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NUFC Gubbins thread.

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andyj73 said:
.. Gona get pelters, but I thought he did a cany job here until it went sour .. And while it was right to get rid of him when we did, I do think he was a little unluckily with the way our best forwards pissed off ..
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I was canny chuffed about his appointment for us after googling news stories about his time with Wigan.

A few posts on their message board swiftly dashed any hope of well-scouted players, good results and decent football from angry Wigan fans.

Bruce is a genius at protecting his reputation. You don’t know what you’re saddled with until he rocks up and the shit show begins.

I certainly don’t miss his patter which hasn’t changed at all going by those quotes.

It’s never, ever his fault :cool:
 
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Mags hate him cos he ain’t a geordie.
Ask Brucie’s, he’ll tell you, everybody hates him. When he was a kid they had to tie a lamb chop round his neck so the dog would play with him.
 
MarcoG said:
Do people genuinely believe that Steve Bruce is a better manager and has been better for them than Benitez? Because I mean, it's just quite obviously not true.

I don't know who's winding who up any more on here.
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How it is obvious, they have a similar record fo nufc
 
Davyred said:
To be fair, Almiron is fuckin shite.


There's the flaw in your argument.
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ferryhill mackem said:
thats because the mls is a pile of shite. His record in the mls is similar to when he’s played league 1 sides in the cup
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The flaw in both your arguments is that talent doesn't care where it plays. Alphonso Davies just won everything he could pretty much with Bayern Munich and he was playing in MLS. Tyler Adams is doing the same with RB Leipzig after being at New York Red Bulls. Gio Reyna would have played for NYCFC comfortably had he not decided to up and leave. I know Jozy Altidore haunts this club, but MLS is a league trending upwards and part of that is because it's getting younger talent on board.

That doesn't mean there aren't some stinkers in there, or defending that would make you wince, but you could say that of many leagues. The general standard of MLS isn't as high as Europe, but it still has good players floating about.
 
Is Gerrrarrd kind of boring, safety first football? Be class if they got him he'd drive them nuts.
Mind you, he could put his Champions League medal in the mag trophy cabinet :lol:
 
ilovehorswill said:
I was canny chuffed about his appointment for us after googling news stories about his time with Wigan.

A few posts on their message board swiftly dashed any hope of well-scouted players, good results and decent football from angry Wigan fans.

Bruce is a genius at protecting his reputation. You don’t know what you’re saddled with until he rocks up and the shit show begins.

I certainly don’t miss his patter which hasn’t changed at all going by those quotes.

It’s never, ever his fault :cool:
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Good sir, I thank you. I have not been able to put my finger on how I feel about Bruce, but that nails it. He is very good at protecting his reputation and getting excuses in first
 
Carrick18 said:
The flaw in both your arguments is that talent doesn't care where it plays. Alphonso Davies just won everything he could pretty much with Bayern Munich and he was playing in MLS. Tyler Adams is doing the same with RB Leipzig after being at New York Red Bulls. Gio Reyna would have played for NYCFC comfortably had he not decided to up and leave. I know Jozy Altidore haunts this club, but MLS is a league trending upwards and part of that is because it's getting younger talent on board.

That doesn't mean there aren't some stinkers in there, or defending that would make you wince, but you could say that of many leagues. The general standard of MLS isn't as high as Europe, but it still has good players floating about.
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you've mentioned three good players there. Almiron is shite and just like jozy can’t cut it in a top league
 
Carrick18 said:
The flaw in both your arguments is that talent doesn't care where it plays. Alphonso Davies just won everything he could pretty much with Bayern Munich and he was playing in MLS. Tyler Adams is doing the same with RB Leipzig after being at New York Red Bulls. Gio Reyna would have played for NYCFC comfortably had he not decided to up and leave. I know Jozy Altidore haunts this club, but MLS is a league trending upwards and part of that is because it's getting younger talent on board.

That doesn't mean there aren't some stinkers in there, or defending that would make you wince, but you could say that of many leagues. The general standard of MLS isn't as high as Europe, but it still has good players floating about.
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ferryhill mackem said:
you've mentioned three good players there. Almiron is shite and just like jozy can’t cut it in a top league
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Almiron was terrible under Rafa not scoring a single goal or having one single assist in any league game under his old manager. Under Bruce he did at least manage 8 goals in league and cup :lol:
 
He is awful like but he is not doing as well as can be expected with that team. For all the money Rafa spent the team he put together was awful imo, tbf he did well to get them playing above their level. Bruce comes along buys maximin and Wilson and they instantly are their best players. The problem for mags is Rafa was before bruce and not the other around as bruce knows how do put a decent team together, if they did ever get Rafa back they'd be insane to let him have any say on who they signed.
 
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ferryhill mackem said:
you've mentioned three good players there. Almiron is shite and just like jozy can’t cut it in a top league
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Nah, sorry we'll have to agree to disagree on this one, he may not be an elite attacker, but the notion he couldn't cut it in a top league is untrue. He could go to La Liga tomorrow and be a top half player no bother.

rentaghost said:
Almiron was terrible under Rafa not scoring a single goal or having one single assist in any league game under his old manager. Under Bruce he did at least manage 8 goals in league and cup :lol:
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Do I need to dust off my powerpoint presentation on why Goals and Assists are a very bad way to judge a player?
 
Carrick18 said:
Nah, sorry we'll have to agree to disagree on this one, he may not be an elite attacker, but the notion he couldn't cut it in a top league is untrue. He could go to La Liga tomorrow and be a top half player no bother.


Do I need to dust off my powerpoint presentation on why Goals and Assists are a very bad way to judge a player?
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If you can find one that can put a positive spin on an attack minded player that doesn't get a single goal and a single assist for a manager then fill your boots.
 
Sabre Mag said:
To be honest I don’t even know if I felt this much disdain towards Pardew. I honestly think it’s equal part horrific, abysmal, clueless football combined with his utterly deluded interviews. The recent Leeds game he said we matched them for 80 minutes when they had battered us from pillar to post.
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Pardew won the manager ofthe year award with you lot. When he walked out on you, you immediately plummeted to the bottom of the league and nearly got relegated. Then you actually did get relegated the season after. You’ve never got back to the heights he had you at when he walked.

If you had disdain for him, then you were never ever going to like Bruce.
 
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