Bruce - We deserved nothing

Sun, 20 Sep 12:36:52 2009

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce bemoaned the way his side fell away after a bright start and admitted the Black Cats deserved nothing from their 3-1 defeat at Burnley.

Super sub David Nugent clambered off the bench to sink Sunderland with a stunning late double and keep Burnley's proud 100% home record intact.

Graham Alexander put Burnley ahead from the spot before Darren Bent equalised but Bruce said: "The game was there for us to be won and I was delighted at half-time but it was disappointing that we petered away to nothing in the second half.

"We were the best team by a distance - we let in a poor goal and bounced back from it. The second-half performance is something we have got to put right.

"We knew Burnley would get better in the second half. To be honest we hardly gave them a kick in the first. For the second half, especially the last half-hour, we weren't there."

 

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  1. JC.

    Youve no doubt noticed that paperboy hates his­ team......he's the victor meldrew of football­ supporters. He hasnt even seen a game in 10 years coz­ they dont have Sky in his residential home

    From Tony K, on Mon 21 Sep 8:52PM

  2. nice to see the machums get beat

    From worried, on Mon 21 Sep 7:09PM

  3. Paperboy, well I think wor Brucie is doing a fine job.­
    Peal Bells?
    Anyway, wherever wor Brucie comes from, if­ you tried to tell him he's not a Geordie you'd­ end up with a nose like his.
    patrick.jewell, horses for­ courses if you know what I mean

    From john.connolly01, on Mon 21 Sep 6:21PM

  4. Yeah out played was the clarets for sure in the first­ half. But the Game is 90 minutes, what a diffrence when­ Eagles and Nugent came on- a totally diffrent attack,­ superb, I got tex messages from Ireland on how­ wonderfull nugents 1st goal was But they were all­ gobsmacked at the 2nd one- How could he score with 4­ defenders around him was the comment. But he did and­ what a beauty! Why was Carlisle talking to a­ sunderland player insead of concentating and moving out­ with his other defenders! Slack Slack tut tut. Good­ result Fair game, sunderland won the first half ­ Clarets won the Second.

    From mickybream, on Mon 21 Sep 2:31PM

  5. John, I'm surprised at you... unless you're­ being ironic or sumfink?

    From PATRICK, on Mon 21 Sep 11:16AM

  6. john.connolly01 (#3): You really don't know what­ you're talking about do you? You're so full of­ bile! Bruce comes from wallsend: Geordies come from­ within the sound of a certain peal of bells in­ Newcastle! Are you, perhaps, a closet Mag? We played­ very badly in the second half it's true. But the­ mistakes were not putting Jones on the field from the­ start - Campbell is okay as a sub for the last 20­ minutes, but evryone can see the lad's firing­ blanks! We should always field our strongest team and­ this simply wasn't it!

    From Paperboy, on Sun 20 Sep 10:14PM

  7. Yeh Brucie your @#$% 'you big fat ugly Geordie­ shyte'

    From john.connolly01, on Sun 20 Sep 7:33PM

  8. Steve Bruce said we deserved nothing. WRONG WRONG­ WRONG, They deserved what we got, a good beating, by a­ team which they thought they were superior to.

    From Yvonne M, on Sun 20 Sep 7:32PM

  9. yes thats right Steve Bruce we didn't deserve­ anything as you got your team selection wrong.­ Ferdinand and no hands Gordon are the weak links in the­ defensive chain. However , they were not the only ones­ to not show their worth to wear the Shirts of S.A.F.C
    ­ Messers Richardson,McCartney and Turner were also very­ poor in the whole context of the game.you will have­ motivate them to improve their attitude

    From MALCOLM D, on Sun 20 Sep 7:30PM
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