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Taken From Todays Mirror; and couldnt have put it better myself
Topic Started: May 1 2006, 02:16 PM (765 Views)
tamworth_blue
Geoff Horsfield
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"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now
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BluenoseRich
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It did help that Portsmouth had a billionaire takeover allowing them to get about 9 new players in, and all our board allowed was DJ Campbell... planning for relegation I'm afraid
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tamworth_blue
Geoff Horsfield
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BluenoseRich
May 1 2006, 02:40 PM
It did help that Portsmouth had a billionaire takeover allowing them to get about 9 new players in, and all our board allowed was DJ Campbell... planning for relegation I'm afraid

or no faith or trust in SB and his track record?
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Jolly Jack
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tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 02:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries"

How about spending the whole of last summer on TWO foreign tours intead of putting the lads through some serious Cardio Vascular groundwork. Poor Preparation leads to a **** Poor Performance, the blame can only be on the manager.
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tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 02:47 PM
BluenoseRich
May 1 2006, 02:40 PM
It did help that Portsmouth had a billionaire takeover allowing them to get about 9 new players in, and all our board allowed was DJ Campbell... planning for relegation I'm afraid

or no faith or trust in SB and his track record?

I think that was a factor too
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Wisel
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tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.
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tamworth_blue
Geoff Horsfield
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Wisel
May 1 2006, 03:33 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.

quite an insulting post from the angel of the posts

and even if he isnt then, he is totally spot on with his summation of the situation
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Wisel
May 1 2006, 03:33 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.

I know, which is why his comments are even more damning, because if he can spot it (and if you disagree, please state why you disagree)...
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SpokesT
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Memorable if only for the fact that the Mirror have actually made an incisive and well judged report on our situation, must be a first ;)
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Wisel
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tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 04:42 PM
Wisel
May 1 2006, 03:33 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.

quite an insulting post from the angel of the posts

and even if he isnt then, he is totally spot on with his summation of the situation

An insult I agree, but not to anyone on this board. There is a big difference. There are no rules on this board saying you cannot insult journalists.
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Joe
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tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 02:47 PM
BluenoseRich
May 1 2006, 02:40 PM
It did help that Portsmouth had a billionaire takeover allowing them to get about 9 new players in, and all our board allowed was DJ Campbell... planning for relegation I'm afraid

or no faith or trust in SB and his track record?

If there's no faith in Bruce and his track record, why are they going to carry on with him in the Championship?
He has bought some terrible players and made major mistakers this season but in January he wasn't allowed to sign the players we really needed. That's not a loss of faith in Bruce etc, it's just a downright miserly attitude from the board who thought they could stay up on the cheap. Portsmouth were prepared to spend, we weren't. And when Bruce goes, the same will happen. The manager will get the blame, the board will get off scot free. Wake up people.
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tamworth_blue
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Wisel
May 1 2006, 05:51 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 04:42 PM
Wisel
May 1 2006, 03:33 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.

quite an insulting post from the angel of the posts

and even if he isnt then, he is totally spot on with his summation of the situation

An insult I agree, but not to anyone on this board. There is a big difference. There are no rules on this board saying you cannot insult journalists.

ok so its an insult when you decide it is

I must stop answering your posts as you are annoying me to the extreme
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Wisel
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tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 07:55 PM
Wisel
May 1 2006, 05:51 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 04:42 PM
Wisel
May 1 2006, 03:33 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.

quite an insulting post from the angel of the posts

and even if he isnt then, he is totally spot on with his summation of the situation

An insult I agree, but not to anyone on this board. There is a big difference. There are no rules on this board saying you cannot insult journalists.

ok so its an insult when you decide it is

I must stop answering your posts as you are annoying me to the extreme

Not when I decide tammy, when the board decides. read rule one. It had nothing to do with me.
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tamworth_blue
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Wisel
May 1 2006, 07:06 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 07:55 PM
Wisel
May 1 2006, 05:51 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 04:42 PM
Wisel
May 1 2006, 03:33 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.

quite an insulting post from the angel of the posts

and even if he isnt then, he is totally spot on with his summation of the situation

An insult I agree, but not to anyone on this board. There is a big difference. There are no rules on this board saying you cannot insult journalists.

ok so its an insult when you decide it is

I must stop answering your posts as you are annoying me to the extreme

Not when I decide tammy, when the board decides. read rule one. It had nothing to do with me.

you are boring to the extreme, with your pedantic, self rigeous, I am right all the time views.

The post was about a comment. whatever your damn views which is of no interest to anyone, I was making a point that IN MY OPINION (yes I do have a right to an opinion) he has summed our situation with pin point accuracy, something you have failed to do in so many posts today
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Wisel
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Look tammy, I can't help it if I'm right all the time. lol
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nick_p
May 1 2006, 03:54 PM
Wisel
May 1 2006, 03:33 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 03:16 PM
"Bruce may wonder what he can possibly have done to suffer so much misfortune with injuries, but he loaded the dice against himself by buying crocks and rushing players back too quickly.

"Too little attacking ambition was another killer blow. Trapped with Portsmouth in the relegation inferno, Birmingham simply tried to hold their breath before being overpowered by the smoke while their rivals gamely smashed through the ceiling to safety."

and 2 good enough reasons why he should go and go now

Martin Rogers ~ not the brightest bauble on the Xmas tree.

I know, which is why his comments are even more damning, because if he can spot it (and if you disagree, please state why you disagree)...

Probably came on here to read some of the posts. <_<
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k-bek
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It was a boardroom decision to hold our breath and hope the smoke didn't overpower us.

Portsmouth were given a massive lift, like we were when we signed Dugarry, at the exact right time.

What did we get? A debate about the signing of Sutton who many hadn't wanted, DJ Campbell- not a World beater but a good prospect and Latka. WOW! lol

Portsmouth's board did what was necessary to survive. Ours didn't. The manager vcan't be blamed for lack of investment. As for Sullivan saying he will beinvolved with picking potential new signings, it'll never work. Has he not learned his lesson. He has persistentl;y interfered with signings and none of his have ever worked starting right back with Danny Wallace.
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change the subject K-Bek. how can it be the boards fault that we play hoofball allt he time. Not have a plan B when hoofball fails. Play players in positions they were not acustomed to. make substitutions that know one could answer but Bruce.

He was talking about on the pitch too, wnd even you should admit we were clueless for most the time, lacking direction, tactics, motivation
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k-bek
May 1 2006, 10:42 PM
It was a boardroom decision to hold our breath and hope the smoke didn't overpower us.

Portsmouth were given a massive lift, like we were when we signed Dugarry, at the exact right time.

What did we get? A debate about the signing of Sutton who many hadn't wanted, DJ Campbell- not a World beater but a good prospect and Latka. WOW! lol

Portsmouth's board did what was necessary to survive. Ours didn't. The manager vcan't be blamed for lack of investment. As for Sullivan saying he will beinvolved with picking potential new signings, it'll never work. Has he not learned his lesson. He has persistentl;y interfered with signings and none of his have ever worked starting right back with Danny Wallace.

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It was a boardroom decision to hold our breath and hope the smoke didn't overpower us.


no it wasn't.


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Portsmouth's board did what was necessary to survive. Ours didn't. The manager vcan't be blamed for lack of investment.


Yes he can. re my other post about SB telling the board that all the injured players were back. and would not need to spend.

A fact you seem to ignore. why is that ??
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May 2 2006, 06:17 AM


Yes he can. re my other post about SB telling the board that all the injured players were back. and would not need to spend.


Irrespective of who is right in the was it bruce's or was it the boards fault one thing I will never accept is that Bruce said he did not need to spend. It would be just too out of character for him or almost any other manager.

If funds were readily available he would have spent them. Whether it would have been wisely and made a difference we will never know.

What I can believe is that Bruce passed on the opinion that Dunn, Izzett, Forsell etc would all be back and fully fit and that the board used this as a reason not to spend.
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May 2 2006, 07:24 AM
Willie
May 2 2006, 06:17 AM


Yes he can. re my other post about SB telling the board that all the injured players were back. and would not need to spend.


Irrespective of who is right in the was it bruce's or was it the boards fault one thing I will never accept is that Bruce said he did not need to spend. It would be just too out of character for him or almost any other manager.

If funds were readily available he would have spent them. Whether it would have been wisely and made a difference we will never know.

What I can believe is that Bruce passed on the opinion that Dunn, Izzett, Forsell etc would all be back and fully fit and that the board used this as a reason not to spend.

So DG is lying then because that is what he said.
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May 1 2006, 03:58 PM
tamworth_blue
May 1 2006, 02:47 PM
BluenoseRich
May 1 2006, 02:40 PM
It did help that Portsmouth had a billionaire takeover allowing them to get about 9 new players in, and all our board allowed was DJ Campbell... planning for relegation I'm afraid

or no faith or trust in SB and his track record?

I think that was a factor too

i dont go for those theories, but i do think both the board and management teams displayed a staggering level of arrogance and smugness by believing we had enough "in the pot" to outlast our relegation rivals..perhaps now they'll learn that standing still is going backwards in the prem... :(
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May 2 2006, 07:01 AM
change the subject K-Bek. how can it be the boards fault that we play hoofball allt he time. Not have a plan B when hoofball fails. Play players in positions they were not acustomed to. make substitutions that know one could answer but Bruce.

He was talking about on the pitch too, wnd even you should admit we were clueless for most the time, lacking direction, tactics, motivation

We do not play hoofball tammy
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Willie
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May 2 2006, 09:01 AM
tamworth_blue
May 2 2006, 07:01 AM
change the subject K-Bek. how can it be the boards fault that we play hoofball allt he time. Not have a plan B when hoofball fails. Play players in positions they were not acustomed to. make substitutions that know one could answer but Bruce.

He was talking about on the pitch too, wnd even you should admit we were clueless for most the time, lacking direction, tactics, motivation

We do not play hoofball tammy

:o Oh yes we do
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jads
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May 2 2006, 05:52 PM
Wisel
May 2 2006, 09:01 AM
tamworth_blue
May 2 2006, 07:01 AM
change the subject K-Bek. how can it be the boards fault that we play hoofball allt he time. Not have a plan B when hoofball fails. Play players in positions they were not acustomed to. make substitutions that know one could answer but Bruce.

He was talking about on the pitch too, wnd even you should admit we were clueless for most the time, lacking direction, tactics, motivation

We do not play hoofball tammy

:o Oh yes we do

Can you shout a bit louder Willie we didn't hear u :lol:

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