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Had Enough Of Bruce Out, Get A Life; he's not going ANYWHERE so get over it
Topic Started: Sep 29 2006, 11:03 PM (1,683 Views)
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On the basis that i saw verylittle to convince me that we havethe right man to motivate a team. I have to sadly say that the management are letting the side down.
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Sep 30 2006, 09:04 PM
i think if at any time we slip outside the top 6 they will boot bruce out. no doubt about that. pressure will just be too much.

Bruce has TWO games left then !!!!!!!! **thumbup
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dont know about you lot but sensable conversation is out for me goodbye KRO SOTV more wine vicar??????
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Bruce's managerial miseducation is hardly the best kept secret. In a premiership season of 38 games, he steered the Midland's titanic directly into the iceberg, and as if to ensure the collision married itself to fatality anchored the ship in tortuous seas and poked holes in the life jackets!

...Last season was when the sun shone on the silver blade of the gullotine, Steven should've been broght before the peoples court and served some peoples justice! The whimper which sounded our ejection from the one credible league in the British Isles was enough to suggest to me that not only had he lost the crowd, but the players too!

...Continuity was the order of the day, and the board stuck with their man. 10 games into the season, the question remains, should he, shouldn't he? Its a sorry sight at St Andrew's today, one of empty seats, empty souls and bodies empty of craft and charisma. Wheres the drive, wheres the 'we shouldnt be in this league' bit between the teeth? Its wherever it hid itself the day Liverpool came to town!

...Maybe we do have the 'better' squad in the squagmire that is this division, but unfortunately football is played on grass not paper. Theres no motivation, no belief, and little to no 'anything'. Should Bruce go? the poverty of good performances, the all too familiar image of the punch drunk boxer clinging to the ropes for an undeserved points victory springs to mind whenever one considers our fortunes. Its not good enough, but its got us second in the league. Thus the issue of stick or twist becomes a little more complex than a simple 'yes' or 'no', as some threads might assume.

...We are not in a future threartening position, but are playing football that would suggest otherwise. Indeed the heat is on Bruce, and i for one believe the fans have earned the right to spin the dial to its maximum outtage, but i just cant see anything more than a cranking up of the temperature in the managers office for now. As long as the punch drunk Blues stay on their feet, the white towel will sit firmly in Bruce's pocket!
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You lot go into vehement defence of your own positions so quickly and so loudly that it seems you feel your position is weak. If you didn't see the handball taht the ref missed that lead directly to the goal, and that the handball followed one of the most blatant wrestlings to the floor of our player I have seen, if you undertand why their keeper was still on the pitch after he profeeesionally took out our player as last man, if you think the referee had a good game yesterday, if you think that I am making excuses for losing three points...........then I see no reason trying to debate things further with you. We obviously see totally different things.

Just one last attempt.............I think we played reasonable attacking football yesterday, I do not think we are near our best performances yet (probably three or so weeks away from that blend), we would have won the game yesetrday, even though bery unconvincingly, if it weren't for one two direct mistakes by the referee in specifically missing two fouls in the move that lead to the goal. 1-0 to Blues would have been a fair outcome, we dominated the game, they has two shots on goal.

But again if you are determined that Bruce will fail and see and report everything so that you justify your position then the debate is over isn't it? If that clouds your judgement so much, then I really do fear for the future of BCFC, we seem to have so many people who whould prefer to see Blues fail just so they protect their reputations. It will happen again with the next manager or another player on and on and on.
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But why are we still 3 or so weeks away from our best performances????

At the start of the season the story was there's a lot of new players they need time to gel (how I hate that phrase) well we're now 9 weeks in to the season. Other sides have settled down (I have to refer you to Cardiff) so why not Blues?

If you refer me to the injuries your harking back to the same reasons as last year you can't keep on complaining about bad luck with injuries.

We haven't put out a team for over 2yrs all we've done is name 16 individuals and hoped they'd somehow perform.
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Wisel
Oct 1 2006, 08:20 AM
... we seem to have so many people who whould prefer to see Blues fail just so they protect their reputations.

I'm not sure comments like this do much to unite fans.

Irrespective of anyones views, we all want Birmingham City FC to be a success. You do, I do, we all do. We just disagree on how that success is best achieved.



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Oct 1 2006, 08:49 AM
Wisel
Oct 1 2006, 08:20 AM
... we seem to have so many people who whould prefer to see Blues fail just so they protect their reputations.

I'm not sure comments like this do much to unite fans.

Irrespective of anyones views, we all want Birmingham City FC to be a success. You do, I do, we all do. We just disagree on how that success is best achieved.

Not that I have any reputation within professional football but I'd happily see my view that SB is inept thrown back in my face if it meant that Blues were playing convincing football, dominating matches and winning on a regular basis.
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But why are we still 3 or so weeks away from our best performances???? Just my opinion, just how I feel it is going.

At the start of the season the story was there's a lot of new players they need time to gel (how I hate that phrase) well we're now 9 weeks in to the season. Other sides have settled down (I have to refer you to Cardiff) so why not Blues? Cardiff had the heart of the team they have now, we have changed 80% of our team

If you refer me to the injuries your harking back to the same reasons as last year you can't keep on complaining about bad luck with injuries. I didn't mewntion injuries, did I.
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Wisel
Oct 1 2006, 08:20 AM
... we seem to have so many people who whould prefer to see Blues fail just so they protect their reputations.

I'm not sure comments like this do much to unite fans.

Irrespective of anyones views, we all want Birmingham City FC to be a success. You do, I do, we all do. We just disagree on how that success is best achieved.

BUt why hide the truth?
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Oct 1 2006, 01:40 PM
But why are we still 3 or so weeks away from our best performances???? Just my opinion, just how I feel it is going.

At the start of the season the story was there's a lot of new players they need time to gel (how I hate that phrase) well we're now 9 weeks in to the season. Other sides have settled down (I have to refer you to Cardiff) so why not Blues? Cardiff had the heart of the team they have now, we have changed 80% of our team

If you refer me to the injuries your harking back to the same reasons as last year you can't keep on complaining about bad luck with injuries. I didn't mewntion injuries, did I.

Wisel I've just checked on the Cardiff 16 from yesterday 75% were not with the club this time last year. 4 were there last all last season 2 signed in January and the rest signed in the close season. That is pretty much the same squad they've used all season.

80% settled squad? - Nope just a fresh as ours.
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I don't beleive we should concern ourselves with how Cardiff do. Its about how we do that counts. They have had a great start and look good, we have had a poor start and are just behind them.
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Oct 1 2006, 05:27 PM
I don't beleive we should concern ourselves with how Cardiff do. Its about how we do that counts. They have had a great start and look good, we have had a poor start and are just behind them.

Think this 2 week break will be a blessing. Loads of time for training to improve weak areas, players will be raring to go after a break and hopefully the attendance will be higher.. The low attedance must affect the players confidence, and as for booing from the faithful, this can only contribute negatively.
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Wisel
Sep 30 2006, 09:01 PM
Here's another, right up your street. What did you think of the referee today?


I thought that it was a typical Gordon Bennett performance

ps why are you typing in claret?
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Steve Bruce will be gone Tuesday, after the board has it's weekly get together.
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Oct 1 2006, 06:54 PM
Wisel
Sep 30 2006, 09:01 PM
Here's another, right up your street. What did you think of the referee today?


I thought that it was a typical Gordon Bennett performance

ps why are you typing in claret?

Zam how are you?

I do not think i have seen a worse performance by a referee, in many many years. :(
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Fine thanks Willie. Bennett imo, is one of the most consistent refs on the panel. Consistently rubbish that is. So, a dire performance yesterday from him was no real surprise
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Oct 1 2006, 06:56 PM
Steve Bruce will be gone Tuesday, after the board has it's weekly get together.

Dream on Intruder
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Oct 1 2006, 07:01 PM
Fine thanks Willie. Bennett imo, is one of the most consistent refs on the panel. Consistently rubbish that is. So, a dire performance yesterday from him was no real surprise

Well its says a lot when he makes Rennie look good :whistle:
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Oct 1 2006, 05:56 PM
Steve Bruce will be gone Tuesday, after the board has it's weekly get together.

Only hope you're right Intruder
Monday would have been better......gives us an extra day to negotiate with with 'Curbs'

I've read the general opinions of Blues fans on a lot of these threads since the end of the Leicester game and I'm convinced more than 80 per cent of fans would like to see Mr Bruce now shown the door and find a man with new ideas and the tactical nous..........Without doubt and also considering he was a very popular player here for 4 years Mr Curbishley fits the bill perfectly

KRO
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The standard of reffing continues to go down the bog imo. There were some woeful decisions yesterday made in the Premiership. Felt sorry in particular for the Liverpool keeper.

People are calling for the head of Bruce, but what about Keith Hackett. He is ultimately responsible for the standard of refereeing in this country, and it's absolutely appalling still
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Oct 1 2006, 06:09 PM
The standard of reffing continues to go down the bog imo. There were some woeful decisions yesterday made in the Premiership. Felt sorry in particular for the Liverpool keeper.

People are calling for the head of Bruce, but what about Keith Hackett. He is ultimately responsible for the standard of refereeing in this country, and it's absolutely appalling still

Good point

But Sir Alex,Martin Jol and David Moyes constantly moan about referee decisions but accept that those ''breaks for and against you" tend to even out over a whole season

One manager who should NOT be moaning referees is Jose Mourhino who again gained an advantage from terrible refereeing when their opening goal v Vile was allowed to stand

I agree the refereeing standards around the world are poor (not just in this nation) but the only answer is professional referees with many of them being ex players and of course introducing video replays for crucial decisions in the box and on the goal line
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Oct 1 2006, 06:50 PM
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Oct 1 2006, 05:56 PM
Steve Bruce will be gone Tuesday, after the board has it's weekly get together.

The board don't have a weekly get together, ejit

And this you know how ??

By the way do you ever go to St Andrews ???

I asked you this a while back and never got an answer

And without sounding provocative,it's merely a question you yourself have often asked of other supporters on here so in that respect I think the question is a valid one AND a fair one
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Oct 1 2006, 06:50 PM
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Oct 1 2006, 05:56 PM
Steve Bruce will be gone Tuesday, after the board has it's weekly get together.

The board don't have a weekly get together,

blooming well do - done by video link, they talked about it often enough towards the end of last season when SB's job was under review...



as for the bit go and :banghead: you can't even have an argument without name calling, so you probably are a vile fan!
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Oct 1 2006, 07:06 PM
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Oct 1 2006, 06:50 PM
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Oct 1 2006, 05:56 PM
Steve Bruce will be gone Tuesday, after the board has it's weekly get together.

The board don't have a weekly get together, ejit

blooming well do - done by video link, they talked about it often enough towards the end of last season when SB's job was under review...



as for the ejit bit go and :banghead: you can't even have an argument without name calling, so you probably are a vile fan!

Spot on **thumbup **thumbup **thumbup
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