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
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.
caught half hoping time
He had it at half time but we're hoping we've caught it in time and it's not too serious.
although fear gone hospital leave rupture speculate time worst
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.
atrocious ball bit delighted few horrible night played reaction reading takes terrific time
I'm delighted for the young lads. It was a horrible night and the ball was swerving all over the place in atrocious conditions. It takes a little bit of time to settle. A few of them haven't played at this level. I thought the reaction was terrific after Reading equalized.
fair five forward four game goals looked minutes threat time
In the first 45 minutes we looked a threat every time we went forward and to be fair we could have been four or five goals up and it could have been game over at half-time,
best delighted form hope last run since time
It's been a long, long, time since he scored and I'm delighted for him too. This time last year, he went on his best run of form and I hope he does it again.
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.
chance
We've had two opportunities and to give yourself any chance here you have to take one of them and unfortunately for us we didn't.