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Bruce blundered but he deserves respect

Chris Dunlavy

FORGET the cabbage. Forget the 3-3 draw at Preston. Forget the points dropped against Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol City and Blackburn.
Steve Bruce was a dead man walking from the moment his side capitulated at Bramall Lane on the first day of September.
Villa were shocking that afternoon. Shapeless, spineless, hopelessly imbalanced. They lost 4-1 but it should have been six by half-time. Bruce blamed misplaced faith in half-fit players, but everybody in the press room – including him – knew the excuse was wafer thin.
He’d spent two years and £50m bui...

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