Brucie ' bonus' was such a frustrating player.
One minute could beat 2 or 3 players and the next look like he's never seen a ball before.
Even when he did well there were comical moments - a hat trick v leicester in the FA cup included a goal that just hit his shin from a cross and rolled apologetically over the line.
His penalty miss v Leeds summed up his Palace career. 2-2 in the last minute and Palace get a penalty. Martyn is in goal and Leeds delay the kick for about 5 minutes arguing about nothing.
Bruce, not an obvious penalty taker, had the courage to step up and Martyn saves. However, the ball squirms back to Bruce and he has the whole goal open in front of him. However, rather than just tapping it in, he takes a wild swing and miskicks. The ball rolls agonisingly wide. We lost the replay.
Even his departure was strange. We agreed £1m with Fulham and then a few days later he moves to Barnsley for £700k!
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