Originally Posted by
ghostrider
Bruce has has 22 premier league games trying to put his own stamp on a Rafa drilled outfit that went backwards from the season before.
Rafa had over 3 seasons to hone his own squad to end up going backwards.
Bruce has had half a season to get a portion of fans off his back and negativity against him down to a manageable level and then to get the players Rafa coached into his way of thinking, whilst also trying to integrate the players Rafa discarded, back into the fold, on top of having to try and integrate new signings also into that fold.
The football's been hit and miss in terms of enjoyment and not too different from Rafa's in the same earlier period of the season.
What Bruce manages from this point on remains to be seen. It's not written.
I think Bruce has done a decent job as it stands and I'm more than happy to see him put more of his stamp on the club for the remainder of this season.
From that point on I'll see where we're at in terms of league position and whether the squad appears to be gaining in stature and quality and whether the mindset of the dressing room appears positive .
This all remains to be seen because, like I said, it's not written yet.
But it's looking reasonably good so far, given the circumstances of change and injuries..