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Steve Bruce was caught looking very misty-eyed at the Birmingham City training ground this week as he prepared for an emotional reunion with his former charges Man Utd. Despite the tensions which surround the build up to an important league fixture such as playing the reigning league champions, Bruce was happily discussing old times with the fondness of a parent or old relative looking through a photo album. ‘At Man Utd we used to go in and have cups of milky coffee and there were dressing gowns, nice flip flops and heated floors.’ Nice imagery Brucie, although Old Trafford sounded more like an old people’s home than the domain of the undisputed force of the 1990s. Bruce was attempting to draw a comparison as to how Birmingham City have improved and grown as a club since he first left Utd and joined as a player and in fairness he did have a point to his trip down memory lane. He described training at St Andrews, ‘Before training we had to go and get rid of the geese. There was goose **** everywhere – and they **** like dogs, by the way. And you can’t chase them either, they are vicious bastards’. It’s great to occasionally hear something from Premier League managers that is genuinely interesting, not pre-planned and that they actually want to say. I must applaud Bruce for this gem of an interview, and he continued in a Ron Manager-style monologue, ‘as far the training kit, I can remember Ricky Otto trained in a t-shirt that said “I’ve been to Benidorm” on the front “and I’ve shagged most of it” on the back.’ Top class stuff from Steve Bruce, I only hope he can keep Birmingham up so we can enjoy another seasonal sprinkling of locker room laughs.
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