Simon Jordan slams Steve Bruce for job he’s done at West Brom live on talkSPORT
Simon Jordan has slammed Steve Bruce for being “not good enough” as West Brom manager after leading them to third from bottom in the Championship.
The Baggies brought Bruce in earlier this year after Valerien Ismael underperformed, but Bruce has done no better and this season has won just one of the opening 12 games of the season.
After footage emerged of Bruce confronting a fan after the defeat to Preston, Jordan told talkSPORT [7 October, 12:53] that he should be expecting “serious ramifications” for the results he’s produced regardless of the fact they’ve been unlucky in some games.
“He’s got to do better,” he said. “Ironically they’re doing okay against the top sides in the division. The perceived top sides and they were expected to be one of them, the Burnley’s and Norwich’s they’re taking points off them.
“I think the game against Preston, they had the bulk of the possession, 20 shots on goal but didn’t score any goals.
“But put all that to one side. You cannot go to West Bromwich Albion as the person that’s designed to bring them back into a situation where they get out of the league, and take them to third from bottom in it. And not expect to have some serious ramifications from it.
“You know, a 25% win rate at a club that’s set up to be getting promoted will get you the sack.
“The altercation with the fans, you know the fans have the right to an opinion and that opinion needs to be probably tempered at times and presented in a certain way. I’ve seen the video and I don’t know whether Alex is getting involved and so on and so forth.
“But the bottom line is, I always defend Steve because I’ve worked with him. And I know what capability of a bloke and a manager. But this is not, I can’t sit here. The job that he’s doing at West Brom is not good enough.
“He’s right to say some of these results haven’t quite gone their way, but at the end of the day you’re in an outcome business.
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Jordan admitted himself that he always looks to defend Bruce, but the job he’s done at The Hawthorns is simply indefensible now.
There have been plenty of draws this season and ultimately the team isn’t too far off a swing up the table, but there is very little confidence that the club will see that while he is in charge.
He’s been backed in the market with plenty of additions that have undoubtedly made the squad stronger, and there’s no argument now that it isn’t his squad that he has shaped in his own way.
Results have been poor, there has never been a relationship between the manager and the fans and it would be best for everyone if he was let go as soon as possible.
Instead he’s in charge of preparing the team for the clash with Luton on Saturday, so we’re going to have to get behind him one more time at least.
In other West Brom news, the club have a full squad to choose from against Luton