Steve Bruce

13 hours ago, WimJunk said:

Sacked by Blackpool today. Worth another go?

Behave

15 hours ago, WimJunk said:

Sacked by Blackpool today. Worth another go?

Like we haven't got enough problems already.

Leave him alone. He's our record sale isn't he?

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Blackpool have sacked veteran boss Steve Bruce after one year in charge following a poor start to the League One season.

The 64-year-old, who has managed over 1,000 games, replaced Neil Critchley at Bloomfield Road in September 2024.

He guided them to a ninth-placed finish last season and hopes were high for a promotion push this time around.

However, Saturday's home defeat by AFC Wimbledon was a seventh defeat in 11 league games and left them second from bottom.

Assistant head coach Steve Agnew and first-team coach Stephen Clemence have also left the club with coaches Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks put in interim charge until a replacement is appointed.

Not saying Steve isn’t a perfectly fine name, as King Stephen of England, Steve ‘interesting’ Davis and Umpire Steve Buckner would surely all atest, but can you have too much of a good Steve thing?

I would put Bruce in same bracket at Tony Pulis and Mick Mccarthy.
Had good managerial careers, were good at getting a punch of average players organised and getting best out of them.
But they time has come and gone now and they all seem a bit dated.