I BET

and look what we pi$$ed the compensation on too

are you saying we are better off with Roberto than Bruce? They had similar records

Bruce – 98 games at Sunderland – Won 29, Drew 28, Lost 41
Martinex – 101 games at Wigan – Won 25, Drew 29, Lost 47

Its incorrect to say that Steve Bruce bankrupted us.

Aside from the fact that the club was never bankrupt, Steve Bruce only spent the money that Dave Whelan told him that he could spend. Its not as if Whelan told him he had a transfer & wage budget of £10mill & Bruce went out, said sod it & spent £30mill instead.
Every manager we’ve ever had operates within the budgets that the club allows – its only Whelan decided 6 months before Bruce left that the business model the club had been operating wasn’t sustainable & decided to try & start making it self-sufficient

as far as martinez goes i dont think he can cut the mustard at prem level.

And I think if you check back he has already cut the fckin mustard twice already.

I didn’t say he had bankrupted us, but if he came back now & run up the sort of losses he did when he was manager, we would be insolvent,specially now Whelan has converted his debt to equity.

You are right to say it is dependent on the chairman but the above results are comparing one manager Bruce who racked up £15m in losses in one year versus Martinez who is managing the club to break even.

Hes done better at Sunderland but racked up a whopping £28m losses there

it also stands to reason that if Martinez had £15m more to spend than Bruce his record might be better

It depends waht you want, a short term motivator who will get the club saddled with debt or someone will take a longer term view and rebuild the club from grass roots upwards whilst making it sustainable instead of being reliant on one man

I didn’t say he had bankrupted us, but if he came back now & run up the sort of losses he did when he was manager, we would be insolvent,specially now Whelan has converted his debt to equity.

You are right to say it is dependent on the chairman but the above results are comparing one manager Bruce who racked up £15m in losses in one year versus Martinez who is managing the club to break even.

Hes done better at Sunderland but racked up a whopping £28m losses there

it also stands to reason that if Martinez had £15m more to spend than Bruce his record might be better

It depends waht you want, a short term motivator who will get the club saddled with debt or someone will take a longer term view and rebuild the club from grass roots upwards whilst making it sustainable instead of being reliant on one man[/quote]

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