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
collapse dreadful hammered pillar players post rightly sleeves week
My players have been rightly hammered from pillar to post this week but at least they rolled their sleeves up and didn't collapse after that dreadful start.
added advantage player quality second
He is a quality player and also has the added advantage of being able to play as a second striker.
available bigger magic players
There is no magic formula, we have just got our bigger and better players available again.
attitude attractive basics change gave hard improve months past philosophy players rely restore sports tried trying
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.
player powerful strong
He's a powerful midfielder player who's very strong in the air. It's his versatility that really appeals.
player powerful strong
He's a powerful midfielder player who's very strong in the air, ... It's his versatility that really appeals.
available convinced head players realistic stay
It's so frustrating. I'm convinced we would stay up if players like those two were available but we have got to be realistic now. In my head I'm just dismissing them.
bid opening
The opening bid is laughable. It is so derisory.
reading side wrong
Too often we are reading about him on the wrong side of the newspaper-he should be on the back pages, not the front.
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.
hoped impeccable record taken upset
We are upset Emile has got another ban. He has an impeccable record and we hoped it would have been taken into account.
battered courage
We've been battered all week, and at least (the players) have responded. We showed courage to take them on.
cannot elementary gave half level mistakes penalty second until
We were in it up until the second half when we gave the penalty away. At this level you cannot make elementary mistakes like that.
cannot life support
We have done everything we can to support him. But we cannot live his life for him.