i liked us under steve bruce.
the problem was, bruce wanted to kick on and push for europe, he wanted money to go out and buy players, better players than what we had. he wanted to us to spend bigger and attract better players.
the reason i believe he left, is that dave whelan didnt share his ambition and was afraid to spend what bruce wanted to spend, in hindsight due to what has happened to some clubs since, you could argue that whelan was correct not to back bruce?…hence the reason bruce joined sunderland and why wouldnt he?..bigger club, bigger fan base, more money.
anyways, like i said, i liked us under bruce, i always came away from the game thinking we gave our all out on the pitch and tho the football was abit more direct, it wasnt long ball and we had some skilful players i.e palacios, valencia.
i’d rather have that team and that manager, than the current one.
