Phil Neville - Steve Bruce is a top manager

[fletcher]

Decent championship manager. Has proven over and over again he isn't a top manager.

Usually has a good first year (us, Hull) then falls away in the second.

 

[lurker]

What's he won ?

What have we won? Double relegations and a shite new owner?

 

[Binxy]

He's an average Premier League manager, he was average at Sunderland (we became bored with this) and he'll be average at Newcastle (They'll become bored of this).

 

[lurker]

Ludicrous to say he is a 'top' manager. Top Managers win things. He is a middle of the road championship manager at best. He has never built a club. His approach is short-termist and cheque book based, and hes still not very good at that.

I forgot we should be attracting managers like Pep Guardiola

 

[Confucius]

You've forgotten a certain safc marra

I don't want to associate the club with him marra. I threw coins at him and broke through his police cordon whilst he was here

 

[naughtynose]

Top manager

 

[lurker]

Good championship manager and at best he’ll get you comfortable mid table in the prem.

Pretty much like Rafas time at the mags.

If settle for that, for the rest of my life

 

[Gorillacop]

What's he won ?

The same as Dyche, Poch, etc all lorded as top managers, won fuck all in England.

 

[burb]

10 times better than Phil Parkinson.

 

[Fievel]

There's no good metric that makes Steve Bruce a top manager. He is, at best, average. He did a decent but unspectacular job at Hull. Aston Villa was a failure. To make up for his inevitable slump in the new year, Newcastle should really be in a better position than where they are now in the league.

 

[Kermit]

I forgot we should be attracting managers like Pep Guardiola

At what point did i say i was discussing our managerial vacancy? This thread was about whether he is a top manager. Good attempt at trying to be a smart arse though.

 

[ontap]

10 times better than Phil Parkinson.

10 times the price as well

 

[PhilSAFC]

Does the op ever post anything that isn’t pro Newcastle?

 

[Kermit]

I stand corrected on this if I’m wrong but is there anybody currently managing who has taken charge of more premier league football matches than Steve Bruce? I think only Arsenal Wenger had when he was still in employment at Arsenal

I dont know if you are correct on this mate, i think moyes is up there, possibly allardyce. This however doesnt make him a top manager by any stretch. Top managers manage top clubs, hes never been anywhere near.

 

[Latka Gravas]

10 times better than Phil Parkinson.

Not much of an accolade

 

[BucketBiff]

We all knows what happens once he has his purple patch. Happens everywhere he goes and why he is universally hated by the fans of most his old clubs. Let them enjoy it as the fall out will be spectacular

 

[Slow joe]

He's not even close to being a top manager. Just a run of the mill average one. That's not a bad thing mind.

 

[Mackemansj1]

2 wins in about a year wasn’t it ?
Aye canny form for a top manager that like

Rewriting of history by some, he’s a good championship lower mid table premier league manager nowt more. He loaded our squad with shite that meant we were hamstrung years after he’d got the boot.

 

[Daffy]

Top pastie muncher

 

[Daveynic]

I’m starting to think they could appoint Basil Brush and he’d be relatively successful. They have had some crap and always come out of it well