Aston Villa v Reading Post-Match Thread

[ktvillan]

It's like deja vu all over again innit.   All very well dominating games but little point when you have the cutting edge of a blancmange and a defence as solid as, well,  another blancmange.   5 out of 9 (and somewhat fortunate to get that many) at home, and 3 out of the last 9 with two games at home.  That form won't get us top two and might not get us top 6.  It's still a "Fuck off Bruce" from me.

[mike]

It’s the end of the world!!! Aaaaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!! We’re the worst team in the world, ever!!!!! It’s all over!!!!!!

Has anyone actually said that? I think people have said we’ve had a poor set of results, look off the quality to contend for promotion and a to of it seems like familiar Steve Bruce failings  which is about right.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Very. Annoyed. Indeed. WHY can't we score again when we go 1 up and kill games of???

[Deano's Mullet]

Dreadful result.

[themossman]

Takes a ‘special’ person to jump on a message board immediately after a disappointing result to have a pop at your fellow fans.

[Ads]

Aaaaah cunty McCunt fuck off Villa.

Deep breath and out to drink my body weight in gin.

[Axl Rose]

Shit result down to a lack of clinical forward play(again) and appalling defensive structure. We’re already drawing too many games again. Jedinak and Chester are far too slow as a pair.

This.

El Ghazi should have stayed on. He was our danger man.

RHM should have been brought on to support Kodjia against a tiring Reading back line.

Inept management.

[GarTomas]

Does anyone really think we dominated that game? Reading sat back and let us try and play; they didn’t press us further forward up the pitch as they didn’t need to. None of of our defenders can bring the ball out of defence because;

We’re playing an average right back at left back who whenever he goes forward cuts inside.  A defensive midfielder at centre back who even for a defensive midfielder can’t pass water.  A centre half at right back who is not comfortable going forward with the ball.

McGinn and Grealish just look constrained in the middle, one of them needs to be 15 yards further up the pitch.  AEM scores yes but he just stands there doing very little. If Bruce wants to keep playing him put him at right back but he’s no winger. 

Kodjia with little service and when we do knock it into the channel for him no one gets within 30 yards of him.

Well done the keeper for rescuing us again.

[TopDeck113]

Takes a ‘special’ person to jump on a message board immediately after a disappointing result to have a pop at your fellow fans.

Indeed!!!!!!!  Perhaps he just wanted to make sure that his exclamation mark key was working???

[Steve67]

He brought Taylor on for Kodjia instead of RHM? Says everything you need to know.

[Toronto Villa]

This has been the MO with Bruce. Once a while a great result and performance but mainly grind out results before the luck runs dry and we start to draw. The first defeat isn’t far away. At the same time we start to fall behind the pack. I just fucking hate it.

[dave shelley]

E's gorra goo!

[PeterWithesShin]

In fairness to Bruce, El Ghazi last started a competitive game in the middle of April so it's not really a surprise he was taken off.

[GarTomas]

In fairness to Bruce, El Ghazi last started a competitive game in the middle of April so it's not really a surprise he was taken off.

Maybe better to start him on the bench then and bring him with 30/35 minutes to go against tiring players?

[dorsetvillian]

Just got back to the car and still furious with the way we gave that away. It seems we played at 75% and never managed to play with any intensity against a very very poor Reading team. I just can't see top two with Bruce in charge. The clock is ticking for him as the new owners will not accept such a poor return when he has a vast squad.