Aston Villa v Hull City Post Match Thread

[Axl Rose]

Another waste of £6 for AVTV.

Utter crap.

Tactically, Smith has been crap since the West Brom game. I don't like his selections, his substitutions or the way he sets us up to start games.

He won't be here much longer if things continue like this.

Personally, I can't forget the football we played away at Derby and Middlesbrough, and to an extent at West Brom. That little glimmer of hope keeps me supporting him and wanting him to do well.

Other than those above games, we've been pretty damn poor. We weren't that good in the derby, we've scraped draws today and in the Stoke home match.

Swansea should have beat us in the league game  at their place, and smashed us in the cup, whilst we were poor away at Preston and at home to QPR.

Ah, I don't know. I've had too much wine, and did not enjoy watching Hutton fucking about and making mistake after mistake in a drab 2-2 at home to Hull.

I like McGinn and Abraham. And Kodjia a little bit. The rest are garbage.

[AlexAlexCropley]

More two twos than a ballet dancer. Point rescued but rubbish again. Defence and midfield terrible, only rescued by decent attack again. Play offs still in reach but no chance with these losers and big questions about Mr Smith.

Big questions - boy there’s some hyperbole on this thread, there really is. Here’s been here 2 mins, trying to turn round 7/8 seasons of decline - and your questioning him already.

Yeah but the questions need asking. As bad as anything in the last 5 seasons.

[garyshawsknee]

Another weekend spoiled.

I see it as an improvement !!

[hilts_coolerking]

More two twos than a ballet dancer. Point rescued but rubbish again. Defence and midfield terrible, only rescued by decent attack again. Play offs still in reach but no chance with these losers and big questions about Mr Smith.

Big questions - boy there’s some hyperbole on this thread, there really is. Here’s been here 2 mins, trying to turn round 7/8 seasons of decline - and your questioning him already.

I agree with but at the same time there's been nothing to make me think we've got ourselves a gem.

[brontebilly]

Thought we were utterly abysmal. Only bits of individual quality came from McGinn and Abraham, nothing else.

Smith's sole tactic with the ball appears to be to shove it wide and get it into the box, like Moyes Man Utd.

Without the ball we are as hopeless as ever, El Ghazi strolling back after losing the ball up the pitch says it all

Both full backs exposed one on one throughout, little or no understanding between centre halves and keeper

Midfield, a black hole, Hourihane a hologram, Bjarnasson a pub player, Green, no guile or confidence when he came in

.....and I only saw the second half

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Well we won’t be signing El Ghazi and Bolasie in the summer...

i wonder whether we have the option to send them both back?

El Kharzi has had, what, one decent game for us. The less said about Bolasie the better. Utter waste of space.

[garyshawsknee]

Until we get two new full backs, central midfielder these crappy performances will continue, the next week or so is gonna be so critical.

[ChicagoLion]

is Hourihane the most light-weight centre-mid ever to play for us ?

Yes

[Three Spires Villa]

Automatic gone & play offs gone, here for another season

[garyshawsknee]

Well we won’t be signing El Ghazi and Bolasie in the summer...

i wonder whether we have the option to send them both back?

El Kharzi has had, what, one decent game for us. The less said about Bolasie the better. Utter waste of space.

I would kick these two into touch now, for what they must be costing, they are delivering nothing.

[PeterWithesShin]

Only 2 sides have scored more than us (Norwich and the bitters), only 2 have conceded more than us (Rotherham and Ipswich).

[Risso]

Another really poor game and a poor result.  This just isn't good enough.

[curiousorange]

Shite. No positives for me.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Another weekend spoiled.

I see it as an improvement !!

It feels like a defeat due to the performance. That first half was shockingly poor. We huffed and puffed second half but overall it was an extremely disappointing display.

[Risso]

At this time I like to predict how the in-house interviewer starts his post-match debrief with Smith.

*serious voice*

Dean, a battling performance to come back from 2-0 down, but ultimately another two points dropped at home.  How did you see it?