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
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We're seeing a lot of speculative money coming in. Anyone who's bought in this market on the belief of El Nino devastation has lost money.
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We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost. We have given ourselves a fighting chance with the way we performed in the previous three games and the lads gave everything today as well.
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We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost.
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With my mother being Irish it was a close call. I nearly went, but I decided against it as we were going to be hindered as a club at Manchester United with the five foreigners rule.
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We fear a rupture of his Achilles. That could leave him out for a long time although we don't want to speculate at this juncture. He has gone to hospital for a scan but we do fear the worst for him.
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We were near pandemonium conditions in the spring and summer when we realized that, yes, we were running out of corn at the time. (But) now, we're seeing a 180-degree turn from that.
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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.
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We were just chasing the game and trying to do something about it. Liverpool picked us off at will...They were a far, far superior team on the night.
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We have already exercised the two year option.
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We had to restore the attitude of being hard to beat. Over the past 18 months we've tried to change that philosophy because you try to improve by getting in better players and trying to play more open, attractive football. We had to go back to basics and to do that I had to rely on players who have been with me a long time. I always know what I'm going to get off them and they gave everything they could.
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I would like to strengthen defensively. We are very light there but I am not going to hold my breath. We've had a bit of money to spend, there is a bit left but I don't think we are really close at the moment.
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I would like to thank the fans personally for the backing they've given us this season. They're a wonderful bunch and even in times of huge disappointment, they stuck right with it.
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We had eased Matthew back carefully after his other injuries and had hoped he would be available for the finale to the season.
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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.