[Archived] Steve Bruce

[Presty On Tour]

the biggest club in the world are going down.

bruce will walk!!

i know we play them again before the end of the season, i think it is sooner, rather than later, it would be well good if we put them down and savage scored!!

[waggy]

Anyway, another product of the Academy is playing regular Premiership football for those doubting its worth....

pity most off them are playing for birmingham or other premiership teams than the rovers

[thenodrog]

Nicky Butt walked out when he found out that a Bruce had taken his place in midfield.

Anyway, another product of the Academy is playing regular Premiership football for those doubting its worth....

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Regular?

[philipl]

Since he made his debut, he seems to have been on every Brum team sheet I could be bothered to look at.

[den]

Last night was his first start in the prem.

Previous to that he had made 3 appearances in the FA cup. One of those as a substitute.

[Neil Weaver]

Anyway, another product of the Academy is playing regular Premiership football for those doubting its worth....

pity most off them are playing for birmingham or other premiership teams than the rovers

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I think I fall into the 'academy supporters' camp but I can't think of a single ex-Rovers ACADEMY player playing regularly in the Prem. Care to enlighten us Waggy? Even for us, I can only think of Peter, hardly comes into the 'regular' category though. Fair few around the lower leagues I'll grant you, but Prem? And a few juniors from pre-academy days.

[Ricky]

Don't think you can really class him as a regular in the Prem can you Waggy, that was after all his first start in the Premiership.... hardly a regular.

[The Gull]

How about a few at the 'Big Club'..........

Dunn, Taylor, Johnson

Oh and then there's Damian Duff

and then you can have Beattie,

Ormerod has dropped down a division these days but was a regular for a season or so

As you go down the divisions you will see quite a few ex-rovers acadmey players including a couple in the Championship.

Although some, if not most, came through the ranks at Rovers possibly before it was called the Academy, Rovers youth system has been of the Academy standard for a long time.

[Presty On Tour]

i think shay given came through our youth system to eh?

[G Somerset Rover]

I know weve been very fortunate with keepers, Flowers, Friedel, Filan etc, but you cant help but think what a shocker our management hjad when they let Shay go. Surely they could see how good he was?!

[Flopsy]

http://www.setanta.com/content/setanta/web...te&noex&ref=rss

someones got a sense of humour

[Ronin]

http://www.setanta.com/content/setanta/web...te&noex&ref=rss

someones got a sense of humour

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Good headline

[Neil Weaver]

How about a few at the 'Big Club'..........

Dunn, Taylor, Johnson

Oh and then there's Damian Duff

and then you can have Beattie,

Ormerod has dropped down a division these days but was a regular for a season or so

As you go down the divisions you will see quite a few ex-rovers acadmey players including a couple in the Championship.

Although some, if not most, came through the ranks at Rovers possibly before it was called the Academy, Rovers youth system has been of the Academy standard for a long time.

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Aye, it might be a bit academic (ho ho) but I think all you've named indeed came through the junior ranks but before an Academy and it's associated costs.

[ihateburnley]

Aye, it might be a bit academic (ho ho) but I think all you've named indeed came through the junior ranks but before an Academy and it's associated costs.

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I think our academy is ranked up there alongside the best in the world. I've heard it compared to the likes of Ajax Amsterdam's - and that is a real complement.

[Billy Castell]

http://www.setanta.com/content/setanta/web...te&noex&ref=rss

someones got a sense of humour

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Reminds me of a Skysorts.com website headline about who'll replace the retiring Peter Schmeichel at Man City. It was something like:

'James to fill Schmeichel's hole'

[DudeAbides]

[AussieinUk]

'James to fill Schmeichel's hole'

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No it was "Keegan fills Schmeichel's gap with Seaman'

[DudeAbides]

Even better...... lol

[Exiled_Rover]

No it was "Keegan fills Schmeichel's gap with Seaman'

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The journo who came up with that must be a legend in media circles

[ABBEY]

BIGGEST CLUB IN THE WORLD TO BE SOLD OFF HEE HEE

[thenodrog]

BIGGEST CLUB IN THE WORLD TO BE SOLD OFF HEE HEE

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What the fook would they want a 55000 seater stadium for? I'm sure Sunderland would like to sell them one and I think Arsenal might in a years or two too.

[sleepyjack]

BIGGEST CLUB IN THE WORLD TO BE SOLD OFF HEE HEE

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No plans to sell Blues

"But it is not in my nature, nor the Golds, to leave something at a troubled time.

"If we were where Blackburn Rovers are in the league, for example, then it would be more likely, but even then not definite. We all want to achieve something here and are working hard towards that aim."

[Flopsy]

What the fook would they want a 55000 seater stadium for?  I'm sure Sunderland would like to sell them one and I think Arsenal might in a years or two too.

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1) They're a big club

2) It would be used as a Wembley style, hosting concerts and the such as well as being the new home for Warwickshire cricket club

3) It will hold more than Villa Park

4) Did I mention they were a big club?

[philipl]

I was about to type "bow down and grovel" but lets leave that sort of triumphalism for the end of season.

£42m turnover at the BIG CLUB? Virtualy the same as our's

[Anti Euro Smiths Fan]

Angry Bruce warns bad boy Pennant

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the big club gets relegated this season. In the words of Kevin Keegan, I'd love it, just love it if they went down.

Sunderland have obviously been dead and buried since before Christmas and Portsmouth now have a mountain to climb too. I think the remaining relegation place looks to be a straight battle between WBA and Brum.

Come on the Baggies!