Quote Originally Posted by WBA1955 View Post
I agree it's a backward step to when we were tenth in the premier league, but we aren't tenth in the premier league anymore.
The alternative to Bruce would have been giving the job to Appleton, Maresca, Morrison all of which are untested and a gamble. We can't afford to gamble the position we are in.
The plus side is we haven't lost any time in employing a manager, and we have employed possibly the only manager capable of changing things around. We are still in a good position so it's not that he has to start rebuilding.
If by chance he gets us up at the first attempt he will know exactly what type of players we will need to have a chance of staying there, and his name and experience would attract more quality than Ismael or any of the others I have mentioned.
People who wanted Rafa, Lampard, Nuno etc are living in Dreamland. These are premier league managers.


An accurate and well balanced response.