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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on January 31, 2017, 06:45:36 PM
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The correct team. We will smash these.
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The times they am-a changing.
Where's Agbonlahor then?
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Welcome to the revolution, folks!
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The times they am-a changing.
Where's Agbonlahor then?
Injured, out for a few weeks.
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I expected Hutton to start but Green ahead of Grealish is interesting.
Looks like we are set up to go for it.
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The times they am-a changing.
Where's Agbonlahor then?
Out for a few weeks injured.
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Ooh yeah!
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I love seeing an entirely fresh central midfield.
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Now Thats What I call Music.
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Attack! Attack!! ATTACK!!!!!
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Is Westwood on the bench?
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How many Villa there tonight?
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Very very intrigued in seeing energy and technical ability in the centre.
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How many Villa there tonight?
18 plus the management team and backroom staff.
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How many Villa there tonight?
1,660 I think I've read.
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Bloody glory hunter Mr Shin. New signings and all of a sudden he's starting the match thread. Where were you when we were shit?
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Win please Villa.
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How many Villa there tonight?
18 plus the management team and backroom staff.
One Aston Villa, there's only one Aston Villa ;)
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Very, very excited about tonight.
The future starts here.
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Very very intrigued in seeing energy and technical ability in the centre.
The only question is that is a lot of midfielders to throw in together who don't know the style of play and strengths and weaknesses of each other. It could be disastrous. Afterall we have seen for the last 5 years what happens in midfield in those circumstances
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Good line-up.
Please McGrath no long term injuries to the new lads. Or the old lads, for that matter.
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Attack! Attack!! ATTACK!!!!!
Rolling back the years to Downing Milner and Young ??!!
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Kodjia back - bloody love it. Would like to have seen Grealish start, but Green deserves his chance.
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Where is Jedi? - injured?
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Where is Jedi? - injured?
Correct. Might be fit for weekend.
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Where is Jedi? - injured?
Yes, not quite recovered. Westwood must be the same. Hahahahaaaaaaha!
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Pretty much the lineup I would have gone for. Hoping Bjarnason can play as a central midfielder who can cover the defence a bit, don't know a lot about him.
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Very, very excited about tonight.
The future starts here.
Me too, very exciting evening.
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I haven't felt this positive since we had a transfer window and we signed i think Collins and Dunne and transfer deadline day - vague memories so that's bound to be wrong. Away at West ham next game. Lost 4-0. Harewood hat-trick.
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Heartening line-up. Now bloody well win please Villa!
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No time to gel, straight to it boys!
Get all three, please.
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Ryan Woods is the one to watch, he was excellent in the game at VP. Best player i've seen against us this season.
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Where's Scott Hogan?
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They've got a bellend and a vibrator playing for them.
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Where's Scott Hogan?
Brum.
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I'm enjoying this terracing lark.
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Be patient, this may take a game or two to gel
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Bellend and Vibrator eh? They have misspelled Feeled.
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Very, very excited about tonight.
The future starts here.
That's how I feel as well. UTV!
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Be patient, this may take a game or two to gel
Sod that, we'd better be 6 up at HT or I expect answers from Mr Bruce!
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Best line up we've had in ages. 4-3-3 I'm assuming? Which would be the way to go really. It will take a few games to gel, but we've finally got a midfield.
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Where's Scott Hogan?
Medical
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Already asked by someone else but any idea on how many Villa fans are there? Griffin park only holds 12,000 or so.
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Exciting to see the new midfield though I don't understand why there's quite such confidence we'all win. We've only won twice away all season I think?
How that midfield three - one villa appearance between them - plays will presumably be crucial
I expect we'll need some bedding in time to be honest
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Already asked by someone else but any idea on how many Villa fans are there? Griffin park only holds 12,000 or so.
1,050 standing
550 seats
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So, what are Vila getting in Hourihane?
"Possibly the best player in the championship!"
Fucking love it
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After Codger
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Where's Scott Hogan?
Medical
The Doc says done
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I was looking forward to this match but I've just spotted Hutton in the tunnel.
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Don't recognise half our team. Nice!
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Brand new midfield three. No Westwood nor McCormack nor Gabby in the squad. Soo Excited!!
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Hope the midfield gel as I can't remember us playing with a midfield for years. Other clubs have used midfield to good effect but we decided some years ago that it wasn't necessary. ....and look where that got us.
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Nice run from Adomah there.
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A corner beat the first man!
*pisses pants*
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There's a strange air of positivity in the crowd
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Passing! Running! Attacking intent!
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Other players have now got to lift their game.
Adomah, Hutton, I'm looking at you
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Passing! Running! Attacking intent!
FAKE NEWS
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Hope the midfield gel as I can't remember us playing with a midfield for years. Other clubs have used midfield to good effect but we decided some years ago that it wasn't necessary. ....and look where that got us.
True. And it coincided with the decision to do away with using the wings. Football is a simple game. But not simple enough for Lerner, Lambert, Sherwood, Garde nor Black.
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thats a chance
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Ohhhhh so close. Great ball by Lansbury
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Bloody hell. Exciting!
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Pass from Lansbury.
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Wonderful pass by Lansbury.
We haven't seen anything like that for years.
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Should have scored
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Any links?
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OH MY GOD. THE PASS. I've not seen that in a decade!
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Great ball. We have a fucking midfield!
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The Kodge should have scored that.
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looking good
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No TV coverage here
Any Pms welcomed.
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What a ball from Lansbury that was.
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I remember this, think they call it football.
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Runners from midfield. wtf? It's witchcraft
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Green is very tidy on the ball, looks confident.
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Weve got runners
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Another goal attempt. This is like watching Barcelona!
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I'm creaming myself with how slick we look.
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We are playing some sexy stuff.
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Good effort from the Viking too
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Lights have gone out in our end
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I remember when Dennis Mortimer was the only footballer *with* a beard.
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Can't put my finger on why, but after watching Bjarnasen for 10 mins, he reminds me loads of Chico Hamilton
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What a difference a midfield makes.
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Great movement in midfield.
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I just saw Thor point
Westwood still hasnt gone ;)
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Green has played some super balls so far.
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10 minutes, 4 attempts, 2 on target. Why, dem gotta be makin' up stats like that! Last seen circa 2010.
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Oh
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Sigh and there it is.
Ok lads now to score 3 :)
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well.....
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Normal service resumed
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Fucks sake, we'd dropped off badly there and paid for it. Poor defending.
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chester caught out there
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Shit.
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That is just utterly typical fucking Villa.
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Our weak spots are still our weak spots though.
Far too much of our play breaks down through Amavi, Hutton and Adomah.
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Well, that's been coming for the last 10 minutes
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Not worried yet. We have the quality today.
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Doing that Villa thang
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Another goal attempt. This is like watching Barcelona!
This is like watching Villa.
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Predictable
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We're again spending the GDP of an African country....and still we can't win an away game.
Sounds familiar.
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baker good block
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They need to wake up, dropped off so poorly.
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Brand new Villa. Same old Villa. 😫
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How come the site always seems to go into meltdown every match day?
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Amavi.Sigh.
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What on earth was Chester doing there? Shocking positioning
We started well but I'm not sure about our goal threat
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I reckon we could sign Barcelona's whole team and still fucking lose.
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It's the hope that gets you.
Massive gaps between the midfield and Kodjia now.
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One chance. Goal. We missed ours. Still look much better than we were before. Need to take chances
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Green close
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Could of drove a bus between our centre backs. Come on Steve sort it out. Hope Lansbury comes back on. Best player on the pitch.
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Chester absolutely abysmal for that, running out after the ball Lassie like, Micah Richards esque stuff
Kodjia early miss was a shocker mind, has to be scoring that. trying to sidefoot from that angle :(
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Could/should have scored
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Can Green not head a ball accurately?
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Amavi still gash
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Green so close with that header, good effort. At least we are creating chances.
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We’re seriously missing someone who can point.
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in fairness we was really good in the first 10 minutes
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Pure shit again.
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Fucking hell Hutton you useless twat
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Fucking hell
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I wasn't sure about players all three of the new midfielders together. It's poor so far.
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We have gone back to keystone cops at the back.
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This keeper is most unconvincing.
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bad tackle oh Houriane
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Giving the ball away again and again and now getting battered. No midfield and long boots upfield.
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Green so close with that header, good effort. At least we are creating chances.
We should be....Brentford are mid table and nowhere near full strength.
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The back 5 look very shaky.
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Piss poor effort off green. The commentator said "good effort" Fucking idiot. Our centre half's are getting roasted
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Hutton is shit isn't he?
Hourihane playing right of the three looks a bit odd
Missing that proper protection without Jedinak - much as he's a shit passer
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Brentford first to everything.
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Hutton is shit isn't he?
Hourihane playing right of the three looks a bit odd
Missing that proper protection without Jedinak - much as he's a shit passer
Agreed, Hutton is just a liability
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That is just utterly typical fucking Villa.
A pleasant, almost surreal start to the match thread then reality bites.
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Adomah needs to do more
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Dean Smith just said "fucking bastard cheat" after that tackle.
Villa fan or not, Dean Smith can fuck right off, that was a shit challenge.
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Kodja still at ACN
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That Spaniard needs to be well marshaled.
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Adomah needs to do more
He's been our main attacking threat I think
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Icelandic fella looks way of the pace, he's not alone mind.
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When I saw the teamsheet I was amazed but something was nagging in the back of my mind. I read it again and yes, it was the name 'Hutton'.
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Sloppy every time we get to the ball at the moment.
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Still 2 hours to sell them all and buy a new bunch of flakes... Pull yer finger out, Round!
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It doesn't matter how much money we spend, it seems we're going to have this cloud of shitness following us for years yet.
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Amavi, slashing at the ball like a bloody 9 year old
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Jesus
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fack me we are a shambles.
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Horse shit
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wtf
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A well deserved second.
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We're being dominated here. We're in for a right thrashing.
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FUCK ing hell!
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Oh for fuck's sake
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I can see why Bruce wanted a new left back
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This is fucking abysmal.
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We're really off the pace.
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We need a midfield how longs left til the deadline
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Amazing. Just amazing.
Same old fucking shit.
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Lol
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Amavi, slashing at the ball like a bloody 9 year old
aMAVI CAN fuck off the panic merchant, sick of seeing his fuck ups. Hutton too, Bree was sound enough for a team higher than us, he should walk in to the team ahead of that donkey.
Fuck off wanker ******. Shit again.
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Terrible terrible defending again.
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No need for this, we're absolutely shite. Someone kick that 22 as well.
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Bruce out!
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Fucking Westwood, he's been anonymous again.
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Somebody want to tell me who these leaders are that we've signed?
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This season is over I'm afraid.
Our away form is atrocious whoever we sign.
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Great stuff villa
Just let them cross it in
The sort of space Jedinak might have tracked
As I keep saying, this is all about next season
As long as we don't go down mind
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Jesus. No club for optimists.
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They're a bunch of fannies that can't scrap.
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Hutton is shit isn't he?
Hourihane playing right of the three looks a bit odd
Missing that proper protection without Jedinak - much as he's a shit passer
yeah, need to shift Hourihane left of Lansbury, cant keep the ball
lovely, 2-0 down. great cross but Chester walkabout again
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Go a watch some American Dad and have a vanilla bourbon stout. Funk these loser
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It's been horrible since the first 15.
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Total guff since just before we fell behind, grow some balls you ****** and fight for fuck sake.
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Reminds me when we were 2-0 down to Crewe in the cup at half time
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What a fucking shambles
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Playing like a bunch of wankers.
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As soon as a highly rated player pulls on a Villa shirt they turn to shit. We're cursed
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For fuck sake!!!! That spindly little fucker who put the cross in has been a pain in the arse. Can't someone give him a fucking good hard tackle.
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They are absolutely smashing us.
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Keep this up and it'll be 4 or 5.
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It's like we don't practice any moves in training.
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We'll win.
I'll quote this later.
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Would help if Kodja turned up
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Amavi, slashing at the ball like a bloody 9 year old
aMAVI CAN fuck off the panic merchant, sick of seeing his fuck ups. Hutton too, Bree was sound enough for a team higher than us, he should walk in to the team ahead of that donkey.
Fuck off wanker c***s. Shit again.
true
hes a liability
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Baker's limitations are coming through a bit today
Got to be grealish for Thor or hourihane. Don't have much else on the bench
Not sure Lansbury can hold the midfield on this evidence
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They are up for it. I guess Smith mentions these over paid fanny merchants who have just nicked our best player and let his players do the rest
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Commentator just nailed it.
High intensity from Brentford.
We are playing like a bunch of fucking old men
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Steve Bruce claret and blue army
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Early days but that Icelandic players gash tonight
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Should have been 3
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I think we signed the wrong player!
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They're taking the piss. Fuck off, going to bed.
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Best midfield in the league yet we have no midfield
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Lansbury definitely struggling.
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We really are quite something.
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We look worse than we've ever looked in midfield
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Chester wtf
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Well this is new being 2-0 down.
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chester has turned into Richards
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It's like we don't practice any moves in training.
I suspect this is true given that half the team has never played together
Lansbury is providing no protection to the back four - nor are the other two
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Bruce has had what 16 odd games and we still look a shambles
I know we have a few new players in but has bruce had any impact at all?
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They are up for it. I guess Smith mentions these over paid fanny merchants who have just nicked our best player and let his players do the rest
Exactly what I was thinking
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We've gone from making bog standard prem teams look like world beaters to bog standard chumpionship teams look like Real Madrid. Impressive.
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My stream dropped after twelve minutes. We must be three or four up now, great start.
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What the fuck are they doing?
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Normally we tire in the second half.
Tonight we managed 15 minutes.
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Chester is having an absolute stinker
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Why are we so deep!
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Brentford make one tactical change game over.
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Has Hourihane been taken off?
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How can you buy an entirely new midfield and make it worse?
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Ghastly.
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So we buy a whole new midfield but it looks worse than ever and our back four have returned to being shit...oh yeah, and we've got fuck all going forward either. FML.
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No has said it yet, so I will.
Has Thor touched the ball more than a couple of times?
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Different personnel same results. The midfield are apalling and the defence too. I'm sorry, this is Brentford who are wiping the floor with us...and that's not meant to be disrespectful.
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Early days but that Icelandic players gash tonight
Welcome to English football, in your face, high intensity, fast and physical. Don't fuck players around by giving them new positions in a new team with players they've barely met.
Getting on my tits now, they look car crash. The only thing that can top off being as wank as we'v been for 5 years is spending shed loads of money and still being completely inept, boring, disjointed and aimless, only in a division below against nobodies youve never heard of in tiny tin pot shed like stadia.
This is shite.
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We are offering absolutely zero opposition in midfield. Again.
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How can you buy an entirely new midfield and make it worse?
This is the high point. We havent fully trained the skill out of them yet.
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It's like we don't practice any moves in training.
From what we seeing here I think "practice" and "training" activities have been banned from Bodymore Heath and the gates probably failed as well.
Bruce doing Kebab runs to keep spirits high...
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£25m for Amavi LOL
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Different personnel same results. The midfield are apalling and the defence too. I'm sorry, this is Brentford who are wiping the floor with us...and that's not meant to be disrespectful.
Some rot set in motion by Randy and his cronies.
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Remember when preston were 2-0 against us and gave it a go?
Watch us in the 2nd half, we'll do fuck all but amble around feeling sorry for ourselves, this is the same lerformance we watch week in and week out, horrible stuff.
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Fuck this bollocks, see you all later.
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Bruce better sort this shit out at half time.
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Awful, midfield anywhere?
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We're fucking cursed.
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Utter gash after the first 10 mins or so.
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I guess there is no magic cure despite spending millions.
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Adomah in front of Hutton.
Green in front of amavi.
Shit in front of shit.
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Bruce better sort this shit out at half time.
Our last 4-5 away games wouldn't feel you with confidence he's capable of that.
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How can you buy an entirely new midfield and make it worse?
Basically a team that has actually played with each other before, generally plays better than a team that hasn't...
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Is there a more infuriating sports team to support on the planet?
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Come back and win anyone? If it wasnt us playing I would look at any other team with this quality gap and assume Brentford were in for a pounding second half.
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Looking like shite. How many new boys out there? Rally in second half anyone?
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Right, who are we blaming for this one?
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The two centre halves look like they've never played together but they're being really exposed by the three in midfield in front of them. Awful really.
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Too deep and too open.
Bring Bree and bring Gardner on for Hutton and the Icelandic fella. Somebody needs to be disciplined and sit.
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Has Hourihane, Lansbury or Bjarnason played in a midfield 3 before? They sure as shit don't look like they have. How Hutton is still in the team I'll never know, scape goat my arse, he's bollocks, can't wait for his contract to expire.
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Hope that's our bad half. Crikey, how to really throw a good start away.
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I hope we signed Hogan before he watched this.
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Breaking News !!!!!
Hogan has changed his mind
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I guess there is no magic cure despite spending millions.
Has it only taken you 21,344 posts to work that out?
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That new Icelandic bloke looks a bit shit.
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Terracing is shit as well.
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I'm not sure why people are so surprised that a brand new midfield three isn't looking cohesive
Between them and green they've got 2 villa starts before tonight
I'm sure hourihane will come good. Not so sure about Thor. He's had a very nomadic career.
Thought green and adomah were our biggest threats
Lansbury good on the ball but not protecting the defence at all
Chester an absolute disaster
Grealish for Thor I reckon though it probably makes our midfield even weaker defensively
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Is there a more infuriating sports team to support on the planet?
No idea. What about The Brown's?
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I think Mr Bruce forgot to introduce his new players to each other!
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I'm going to go and invest my emotional energy in something else. Enough is enough
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Brucie, here's where you earn your bonus.
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Brentford finding the same as everyone else. Put pressure on Aston Villa, and we wilt
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It's just so depressing, isn't it?
How often does this club actually make us happy?
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I made a point in the pre-match thread that we shouldn't throw all the new signings straight into the deep end and a few people disagreed.
We are literally watching the reason why before our eyes. Players are humans not robots, they can't (mostly) just slot into a team and perform business as usual.
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Their movement in the final third is killing us. Bruce has to earn his money now by making some tactical changes. It had to be said though we had 2 golden chances to score and missed them both. That's what gave them the impetus and the belief to play their attacking game. Oh and can someone please kick Jota up in the fucking air.
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It's just so depressing, isn't it?
How often does this club actually make us happy?
Bout once every 3 years or so.
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
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We're missing Westwood.
Has the Icelandic bloke not played for a while? Everything is going on around him.
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This Number 20, did he win a competition to play for us tonight ?
Typical Bruce performance. No style, no plan, doesn't trust our best player. Pathetic and embarrassing so far.
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
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Kodjia 53, Lansbury 84, Grealish 88.
Brentford 2 Villa 3.
You'll see.
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I think that Mad Tom might be coming on
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Shouldn't have started the three together tonight agree. Would have gone with Jedi in front of the back 4, Jack, Adomah wide in a 4-1-4-1
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It's just so depressing, isn't it?
How often does this club actually make us happy?
Once a year, around 17th July, when we've forgotten the previous season's nightmare and start to think next season will be so much better
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
Huttons entire time at Villa (holds head in hands)
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
It wasn't even his first or second gaffe either. Sadly.
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
We are the lowest scoring away team in all 4 divisions. Fucking hell how has that happened?
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We should have taken the lead and Green should have buried his header.
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
A midfielder should have tracked the runner. Hutton was on another player and had to try and cover.
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Even j.k. Rowling couldn't come up with a storyline like this one
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Jedinak is a big miss in front of the back four. It's like the parting of the Red Sea every time they run at us.
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We seem to have had the attitude "We are Aston Villa, how dare you". for years now, narcissistic almost.
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Kodjia 53, Lansbury 84, Grealish 88.
Brentford 2 Villa 3.
You'll see.
I would take that. I like your attitude!
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Their movement in the final third is killing us. Bruce has to earn his money now by making some tactical changes. It had to be said though we had 2 golden chances to score and missed them both. That's what gave them the impetus and the belief to play their attacking game. Oh and can someone please kick Jota up in the fucking air.
The midfield is the problem. There's no protection at all so that movement off the wings is killing us
Bree for Hutton and grealish for Thor please. Lansbury and hourihane to sit deeper and protect the defence better
Not that I think that will be enough, especially with kodjia out of form
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I've just read the teamsheet from page 1 - hardly surprising we're all at sea with all the new faces thrown straight in.
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
I thought that. Why is he playing when we have Bree?
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Is there a more infuriating sports team to support on the planet?
No idea. What about The Brown's?
Yep - good shout.
There's no connection there, is there?
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
A midfielder should have tracked the runner. Hutton was on another player and had to try and cover.
That's how I saw it too......he's an easy scapegoat
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
We are the lowest scoring away team in all 4 divisions. Fucking hell how has that happened?
It's what happens when the owner skimps on forwards
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We should have taken the lead and Green should have buried his header.
And thats the fucking nail hit squarely on the fucking head. I'm so fucking pissed off gggrrrrrrr
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3 players injured at half-time falling over each other
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Hutton has been poor but the second was more Lansbury's fault
Although that's not really his game I imagine
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
A midfielder should have tracked the runner. Hutton was on another player and had to try and cover.
Really? Hutton was yards from any Brentford player when the cross came over.
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Considering Jedi is injured it was either Gardner or the new lads. Unless anyone wanted Westwood in there.
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Well that was a big slice of bollocks on toast. We started well for 15 minutes, until they realised Jessica Fletcher was bossing the game. When they marked him, we lost a grip.
It is about time we did something about the midfield. We have, but of course the flipside is, they're gonna need 5-10 games at least, to begin to gel. This is also a game crying out for Jedinak. We're missing him there just to mop up because it seems none of the new three really know who is supposed to be tracking who.
Chester has been usually sloppy. He was so far out of position for the first goal he might as well have been in the North Pole. Hutton has been pish again. I'd personally ease Bree into the side ASAP.
I'd like to see Hourihane get into the game more. He's been very quiet. Does he normally play more to the right? Given he's decidedly left footed, maybe he can move to the left of the three.
Kodjia is making good runs. Trouble is, no one up front is holding onto the ball. I'd like to see JK drop deeper sometimes and run at the back line.
Green has done okay. If we release his pace quicker, he could exploit them on the left, particularly with Amavi backing him up.
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Orange dot
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
A midfielder should have tracked the runner. Hutton was on another player and had to try and cover.
That's how I saw it too......he's an easy scapegoat
Midfield tracking missing - both sides had their men - center didn't do anyting - Westwood wouldn't have let that pass (as he never would have got out of that position in first place .... sorry poor humor)
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What's Westwood doing in Hourihane's shirt?
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Oh and is it too late to sign that Brentford fella what looks and plays like Benito Carbone?
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This away business is just getting beyond a fucking joke now.
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I suppose it's what you get when you change your whole team mid-season but I'm sure it will get better
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Agree the hourihane position is odd. He doesn't look comfortable there
Maybe Bruce thinks he's more likely to score cutting in slightly
Anyway it's not working
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
We are the lowest scoring away team in all 4 divisions. Fucking hell how has that happened?
It's what happens when the owner skimps on forwards
True. When you only spend best part of 40 million on strikers what do you expect in this division?
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Jedinak is a big miss in front of the back four. It's like the parting of the Red Sea every time they run at us.
its clear already that Lansbury doesnt like running back towards his own goal, or tracking runners for that matter
to be honest, I thought it was clear was Bruce needed to do around the 20 min mark, move Hourihane left of Lansbury. Its rare Bruce sees those changes though
Chester was at fault for both goals though, Lansbury maybe to take a share of blame, Hutton piss poor as always with the ball but not at fault for the two conceded
Bjarnason has been miles off the pace thus far. Grealish and Bree on please for Hutton and Bjarnason
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ASTON VILLA FOOTBALL CLUB have decided to NOT compete in Association Football.
It's quite incredible how this statement always stands the test of time.
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Keine substituten?
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Can't plait to often, but I'm using the trump card
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Agree the hourihane position is odd. He doesn't look comfortable there
Maybe Bruce thinks he's more likely to score cutting in slightly
Anyway it's not working
It's stupid and us doing our usual shit of buying someone and changing their position to fit in to 4 - 3 fucking 3. Buy them and play them where they had their form for their previous club or don't buy them at all, stop treating it all as fantasy bloody football and 11 names thrown on a team sheet.
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No subs? Fuck off Bruce, i'm giving this second half shower of shit a miss.
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
We are the lowest scoring away team in all 4 divisions. Fucking hell how has that happened?
It's what happens when the owner skimps on forwards
True. When you only spend best part of 40 million on strikers what do you expect in this division?
Think he was joking mate
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
We are the lowest scoring away team in all 4 divisions. Fucking hell how has that happened?
It's what happens when the owner skimps on forwards
haha
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Has anyone ever played 5 a side with a big strong guy who's never played before but runs around a lot and tries really hard? However, generally looks out of position all the time
Thor really reminds me of that guy
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Just popped back on to see the oh-so-familiar story.
Sake. :(
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Hutton for their second (holds head in hands)
A midfielder should have tracked the runner. Hutton was on another player and had to try and cover.
Really? Hutton was yards from any Brentford player when the cross came over.
there was a forward behind Hutton that he was covering
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Anyone care to guess Baker's pass completion stats?
I'm guessing below 20%
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Horse shit
Its a whole lot fkn worse than that Im afraid.
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We have barely played any 'football' in this game for the best part of 40 mins.
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
We are the lowest scoring away team in all 4 divisions. Fucking hell how has that happened?
It's what happens when the owner skimps on forwards
True. When you only spend best part of 40 million on strikers what do you expect in this division?
Think he was joking mate
So was I!
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Why is Kodja playing on the wing when he's the only forward. Who's he going to cross to for fucks sake.
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We're shit and we know we are
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Ginger lad (number 15) completely bossing the game.
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Is it too late to sign some fitness coaches?
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Ginger lad (number 15) completely bossing the game.
Runs like he's got a broom stick up his arse.
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No ****** wanting the throw.
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Ryan Woods cost peanuts and he's running the show for the second time this season
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adomah is shit at crossing
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Adomah is so fucking wasteful. He is really fucking me off
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what did we pay for Thor ?
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Having said all of he above, we've missed two absolute sitters today and it would be a very different game if we hadn't
We are the lowest scoring away team in all 4 divisions. Fucking hell how has that happened?
It's what happens when the owner skimps on forwards
True. When you only spend best part of 40 million on strikers what do you expect in this division?
Think he was joking mate
So was I!
Fair enough, my bad
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Dean Smith doing a decent job on us. Again.
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Why is it that nearly every team has got better players than us even in the second division?
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adomah is shit at crossing
Always hits the player fucking useless
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It is like watching Faroe Islands against France or something... Hopeless
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He's got to drag the new kids, they are both having awful games.
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Adomah is so fucking wasteful. He is really fucking me off
All fart and no shit, not enough pace
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The amount of times hourihane has had to clear it on his weaker right foot
I don't get it
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It's like having someone sand your face for 90 minutes.
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Brentford team cost about 80p ours cost twelvety billion.
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Just home to watch the second half, always hope to be pleasantly surprised when I miss the first half but seldom happens.
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The total lack of energy is real concern (as well as skill and quality obviously)
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Bacuna on the bench?
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That Icelandic girl is having a stinker.
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the assistant is shite
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Getting nothing off the officials isn't helping.
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We've signed a new midfield and our main tactic appears to be hoof ball towards Kodija who is alone and isolated. Brentford's Woods more or less ran the show in the second half at VP and is playing really well tonight.
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Fucking wanker ref.....where is the advantage
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Abysmal officiating.
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Poor refereeing. We had the advantage by the time he blew for the foul
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SCORE A FUCKING GOAL ALREADY
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Just tuned in. Am I right in thinking we're precisely as shit as we were before we replaced half the team three times?
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That Icelandic girl is having a stinker.
I couldn't even tell you if he is any good with the ball, he's just got nowhere near it.
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Change it Bruce.
Now.
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I'm now convinced MON cast a spell when he left the club. It may never be broken.
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Adomah can't cross the ball and the strikers wait for a mistake instead of making it happen by attacking the ball. And we are seriously disliked by officials and opponents players and fans in this league. Thats something we will have to overcome if we're going to ever get out of it.
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Don't really get the adomah critique
Best player tonight, three goals and five assists to date or something?
Don't think he's prem class but we've had far bigger problems this season
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Performance were average, Brighton away the one exception.
Then Calderwood arrived and they've been abject. Utterly appalling.
...and this keeper...he's better than Gollini??
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dont like this vibe tonight
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Being Played off the park
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Sheff Weds just gone ahead.
Gap is currently 12 points.
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Change it Bruce.
Now.
NOW!!!
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Can you return players within 28 days if you change your mind and they are in their original packaging.
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Performance were average, Brighton away the one exception.
Then Calderwood arrived and they've been abject. Utterly appalling.
...and this keeper...he's better than Gollini??
That's the one.
Calderwood. I'm convinced he needs to be gone.
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I'm not sure what the fuck we're trying to do here. Brentford need to pass to one of their players to get up the pitch so get next to their fucking players. All of our lot are giving them 20 minutes on the ball.
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To say we look second best is really flattering. We're not even that good.
I might go and stick my tongue into a plug socket or something.
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We're not even creating half chances now.. DO SOMETHING STEVE.
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The man from Iceland just touched the ball. His first touch in this half.
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Awful, no threat. Midfield is miles off the pace. We're getting hammered.
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even with Thor in midfield we look lightweight
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So far thor looks exactly like I was worried he'd look.
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Getting schooled by fucking Brentford.
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Can you return players within 28 days if you change your mind and they are in their original packaging.
We should buy more players from Marks & Sparks. They'll take anything back.
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Hmmm.
Floaty corner from Hourihane
*gets the terrors*
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As bad as anything this season if not worse.
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Our corners are so predictable.
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It honestly looks like they have a 2 man advantage, are we playing with 10 men and they have 12?
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We're being ole'd by fucking Brentford. I hate Aston Villa.
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Depressingly fucking shit since minute 10. Just absolutely terrible
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Can you return players within 28 days if you change your mind and they are in their original packaging.
No - we might get pointy back
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Fucking hell this is a diabolical.
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Brentford look quick and dynamic....fucking Brentford!
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The Icelandic guy is chasing shadows
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i remember going down Hinckley to watch them play Brentford in the FA cup
hinckley gave them a game.
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I'm just going to make a nice cup of bleach.
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I think Brentford are being really unsporting - they keep passing to their own players but when we get the ball we sportingly give it back to them
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Back in Beijing, I bet Dr Tony is going fucking MENTAL.
All his staff will be afraid to look at him in case he catches their eye.
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ffs 3-0
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WTF
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Funk off wankers
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Time for POst Match thread now. 3-0
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Disgusting and disgraceful
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Ginger lad (number 15) completely bossing the game.
Runs like he's got a broom stick up his arse.
Least he is running
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And that's that
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Disgusting if we lose this.
Disgraceful performance.
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HA HA HA
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Fucking hell. FUCKING HELL.
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That Icelandic chap doesn't fancy it the bottleless wanker.
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Does anyone do desperate and devoid of ideas quite as well as Villa? There's probably toddler sides out there with more composure than we ever seem to have. And yes, perhaps we have been cursed by MON. The devious fucker. We're possibly the best side in the history of football, at looking beaten after 50 minutes when 1-2 down. Most teams get to the dead and buried stage around the 3rd or 4th. We look done after the first.
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And that's that
Posted too early.
Wow.
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Bruce Out
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I hope Vibe doesn't turn out to be the new Sheringham to Hogan's Cascarino.
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What do we think -- 4,5,6?
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This is fucking humiliating now.
We're not even making them work for it.
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Being Played off the park
Yep. Their passing is crisp and precise. We just seem to be relying on hit and hope.
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Fucking Potato head you useless twat. Do something.
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Against Brentford. Pitiful
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Pathetic ******.
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How fucking utterly bollocks have we been tonight? How embarrassing
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We're maing Brentford look like Barcelona
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An abomination of a performance.
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We never seem to do anything at pace.
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This season is about staying up.
This club is only heading one way. Hope Dr Tone ain't watching.
One of the most disgraceful performances I've seen.
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3 new midfielders and we don't bother with them and hit it long to Kodjia every time.
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We really are a fucking laughing stock.
Bruce will be on the thinnest if ice....and with his weight it may not hold him for long.
Dr.tone won't tolerate this, after the support he has given him.
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Bruce Out
Really?
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The more we spend the worse we get.
We're only good on paper these days I'm afraid.
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Fucking dire. Baker and Chester have been diabolical.
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Think we need another 20 players
Oh and a manager who has a fucking clue
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2 players sitting on there arses up front when they broke for that
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Jedinak is more important than ever
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Too many changes, no shape or positional sense. Awful, too easy for them.
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I have never seen a worse performance in 40 odd years, no shit.
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Fucking usless ****** the lot of them
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Can we have Dean Smith?
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That fella bullying Green off the ball sums up tonight. Too little fight.
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Post match quote
Difficult game to come into, players not been together until today.
Not had competitive game for two weeks.
Number of injuries to key players.
Kodja jet lagged after travelling
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We're not even making it remotely fucking difficult for them, it looks like a training exercise. We have no shape, no energy, nothing.
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Start the post-match thread. I fucking hate this club sometimes. Just fucking shit, top to bottom, all over the place. Can't take this anymore.
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How are Brentford mid-table? They've provided the two best perfomances I've seen by any team this season.
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Jesus
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The most embarrassing thing for me is this isn't even Brentford's full strength team.
Sawyers has been a regular this season but is on the bench tonight and obviously their top scorer and best player isn't around....
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Sacked in the morning.
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You really do run out of words to describe this stuff. So I'll keep it simple. ******.
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Lansbury is not a sitting midfielder.
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Players with premiership experience being split so easily.....really?????
Why the fuck are we playing with one fucking man up front? What the hell is going on here. This is pathetic
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What a fuck-tonne of absolute wank.
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Gab a Gab Gab a Ga BONG Lahore !!!
Oh.
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Worst performance since 15/16?
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Every team we play just want it more, mentally we're weak as piss.
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And still no changes......
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Post match quote
Difficult game to come into, players not been together until today.
Not had competitive game for two weeks.
Number of injuries to key players.
Kodja jet lagged after travelling
Indeed, the excuses are easy.
But, we have been hearing shit excuses since before Christmas
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Mind I think Delia Smith would have beat us tonight
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The fuck is Potato Head doing?
If it ain't working change it you tit.
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They are pissing all over us.
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Nobody can accuse Bruce of being too quick to rush into substitutions.
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One to write off. This many changes for an away game was always a big risk
I think we'll get better but I'm a bit worried about the defensive solidity with this bunch of players, in midfield and defence
But I will predict now that Thor won't be here in twelve months
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Every week. This week, Vibe and Jota - they will do nothing for the next forty games.
****** luck, we have ****** luck.
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Worst performance since 15/16?
Time began?
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MAKE A FUCKING CHANGE
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3 down and getting twatted and we change nothing.
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Lansbury is playing like he WANTS to be booked
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New lows here.
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No one taking any responsibility, hiding, knocking long balls. Howlingly bad.
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Scott Hogan, what were you thinking?
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Where is fucking Chester playing? Appalling defending. Really really piss poor defending. And Thor looks fucking useless. They are taking the fucking piss I'm afraid.
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As Sam Tighe has just posted on twitter
Can’t be too surprised by Villa score. That midfield a) hasn’t played together before, and b) isn’t actually a workable midfield. #AVFC
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How are Brentford mid-table? They've provided the two best perfomances I've seen by any team this season.
Because unfortunately for them, they can't play us every week.
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Given a lesson and a spanking by fucking Brentford?
How low are we going to drop?
Brentford, I ask you?
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Fucking dire. Baker and Chester have been diabolical.
Lansbury has been our worst Id say, hasnt tracked a runner all night
Bruce has been routed tactically here too, playing Hourihane a left footer right of Lansbury wtf
no subs, same old shit
Brentford have been outstanding but the club is a laughing stock
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Jedinak is more important than ever
Which sums it up, a 32 year old whose legs have gone
still everything will be fine next season
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Learning curve eh? Again and again. When will we learn?
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Scott Hogan, what were you thinking?
Of the money, like most of these overpaid fuckers we spunk our load on in desperation.
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People. We've just achieved full laughing stock.
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As Sam Tighe has just posted on twitter
Can’t be too surprised by Villa score. That midfield a) hasn’t played together before, and b) isn’t actually a workable midfield. #AVFC
Yeah, they are all fucking expects after the event!
Whoever Sam tighe is, they can fuck off.
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Even Tactics-Tim wouldn't screw up this bad with the backing DR Tony have gifted Bruce with.
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Is Thor really Brett Holman?
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Chester is taking plenty of stick but fuck me,Kodja.
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We've been taken to the cleaners on fees for all these fuckers
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I'm beginning to worry we might not win this.
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Dear Sky.
Stop putting us on every week for the entire nation to laugh at.
You bastards.
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Subs Steve? Nah, let's watch more of this shower of shite
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One of the most tactically inept managers I have ever seen
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With our luck none of these January arrivals will pan out.
FUCK. I am absolutely fucking fuming right now.
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Is Thor really Brett Holman?
The similarities in style are there although it's very early days of course.
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When you can only dream of playing like Brentford...
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Let's get Gary Rowett while he is still available.
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Scott Hogan, what were you thinking?
If he hasn't put ink to paper he could be on his way back without signing thinking he's dodged a bullet
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3 quick goals and were right back in it
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I mean since 15 minutes they've all been utterly awful.
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Who's Bruce going to chuck under bus for this one?
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As Sam Tighe has just posted on twitter
Can’t be too surprised by Villa score. That midfield a) hasn’t played together before, and b) isn’t actually a workable midfield. #AVFC
Yeah, they are all fucking expects after the event!
Whoever Sam tighe is, they can fuck off.
This was the biggest risk factor going into the game surely?
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Is Thor really Brett Holman?
The similarities in style are there although it's very early days of course.
I'd forgotten all about him, blimey.
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We seem too far away from our 1 forward playing up on his own and not close enough to our defenders without the ball, Hmmmmmmm!
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They're all just moping about waiting for it to end.
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Can we forget this absolute fantasy bollocks of promotion. No fucking chance. On today, I'll settle for staying in the division. Because despite pissing money all over the league, we look toothless.
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Have we got any subs on the bench or has Bruce
forgot he can make changes. 3-0 for fucks sake
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TOO FUCKING LATE, STEVE, TOO FUCKING LATE.
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As Sam Tighe has just posted on twitter
Can’t be too surprised by Villa score. That midfield a) hasn’t played together before, and b) isn’t actually a workable midfield. #AVFC
Yeah, they are all fucking expects after the event!
Whoever Sam tighe is, they can fuck off.
This was the biggest risk factor going into the game surely?
It might have been, but had we been winning 3 nil, they'd have been saying the midfield was a master stroke.
Like I said they can fuck off with their 'insights'
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At least you've given the subs time to turn things around Steve.
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One of the most tactically inept managers I have ever seen
Joking apart another couple of games like this and he will be on thin ice
As tactically aware as my dogs arse
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Every single one of their players is playing at a 9 or 10 level. They will probably get shafted next week. I wish we could afford Ryan Woods.
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What is Calderwood giving us - as far as I can see we have been shit since he arrived and Brighton have gone from strength to strength
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Off you go to your My Little Pony, you massive fucking vagina, Bjarnasson
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Oh there he fuckin is, that Barnsley bloke. Come out of hiding to earn a booking.
Twat.
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At least you've given the subs time to turn things around Steve.
Indeed.
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Let's hope Hogan puts more effort in than kodija does
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
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I swear Lionel Messi would turn into Djemba-Djemba after 5 minutes at Bodymoor Heath.
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More than anything this Brentford team looks like it has played together a lot
I've been saying for weeks there's no way we're going up this season. We need to focus more on coaching and less on buying a zillion players every transfer window
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Thor and Hourihane get a pass for this one to be fair to them. Having only just arrived and getting chucked into a brand new midfield (which evidently hasn't been given any sort of instruction from Spud bonce).
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Lansbury is playing like he WANTS to be booked
Forest supporting mate of mine said he plays like that every game, he wasn't sorry to see him leave.
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One of the most tactically inept managers I have ever seen
Joking apart another couple of games like this and he will be on thin ice
As tactically aware as my dogs arse
We have to give him next season as poor as we have been since xmas.
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Staying up that's our goal this League now
Money can't buy this league
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its the beginning of the end for bruce bye bye
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This January has been fucking awful.
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I'm sure Hutton has given every throw in back to Brentford.
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Jack and Bacuna Brentford will be pissing themselves now(with laughter)
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Let's hope Hogan puts more effort in than kodija does
Mind you he has had no support all game
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Bet Amavi's not happy his hairs getting wet.
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I'm sure Hutton has given every throw in back to Brentford.
It's difficult when nobody clearly wants the ball.
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I swear Lionel Messi would turn into Djemba-Djemba after 5 minutes at Bodymoor Heath.
Djemba djemba would turn into messi playing against us
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Let's hope Hogan puts more effort in than kodija does
Mind you he has had no support all game
Its clear when he's not in it though. Seems to lollygag a little.. he should be buzzing around up there all by himself.
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I reckon this could be the worst performance in the last five years.
Against Brentford.
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I remember watching championship football and thinking what a rubbish standard of football it is and now we are there nailing it.
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More than anything this Brentford team looks like it has played together a lot
I've been saying for weeks there's no way we're going up this season. We need to focus more on coaching and less on buying a zillion players every transfer window
Almost every team in the league looks that way in comparison to us. And this has been the same since Lamberts second summer to be honest. Too many players in, too many out because we persistently buy the wrong ones, or fail to sort out the most pressing needs first.
We've got to stick with the core of this current squad now. For better or worse they need time this season and through the summer to gel. If we shit out on another 7-8 players in the summer again we'll get nowhere. Repeat ad nauseam.
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We're pretty lucky we're only losing by 3. Against Brentford.
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Dear Sky.
Stop putting us on every week for the entire nation to laugh at.
You bastards.
and free
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We have the most talented player in the division and Bruce is trying his best to destroy him.
How some of these players get picked above him is a real mystery to me.
Yet another shit performance from a manager who seems to specialise in disjointed performances. I don't want to keep changing managers because I know that is not the way to go and I really like Bruce, but I have to say, his Teams stink.
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Will it cheer you up a bit if I tell you that Small Heath are losing?
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We're pretty lucky we're only losing by 3. Against Brentford.
Having just deprived them of their main goal scorer.
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Chris hughton is trying to look like Jeff goldblum
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I'm sure Hutton has given every throw in back to Brentford.
Trouble is no one wants to receive it.
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Steve Bruce should be utterly fucking asahmed at this performance. With all due respect, it's Brentford.
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I reckon this could be the worst performance in the last five years.
Against Brentford.
Reminds me of Doncaster a la DOL
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
I like bruce but he has had zero impact
do we have a style of play? Are we fit? Are we cohesive? Are we harder to beat? Are we motivated? Have we got any fight?
Looking forward to playing buzz word bingo during his post match interview
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Let's hope Hogan puts more effort in than kodija does
Mind you he has had no support all game
Not having that.Work rate awful.Control awful.Closing down awful.Awareness nil.Big I am.
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One of the most tactically inept managers I have ever seen
Joking apart another couple of games like this and he will be on thin ice
As tactically aware as my dogs arse
I suspect he will get the rest of the season as long as relegation isnt threatened
credit to Brentford, they have played superb stuff tonight
but we have been disgusting to be honest, classic big time charlies not willing to put a shift in, manager too dumb or stubborn to make changes and a horriby unbalanced side
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I'm sure Hutton has given every throw in back to Brentford.
Trouble is no one wants to receive it.
I'll go with that and also he has a shit throw.
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
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Let's hope Hogan puts more effort in than kodija does
Mind you he has had no support all game
Not having that.Work rate awful.Control awful.Closing down awful.Awareness nil.Big I am.
Yep. But you could be talking about any of our team
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
Do you think he'd have been better then? I don't, I think he'd have been equally as shite.
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I just think we're fucking cursed.
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LAmberts Wolves winning again FFS
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
Do you think he'd have been better then? I don't, I think he'd have been equally as shite.
No, the point is he was never the problem.
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What is it going to take for this club to start scoring some goals. For fucks sake it is unbearable to watch this anymore.
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
As if after 120 shite games he would have been any different
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Will it cheer you up a bit if I tell you that Small Heath are losing?
With respect, no it fucking won't.
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
I like bruce but he has had zero impact
do we have a style of play? Are we fit? Are we cohesive? Are we harder to beat? Are we motivated? Have we got any fight?
Looking forward to playing buzz word bingo during his post match interview
I agree with you. I was mixed when he arrived, but he's confirming the worst. He's another Mccarthy, Warnock and Curbs... a charlatan.
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For me, it's the worst since this.
http://www.11v11.com/matches/watford-v-aston-villa-13-september-1969-114378/
We finished up going down to the 3rd division then
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Will it cheer you up a bit if I tell you that Small Heath are losing?
The rags will not have won for 9 fucking games, and will STILL be above us.
Just let that sink in before you smile too much.
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One of the most tactically inept managers I have ever seen
Joking apart another couple of games like this and he will be on thin ice
As tactically aware as my dogs arse
I suspect he will get the rest of the season as long as relegation isnt threatened
credit to Brentford, they have played superb stuff tonight
but we have been disgusting to be honest, classic big time charlies not willing to put a shift in, manager too dumb or stubborn to make changes and a horriby unbalanced side
Agree with all that
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
Do you think he'd have been better then? I don't, I think he'd have been equally as shite.
No, the point is he was never the problem.
He was part of the problem I reckon, nit good enough despite a generally good attitude. Tonight is an anomaly I can only put down to me being available to watch the match. I am the curse. I apologise.
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Whst the fuck was that Hourihane.
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Will it cheer you up a bit if I tell you that Small Heath are losing?
Yes
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It is like watching Brentford against Barcelona - Villa being Brentford, Brentford=Barca...WTF
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Can not believe I have been looking forward to this game since last week
why do Villa always do this
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
Do you think he'd have been better then? I don't, I think he'd have been equally as shite.
He'll undoubtedly turn into Pirlo now though, whilst we'll take the seasons most effective Championship midfielder and turn him into Robbie Savage's less talented cousin.
The Villa way. 2010-
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Hutton doing that "get forward and leave enough space behind for for the Glastonbury Festival" thing
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
I like bruce but he has had zero impact
do we have a style of play? Are we fit? Are we cohesive? Are we harder to beat? Are we motivated? Have we got any fight?
Looking forward to playing buzz word bingo during his post match interview
I agree with you. I was mixed when he arrived, but he's confirming the worst. He's another Mccarthy, Warnock and Curbs... a charlatan.
Agree but we all thought he was the promotion expert when he arrived. Baffling we seem so shite, so often
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First ever loss to Brentford this
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
Do you think he'd have been better then? I don't, I think he'd have been equally as shite.
He'll undoubtedly turn into Pirlo now though, whilst we'll take the seasons most effective Championship midfielder and turn him into Robbie Savage's less talented cousin.
The Villa way. 2010-
Exactly this. I've no clue.
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Thought we might at least have a go second half but I don't think we've had a shot!
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They're going to take £12 m off us aswell.We are a gift to the Championship.
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Hourihan hasn't carried away he ball at all, not only once. I hope this is an off night.
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Christ, this is shameful to watch.
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
I like bruce but he has had zero impact
do we have a style of play? Are we fit? Are we cohesive? Are we harder to beat? Are we motivated? Have we got any fight?
Looking forward to playing buzz word bingo during his post match interview
I agree with you. I was mixed when he arrived, but he's confirming the worst. He's another Mccarthy, Warnock and Curbs... a charlatan.
Bloody hell, he's had 1 game with his new team, some of whine signed in the last few days and you're writing him off already?
This is by no means a defence of tonight's performance btw.
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We've been lucky to keep this to three.
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Jedinak has to play in front of back four
Hutton has to be replaced ... simply awful
You cant play with all your new toys at the same time
Amavi poor
BB will feature but not a guaranteed starter
Kodja awful upfront on his own surely Gabby up there with him would have been better than nowt (was Gabby injured)
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They're going to take £12 m off us aswell.We are a gift to the Championship.
Bet hogan can't wait to put 2 stone on and play like shit for loads of money.
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What is shocking is not that they are better than us.
It is how much better than us they are.
It's men against boys, utterly pathetic.
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Shocking surrender from the whole team.
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Disgraceful performance but I did say we'd struggle tonight. Didn't think we'd be so utterly shit though.
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You just know Alan McCormack is going to score
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Adomah you are wank.
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Hourihan hasn't carried away he ball at all, not only once. I hope this is an off night.
This is one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. He's been useless!
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I must be in a coma, no chance we have been so bad, for so long.
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Adomah you are wank.
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Adomah only has one trick and he fucks it everything.
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Brentford taking the piss. Whatever the Chinese for 'fuck me' that's what Dr Tony is thinking about now
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I think only young Green has come out of this with any credit tonight
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Adomah is shit, too.
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We do not have the slightest clue how to orchestrate an attack.
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Having been up moaning all day, this has finally sent my baby to sleep.
Furthermore my wifes just asked me if I can put some pile cream in her arse. Frankly that sounds infinitely more appealing than watching more of this bollocks.
Time to glove up.
Oh, fuck the gloves...fuck it!!
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A true horror show made even worse when we've just supposedly rebuilt the squad and spent about 60m net.
My prediction is a relegation battle. Everything is just broken at this club.
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They've been very good to be fair to them but we offered fuck all in response.
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Brentford are taking the piss. A side that has won 1 of their last 8 at home.
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Should be 4
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should be 4 here
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Should have been 4.
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Mugs
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Embarrassing.
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
I like bruce but he has had zero impact
do we have a style of play? Are we fit? Are we cohesive? Are we harder to beat? Are we motivated? Have we got any fight?
Looking forward to playing buzz word bingo during his post match interview
I agree with you. I was mixed when he arrived, but he's confirming the worst. He's another Mccarthy, Warnock and Curbs... a charlatan.
Bloody hell, he's had 1 game with his new team, some of whine signed in the last few days and you're writing him off already?
This is by no means a defence of tonight's performance btw.
Leeds away
norwich away
Cardiff away
wolves away
if only there was some sort of pattern
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This should be 5 by now
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I notice our corners looked a bit 'floaty'. Probably Westwood's fault. Think the second goal was down to him too...
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Should have been 4. Think we're leaving it a bit late to get anything out of this game
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Alan Hutton f**k off
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Adomah you are wank.
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One of the worst wingers I have ever seen. Absolute shite of a player.
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Hourihan hasn't carried away he ball at all, not only once. I hope this is an off night.
This is one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. He's been useless!
Bjarnason has run him close
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They're taking the piss!
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Blow your whistle red ffs
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a wet Tuesday night at Brentford
we should have know being in the chumpship these nights would happen.
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It's alright, the next minute might turn out to be our good 60 seconds.
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What's going on with all the bad passes, poor control...
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I think some of you have short memories
we were excellent in the first 10 minutes
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Should have been 4. Think we're leaving it a bit late to get anything out of this game
Yep, I'm beginning to think we're gonna lose this too.
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What's going on with all the bad passes, poor control...
That's us.
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Should have been 4. Think we're leaving it a bit late to get anything out of this game
Just spat my drink everywhere
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
I like bruce but he has had zero impact
do we have a style of play? Are we fit? Are we cohesive? Are we harder to beat? Are we motivated? Have we got any fight?
Looking forward to playing buzz word bingo during his post match interview
I agree with you. I was mixed when he arrived, but he's confirming the worst. He's another Mccarthy, Warnock and Curbs... a charlatan.
Bloody hell, he's had 1 game with his new team, some of whine signed in the last few days and you're writing him off already?
This is by no means a defence of tonight's performance btw.
Leeds away
norwich away
Cardiff away
wolves away
if only there was some sort of pattern
What we've played all of them since Bruce signed his new players?
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As I've been saying for a few weeks, other than the new manager bounce what has Bruce done to deserve next season?
My worry was that he seemed to have decided not to bother training players to a style and instead to just sign players and then worry about it. The problem is that leaves you with 3 new midfielders fitting into a squad who don't know how they're expected to play and everyone looks lost. Bruce NEEDS to show that he can form us into a team in the next few games or we're going to be back to looking at the wrong end of the table. Pathetic performance tonight and the excuses for Bruce are starting to wear very thin.
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Will it cheer you up a bit if I tell you that Small Heath are losing?
With respect, no it fucking won't.
It would take Brexit being cancelled and Trump being shot to cheer me up. I'm 60 this year and despite all the ups and downs in life I've always been an optimist by nature, but frankly I'm coming to the conclusion that everything is becoming complete and utter shit around us. Fuck fuck fuckety fuck to the whole fucking world !
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On the plus side only another 3 minutes to go.
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What's the betting £12m on Hogan turns out to be money down the toilet?
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We have the most talented player in the division and Bruce is trying his best to destroy him.
How some of these players get picked above him is a real mystery to me.
Yet another shit performance from a manager who seems to specialise in disjointed performances. I don't want to keep changing managers because I know that is not the way to go and I really like Bruce, but I have to say, his Teams stink.
If your talking about Grealish he wouldn't get in this Brentford team we're getting mullered by. Fuck off Hutton you useless twat. And the rest of the defence look as fucking clueless as anything we've seen in the last 4 years.
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Would be nice to of had an attempt on target but it seems a theme with Mr Bruce.
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Fuck off Hutton
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Hourihan hasn't carried away he ball at all, not only once. I hope this is an off night.
This is one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. He's been useless!
To be honest I think the Icelander was much worse. George Weah's cousin bad.
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What's the betting £12m on Hogan turns out to be money down the toilet?
He's probably down Nandos right now, speed-eating.
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Are the villa fans singing "fuck off you shit"?
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What's going on with all the bad passes, poor control...
They collectively gave up and folded in the 20th minute, the fkn rotten lot of em
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******. Useless ******. Fuck off Bruce you potato-faced twat.
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Bearing in mind how well we started before shitting out when Brentford started tackling, this is down to lack of bollocks. Again!
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Said to my son at lunchtime if Bruce doesnt finish the season strongly, He will be gone in the summer. Bruce was employed as the promotion expert. We have looked anything but since his arrival
I like bruce but he has had zero impact
do we have a style of play? Are we fit? Are we cohesive? Are we harder to beat? Are we motivated? Have we got any fight?
Looking forward to playing buzz word bingo during his post match interview
I agree with you. I was mixed when he arrived, but he's confirming the worst. He's another Mccarthy, Warnock and Curbs... a charlatan.
Bloody hell, he's had 1 game with his new team, some of whine signed in the last few days and you're writing him off already?
This is by no means a defence of tonight's performance btw.
Leeds away
norwich away
Cardiff away
wolves away
if only there was some sort of pattern
What we've played all of them since Bruce signed his new players?
Jesus wept
of course not but 5 away games zero goals, zero points and playing fucking shit
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Are we still feeling smug about Westwood?
Do you think he'd have been better then? I don't, I think he'd have been equally as shite.
He'll undoubtedly turn into Pirlo now though, whilst we'll take the seasons most effective Championship midfielder and turn him into Robbie Savage's less talented cousin.
The Villa way. 2010-
Exactly this. I've no clue.
Indeed. The Pendulum of Blame is now swinging away from the shit players to the shit manager. We'll replace him with someone we rate, and then we'll be shit because of the shit players. They'll all get replaced, and then our shitness must be due to that shit manager we just hired. And so on. The only constant: we're Villa, and we're shit.
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What's the betting £12m on Hogan turns out to be money down the toilet?
He's probably down Nandos right now, speed-eating.
That made me laugh
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This draft makes the French busload of signings look positively brilliant.
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Jota looked like Lionel Messi. He was destroying us from 10 minutes in and we did NOTHING about it.
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Jota looked like Lionel Messi. He was destroying us from 10 minutes in and we done NOTHING about it.
In contrast to Lansbury who looked good for the first 5/10 minutes and then Brentford adjusted their play to close him down and he disappeared from the game.
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I don't think the owners patience will last too much longer......
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Jota looked like Lionel Messi. He was destroying us from 10 minutes in and we done NOTHING about it.
In contrast to Lansbury who looked good for the first 5/10 minutes and then Brentford adjusted their play to close him down and he disappeared from the game.
Exactly my friend.
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14th. Fucking gutless bastards.
Advice for a relegated team? Buy a mid table championship team.
Why does this change my mood every time? I'm going to see Paul Mckenna.
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I think the word "gel" is going to get used a lot for the next couple of months. As in they must get time to. Like it is some abstract transformation that comes down from the clouds over Bodymoor Heath. The single biggest problem at our club is the absence of good judges of players. Without them you might as well flush the club's money down the toilet.
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I think the word "gel" is going to get used a lot for the next couple of months. As in they must get time to. Like it is some abstract transformation that comes down from the clouds over Bodymoor Heath. The single biggest problem at our club is the absence of good judges of players. Without them you might as well flush the club's money down the toilet.
I was just thinking that
How must Dr Tony be feeling? He's given Bruce his total backing and trusted his judgement. I really feel for him he was clearly excited about the transfer window only for it to totally blow up in his face.
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Post match quote
Difficult game to come into, players not been together until today.
Not had competitive game for two weeks.
Number of injuries to key players.
Kodja jet lagged after travelling
Indeed, the excuses are easy.
But, we have been hearing shit excuses since before Christmas
Kodjia jet legged ? Gabon is on the same time zone as the UK ?
Did he fly back to Birmingham via China or California ?
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As time goes on, it feels more and more like we are the next Leeds and Sheff Wed.
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As time goes on, it feels more and more like we are the next Leeds and Sheff Wed.
Right now I would take that