Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce
Stephen Roger "Steve" Bruceis an English professional football manager and former player who is currently without a club, having left Hull City in July 2016. Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, he was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by several professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham. Bruce was offered an apprenticeship and went on to play more than 200 games for the club before joining Norwich City...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth31 December 1960
played pleased
I thought he responded like a man. There were no frills about it, but he played his part and I was pleased for him and with his performance.
available carefully finale hoped injuries matthew
We had eased Matthew back carefully after his other injuries and had hoped he would be available for the finale to the season.
bring develops money options
We haven't got a lot of money in the coffers. We must bring in the right person. We will see what develops so we need to keep our options open.
applied convinced game half honest hour laws problem rather red referee rules shown spectacle
The problem we have is that we are too honest in the Premiership. The rules are applied to the extreme. We all know the referee was right under the laws to show the red card, but I'm convinced he would rather have shown just yellow. It killed the game as a spectacle because in the first half hour I thought we were fractionally the better side.
year
We have already exercised the two year option.
bit resilience
We've got to show a bit more resilience than we did tonight. We are in a relegation scrap.
fed savage teeth
I do not want to give Robbie Savage any more publicity. I am fed up to the back teeth with him.
chance full hoping join towards training
Butt has a chance and we are hoping he can join in full training towards the end of the week.
happen proves wins
Portsmouth have had back to back wins so it proves anything can happen between now and the end of the season.
deal sort stay
Nicky is the same sort of thing as Jiri. If we stay up, there is a proviso for a deal to be done with Newcastle.
deserve legs red
Nicky has flicked at him between the legs - but does that deserve a red card?
against bubbling everybody felt lose months point six sure time turning
Six months is a long time to keep everybody bubbling along, making sure they do not lose their confidence. The big turning point was the humiliation we felt against Liverpool.
absolute games guys lose media territory word
You guys in the media use this word 'pressure'. You lose two games and you are under pressure. It's absolute nonsense. Laughable. But that's the territory we're in.
bid opening
The opening bid is laughable. It is so derisory.