[Football] Baggies bag Bruce?

lawros left foot · Feb 2, 2022

Looks like Steve Bruce is the new Baggies manager.

How funny would it be to see the Baggies promoted and Newcastle relegated. :lol:

schmunk · Feb 2, 2022

lawros left foot said:
Looks like Steve Bruce is the new Baggies manager.

How funny would it be to see the Baggies promoted and Newcastle relegated.

And how...!*

*e

Swansman · Feb 2, 2022

Could see it happening. Could also see it working out reasonably well, Bruce knows the league and the squad appears to be one that fits his "style" of football.

lawros left foot · Feb 2, 2022

It’ll be Bruce’s 11th club as manager.

I like him as a bloke, seems a nice fella, and let’s not forget how he left Palace in the cack, but, how has he held 11 managers jobs?

His agent must be the best in the business.

Cowfold Seagull · Feb 2, 2022

Probably be the first man to manage all three Birmingham clubs.

Stat Brother · Feb 2, 2022

lawros left foot said:
It’ll be Bruce’s 11th club as manager.

I like him as a bloke, seems a nice fella, and let’s not forget how he left Palace in the cack, but, how has he held 11 managers jobs?

His agent must be the best in the business.

Hodgson's agent is currently somewhere wiping tea from a screen.

PeterT · Feb 2, 2022

Cowfold Seagull said:
Probably be the first man to manage all three Birmingham clubs.

To be geographically pedantic, West Bromwich Albion is not technically a BIrmingham club, and Aston only became part of Birmingham approximately 50 years after they were formed.

But that aside, Ron Saunders also managed all of those clubs previously.

MJsGhost · Feb 2, 2022

Cowfold Seagull said:
Probably be the first man to manage all three Birmingham clubs.

PeterT said:
To be geographically pedantic, West Bromwich Albion is not technically a BIrmingham club, and Aston only became part of Birmingham approximately 50 years after they were formed.

But that aside, Ron Saunders also managed all of those clubs previously.

Yeah, don't try telling anyone from West Brom that they are from Birmingham... :lolol:

Cowfold Seagull · Feb 2, 2022

PeterT said:
To be geographically pedantic, West Bromwich Albion is not technically a BIrmingham club, and Aston only became part of Birmingham approximately 50 years after they were formed.

But that aside, Ron Saunders also managed all of those clubs previously.

You knew what l meant!

Wasn't aware re Ron Saunders though.

Cowfold Seagull · Feb 2, 2022

MJsGhost said:
Yeah, don't try telling anyone from West Brom that they are from Birmingham...

Hmmm happy enough to say they are from Birmingham when they beat Villa or City though, or are ahead of the other two in the table!

Ooh it’s a corner · Feb 2, 2022

MJsGhost said:
Yeah, don't try telling anyone from West Brom that they are from Birmingham...

You and Peter T are both right of course but because The Hawthorns is on the Soho side of the M5 junction and much of actual West Bromwich is on the other side it SEEMS almost part of Bham.

MJsGhost · Feb 2, 2022

Cowfold Seagull said:
Hmmm happy enough to say they are from Birmingham when they beat Villa or City though, or are ahead of the other two in the table!

Quite happy to claim West Mids bragging rights, but (in my experience) NEVER say they are from Birmingham.

I lived with an ardent baggies fan for a couple of years and met plenty of his friends and family and it was a running joke/piss-take that they were from Birmingham. Plenty of black country swearsies received in return!

Comrade Sam · Feb 2, 2022

I'd be gutted with the total lack of imagination if I was a baggies fan. They seem to love paying the old dinosaurs, Alladyce and Pullis just in the last few years.

PeterT · Feb 2, 2022

My Gran was a Baggies fan and I was frequently told they were not a Birmingham team. However my uncle, who lives in Birmingham, was recently telling me that the swimming for the Commonwealth Games won’t be in Birmingham, whereas all he actually meant was that it would be in Sandwell! The red line shows where Birmingham ends and Sandwell starts, and it goes right past the Hawthorns! An important distinction for plenty!!

Cowfold Seagull · Feb 2, 2022

MJsGhost said:
Quite happy to claim West Mids bragging rights, but (in my experience) NEVER say they are from Birmingham.

I lived with an ardent baggies fan for a couple of years and met plenty of his friends and family and it was a running joke/piss-take that they were from Birmingham. Plenty of black country swearsies received in return!

Fair enough! I know they have a massive rivalry with Wolves too, maybe an even bigger one than with the other two previously mentioned clubs.

PeterT · Feb 2, 2022

Cowfold Seagull said:
Fair enough! I know they have a massive rivalry with Wolves too, maybe an even bigger one than with the other two previously mentioned clubs.

In the West Midlands the rivalries are broadly as follows:

Wolves / West Brom and Birmingham / Villa are the big 2 derbies
Wolves / Birmingham is a ‘cancel police leave’ job, however West Brom / Birmingham is a ‘friendly’ derby
Everyone kind of likes Walsall, though there is definitely rivalry with Wolves
Everyone dislikes Villa, and that even includes Coventry, whose rivalry with the other teams is not so intense

schmunk · Feb 2, 2022

All this squabbling about the desolate wasteland between the North and the South...!

MJsGhost · Feb 2, 2022

Cowfold Seagull said:
Fair enough! I know they have a massive rivalry with Wolves too, maybe an even bigger one than with the other two previously mentioned clubs.

Wolves was definitely the big one for them. The Black Country derby…

He referred to all Wolves fans as “the tatter sh|t”. If I ever did ask why, I’ve forgotten.

PeterT · Feb 2, 2022

MJsGhost said:
Wolves was definitely the big one for them. The Black Country derby…

He referred to all Wolves fans as “the tatter sh|t”. If I ever did ask why, I’ve forgotten.

The Dingles covers Wolves fairly accurately

PeterT · Feb 2, 2022

schmunk said:
All this squabbling about the desolate wasteland between the North and the South...!

I thought you’d be more complimentary about mid mid mid- Sussex ….. still, I take your point

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