He can't. The worrying thing for me, is that I do actually rate Steve Bruce, he has, after all, achieved an awful lot in a long playing and managerial career.
So if the likes of Steve Bruce can't turn this ailing, and possibly terminally ill football club around, then who can?
I wouldn't go as far as calling him what you did in your final sentence, but yes, he showed a complete lack of disrepect to his employers in saying what he did, when he did.
What he should of said of course, was, Villa WERE a great club , not are!