HarryPlopper Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Grimbarian started a poll, and I have been in the minority who voted "no" Would I be happy with Bruce, the truth for me is NO - but he does fit the criteria I spoke about with Chansiri. I wanted British, I wanted someone who understood this division - that's all I asked for, and that's what I have been given, it seems. When I say I spoke to Chansiri, that's a load of poo. I saw him having a fag after a game, three or so games ago and I rudely shouted "Chansiri we want an English manager" - I was annoyed, I was going home having not enjoyed yet another game of football, but my sentiments were true - and I do believe given the fact that Mr Chansiri looked at me, he either understood what I said, or he thought I was just a very angry person giving him grief. I hope it was the former, because later I heard he had got a lot of grief and took it in an impromptu Q&A shortly after I had passed him having his fag. However Bruce? I'm happier, whilst not happy. The reported wage scares me, but we need to look forwards, not backwards and Bruce has to offer more than the last two who struggled to even get their point across with their level of English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthowl Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Positives: 1) he's likely to be his own man. Won't be dictated to. So this could signify the end of the influence of Doyen. That outweighs all the negatives for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodys Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Definitely English manager, experienced, won promotions He'll sort us out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 The received wisdom is that we needed an experienced British Championship manager. Other than Colin there is nobody that fulfills those criteria as closely as Bruce. If if that is what we want then we have got our man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Neg Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I'm happy with it and I don't think it was a kneejerk reaction. Think it was happening well before the forum took place. I can't see us doing any better at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigBon Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Ask me again in June 2020. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Wasn’t my choice for sure, but he isn’t the worst option It only really makes sense though, if we’re still shooting for the stars. There is no sense in appointing Bruce, if all we are going to do is consolidate for a few years Not known for building slowly, on a budget, he likes to make an instant impact, using the transfer market. He will certainly have more championship ready contacts, than Jos, so we can expect a raft of signings If he’s backed, I reckon he could do a good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ka58 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Think it would be one of highest profile appointments - genuinely. Other than Ron Atkinson when have we ever gone out and got a manager with his kind of experience - prob not since jack Charlton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brommers Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Assuming it will be Bruce, i initially thought no way would he come given our financial position. However i'm sure the reported salary would have gotten his interest. Added to that, imagine a chairman saying plus i'll bring in the following players, Westwood, Hutchinson, Hooper, Lee, Winnall and possibly Abdi. Ok where do i sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Brommers said: Assuming it will be Bruce, i initially thought no way would he come given our financial position. However i'm sure the reported salary would have gotten his interest. Added to that, imagine a chairman saying plus i'll bring in the following players, Westwood, Hutchinson, Hooper, Lee, Winnall and possibly Abdi. Ok where do i sign? Why? Money doesn't guarantee success as we've seen over the last 3 years. Sometimes a manager can get the best out of the hand he's been belt and doesn't have to stick or twist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Ass u me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) Not jumping for joy at Bruce but if asking happy yes or no I would certainly say yes. We wanted someone who has Championship experiance. Bruce got a good track record and best of all he wont stand for any nonsense with things like recruitment. Hopefully be an end to signing players on big money that manager either does not want or doesnt know how to use. The bit that concerns me is that we have paid over the odds wages and accepted him not starting to after his holiday (although can see the reasons). Doesnt come across that he is chomping at the bit to start. Edited December 23, 2018 by matthefish2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offalyowl Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Bruce is a better manager than cc or jos, he will sort it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 27 minutes ago, HarryPlopper said: Grimbarian started a poll, and I have been in the minority who voted "no" Would I be happy with Bruce, the truth for me is NO - but he does fit the criteria I spoke about with Chansiri. I wanted British, I wanted someone who understood this division - that's all I asked for, and that's what I have been given, it seems. When I say I spoke to Chansiri, that's a load of poo. I saw him having a fag after a game, three or so games ago and I rudely shouted "Chansiri we want an English manager" - I was annoyed, I was going home having not enjoyed yet another game of football, but my sentiments were true - and I do believe given the fact that Mr Chansiri looked at me, he either understood what I said, or he thought I was just a very angry person giving him grief. I hope it was the former, because later I heard he had got a lot of grief and took it in an impromptu Q&A shortly after I had passed him having his fag. However Bruce? I'm happier, whilst not happy. The reported wage scares me, but we need to look forwards, not backwards and Bruce has to offer more than the last two who struggled to even get their point across with their level of English. If you want an English manager who can do job he fits the bill just who did you want. I had more or less discounted him because I thought he was out of our reach so if he arrives will be welcomed and it suggests DC has plaenty of ambition left in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 36 minutes ago, HarryPlopper said: Grimbarian started a poll, and I have been in the minority who voted "no" Would I be happy with Bruce, the truth for me is NO - but he does fit the criteria I spoke about with Chansiri. I wanted British, I wanted someone who understood this division - that's all I asked for, and that's what I have been given, it seems. When I say I spoke to Chansiri, that's a load of poo. I saw him having a fag after a game, three or so games ago and I rudely shouted "Chansiri we want an English manager" - I was annoyed, I was going home having not enjoyed yet another game of football, but my sentiments were true - and I do believe given the fact that Mr Chansiri looked at me, he either understood what I said, or he thought I was just a very angry person giving him grief. I hope it was the former, because later I heard he had got a lot of grief and took it in an impromptu Q&A shortly after I had passed him having his fag. However Bruce? I'm happier, whilst not happy. The reported wage scares me, but we need to look forwards, not backwards and Bruce has to offer more than the last two who struggled to even get their point across with their level of English. We have had so much success with British managers since we left the Premiership. We should go for the best manager we can get, where ever they may be from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryPlopper Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Mycroft said: We have had so much success with British managers since we left the Premiership. We should go for the best manager we can get, where ever they may be from. I think a lot has changed behind the scenes though. When we got Carlos, suddenly we had better means to buy players then we had done for quite some time previously. It's a partnership - Chairman/Manager and our previous Chairmen since we dropped from the top flight did handicap our managers somewhat. - so I don't see your argument about us since we left the Premiership being of value in this particular argument. Edited December 23, 2018 by HarryPlopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 minute ago, HarryPlopper said: I think a lot has changed behind the scenes though. When we got Carlos, suddenly we had better means to buy players then we had done for quite some time previously. It's a partnership - Chairman/Manager and our previous managers since we dropped from the top flight did handicap our managers somewhat. - so I don't see your argument about us since we left the Premiership being of value in this particular argument. To disregard a whole raft of managers purely because of being foreign seems a little foolhardy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlZfan84 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Delighted. He’ll sort us out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 He's got the experience we've craved. With hard work and a bit of luck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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