I see a lot of Sunderland fans worried about the­ arrival of Steve Bruce but it seems to me he has good­ ability as a football manager. Sunderland fans must­ remember that money is the root of all football in the­ 21st Century and despite having a limited amount of­ money to spend at Wigan Bruce has done well for them. I­ can see Steve Bruce over the next 5 years building a­ squad at Sunderland that is capable of competing for a­ european place but lets be realistic the Premier League­ is the strongest in the world and it has 3 distinct­ tiers - Sunderland are in the bottom tier. You should­ be very happy to have one of the few quality English­ managers and a canny businessman s the club's­ owner. It doesn't guarantee success but it sure as­ hell helps.

all I hear is WIGAN on here about Bruce.... for criysss­ sake this is SUNDERLAND were talking about here - Wigan­ compared to the MIGHTY Sunderland it does NOT­ compute.... fan base alone is 2-1, quality and­ expectation takes that to 5-1... at least.... we­ shoulda gone for Jose Morinio, don't settle for­ second best.... remember Laurie "Mc­ Bastardtwatting"Menomie!¬....­ GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRAARRRAAGH.... there's a guy­ just like.... oh hang on....... yep Steve Bruce.....!­ here today gone­ tommorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..­ ....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.....

just what we­ don't want!.... a manager that flits from team to­ team with no passion nor understanding.... championship­ 2009/10 then....

really disappointed

i love the fact they all say he found palacios when he­ was on our books at arsenal and wenger told him to buy­ him as he wud be good in time,, the guy is useless to­ be honest,, all my family come from wigan and we know­ he aint the right man,, yes whelan is a @#$% @#$% that­ thinks cash only but it needs a manager that will give­ his soul to the club like coppell did at reading or­ fergie and arsene,, not new manager each season it will­ ruin the club and i hope wigan stay up

He made a big mess of things at Huddersfield, bought­ players & paid them big wages for a small club.­ Players who it was obvious were not team players but­ only came for the cash, always injured and when it­ didn't work ot for him, he left leaving­ Huddersfield in big debt.
It was good riddance from the­ terriers - didn't he go on to manage a scottish­ club for a while? no mention of that in the above write­ up about him.

as i seem 2 remember bruce woz under contract at brum­ when wigan poached him just as there nxt manager will­ be under contract he without sin cast the 1st stone

let's see, what's wigan planning on doing right­ now, they sold Wilson Palacios to @#$%, i mean Spurs,­ then they're planning to sell Antonio Valencia to­ either Real Madrid or Man. Utd. Your owner is scuttling­ a good ship known as Wigan, Steve Bruce wanted to build­ a strong, and a transfer kitty of 200m sound too good­ to turn down

STEVE SELL YOUR SOUL TO SATAN!!! why dont you. As a­ Wigan fan - Thanks for coming. You'll want to come­ back after next when safc are in campionship! Hope Dave­ Whelan's learned his lession and appoints a manager­ with a bit of staying power and loyalty!

When I heard Steve Bruce was in the running for the job­ I wasn't overly enthusiastic - purely down to the­ newcastle link. But, with the exception of a relegation­ with Birmingham, his record is good.
He's proven to­ be shrewd in the transfer market and knows how to bring­ out performances from his players too. Who thought­ Titus Bramble could play football? At newcastle he was­ nothing short of hilarious.
It'll be interesting­ to see what he can do with a decent budget.
So being an­ eternal optimist, ie, a football supporter, I am­ looking forward to the new season. Lets not knock him­ before he has even started the job, lets support him.

why? no bigger than wigan who have more understanding­ chairman. bad move

So much for getting a big name manager, Steve, never­ won anything, Bruce. Two seasons after he loyally left­ Birmingham for a bigger pay cheque they get promoted, I­ will give him till Christmas before he gets the sack.

Bruce sounds just about right to me. Not a bad­ appointment.

donney needs to learn to talk before he can pass­ comments no one with any brains can understand him , he­ obviously knows nowt about football, or anything else­ for that matter

Hey, Donny Darko, do you actually think that anybody­ gives a ?

Missed the boat there Newcastle, good steady manager,­ Shearer could have learnt his trade with him

Cant see em in top half? I can, in the Championship.

sandi you may be right about loyalty...but through all­ of them teams there was no money to spend,we have a big­ club and i thimk he can take us to our next­ level....roll on next season

Sunderland is a fine club, with the best supporters in­ this fine country.
Bruce needs to get rid of the Prima­ Donnas, and fill the team with Men from the NE, who are­ proud to wear that famous shirt !

I have supported­ Sunderland for 65 years although I left that area in­ 1950, and now live near Manchester. Lads of my age­ supported all the NE sides, and many famous­ footballers played for Newcastle, Sunderland and­ Middleborough in their careers - all recruited from the­ mining villages, shipyard towns and local steel­ works.
Don Revie lived next door to my parents when­ playing for Sunderland !!

I wish Bruce well, and­ hope he and Nial Quinn restore that famous club to all­ it's past glory.

Good luck !

Number 60 Sanditroy.
Best comment I have ever seen on­ these pages!!
Keep up the good work.
However, there is­ so much that you missed.
Please write some more.