Welcome to the WesternBulldogs - Josh Bruce

[Hotdog60]

I wonder if he'll keep going with the Women's team.

[azabob]

How good is Josh Bruce? What a teammate and clubmen he is?

[azabob]

I wonder if he'll keep going with the Women's team.

I hope so, he seems to really enjoy the coaching aspect.

[Axe Man]

I wonder if he'll keep going with the Women's team.

If Hannah Mouncey couldn't get clearance I can't see Josh getting the green light.

[bornadog]

If Hannah Mouncey couldn't get clearance I can't see Josh getting the green light.

I spat my afternoon tea out reading this - very funny

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Well done to Juice and good luck in retirement.

Unlucky with us, but forever a popular character.

[Eastdog]

Good on you Brucey! Been a good player. I enjoyed the 2021 season before the injury. That 10 goal game against North on Good Friday at Marvel a highlight. All the best.

[G-Mo77]

Not surprised but a shame to end it that way.

[MrMahatma]

Thanks for always giving your all for us!

Even off the field. Pitching in during 2021 finals to post out fan shirts etc. A real club man.

[macca]

Thanks Bruce for all the memories and moments. 2021 was a big year for him, and I was hoping he would fit into the fwd line long term.

Thanks for putting your body on the line and putting in big efforts for the club, especially the 10 goals against North.

[D Mitchell]

Bruce comes to the Club for the 2020 season, the closest thing we've had, forever, to a monster forward, our Lynch, Hawkins. 2021, Bruce averages 3 goals a game, controls the deep forward area, opens it up for Wallis and Naughton and we make the GF. He was the most productive big man forward since Simon Beasley, albeit half as good. Does his knee at the end of 2021. The masterminds at the Club replace him with, initially, a duo of youthful spring heeled high-fliers who want mark of the year award and who average 2 goals between them for 2022 but widely and excitedly proclaimed by posters as the dawn of a forward line the envy of the rest of the competition. Said masterminds then add a 3rd tall in 2023 and consign Bruce to intermittent stints as a Defender. Meanwhile the 2023 trio of talls let us down game after game. But for that 2021 knee, who knows. In an alterative universe, Bruce doesn't do his knee, kicks his 3 early in the GF so even Petracca and Oliver can't breach the 38 points lead in Q3. 2022, Bruce and Naughton the forward talls, Wallis stays injury free and another flag. 2023. Instead of the debilitating, sack-the-coach scandal, the big media question is, can the 'Dogs threepeat ? I feel a bit better now.

[josie]

Just watched his farewell speech on doggies website. If that doesn’t bring a tear to your eye you’re not RWB and probably not human either.

Go well young man. Hope you forge a successful career in whatever you do. Guessing you might make an excellent development coach.

He really is still so young. There is no justice in footy. Hope it spurs our players on to do the best they can this weekend and beyond.

Look like he formed a really special bond with Marra and likely Naughts.

Bruce-e-e—e.

[SonofScray]

He leaves with a great deal of respect from the fans and his peers.

A good effort, given how incredibly poor his start at the Club was. In fact, it’d be the biggest turn around I can recall. From unfit, bumbling villain to fan favourite clubman.

Gave us one of the great days when he kicked the bag against North. That’s a special memory.

[Boots]

This image says everything I want to say and more than I could:
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[Axe Man]

I spat my afternoon tea out reading this - very funny

Afternoon tea? At your age by 5:35pm I would have expected you would have already had dinner and supper time would be fast approaching.