Mr Hooper Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I've seen alot of posts on here talking about Bruce's previous signings, good and bad. I've seen loads of posts praising how well he did with Robertson, and then a few posts saying he wastes money on unknown foreign players. I've done some digging and found some of his BEST signings and some of his WORST signings. Lets take a look: The Good Name: Asamoah Gyan Fee: £14.4 million Bruce signed Gyan for Sunderland from Stade Rennais in 2010. Gyan went on to score 11 goals in 33 games in the Premier League for Sunderland. Name: Darren Bent Fee: £10.62 million Bruce signed Bent for Sunderland from Spurs in 2009. Bent went on to score 32 goals in 58 games for Sunderland. Name: Stephane Sessegnon Fee: £6.3 million Signed from Paris SG in 2011, SS went on to play 87 in the Premier League for Sunderland, chipping in with 17 goals from the wing. Name: Cameron Jerome Fee: £4 million Bruce spent 4 million on Jerome back in 2006 after impressing for Cardiff. Jerome went on to score over 40 goals for Birmingham. Name: Simon Mignolet Fee: 2.25 million Bought from Sint-Truiden in 2010, Mignolet played over 100 games for Sunderland before securing his big money move to Liverpool. Name: John McGinn Fee: 2.79 million A shrewd signing last summer from Hibs, McGinn has been the heartbeat of Villa's midfield this season. You'll probably remember him scoring a couple of tap ins against us. Name: Andy Robertson Fee: £3.24 million The most talked about player Bruce has signed, he's gone on to become the best left back in the world on current form. The Not So Good Name: Garry O'Connor Fee: Signed for 3.6 million back in 2007 for Birmingham, O'Connor only managed 12 goals in 61 games for them. He went on to fail a drugs test in 2009 before being shipped off. Name: Luciano Figueroa Fee: £3.38 million Signed from CA Rosario, Figueroa only played 1 game for Birmingham after some controversy over his transfer. Spanish club Osasuna claimed that Figueroa had signed a contract with them before his move to Birmingham, thereby invalidating the transfer. At the end of August 2003 FIFA ruled provisionally in Birmingham's favour, but it was not until October that this ruling was finally confirmed. His contract was terminated a year later. Name: Dong-won Ji Fee: 2.16 million Signed in 2011 (For Sunderland), the striker went on to play 24 times in 2 years scoring just 2 goals. Name: Adama Diomade Fee: £2.12 million A big signing for Hill in 2015, the striker went on to play 64 times for Hull, but only finding the back of the net 8 times. Name: Marcos Angeleri Fee: £1.62 million A strange signing for Sunderland, the unknown defender only played twice for Sunderland in 2 years after becoming unsettled in England. This probably doesn't help us in the slightest, but it's nice to read stats and facts during the boring end of season. Make of them what you will. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robowl4life Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 To summarise, the bad list is shorter than the good list. I’ll take that 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hooper Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 1 minute ago, robowl4life said: To summarise, the bad list is shorter than the good list. I’ll take that Spot on - we're onto a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/steve-bruce/spielertransfers/trainer/447/station_id//plus/1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hookowl Posted May 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2019 36 minutes ago, Mr Hooper said: I've seen alot of posts on here talking about Bruce's previous signings, good and bad. The Good The Not So Good 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatpusher Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 what about Harry Maguire? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerwyldesmullet Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Beatpusher said: what about Harry Maguire? Yeah - promising young Owl who turned into a Blade at some point. Whatever became of him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggowl Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 To be fair our bad signings make his look not too bad!!! Abdi, Rhodes, Jones are probably my top 3 worst in the last 3 seasons! Combined cost of £12m+ and £100k+ wage per week! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 He'll be up there with Big Ron and Megson as one of our best market operators once he's finished here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcityowlsfan Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Even world class managers have signed poor players. Djemba Djemba and Kleberson were signed by Alex Ferguson. Overall though I’d say Bruce has done well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Well looking at that list he can spot a good player ( or his staff can) and he has the persona to get them in. I’m really look8ng forward to what he does here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 He generally likes to make a lot of changes doesn’t he. Bit of a mixed bag but we will see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Did he sign Morgan Fox, no...so who the flip did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlsfieldowl Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 How much he can spend is the key factor for Bruce at Wednesday. Interesting summer coming up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 14 hours ago, Hookowl said: Wasn't nice of you to superimpose that on Jos' face. I know he was a shiite manager, but show a little respect, yeah? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 10 hours ago, meggoisgod said: Did he sign Morgan Fox, no...so who the flip did? No one did. Fox just turned up and claimed squatters rights 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) I always think Bruce is in the same group as the Big Sam & Redknapp where they are able to sign and attract good players. But it’s their tactics or style of play that are questioned. Villa fans were mostly complaining about Villa’s direct style (and defeats) rather than the players Bruce signed. Im confident our team sheet will be better come August than it has been for a couple of seasons at least, even if it’s free transfers or loans Edited May 14, 2019 by Southie_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hack-Abusi Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 He does love a foreign dud signing .. but then who doesn't!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 49 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: I always think Bruce is in the same group as the Big Sam & Redknapp where they are able to sign and attract good players. But it’s their tactics or style of play that are questioned. Villa fans were mostly complaining about Villa’s direct style (and defeats) rather than the players Bruce signed. Im confident our team sheet will be better come August than it has been for a couple of seasons at least, even if it’s free transfers or loans This would perhaps be the one concern of mine, knocking the ball up to Fletcher isn’t my idea of attacking football. Hopefully, having fixed the defence, he can now address the attacking part of our game. A slight worry though, with the defence sorted, we appear to be now tinkering with it again, when there are more obvious areas that need addressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Owl Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 None of them are as bad as signing Almen Abdi or Urby Emanuelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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