Bruce - Football Focus today

[steelcityowlsfan]

3 minutes ago, gurujuan said:

This is weird The appointment of Bruce, though not my number one choice by any means, made sense in the short term, because he’d be able to wheel and deal in this window So what happens if Bullen now leads us away from the drop zone, wouldn’t we better waiting until the summer before deciding on a new manager?

And conversely what happens if we lose our next six games on the bounce? Fans will be berating the club for putting all our eggs in one basket. 

 

Odd agreement if true. 

[HIGHERSTATE]

Whats brian laws upto?

[victorturner]

52 minutes ago, billyblack said:

We will sell someone, not just westwood IMO

If sales are going on, may as well let LB have the job till the end of the season. Need someone with role of manager to give advice and decisions from playing strength point of view.

[squonk]

2 hours ago, Bob said:

I was happy to wait until New Year was over but another month is ridiculous . Time to move on.

Oh well if you're not happy to wait we'd better tell him its all off

[squonk]

2 hours ago, rawowl said:

I’m sure Bruce will be involved heavily with transfer dealings without him being involved in training or matchdays. 

 

I dont see the big panic. 

Its almost as if the t'internet and mobiles phones no longer exist i'ntit 

[Guest addedtime]

13 minutes ago, squonk said:

Its almost as if the t'internet and mobiles phones no longer exist i'ntit 

But why be involved but not involved 

[stocksyuto]

To be fair it could work out well bullen could have us near top 6 by end of jan if we stay consistent then Bruce comes in and gives us that final push to get play offs 

[gurujuan]

Just now, stocksyuto said:

To be fair it could work out well bullen could have us near top 6 by end of jan if we stay consistent then Bruce comes in and gives us that final push to get play offs 

Well we could just stick with Bullen if he gets us that far, and save ourselves a bundle

[squonk]

14 minutes ago, addedtime said:

But why be involved but not involved 

Because he might just have compassion for a grieving family 

 

I know its a difficult concept 

[Guest Maxine]

3 hours ago, Bob said:

I was happy to wait until New Year was over but another month is ridiculous . Time to move on.

Be patient Bob and cheer thi sen up. We are winning AGAIN. 

[Guest addedtime]

11 minutes ago, squonk said:

Because he might just have compassion for a grieving family 

 

I know its a difficult concept 

In which case he shouldn't be involved. You are either the manager or not. I've twice had compassionate leave from work after my parents died. I was off work. Not doing bits and pieces

[WalthamOwl]

End of January! Bit of a delay that. Surely having him in during the transfer window would have been the best option all round. 

Edited December 29, 2018 by WalthamOwl

[gurujuan]

Those saying we can still make signings on his behalf in January, well we can’t really can we Until Bruce signs his contract, he isn’t our manager. 

[WalthamOwl]

If this is indeed the case we really need a bit of confirmation from the club surely, just to let us know what’s going on. Probably to much to ask though. 

Edited December 29, 2018 by WalthamOwl

[gurujuan]

Given the timing, in relation to the transfer window, he needs to either be confirmed as our manager, or we look elsewhere. What happens at the end of January If we can’t agree terms? What’s to stop him taking the job, but then we allow him until the end of January to deal with family matters. His assistants, working alongside Bullen, can work on any transfer dealings until Bruce is able to return Waiting for six weeks, four of them spanning the transfer window, is simply not acceptable

Edited December 29, 2018 by gurujuan

[WalthamOwl]

Reckon Forest will be looking for a new manager very soon, hope we can get this signed and sealed before someone else comes in for him. 

[LiamAP22D]

57 minutes ago, WalthamOwl said:

If this is indeed the case we really need a bit of confirmation from the club surely, just to let us know what’s going on. Probably to much to ask though. 

Why do we need to know though ?  crazy if you think you have that right.

[gurujuan]

34 minutes ago, gurujuan said:

Given the timing, in relation to the transfer window, he needs to either be confirmed as our manager, or we look elsewhere. What happens at the end of January If we can’t agree terms? What’s to stop him taking the job, but then we allow him until the end of January to deal with family matters. His assistants, working alongside Bullen, can work on any transfer dealings until Bruce is able to return Waiting for six weeks, four of them spanning the transfer window, is simply not acceptable

I will just add, maybe it will have little effect, and all our transfer dealings will be dealt with by the recruitment team. By all accounts, they are still in place, so may even have a list of deals they would like to complete. I’m sure that Steve Bruce wouldn’t be happy with that, but quite frankly, unless he’s our manager, it has fizz all to do with him

[Pale Rider]

Didn’t see the report so don’t know the full context. However don’t think it should take somebody out of work 5-6 weeks to get their house in order before starting a new job. 

Hope this is bullshit. 

 

[gurujuan]

It’s an unnecessary risk, to not have a manager in place by the beginning of January As I said, what’s wrong with him taking the job now, and then given permission by Wednesday to take a few weeks to sort out his private affairs We cannot go through January without a full time manager