Steve Bruce

Tell me, though, how did it work back in the day when you're talking about that where, isn't there people played for England football team and then played for the cricket team in the summer?

Compton did that, didn't they?

Dennis Compton, Arthur Milton, Chris Balduston.

I played against him when I was at Gillingham as a kid and Beefy was playing centre-back.

He was absolutely ferocious in what he did, by the way.

But yeah, I remember playing against Scunthorpe on a horrible afternoon.

You know when you talk about Mavericks from the outside and I've had the pleasure to meet him a few times.

He was unbelievable, wasn't he?

Still is.

Still is.

To be fair, he was never going to come and step out with a ball and find a pass.

He was blood and thunder.

Don't tell him that.

Could he nut it?

He would try to nut it.

He would try to nut it.

He'd come up here and...

I wouldn't tell him that at the time, but he was big and aggressive and strong and a big lump he was as well, by the way.

But, yeah, I played against him and it must have been 79, 80, something like that was the time, you know.

For me, about management is now, if I'm managing you three or four, is how do I get the best out of you and you and you?