Quote Originally Posted by bix01 View Post
Even ASM was praising Bruce for helping him settle, being straight with him etc. and obviously genuinely liked the bloke but didn’t really praise his managerial abilities, tactical genius, pioneering training sections etc. etc. - the sort of stuff a decent manager would be good at.
I would imagine the majority of the players, if not all, are relieved that he's gone and the prospect of a top manager/coach preparing them and controlling the game will be exiting the players just as much as the fans.

Win, draw, or lose the next match the players' attitude and the fight they put up will show this.