Nathan Jones emulates Kean, Carver and four other managers who outstayed their welcome…
You had to admire the brass balls on Steve Kean. John Carver too who, evidently, was not “the best coach in the Premier League”. Nathan Jones joins them.
Steve Bruce
Top ten under-capped England players is a list Foden and Maddison want to avoid
Matt Le Tissier won 10 fewer England caps than Carlton Palmer. Man Utd’s double winning captain didn’t win any. James Maddison wants to avoid this list.
Howe aims thinly veiled dig at Bruce in assessment of inherited Newcastle squad – ‘Wanted to be coached’
Howe says the squad he inherited from Bruce was better than it was given credit for and “wanted to be coached”…
West Brom sack ex-Newcastle boss Steve Bruce after eight-game winless run
West Brom have parted company with manager Steve Bruce after an eight-game winless run left them sitting inside the relegation zone.
This is no West Country for old men: West Brom need to sack Steve Bruce now
West Brom need a younger, forward-thinking manager and Steve Bruce is an old man in what is becoming a young person’s game. They need some boing boing.
West Bromwich Albion need a spark that Steve Bruce doesn’t seem able to offer
West Bromwich Albion are in their second season back in the Championship following relegation, and things haven’t started very positively.
Ranking this season’s Championship managerial appointments
We’ve ranked all the Championship managerial changes this season from worst to best
Champo Big Weekend: Play-off head to heads, winless Bruce
Steve Bruce wants a win. Josh Bowler wants more goals. And the play-off race gets rather interesting.
West Brom need yet another rebuild after a collapsed ‘project’
West Brom they need another rebuild but you can’t keep doing this twice a season.
Champo Big Midweek: Bournemouth spending, Bruce’s back
Steve Bruce is back in the Championship and all eyes are on big spenders Bournemouth
Bruce keen to move on from Newcastle ‘chapter’ at West Brom
“Newcastle has gone, it was a chapter of my football life. I want them to succeed.”
Bruce appointed West Brom manager on 18-month deal
Steve Bruce will aim to make West Brom the third side he has guided to the Premier League.
Bruce ‘highly likely to accept’ West Brom job on Thursday
Bruce has been out of work for three months after being sacked by Newcastle in November.
Bruce in, Ismael out as West Brom circus moves on again
Valerien Ismael and West Brom never quite got on. Banter aside, Steve Bruce is an excellent replacement.
Pundit claims Newcastle ‘look worse than they ever did under Bruce’
“They look worse than they ever did under Bruce against Leicester… It’s now panic stations if I’m a Newcastle fan.”
Steve Bruce offered to Man Utd by his agent
Steve Bruce has emerged as a surprise candidate following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Alex Bruce confirms reports his father wants the Man Utd job
Steve Bruce was sacked at the end of last month by Newcastle United…
Schmeichel insists Bruce would be a ‘fantastic’ as new Man Utd boss
Steve Bruce was sacked by Newcastle at the end of last month…
Bruce to Man Utd ‘shouldn’t be ruled out’ as SAF backs appointment
Steve Bruce is available after being hounded out of Newcastle last month…
‘Very keen’ Bruce ready to ‘stabilise’ Man Utd dressing room
Steve Bruce left Newcastle United last month after a run of poor results…
Man Utd are not a badly run club, Bruce at OT, Rafa out and more
The Mailbox reacts to reports Steve Bruce wants the Man Utd job. Benitez is on the brink and lots more…
‘Almost impossible’ for Newcastle to appoint ‘dream’ Bruce successor
Newcastle United are still looking for a manager to replace Steve Bruce…
Pep Guardiola urges Bruce to ignore the ‘bull****’
Bruce said it may be his ‘last job’ as the abuse had ‘taken its toll’ on his family.
Newcastle to offer Staveley favourite £6m a year to replace Bruce
Newcastle would not have to stump up a fee to pay off a club as he is out of contract…
Now it’s Paulo Fonseca who is the heartless ‘European coach’
We start with a little Ronaldo, but really we are here for the pre-emptive kicking of Paulo Fonseca…
Steve Bruce has gone but football’s essential cruelty remains
Steve Bruce has finally left Newcastle United, but there’s a sadness in his comments upon leaving that exposes something cruel at football’s heart.
‘It’ll be very sad’ – Ranieri sympathises with ex-Newcastle boss Bruce
“I know it will be very sad… I am very close to him, so I can give support if I can.”
Steve Bruce by the numbers: The wins, the defeats, the signings…
With Newcastle fans waving off Steve Bruce afterhis 100th game, we look at the numbers to see if he’s all that bad…
Sympathy for Bruce, anger at Newcastle fans and more mails….
The Mailbox has sympathy for Steve Bruce. Plus, Ten Hag to Man Utd, McArthur v Griezmann and lots more…
Newcastle attacker thanks ‘gentle and caring’ Bruce after his departure
“You are, without a doubt, one of the most gentle people that I have ever met in the world of football.”