Pay respects to the great man.

[Kikó]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11615433/Steve-Bruce-set-retire-football-management-25-year-career.html

Steve Bruce set to retire. Rest up big man.

[SvN]

Well I hope the spoiled Newcastle fans are happy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Top, TOP manager.

[Kikó]

https://i2-prod.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article8232980.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/Steve-Bruce-9.jpg

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2D5MXHB/hull-city-manager-steve-bruce-celebrates-with-the-trophy-after-securing-promotion-to-the-premier-league-2D5MXHB.jpg

[Kikó]

https://i2-prod.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/article1391819.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/bruce1JPG.jpg

[Ben]

Less threads > more threads

[Raoul Duke]

Never lost his pace (https://twitter.com/ConnorNUFC_/status/1440970807958769664)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Think he might be the first person I remember as a player to retire (after a long and prolific career) from management. Goodnight, sweet prince.

[Baz]

I don’t remember the goal, or recall seeing it on Sky Sports since, but I presume when I was in primary school he scored an own goal with his arse - pretty sure it was against Liverpool. A lad at school was a United fan (most were) and the mere mention of the phrase OWN GOAL BUMMER BRUCE sent him into a frenzied rage.

[Offshore Toon]

I'm honestly a bit upset by this. I was hoping he'd keep finding clubs to fail at, but it seems everybody has finally seen sense now.

[Yevrah]

He was recently seriously linked with Norwich, but someone must have realised that he's actually a bit crap and can go toxic so they went elsewhere.

[Josh]

Hopefully he writes more books now

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He was recently seriously linked with Norwich, but someone must have realised that he's actually a bit crap and can go toxic so they went elsewhere.

They went for David Wagner who relegated Schalke and led a Young Boys team to their worst finish in like 10 years (they had won the league 4 times in a row before Wagner came in).

Edit: Sorry, he was sacked before they got relegated as he lost 8-0 and 3-1 at the start of the new season extending his streak of 18 games without a win.

[Shindig]

I'm going to assume Alex Bruce has also retired.

[Yevrah]

They went for David Wagner who relegated Schalke and led a Young Boys team to their worst finish in like 10 years (they had won the league 4 times in a row before Wagner came in).

Edit: Sorry, he was sacked before they got relegated as he lost 8-0 and 3-1 at the start of the new season extending his streak of 18 games without a win.

And yet he still got the job ahead of Steve Bruce.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He was a good manager for some time and then got shit when the sport moved beyond his methods. Bit like Jose Mourinho.

[Lewis]

The idea of managers being past-it doesn't get much coverage beyond Mourinho, and that tends to be framed more in terms of him upsetting pathetic modern footballers than his shitty football being a decade out of date. What other prominent examples are there? Rafa Benitez? Maybe just that generation of 4-5-1 merchants.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm sure loads of goons from the 90s must have been out of date in the 4-5-1 era. Zdenek Zeman. Anyone who still played two up.

I don't think I saw a back three between Euro 96 and about 2012.

[7om]

His style was great for Birmingham in the early 2000s. Made a team out of bargains and loans and made us so difficult to beat (TWO BANKS OF FOUR). He brought some proper glory to us. Savage and Cisse in centre midlfield. Dugarry up front for a season. Resurrecting Matthew Upson's career, gifting the world with Nicklas Bendtner.

Hero. He's a washed up old fool now, of course, but I loved him and what he did for us.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And yet he still got the job ahead of Steve Bruce.

He shouldn't have.

Wagner will be out of the job within 12 months. Bruce would have managed 18 at least.

[Shindig]

I'm not so sure after his 8 months at West Brom.

[John Arne]

I'm sure loads of goons from the 90s must have been out of date in the 4-5-1 era. Zdenek Zeman. Anyone who still played two up.

I don't think I saw a back three between Euro 96 and about 2012.

Ljupko Petrović (of Red Star 1991 European Cup fame) was over here for a couple of years refusing to let any player have an ounce of freedom. It was like to opposite of Total Football (tm). After a while, it inevitably becomes very easy to predict and play against.

[Spikey M]

The idea of managers being past-it doesn't get much coverage beyond Mourinho, and that tends to be framed more in terms of him upsetting pathetic modern footballers than his shitty football being a decade out of date. What other prominent examples are there? Rafa Benitez? Maybe just that generation of 4-5-1 merchants.

Harry Redknapp would be beyond useless these days. Allardyce too.