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Will Villa fans forgive/respect him after managing Birmingham for so long?
Does this mean his rope will be shorter than any other manager?
and does Tony X really believe that Bruce is the best man to get you up and keep you up?
cornelius_blackfoot-
I don't think it's an issue for the vast majority. It was 10 years ago. Even the McLeish hatred was more for him being shit than being a Bluenose.
Support is certainly not universal, but more for not being an inspiring choice than having managed Small Heath. We're hanging on to the hope that he's done promotion enough times before and can do it again. I don't think anyone thinks he's going to be massively long term.
Get a few wins and he'll be fine but I don't expect him (or anyone) to get much leeway if we don't start improving fast.Still - at least it's not Schteve.
villa-ru
Yeah - it's good that we've spent a bit of time to assess all the possible candidates and then ended up with the one manager out of work. Really not enthused about the appointment but I suppose he is a bit of a championship promotion expert.
Not looking forward to him spending money though - he's shit at that. Fully expect our first signing to be Alex Bruce in Jan.
Can only hope we sneak into the playoff places and somehow get up - already looking pretty unpossible from here - and then bin him off straight away.