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Old 19-07-2016, 12:07
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Steve Bruce was interviewed by the FA, yesterday. According to the Beeb.
What a joke.

The FA, rewarding failures.
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Old 19-07-2016, 12:11
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I wonder if Alex Bruce would be in the England squad if Steve Bruce was in charge
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Old 19-07-2016, 12:12
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Fingers crossed it was just about that opening in the postroom.
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Old 19-07-2016, 12:19
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Bruce is the definition of a journey man in terms of management... Also the sort who would stick with his favourites
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Old 19-07-2016, 12:25
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Bruce is the definition of a journey man in terms of management... Also the sort who would stick with his favourites
Surely that applies to all managers, to some degree.
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Old 19-07-2016, 12:31
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Surely that applies to all managers, to some degree.
I suppose so, but we are constantly complaining about using favourites, afraid to drop big names etc... Some managers you sense would be more inclined that way, and some not...
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Old 19-07-2016, 12:32
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Bruce is another one who I actually think is decent at the level he operates at but does little that I think translates to international level.
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Old 19-07-2016, 12:34
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I suppose so, but we are constantly complaining about using favourites, afraid to drop big names etc... Some managers you sense would be more inclined that way, and some not...
Problem is "we" as a fan base are often wrong. "we" clamoured for Alli and Kane pre-tournament and demanded Rooney dropped. Sometimes loyalty isn't actually a bad thing and sometimes its not always wise to go with the flavour of the month (not that I'm saying Alli and Kane are that BTW).
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:07
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Bruce is the definition of a journey man in terms of management... Also the sort who would stick with his favourites
Just which managers would not fit the "journey man" tag in your eyes??
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:09
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We need someone who has the tactical nouse to get results.

I think Allardyce fits the bill.
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:11
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What a joke.

The FA, rewarding failures.
The trouble is, there is not this huge great big pool of managers that they can pick or select from, hence why with the greatest of respect, we are seeing Big Sam and Bruce being talked to about the role.

Quite who people were expecting I don't know (if we are talking about English candidates), Howe?? Pardew??

The only way that we could remotely get a decent manager would be if we were to go down the foreign manager road, seemingly with these two names in the fray, that is a road that The FA were not willing to go down.
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:13
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The trouble is, there is not this huge great big pool of managers that they can pick or select from, hence why with the greatest of respect, we are seeing Big Sam and Bruce being talked to about the role.

Quite who people were expecting I don't know (if we are talking about English candidates), Howe?? Pardew??

The only way that we could remotely get a decent manager would be if we were to go down the foreign manager road, seemingly with these two names in the fray, that is a road that The FA were not willing to go down.
We've tried that with Eriksson and Capello. It didn't work.

Just give it to an Englishman.
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:19
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We've tried that with Eriksson and Capello. It didn't work.

Just give it to an Englishman.
Okay fine, if you want an English manager/head coach, then Bruce, Big Sam, Pardew etc are the type or sort that will be in contention for the job.
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:28
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We've tried that with Eriksson and Capello. It didn't work.

Just give it to an Englishman.
Depends on your definition of work, the 2 you mention had very good win ratios compared to English managers
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:29
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What a joke.

The FA, rewarding failures.
Who would you go for?
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Old 19-07-2016, 13:33
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Anyone else find the idea of interviewing these people utterly farcical?


Tell us about a time when you've led a team to work together to solve a problem. You may use examples from your professional or home life
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Old 19-07-2016, 17:18
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Bruce could always reference the time he ran to his daughters aid and got smashed by an iron bar protecting her, I suppose that counts as stout English courage.

Makes Terry Butcher seem something of a wuss for that cut head of his.
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Old 19-07-2016, 19:16
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We've tried that with Eriksson and Capello. It didn't work.

Just give it to an Englishman.
Don't see how someone being 'foreign' suddenly makes them more susceptible to failure considering the record of English managers. Just because two people from countries other than England didn't win anything doesn't mean that no one who isn't from England can ever succeed.
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Old 19-07-2016, 19:52
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Think I'd rather get Roy back than have Bruce!

At least Big Sam has a decent top flight record..
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Old 19-07-2016, 20:32
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Anyone else find the idea of interviewing these people utterly farcical?


Tell us about a time when you've led a team to work together to solve a problem. You may use examples from your professional or home life
Mr Bruce, tell us about any rape trials you have commented on inappropriately!
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Old 19-07-2016, 20:34
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Okay fine, if you want an English manager/head coach, then Bruce, Big Sam, Pardew etc are the type or sort that will be in contention for the job.
There is a massive reason pardew is not getting a look in!
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Old 19-07-2016, 21:28
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Lets face it we're shit so why not give big sam, steve bruce, hoddle or even redknapp a chance. We can't do any worse. Can't imagine anyone gives us any chance come the worlds apart from those who are deluded enough to think this time we'll get to the final.
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Old 19-07-2016, 22:21
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Mr Bruce, tell us about any rape trials you have commented on inappropriately!
Are there any managers you do actually have time for?
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Old 19-07-2016, 22:59
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Bruce is another one who I actually think is decent at the level he operates at but does little that I think translates to international level.
Agreed........I wouldn't mind Big Sam or Bruce

England are not a Barcelona, they're a West Brom

we need the kind of manager that takes a West Brom and get them to mid table

we need someone who can get England back to being a quarter final team like we were 10 years ago

then we can think about moving up from there
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Old 19-07-2016, 23:03
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Agreed........I wouldn't mind Big Sam or Bruce

England are not a Barcelona, they're a West Brom

we need the kind of manager that takes a West Brom and get them to mid table

we need someone who can get England back to being a quarter final team like we were 10 years ago

then we can think about moving up from there
What a load of rubbish, the only reason they were a west brom is because they had an ex west brom manager in charge, put Sam or Bruce in charge and we will be a Sunderland or Hull.

The players we have available are capable of being a Tottenham, we just need a pochettino to manage them
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