well good or bad we've got him now so we got to get­ behind him.cameron don't think quinn is rubbing ur­ noses in the brown stuff think ashley is doing a­ brilliant job of doing that at the minute.

and wigan are a good side creef,i thinks NOT

i dont rate bruce at all what big names is he going to­ attract at sunderland all he wants to do is spend all­ our money on @#$% players like brambell dont want him­ at all if he comes he will score more own goals that­ out else

Oh no! Here we go again. Promises, Promises and we end­ up with Steve Bruce. Why oh why do they never listen to­ the fans. Gone by Christmas with a big fat cheque. Bad­ appointment number 3. Just when things looking good.­ The board does it again!!!! Not renewing season­ ticket.

good ridence to the fat useless git, he's never­ seen out a contract yet and never will, i hope he gets­ takes the black cats down.

with his fat lard @#$%­ they'll sink faster than the titanic

You have signed the most dis-loyal man in football you­ cant win only he can if you are rubbish under him he­ will be sacked with a big pay off and walk into another­ job start to do well and another club looks interested­ he will jump ship and walk into another job. Its no­ wonder there are no loyal players with managers like­ him as role models

SUNDERLAND ARE KEEICH

I thought you would all be happy but reading your­ comments it sounds a lot like your version of Fat Sam.

stabalising influence - 7 jobs in 9 years! whats he­ built or developed or just crisis managed. I hope you­ boys are right I wish i could stop being negative. i­ dont want change to mean top 10. I want better top 6 or­ 7

a big name manager more like a big fat manager it will­ not be long before he walk's sorry [wobble's]­ out as soon as another club call's..

Newcastle will get relegated next season. :)

Is Eric Black going with him, its about time he took on­ a managers job again inetead of playing lap dog to­ Bruce

comment 23 yes you with the @#$% name.why dont you go­ boil your heed and stop posting @#$%

You still checking out the Premiership pages instead of­ the Championship ones Tony K ? Just let it go mate,­ Shearer took your team DOWN. The sooner you realise­ this the sooner the healing can start. I suppose the­ face that you couldnt beat the might SAFC last season­ probably didnt help lmao :-)

ok, so he's a geordie, and not a 'big­ name', but there's no way i'm gonna be down­ on this - 200 million, or whatever the american bloke­ has got, waiting in the wings, the best chairman in the­ league, the best fans in the league (seventh in the­ attendance ratings last year, and we finished seventh­ bottom!!!), one of the best stadiums, and a core of­ strong players (jones, collins, ferdinand, richardson­ sometimes, two 1st class keepers). I won't be­ singing brucie's name, but i'm right behind the­ club. top ten finish, no worries - i mean look what he­ did at wigan with no cash, no fans, no­ 'history', etc... oh, and please can the mags­ on here wait until they actually have a manager (and i­ mean one with more than eight games' experience -­ won one, lost five, drawn two hahahahahah) and a­ chairman (i mean one who actually wants to be the­ chairman) before they post again. i just can't take­ your comments seriously. predictions - safc top ten­ finish, good cup run... nufc - relegation, turmoil,­ acrimony, smashed up telephone boxes etc etc

Baby steps for Sunderland, we are not gonna turn into a­ top 6 club by appointing one manager, Bruce should have­ a stabalising influence on the squad and i can see him­ taking us to top 10 thanks to having proven premier­ league experience. Also i can't see him going crazy­ in the transfer market like Roy Keane did which will be­ a good thing for stability and team spirit! Just please­ don't Bring Titar5e Shambles in!!!

Michael T, I hope you and I are both incorrect in our­ thoughts and we have to eat humble pie by the end of­ next season. Did we really turn down Mancini as manager­ ? 3 league titles on the trot- champions league­ experience- Players do follow managers and I know which­ set I would like at Sunderland - Will Bruce be able to­ draw in top quality players?
To Nail: - We seem to­ jump in with both feet- lets make sure when we buy­ players they are significantly better than what we­ have, otherwise another 60m while have gone into­ keeping us just above the relegation battle - which is­ unfortunately my prediction. Sorry Mr Bruce if you read­ this, - but we will still support you, its just that to­ be a top club you do need to have a 'top class­ manager' If the mangers job at any of the top 4­ clubs (Man U, Ars, Chel, Liver) came up would Bruce be­ in with a chance ? No - you needed to spend some of­ that 'war chest' on the best you can, then and­ only then will you get the best footballers may be,­ being persuaded to move up north
Keith

Initially I was disappointed with the appointment as­ Bruce wasn't the BIG name I was expecting but­ I'm coming round to the idea. He's done a­ decent job at Wigan with not much money, he has a good­ scouting network and has made some decent signings. ­ With the wedge of money behind him and the support of­ the board he could take us onto the next level. Him­ being a Geordie doesn't bother me, Bob Stokoe was a­ Geordie and he won us the FA Cup. Us Sunderland fans­ need to be realistic, we have just avoided relegation­ over the last 2 seasons and aren't a big/top club­ (YET), yes we have the foundations of a big club (high­ crowds/supportive board/great stadium and training­ ground etc) but this doesn't automatically make us­ a success, the foundations are laid we just have to do­ the business on the pitch, hopefully Bruce will bring­ us the stability we need and move us up the ranks, then­ we can start believe we are a big club.