Shambolic Aston Villa vs Smethwick Post-Match Thread

[Uknowthescore]

All over em before they scored then just went to pot. We’re low on confidence but wasn’t shambolic at all. Brentford and Wigan were

[eamonn]

I just don't understand why he doesn't mix it up and ditch the ''wingers or nothing'' attacking idea, it's not working for us at the moment and it doesn't suit his philosophy. Get El Khazi in the hole and lets try play through the middle every once in a while.

[TopDeck113]

Three seasons down here and this season is going to be the worse of the lot. I really want Dean to succeed, but how much worse is it going to get before it gets better?

[auntiesledd]

Oh dear! This is Grimm. Can we forfit the remaining fixtures and just move on to next season already

What - and skip the excitement of an impending relegation battle? How VERY dare you.

As for that utterly pathetic capitulation today: words actually fail me.

[Toronto Villa]

Right now thank fuck there will likely be three teams worse than us in this league. We are on relegation form, or at minimum have a relegation defence. From the highs of Derby and Boro we have collapsed in remarkable fashion.

[VillaBoy_23]

That second half today was the worse of the lot for me. Ok we didn’t capitulate and lose 4 or 5 but the lack of effort from a lot of the players and generally lack of any ability to do anything to get a foothold in the game was unforgivable.

[Risso]

Three seasons down here and this season is going to be the worse of the lot. I really want Dean to succeed, but how much worse is it going to get before it gets better?

We're only 15 points clear of the relegation spaces.  Just saying.

[Kimaster1976]

I think the most infuriating thing and whats turning people against Smith is for what say 2 months now we have been playing horrendous football. Yet for 2 months straight its the same players same formation same results.

If something is clearly not working you do something, anything to try fix it. Not just do the same thing. Its not magically gonna start working. Have a few ideas try something different ffs, he's obviously got none.

[Three Spires Villa]

Reading away, Brentford away and today have made me lose my faith. Players, manager & club look lost. We are a poor championship team with a championship manager.

[curiousorange]

Personally I can see us being peripherally involved in a relegation struggle. It might be one lf those 'if the stars align' things but I can't see more wins than losses between now and May.

[PeterWithesShin]

There's no chance we're going down. Even if we lost every game for the rest of the season it's highly unlikely we'd drop.

[auntiesledd]

I just don't understand why he doesn't mix it up and ditch the ''wingers or nothing'' attacking idea, it's not working for us at the moment and it doesn't suit his philosophy. Get El Khazi in the hole and lets try play through the middle every once in a while.

Great idea about sticking El Khazi in a hole. Just make it a deep one eh - so we can chuck the rest of our useless feckers in there with him.

[clash city rocker]

As a club for years we haven't raised the bar but continually lowered the bar. What worries me is how low the bar can go....oh and just have to get this off my chest....fuck off villa

[PeterWithesShin]

There's no chance we're going down. Even if we lost every game for the rest of the season it's highly unlikely we'd drop.

Mind you it's fucking ridiculous that it even has to be considered if it's a possibility.

[Nii Lamptey]

Abysmal.

Kalanic/Steer - Not rating either as standing between those sticks is like being given a bottomless bucket on a sinking Titanic
Hause - Better than the last game, and would stick with him over Taylor
Mings/Elphick - Didn't really notice either. Fault mostly lies with midfield, not these guys
Hutton - Effort is there, but that's about it
Whelan - Best of a bad bunch in that DM slot
Hourihane - Fuck off
McGinn - Looked ready to lose it today. Frustration finally appears to be creeping in, and was expecting him to see red if I'm being honest (Suspended now for Derby/Stoke games too - fuck!)
Green - Effort was there, but no real end product
Elmohamady - Useless
Abraham - Should have tucked the early chance away, and was then stranded up top on his own for most of game.

Subs
Ramsey - Showed more in that 30mins than Hourihane all season
Kodjia - Looked lively, but should have been on the pitch from the start.

Shocking performance. Personnel AND formation change needed for next game or Smith's number is up.