amongst the 'Bruce!??! We can do better than that' brigade.............oh dear
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:29 pm
by Puskas
Worthy4England wrote:Bruno wrote:As if we wouldn't sell our mothers to have him here!
Aye, if memory serves, we tried to get him before recruiting Megson...
Are you sure?
I thought Megson was Gartside's first choice.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:32 pm
by Worthy4England
Puskas wrote:Worthy4England wrote:Bruno wrote:As if we wouldn't sell our mothers to have him here!
Aye, if memory serves, we tried to get him before recruiting Megson...
Are you sure?
I thought Megson was Gartside's first choice.
Pretty sure. We asked Birmingham twice to talk to Bruce, before starting to interview Megson, Souness etc.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:34 pm
by Bruno
He's dead right.
We baulked at paying £3m for him, Whelan didn't.....
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:39 pm
by Worthy4England
Bruno wrote:He's dead right.
We baulked at paying £3m for him, Whelan didn't.....
Not sure it quite worked like that. Bruce never said he wanted to talk to us either if I recall correctly..
That said "Here's a cheque for £3m Mr Gold" may well have tipped that particular balance as you correctly say it did with Whelan...
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:01 pm
by Bruno
Wigan's owner Dave Whelan will not allow Bruce to leave without a fight," said BBC Radio 5 Live's senior football reporter Ian Dennis.
The Latics have not confirmed whether they have received an approach.
But Dennis added: "Wigan paid Birmingham £3m for his services in November 2007 and I think they would want at least that in return.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:10 pm
by Dave Sutton's barnet
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Bruce has had good reasons for most ship-jumps.
*At Sheffield United and Huddersfield he had players sold against his wishes - at Huddersfield the chairman sold his best player Marcus Stewart to their promotion rivals Ipswich, who promptly went up.
*At Wigan (the first time) he was only ever given a short-term contract by Dave "Dave Whelan" Whelan, who also happens to be a tool.
*Leaving Palace for Birmingham was a bit naughty, but he'd developed a real (and mysterious) affection for Blues while playing out his career there, and he left the Eagles near the top of the division, only for Trevor Francis to undo all the good work.
*He stayed at St Andrew's for six years, which amounts to a jail sentence, and left among boardroom uncertainty (Carson Yeung, anyone?) when Birmingham decided they'd accept the cash offer from Dave "Dave Whelan" Whelan, who's a tool.
*And now he's leaving Dave "Dave Whelan" Whelan again, who's a tool.
Odd thing is that when Newcastle were publicly attempting to lure him from Birmingham on several occasions of managerial uncertainty, much was made of his black-and-white soul. Is that a quality high on Neil Quinn's shopping list?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:12 pm
by Bruno
It's a funny thing, but I've always been irritated by Birmingham's nickname. Do they think they are too important to have 'the Blues' instead of 'Blues'? I find it messes up the flow of a sentence.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:14 pm
by Dave Sutton's barnet
Bruno wrote:It's a funny thing, but I've always been irritated by Birmingham's nickname. Do they think they are too important to have 'the Blues' instead of 'Blues'? I find it messes up the flow of a sentence.
Agreed - maybe their definite article got nicked by "The Villa".
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:41 pm
by Prufrock
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Bruno wrote:It's a funny thing, but I've always been irritated by Birmingham's nickname. Do they think they are too important to have 'the Blues' instead of 'Blues'? I find it messes up the flow of a sentence.
Agreed - maybe their definite article got nicked by "The Villa".
Feck em. I'm calling them 'The Blues' whether they like it or not. That'll bloody show 'em.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:50 pm
by Tombwfc
Worthy4England wrote:Bruno wrote:He's dead right.
We baulked at paying £3m for him, Whelan didn't.....
Not sure it quite worked like that. Bruce never said he wanted to talk to us either if I recall correctly..
That said "Here's a cheque for £3m Mr Gold" may well have tipped that particular balance as you correctly say it did with Whelan...
IIRC, they wouldn't let him speak to us, and he was prepared to wait and see how the talks with 'billionaire' Carson Yeung (who wasn't even rich if memory serves). We didn't have time to piss around, and so got Megson, much to the delight of the entire city of Leicester.
Anyway, Bruce has finished just two places above the managerial disaster zone that apparently is Gary Megson, so he can't be that great.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:53 pm
by Bruno
I think they are basing the latest meeja love-in on his wheeling and dealing over Valencia and Palacios plus the relative turnaround of Bramble into a mildly competent defender.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:27 am
by FaninOz
Bruce is a better manager than Sunderland have had for a long time. He will improve and bring some consistency to the place.