Steve Bruce

[Charlie George]

Done deal 8 weeks ago according to ex DCFC director and club sponsor. Won't name him but check out a local journo's Facebook page.

[JaguarRam]

No chance. Sorry. 

[ColchesterRam]

I mentioned this in the ' Next managers thread' why his name hasn't been mentioned is beyond me.

[davenportram]

15 minutes ago, ColchesterRam said:

I mentioned this in the ' Next managers thread' why his name hasn't been mentioned is beyond me.

well he is currently employed at a club that may well give him another promotion.

[Ashz09]

I wouldn't really want him to be fair Hull have been much like us inconsistent a lot of the Hull fan's when reading there paper didn't want him much of the season. Reading his quotes etc through there bad patch towards the end of the season were pretty worrying. 

[Alph]

Not exactly known for great football is he?

[BathRam72]

Am I missing something here?

[Wolfie]

1 minute ago, BathRam72 said:

Am I missing something here?

I don't know. Where did you last see it?

[BathRam72]

Just now, Wolfie said:

I don't know. Where did you last see it?

Found them......On my head all the time

 

[Wolfie]

Just now, BathRam72 said:

Found them......On my head all the time

 

There you go. You usually find stuff in the last place you look.

[PistoldPete2]

Was just thinking of him when I was wondering why we haven't heard anything... Someone whose season hasn't ended yet. 

[PistoldPete2]

4 minutes ago, Wolfie said:

There you go. You usually find stuff in the last place you look.

You would be pretty dumb if you carried on looking after you've found what you were looking for. So yes, you always do find something in the last place you look. 

[ColchesterRam]

33 minutes ago, davenportram said:

well he is currently employed at a club that may well give him another promotion.

Stranger things have happened in football.

[Anon]

It almost seems like the club are deliberately circulating rumours about the prospect of appointing underwhelming candidates so we'll warm to the idea of keeping Wassall.

[Wolfie]

33 minutes ago, Ashz09 said:

I wouldn't really want him to be fair Hull have been much like us inconsistent a lot of the Hull fan's when reading there paper didn't want him much of the season. Reading his quotes etc through there bad patch towards the end of the season were pretty worrying. 

He'd be higher up my list than some of the names mentioned but I agree that our problem has been the team not turning up to certain games and you could argue that Hull have been even worse than us at exactly that seeing as they have the stronger squad on paper - and they were just as bad in their home playoff semi as we were in ours.

[Ramarena]

 

According to my sources, this woman was spotted outside the iPro yesterday.

[ariotofmyown]

Billy and Harry beat us in playoffs then we got them in. What's kenny dalglish doing these days? And Brian Little (I think?)

[EnigmaRam]

Utter nonsense

[Dethorn]

I like the idea of Steve Bruce over most mentioned, especially over Nigel Pearson.

[CornwallRam]

I wouldn't mind Bruce, but his appointment would cause a lot of problems.

His record of achieving promotions is superb. His teams are generally very efficient and do just enough to win, and get just enough points to get promoted.

However, his football is often dire to watch - his style is very reminiscent of Nigel Clough's 'bunker' tactics. Nigel often played some very attractive stuff, but when he came under pressure he quickly reverted to negative, safety first tedium. Bruce tends to play that way as a matter of course, but he's actually brilliant at making it effective, whereas Nigel was not.

Then there's the issue of our squad. Not many of our players would fit into a Steve Bruce team. Appointing Bruce would require a complete squad rebuild. Looking into my ever unreliable crystal ball, I'd say that appointing Bruce would mean writing off next season as a transitional one, with promotion likely the following season. Would that promotion party be worth the yawn-fest to get there?