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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on February 20, 2017, 07:00:48 PM
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4-1-3-2 it appears. The best of the formations he's gone with. Let's hope it works.
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Liking the formation but not the defence !
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Elphick :o
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It looks good to me, strong bench too. Come on, we can do this.
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Glad to see Jedinak back. How fit he is remains to be seen, but we have missed him big time.
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No Baker??
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well we cant argue the midfield is lightweight with all those warriors in there
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Elphick :o
Oh fuck, I missed that. For once I thought Bruce wouldn't do anything stupid. I overestimated him (again).
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Gardner for Jedinak when he begins to tire and we're defending a goal lead on 74'.
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Elphick instead of Baker??
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No width, 4 midfielders who are jack of all trade, just another episode of Bruce rolling the dice and hoping.
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Elphick instead of Baker??
Him and Bjarni must be fantastic in training to get a start after their recent performances.
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Still not sure about those 3 in midfield but with Jedinak it may different. It's certainly very hairy which may be a good description for the things at the back with Elphick in. Nailed on to drop a clanger.
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Elphick :o
Oh fuck, I missed that. For once I thought Bruce wouldn't do anything stupid. I overestimated him (again).
Ha ha, me too!
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Adomah and Baker have been two of our better players this season. Can't understand why they've been dropped. Losing faith...
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4-1-3-2 it appears. The best of the formations he's gone with. Let's hope it works.
Could be, or it could be 4-1-4-1 with BB and Kodjia out wide.
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Hold on, does the OP have a decent track record on Match Threads?
Also, just read a stat that Newcastle have lost their last 11 Monday night games. So, that will be broken tonight.
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Can't understand why Baker has been dropped, he's got a good understanding with Chester IMO
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3-0 win. Simples.
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Can't understand why Baker has been dropped, he's got a good understanding with Chester IMO
As I said in the Barnsley post thread, Bakers long hoof lost possession and lead to the Barsnley penalty, 2 minutes later he did it again and Bruce went ape shit on the touchline at him.
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That is 433 I reckon with Kodjia wide.
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Just win Villa, FFS!
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Well, I'm not fancying the lack of width. I think we're playing for a 1-0 defeat here to be honest. It's a bit negative. As inconsistent as they may be, our best hope of goals comes from Kodjia and Adomah, so it's frustrating to see Adomah dropped.
There's a big onus on Kodj and/or Hogan to work the channels.
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steve Clarke on the panel , oh dear
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3-0 win. Simples.
Shelvey called a bald bastard and both sent off for fighting. Clark to do an impression of being taken out by a sniper while handballing it for the insurance goal.
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Can't understand why Baker has been dropped, he's got a good understanding with Chester IMO
he has been fairly poor recently, well always to be honest
Elphick in ahead of him means we will be defending a lot deeper tonight though
maybe Lansbury will be playing off Hogan tonight
edit....I'll take a PM if one is going..
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Umpteen million pounds spent and I reckon that maybe two of our players would get into a pretty dismal Newcastle side.
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Amazing that surnames of 7 players on the bench start with only 3 different letters.
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They do it to help ventriloquists.
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Mad tom and no green
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it's a proper Steve Bruce side though
Workers, runners tough tacklers, no creativity anywhere,
I expect us try and stop them playing whilst hoping one of the forwards can run on to something and score
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Tom makes this Green mad.
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Can't understand why Baker has been dropped, he's got a good understanding with Chester IMO
he has been fairly poor recently, well always to be honest
Elphick in ahead of him means we will be defending a lot deeper tonight though
maybe Lansbury will be playing off Hogan tonight
edit....I'll take a PM if one is going..
Beckenbaker's distribution has been poor but a lot of that has been down to the lack of movement by players ahead of him and the opposition funnelling play to him.
He's fine at the aspects of the game that he's meant to be, certainly better than Mad Tom, whose distribution is no better and whose presence seems to negatively affect Chester
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Good grief that team lacks any creativity and invention. Could be a long night. Please prove me wrong.
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Gottle of gear.
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And frightens goalies shirtless.
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What time does the site go into meltdown tonight? What happens?
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Difficult to see where the goals are coming from, as we aren't going up or down I'd have liked to see us setting up to get at them a bit more.
It certainly looks negative on paper.
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Commentators talking about Villa needing to win to ease any relegation worries.
For fucks sake, that it has come to this.
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Difficult to see where the goals are coming from, as we aren't going up or down I'd have liked to see us setting up to get at them a bit more.
It certainly looks negative on paper.
We arent going down you say?
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Good to see Jedinak back but a bit weird to see Elphick instead of Baker.
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They do it to help ventriloquists.
Go gey i gignt go gat
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Difficult to see where the goals are coming from, as we aren't going up or down I'd have liked to see us setting up to get at them a bit more.
It certainly looks negative on paper.
We arent going down you say?
You can take it to the bank. Pinky promise.
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So we are set up for the draw. I will take a dull nil nil. We need to stop the rot. Here's to ninety minutes of watching beige paint dry.
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Up the villa. Jedi is back but...help us obi-wan kenobi, you are our only hope
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No width in midfield or attack , 2 dull non attacking ability full backs and 2 right sided centre backs. Hmm a Brucie masterstroke.
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Must be a big game, they have a giant flag
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Brace, brace. Gayle's going to get at least a brace.
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Lack of width so play full backs further forward (Bacuna & Amavi) but no let's use the two worst ones we have in a flat 4.
He may get lucky buts that's what it will be. He does not have a clue
Steve "I don't do tactics" Bruce is certainly living up to the tag
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Gunn, Gaker, Gacuna.
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What time does the site go into meltdown tonight? What happens?
Page 10 Elphick misses a turn and Gayle hits it in off his knee
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Please not Bjarni up front, can't he keep out of the way in midfield somewhere?
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That Bjarnason has had 4 different positions now. It's almost like Bruce doesn't know what he's doing.
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No width in midfield or attack , 2 dull non attacking ability full backs and 2 right sided centre backs. Hmm a Brucie masterstroke.
McCafu has been one of the few attacking threats recently
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Gunn, Gaker, Gacuna.
Gilliant
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That Bjarnason has had 4 different positions now. It's almost like Bruce doesn't know what he's doing.
Don't worry, he just needs more time...
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Why do players give a thumbs up when a teammate makes a pass that there's no hope of reaching?
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How we playing?
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How we playing?
Glorious rearguard action for the first three minutes.
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WTF Bjork
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Doughnut.
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How the fuck did Bjarnesson miss that?
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Thor........hammer of the toffee
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He's fucking rubbish, there I've said it. Again.
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Bardner, Bamavi, Badomah, Brealish.
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How the fuck did Bjarnesson miss that?
Because he's not very good?
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How we playing?
Glorious rearguard action for the first three minutes.
Cheers :) I put on AVTV to listen. See if its worth while tuning on on telly later.
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There's 50,000 in the ground and our fans are singing empty seats my lord to them! Fuckin hell our fans are brain dead sometimes
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I didn't think it was that easy of a chance myself.
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Playing hogan as the lone striker doesn't suggest we'll hold onto the ball to me
That was a tough chance for Thor. But even so I though he might have tried to kick it towards the goal
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Decent spell villa
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Thor lacks a bit of pace
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No pace in the team at all, going to be a long night.
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Pitch invader at Arse
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That was our good minute.
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Commentator's curse - 'one of the best set-piece takers in the division' - proceeds to float over everyone for a goal kick
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Thor lacks a bit of pace
Bloody hell youre not wrong
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Lol commentator is a bellend
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Playing hogan as the lone striker doesn't suggest we'll hold onto the ball to me
That was a tough chance for Thor. But even so I though he might have tried to kick it towards the goal
Y'know, you might be onto a plan there. Maybe the players haven't been told to kick the ball at goal
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Lansbury's passing is dire so far.
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6 out of 10 for Jedi dive
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Just isn't gelling
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Thor lacks a bit of pace
Bloody hell youre not wrong
Is he gubbish
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Hogans first touch is shite, hope he's better when he finally gets a chance.
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Commentator's curse - 'one of the best set-piece takers in the division' - proceeds to float over everyone for a goal kick
All statements like that should be prefaced with the words "before joining Aston Villa he was......"
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A Clarke OG would be nice.
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Clear foul, shit ref. Again
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Does that count as a shot from Hutton?
We'll take it
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Wait til Jack comes on, then you see the gel.
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were being wripped off by the supermarkets!
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We are the better team
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have Newcastle had one attempt yet
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A team needs nasty buggers and there ain't too many nastier buggers than Shelvey and Colback
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I thought Lansbury was decent against Ipswich but he's been very poor so far
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Lol Brian. 😁 my pie is more interesting at moment. Bot a classic game yet
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Colback is about seven stone wringing wet, Jedi and Lansbury should be terrorising him.
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no but a weekly shop at Tesco's is 6% higher than a year ago.
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Too much hoof villa
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There isn't one team that's really any good in this division. Whoever goes up will struggle in the PL without serious investment.
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Wait til Jack comes on, then you see the gel.
You mean bell dont you?
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Blimey, still doing the 17 minutes thing
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Fucking hell Hutton - surely the law of averages would mean that sometimes a forward pass or cross would connect with a team mate?
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Too much hoof villa
Every time that donkey Hutton gets the ball it's all he does
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Nice run from Hogan, well found by Hoolihan.
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Jonjo is a banjo string. Kodjia is once again not looking up or around.
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Too much hoof villa
Every time that donkey Hutton gets the ball it's all he does
He basically just charges forward until he comes under pressure and then plays a hopeful ball without looking
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Why does it feel that every player we buy looks better at their last club? Every player we sell looks better once they've left?
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Can you imagine what it'd be like if we scored one of them goal things? It'd be like something out of Terry Gilliam's imagination if he was drinking absinthe while wearing Jimi Hendrix's acid headband.
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for all your moaning chaps we are defo the better side so far
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For Barnsley?!?
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for all your moaning chaps we are defo the better side so far
Good to hear.
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Work a good corner? For once. just once? Please Villa?
edit: Nope.
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Trying to play premier league football isnt going to work you tossers, this is the Championship for fks sake!
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Fat man slo mo hand ball on replay.....think it was the fish?
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Arse just scored against Sutton
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for all your moaning chaps we are defo the better side so far
We are doing ok, better than expected to be fair.
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for all your moaning chaps we are defo the better side so far
yep agreed.
My expectations were to not concede within 10 minutes and so far we've doubled that.
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When we pass the ball we look ok.
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Not bad so far but not enough players forward.
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Trying to play premier league football isnt going to work you tossers, this is the Championship for fks sake!
You really think we know how to play premier league football?
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I'm pleased that we seem to be working and fighting very hard. In this run that really is back to basics. so far, so good. (25 minutes)
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Good pressure by Villa
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Yes certainly sounds like a determined and point to prove performance so far.
Someone tell the lads it might be a good idea to play like this v bottom half teams.
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Arse just scored against Sutton
Good, I hope they get another ten to serve Sutton right for selling out to The Sun.
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Trying to play premier league football isnt going to work you tossers, this is the Championship for fks sake!
You really think we know how to play premier league football?
Trying to.
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First time I've been able to watch most of our new arrivals. Our midfield looks much better on this evidence, although Lansbury's not done much so far and Bjarnason looks short of quality. We've been ok so far.
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The bestest fans in the world, ever, must all be eating their stotties because I can't hear a fucking peep out the bastards.
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Despite all my criticisms we have started reasonably and are the better team - without looking like we'd have it in us to score if we go a goal down
Lansbury and Thor have been hopeless on the ball though.
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Lansbury has a good engine
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Missed the first 15 mins but since then it seems - strangely - Villa players are mostly passing to Villa players ...and... no doubt we are pressing them well. 'Cmon you Lions !
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Much better with Jedi in the team.He is running the show.
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The self proclaimed greatest fans in the world seem unusually quiet.....
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Fuck that was close by Kodjia
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Nearly ...but nearlies don't count.
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The self proclaimed greatest fans in the world seem unusually quiet.....
The Fish says the don't proclaim it at all.
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Gayle coming off
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Sounds good. Decent corner? For once?
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corner , oh err
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Mitrovic on.
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Sigh. Nope. Why are our corners so utterly awful?
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Sigh. Nope. Why are our corners so utterly awful?
We miss a Westwood floater.
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Shelvey booked for sarcasm :)
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Shelvey booked for being a cock
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I hate penis head shelvey.......the todger headed twat
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Need to wind Shelvey up now - silly booking
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Shelvey booked for sarcasm :)
he's a cock
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What s ****** banjo baldy truly is
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Shelvey booked for doing a Sal Solo impression.
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From now on I will call him Johnny, as in " heres Johnny".
Kodjia not Shelvey.
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I know we will probably still find a way to lose tonight but Newcastle look absolutely dire. On this showing they're coming straight back down.
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Diame and Shelvey look almost identical facially. Almost.
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Mis-timed tackle my rear-end. Deserved that booking did Lascelles, Hogan was away there.
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We are missing the midfield link player that Jack should be.
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We're stifling the game without creating anything of note. Hogan is completely isolated up front.
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I wonder if anyone's tested this Icelandic feller, to see if he's who he says he is.
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Pressing working there. 3 Villa midfielders around Colback then. This is good, Villa. Keep it going !
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All fart no shit tonight
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We are missing the midfield link player that Jack should be.
That's why we bought Hourihane and Lansbury. Both can play that role and score goals yet neither is getting forward sufficiently.
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We are missing the midfield link player that Jack should be.
Unfortunately he isn't that player
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Jedinak adding much needed steel
I wish he didn't have the habit of playing what should be simple ten yard balls in the air for no reason at all, just so they're bouncing right up into the face
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Sigh.
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Chaotic defending. Again
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Well that was predictable.
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Fucking pathetic defending.
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Bollox.
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And there you go 1-0
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Fuck me
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Oh bugger. They have a corner.
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Shambles
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We always find a way to fuck it up.
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and that's game over.....
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Comedy show against run of play, scrappy scrappy shit
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There it is. Normal service resumed then.
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When your hot your hot - not.....
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wankers
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comedy
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Fucking gollocks
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Luck isn't going our way at the moment is it?
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Do OK for a while, concede.
Here we go, they'll get three or four now.
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Poor from Hourhane in not preventing the cross, poor from whoever was marking Clarke, poor from Jedi in not getting out.
Poor.
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major push on the corner
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Do OK for a while, concede.
Here we go, they'll get three or four now.
Yep, this.
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Fucking clowns in defence. We've stopped them from playing not done that much ourselves and then pretty much as expected shot ourselves in the foot right before HT.
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Solid defending.
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Fuck off you absolute ******. FUCK OFF. ******
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Alright off to enjoy my day off. I have seen this movie before. Good luck all.
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Absolute joke
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What the fuck was Jedinak doing for the goal?
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8 defenders getting in each other's way then. It seems we are still prone to that sort of "switch-off" moment that allowed it to develop. Not out of this by any means. Good running from Hogan, too.
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That could have been 2
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Their first effort...How ferkin typical
Surely Clark's offside..On the initial header
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Right on time
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Their first shot on or off target
Terrible time to concede
We'll need some subs to start posing more of a threat
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if this is top of the table fuck me
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Not out of this by any means.
I take it you don't watch us very often?
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For their goal in listening to the feckin mall song from original dawn of the dead
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fucking anonymous westwood
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Everyone back at a corner again - yet Newcastle still manage to play a short corner and players have switched off.
Kids stuff
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1 attempt, 1 goal. My new tactic of not watching or listening hasn't worked so far. Might be time to see if I have a fish pie and can get us winning again
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Hogan has been poor
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Giss off you gocks
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And I forgot how annoying that cock Benitez is with his stupid fucking note book.
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Luck has got fuck all to do with it.
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marvellous in defeat , will we ever win a game.
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God I can't say I've been impressed with hogan's touch so far
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Newcastle score with only shot on target shocker
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Comedy. Absolute comedy defending and once again a team we've been doing ok against are suddenly beating us through a gift. Cant see us pulling this back, they'll be rampant second half.
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Hogan has been poor
He hasn't had much service to show what he can do.
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Be interesting to see how many times we've conceded from a short corner
Not that it'll be a lot,but I bet it's a great deal more relative to our peers...Grrrr
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Sigh. Thought we played well without threatening a great deal. Could have doe with getting to H-T 0-0 so the crowd start to get agitated, but this is the Villa so.....
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Played OK for large parts without actually threatening to score.
It was only a matter of time, a bit of pressure and they score
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God I can't say I've been impressed with hogan's touch so far
He looks like he's been on the McCormack diet.
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Twice in forty seconds Newcastle able to stroll across vast stretches of pitch where Taylor is supposed to be.
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This is why playing well without scoring isn't good enough because teams know that whatever happens we'll gift them a chance around half time.
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Shot ourselves in the foot yet again. Surely when the balls bouncing in your own box you expect the keeper to take charge. Been in the game and frustrated them, but we simply don't look like scoring
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"Promising? Determined? Team-player? Score goals? Committed? Statistically brilliant?
Then come to Aston Villa, where we'll suck all that shit right out of you!"
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Thank god for beer
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God I can't say I've been impressed with hogan's touch so far
No he looks a Steve Bull type player, needs the ball in front of him and he gets shots off but doesn't link well. Some nice runs mind.
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What have we done to deserve this heaped ladle full of bad mojo.
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Well for 40 mins we were the better team and then comedy defending yet again which as usual increases the confidence of the opposition. You really can't blame Bruce for that. We've been set up right and nullified them it's not his fault they yet again switch off
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There can not be another team, in any division, that aimlessly kicks out at the ball, like we do.
It's like they all have this inbuilt reaction to just whack , hoof and slash at the fucker, if it comes near them rather than try and take a touch, or control the ball or god forbid, pass to a teammate.
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I thought we played ok for the majority of the game considering we are away at the Toon. They get one shot on target due to shite defending and the way our luck is going at the moment we will end up with fuck all again.
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God I can't say I've been impressed with hogan's touch so far
He looks like he's been on the McCormack diet.
I've been on that diet for a good while, it does work
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We're going down again
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I get that we're going to concede.Don't care. I care that we're not scoring and look like we're not going to.
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It's all so *sighs* Villa. We all know what's going to happen.
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I hope that was our shit half.
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Like mccormack we don't play to Hogan's strengths. What was the point in buying him?
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Twice in forty seconds Newcastle able to stroll across vast stretches of pitch where Taylor is supposed to be.
I thought he played alright to be honest. He defends better than Amavi
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Not out of this by any means.
I take it you don't watch us very often?
Every chance I get, of course. But the first half has been as good as any we've produced since Brighton IMO.
Pressing well. Passing well. Lots of effort generally. Good levels of determination up to the hammer blow goal. And they have been very poor for a table-topping side. Someone earlier mentioned they'll be straight back down. No sign of them being even that good.
We are not going to be bettered in this game IMO. I have changed my mind and now go 1-1,
be positive. 'Cmon you Lions !
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I was browsing the leading scorers tables in the Observer yesterday, and the words 'Aston Villa' appeared in my line of vision - 'must be Kodjia' I thought, but no, it was Hogan - 14 goals. Then he comes here and does nothing. Predictable I suppose
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Thank god for beer
This.
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Unless we come out fighting for every ball this next half I think I'll call this season over in terms of time and money investment.. I don't give s shit if we lose, I want to see some heart. 40 mins we're the better team. Hogan, needs a goal too cause so far so unimpressed. Houranhane, good 20 mins then a couple of shit corners, show us you're better than Westwood. Lansbury, wind these fat twats up and get that cock shelve sent off. Show some balls.
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We're doing alright. Lansbury and Hourihane need to do more to get closer to Hogan and use the space he creates.
These have been shit. First fucking shot a goal. Useless defending for the corner.
We will.do them second half.
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Hogan has been poor
why single him out from the other 21 ?
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I was browsing the leading scorers tables in the Observer yesterday, and the words 'Aston Villa' appeared in my line of vision - 'must be Kodjia' I thought, but no, it was Hogan - 14 goals. Then he comes here and does nothing. Predictable I suppose
I don't recall the team creating many chances for him, do you?
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Not out of this by any means.
I take it you don't watch us very often?
Every chance I get, of course. But the first half has been as good as any we've produced since Brighton IMO.
Pressing well. Passing well. Lots of effort generally. Good levels of determination up to the hammer blow goal. And they have been very poor for a table-topping side. Someone earlier mentioned they'll be straight back down. No sign of them being even that good.
We are not going to be bettered in this game IMO. I have changed my mind and now go 1-1,
be positive. 'Cmon you Lions !
We will lose by 2 + goals I'm afraid.
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We're doing alright. Lansbury and Hourihane need to do more to get closer to Hogan and use the space he creates.
These have been shit. First fucking shot a goal. Useless defending for the corner.
We will.do them second half.
Well, that's confined us to a 4-0 defeat. If you predicted tomorrow was going to be Tuesday I'd check the calendar! :)
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Hogan has been poor
why single him out from the other 21 ?
Because he cost £loads of millions and has been unconvincing so far. That's why.
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Hogan has been poor
why single him out from the other 21 ?
Because a)I'm only talking about Villa players
b)He has been poor
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Hogan has been poor
why single him out from the other 21 ?
Hogan has been no poorer than anyone.
The poor fucker is playing in a team that is totally and utterly incapable of playing in way that makes the most of his ability
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We were solid apart from the usual goal fuck up. Geordie mates saying we've been robbed so far. So let's not let our malaise distort reality of what's just happened.
Only player for me who is the weak link is Mr Iceland. Offered nothing, can't tackle and just try's to get the ball away rather than accept responsibility and pick a pass.
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We're doing alright. Lansbury and Hourihane need to do more to get closer to Hogan and use the space he creates.
These have been shit. First fucking shot a goal. Useless defending for the corner.
We will.do them second half.
Well, that's confined us to a 4-0 defeat. If you predicted tomorrow was going to be Tuesday I'd check the calendar! :)
From my view we've been the better side. The midfield two in front of Jedinak need to show more and we will create
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Huff and puff, a bit of effort, no real quality, no real width and hence no goals. Oh for an Ashley Young to provide some bloody service. Leading goalscorer isolated on the left. Rubbish
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Right that's it. I'm hitting the Chivas Regal.
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I am emotionally spent watching Villa
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I thought we played reasonably well that first half. We didn't create a lot but we frustrated them and that's what you need to do at a place like that. It's going to be difficult now they've got that goal though.
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Watch hogan's goals. Not many come from sixty yard whacks from centre halves.
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I was browsing the leading scorers tables in the Observer yesterday, and the words 'Aston Villa' appeared in my line of vision - 'must be Kodjia' I thought, but no, it was Hogan - 14 goals. Then he comes here and does nothing. Predictable I suppose
I don't recall the team creating many chances for him, do you?
Exactly - that was my point. Not well made obviously
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Just cracked a 5am Saint
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Gonna piss this league they said...
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Quite honestly we may as well just start every game 1-0 down such is the oh well attitude.
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I thought we played reasonably well that first half. We didn't create a lot but we frustrated them and that's what you need to do at a place like that. It's going to be difficult now they've got that goal though.
You are right but we have seen such things many times before.
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Gonna piss this league they said...
Fake news.
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I hope Bruce has given up telling them that there are 'turning points'. They don't like them. They're scared of them. There have been so many that we've snubbed.
I think we're getting relegated.
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We look a lot more solid as a team with Jedinak in it, Hutton I thought had a decent half.
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Can jack play in thors place? Offers no pace or nous whatsoever. Also are they aware of each other? 3 players crowding ball. And ffs kodjia, look up!!!!!! Pass! Feel Hogan is a) isolated and b) thinking why the fuck did I come here
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So this has become Bruces defining game? Make a change! See whats been happening 1st half and adapt accordingly.
No chance and no changes until 75. Fuck off now Bruce!
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We are missing the final ball...look a bit impotent. Need 2 up top for a start.
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Hogan has been poor
why single him out from the other 21 ?
Because he cost £loads of millions and has been unconvincing so far. That's why.
don't agree I think theres some players on that pitch that make him right at home, that's why nerr
seriously he's quite isolated, not many players trying to link up , give him options breaking forward.
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Right that's it. I'm hitting the Chivas Regal.
Can Can I come over? Promise not to talk football
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Well things are such that I was sitting here watching Sutton United v Arsenal and had completely forgotten that we were playing tonight.
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Worked hard without looking too threatening. Switched off at the corner but had plenty of chances to clear the ball. Come on villa!
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Aston Villa have not come from behind, at half time, in 3 and a half years...
Great stat there from sky sports.... FFS!!
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Has our new Icelandic player ever managed to pass to a teammate? I don't mean in this match, I mean in all the games he's played for Villa.
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Calm down we looked like a team in that half we better than matched them, just one fck up shouldn't take that away.
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Aston Villa have not come from behind, at half time, in 3 and a half years...
Great stat there from sky sports.... FFS!!
I'm surprised it's not longer.
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Right that's it. I'm hitting the Chivas Regal.
Can Can I come over? Promise not to talk football
Yes, but no dancing allowed.
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Well things are such that I was sitting here watching Sutton United v Arsenal and had completely forgotten that we were playing tonight.
It must have come as a relief to find out it was a bit like watching all our other Bruce matches.
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I'd get Adomah on for Bjarnason - offered very little so far
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Itbrvilla good beer choice dude. Punk ipa for me
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Can't score goals and can't defend...bit of a recipe there
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I think that must be the 187th time we've conceded a similar goal in 3 seasons. Time for a change. 2-1 villa Ciaran Clark o.g in the 92nd minute
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Oh no. A corner
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The movement in front of Taylor then sums up Villa over the last few years, simply none existent, so he kicks the ball out of play
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I'd get Adomah on for Bjarnason - offered very little so far
Yes I think he'd do more tham Bjarnason.
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Can't score goals and can't defend...bit of a recipe there
I know this one. Is it a disaster omelette?
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Hogan has been poor
why single him out from the other 21 ?
Because a)I'm only talking about Villa players
b)He has been poor
ok theres 10 other players , no?
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Jumbo, why do you think The Malandro said Can Can he come over. He has got his new garters on I expect.
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dangerous free kick
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Maybe The Malandro is a man who knows how to get his kicks? Anyway, less of the Jumbo, please, Brian. I'm an extra-medium.
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I'd get Adomah on for Bjarnason - offered very little so far
Yes
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dangerous free kick
And well defended.
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in fairness the refs having an ok game.
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The new signings aren't exactly shining are they.
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Adomah for Thor is a must
He's really looked bad so far
I think we might need to get kodjia up top as well
I'd still like to see us try a diamond at some point
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in fairness the refs having an ok game.
Sign him up.
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What pisses me off. Subs at ht when needed. Why is Thor still on the pitch, as he thinks we are playing in stripes!!
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I think I fucking hate elphick.
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Pissing this league aren't we?
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Lansbury is having a decent game.
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What pisses me off. Subs at ht when needed. Why is Thor still on the pitch, as he thinks we are playing in stripes!!
We'll probably make a change after about 78 mins, 10 mins or so after they scored a 3rd.
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Terrible free kick
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What the fuck can Bruce see in Bjarni to think he's a right winger. Or footballer.
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Bruce is old school. Subs are only for injury replacements.
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Our players look like they all walk in treacle.
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Pass to Villa player!!!!
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Lot of blind passes being played to no one.
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Pass to Villa player!!!!
Are you available to pay a visit to Bodymoor Heath this week?
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That shot sums up Bjarnasons game tonight.
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That shot will land in Edinburgh
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Few minutes ago Hogan miscontrolled a ball.Couldn't trap it.Maybe that's not his game.Or the service.
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commentator said swing of thor, pist myself, yeah get your coat.
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Please take Bjarnason off.
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Please take Bjarnason off.
87 mins ?
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I like Kodja but fuck me he needs to pass every now and again.
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Put Adomah or Grealish on for Bjarnason. No threat at the moment.
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Very telling that the close-up of our bench showed SB in conversation only with Clemence. But no sign of urgency in freshening things up and no sign of subs warming-up either.
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Few minutes ago Hogan miscontrolled a ball.Couldn't trap it.Maybe that's not his game.Or the service.
He's shit.
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Please take Bjarnason off.
87 mins ?
To be replaced by Baker.
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We are going down again aren't we?
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Am I alone in thinking he should have caught that free kick?
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Tonev & Bjarnason must be brothers. How the hell does he get picked ahead of Adomah?
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were having a good passage of play, so I suppose that says,
not long till Newcastle get the second.
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Fuck my old boots.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Fuck sake ggggrrrrr
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Oh for fucks sake. Can we not defend a corner
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I'm done. G'night.
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That's fucking crap. Again.
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We are fucking wank
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We really are fucking useless.
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How many more Micky mouse goals???!
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fuckwits
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Fecking hell, its back to the old 'cornalty' days
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Got to be honest whatever team we send out we can't break the cycle.
At a loss tbh.
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Jesus Christ. And he's a professional footballer?
Back to the good old cornerlty days I see.
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Fucking wanker elphick again. Started wrong side and couldn't get back.
Wanker!
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Two shit goals conceded tonight
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Another shit goal conceded. Another corner not cleared.
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Fecking hell, its back to the old 'cornalty' days
Great minds!
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I'm a prothet, or just used to watching us.
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Lack of class the Newcastle PA announcing that as a Lansbury own goal.
Such a petty club that lot.
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Only we could fall for the same corner twice.
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I think that must be the 187th time we've conceded a similar goal in 3 seasons. Time for a change. 2-1 villa Ciaran Clark o.g in the 92nd minute
Make that 188
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FFS! When will this shite ever end?
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Ah good stuff. Two fucking gifts.
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Typical villa ..Jedinak fouls when Diame gets in shooting range. Why no challenge on the half way line? Free kick ...corner...goal FFS
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Bruce - for fucks sake change it.
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2-0 and Newcastle haven't really threatened. Comical.
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Did they not think it was worth paying attention when they tried that same routine, ooh... 20 seconds earlier?
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Na na nana ner na na na nerna. 'Kin laughable.
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I truly hate how Villa makes me feel about football.
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Cuntfuckspasms.
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We are an utter fucking shambles.
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....positivity...well, maybe 2-2 ?
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Lack of class the Newcastle PA announcing that as a Lansbury own goal.
Such a petty club that lot.
Yep. Sad
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I give up.
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That's what you get for playing Elphick ahead of Baker. Elphick is total jinx on the defence. Fuck off Bruce.
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Bruce ain't got a clue the twat why not make any subs now we got nothing to loose
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Hopefully these ****** have relegation wage clauses. Probably don't though.
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I mean that's just shit Lansbury
Embarrassingly shit
Fucking hell hogan looks like he's playing park football - flicking it onto himself and running
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Right Bruce get that fucking Thor off and get Albert on.
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Well, that's buggered my birthday up - thanks Villa!
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Still waiting to see some heart (and not the 80s hair metal band)
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I never thought I'd say this so quickly but I am done with Bruce
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It's so desperate. One question why does Bruce never talk a decision through with calderwood??
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We are shit and even lambert era better than this wank
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If you thought it was lump it before now, it'll be even more lump it from here on in
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Two soft goals
He needs to change it now
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That's what you get for playing Elphick ahead of Baker. Elphick is total jinx on the defence. Fuck off Bruce.
I think elphick has been ok
Baker has been very bad of late
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Fuck Off now Bruce and the lot of them, they don't even look bothered.
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Still at least they didn't ruin my weekend.
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for all the huffing and puffing in the first half, Newcastle have played crap tonight and are still beating us at a canter
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It takes some doing to take a midfield of Westwood and Gardner, buy three new players, and make it worse. Well played Bruce, well played.
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Still twenty minutes or more to go to " subs-time " I 'spose. Confidence and effort rate need to be maintained now.
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Worst team ever.
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People may slate Hogan but he runs and works hard when will Kodija do that!
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Draw or lose our "good" half, lose our "bad" half.
Nothing changes.
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Oh fuck off Bjarnason.
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Well we all knew it was game over at 1-0.
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Make a change....please
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Good save but Bjarnason should have buried it
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I don't know if you can allow for a footballer like Lansbury failing to kick a ball. But Bruce should have put Adomah on when we were still in the game. Now I can see us losing 4-0. We certainly don't look like creating anything ourselves.
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Should of buried that chance
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You see Hutton marauding forward, where he invariably fucks it up with a crap pass or cross, and now all can do is laugh.
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Fuck me, fuck off Thor
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well weve made the geordies happy. oh there loving it.
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People may slate Hogan but he runs and works hard when will Kodija do that!
Kodjia has been running all over the place, what the actual fuck are you on about?
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So so slow in everything we do
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Make a fucking substitution!
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Still twenty minutes or more to go to " subs-time " I 'spose. Confidence and effort rate need to be maintained now.
Based on Saturday, it'll take Bruce, Calderwood and Clemence twenty minutes to decide what changes to make
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How the fuck did he save that
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Another sitter missed.
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Kodjia does all the hard work and fucks up the pass
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Garbage.
I really don't get Lansbury. What does he do? What does he offer? Can't tackle. Not great with the ball. Doesn't look like a goal threat. Offers nothing definsively. He's just a pony tail and a beard with some tatts.
Lansbury looks like that c**t on a Thai party Island who sits outside the surf shack he's decided to work in for the summer, strumming on an out of tune acoustic guitar with a variety of anti-establishment stickers on it. He's that sort of irksome knobhead that's a magnet for absolutely trollied British slags on a piss up. That guy who needs to fuck off home, grow up and find a real job. As it is he's somehow managed to fall into professional football in this case and is stinking up our midfield.
Alan Hutton has been our best player today. Which says it all.
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Swats off Colback like a fly then gives Newcastle the ball like a twat
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Newcastle are shit and we once again have just thrown away opportunities and points.
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To be fair, that's probably the first time someone other than Hogan has been in their box while the ball was in play.
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At least Bruce can bring on a couple of the many strikers that he has on the bench ::)
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Tearing us apart now.
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I'm praying for FT
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Elphick is such a mug player.
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Yep. Subs required
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Almost another crap goal conceded...
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More shit defending from Elphick
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Terrible by Elphick. Again
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Why no changes? I just don't understand it
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He'just trying to keep the score down, not a fucking clue how to change it. theres your stability.
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Goodness me we are at fucking sixes and sevens. What a mess
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Why no changes? I just don't understand it
2 words.
Steve Bruce.
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25 mins or so for Newcastle to pad their goal difference
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Elphick is such a mug player.
You could make a similar case for the majority of the rest to be fair.
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We are gonna concede a few more here the way they have collapsed.
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Clueless fuckin twats
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I bet Arsenal and Sutton is more closely matched than this half.
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Bruce out!!
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I can see a right gubbing here.
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ffs Bruce - we're 2-0 down. DO SOMETHING
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Goodness me we are at fucking sixes and sevens. What a mess
Seems to have been our identity for a number of years.
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Look woefully unfit throughout
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It could already be 5 if not for the keeper.
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Nice throw... defence v attack now.
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Why no changes? I just don't understand it
Cos he's a thick ******?
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REMEMBER LEICESTER LAST YEAR, that was the turning point in both our seasons,
Tonight will win the league for these ******. as for us we will torture ourselves again and again.
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Somebody fuckin tell them we are losing 2-0. Why are they so deep?
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Couple of good saves from Johnstone
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Elphick is such a mug player.
You could make a similar case for the majority of the rest to be fair.
Most of them are better than what they're showing.
Elphick isn't.
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Albert on Jedi off.
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Confidence is shot. Playing ok up to their first goal. Heads just drop.
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Garbage.
I really don't get Lansbury. What does he do? What does he offer? Can't tackle. Not great with the ball. Doesn't look like a goal threat. Offers nothing definsively. He's just a pony tail and a beard with some tatts.
Lansbury looks like that c**t on a Thai party Island who sits outside the surf shack he's decided to work in for the summer, strumming on an out of tune acoustic guitar with a variety of anti-establishment stickers on it. He's that sort of irksome knobhead that's a magnet for absolutely trollied British slags on a piss up. That guy who needs to fuck off home, grow up and find a real job. As it is he's somehow managed to fall into professional football in this case and is stinking up our midfield.
Alan Hutton has been our best player today. Which says it all.
Pissed myself laughing reading that
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The more I think about it the more of a disgrace I think we are. No passion. No heart. No energy. Not one of them dying for the shirt. Really makes me wander why any of us bother.
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Arsenal reserves are passing it around better than us currently...
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Bang on 70 minutes the first sub so predictable the guy is a fucking moron.
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Change made 20 minutes too late.
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Look woefully unfit throughout
Jedinak totally gone 15 mins ago, Lansbury and Bjarnason miles off the pace too
Great save from Johnstone just now, havent had any luck tonight to be fair but the table doesnt lie I'm afraid
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Confidence is shot. Playing ok up to their first goal. Heads just drop.
That sad part is that the first goal, and not their second is when the game was over. As always seems to be the case with us recently. I've known few sides that look so utterly destroyed by a single goal.
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It could already be 5 if not for the keeper.
Eh? Wasn't that the first thing he's managed to do competently all evening?
Everything else has been punching things he should catch and not coming for things he should punch.
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Arsenal reserves are passing it around better than us currently...
oh and sutton making more of a go of it.
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Good clear save from Johnstone there. But Shelvey is now bossing midfield. OMG a sub at 70 mins ! Swoon. Well, Jedinack wasn't going to last longer was he ?Let's see what Adomah can bring. I'd accept a lay-off for Kodjia to score to put the wind up them right now.
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Garbage.
I really don't get Lansbury. What does he do? What does he offer? Can't tackle. Not great with the ball. Doesn't look like a goal threat. Offers nothing definsively. He's just a pony tail and a beard with some tatts.
Lansbury looks like that c**t on a Thai party Island who sits outside the surf shack he's decided to work in for the summer, strumming on an out of tune acoustic guitar with a variety of anti-establishment stickers on it. He's that sort of irksome knobhead that's a magnet for absolutely trollied British slags on a piss up. That guy who needs to fuck off home, grow up and find a real job. As it is he's somehow managed to fall into professional football in this case and is stinking up our midfield.
Alan Hutton has been our best player today. Which says it all.
Highlight of the evening. And accurate about Hutton sadly.
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Johnny should be in the middle, Bruce should be in the midden. Fuck off now Bruce...
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You can directly trace our collapse as a club to that 6-0 pasting to the Jawdies just after MON did one. At this rate we're heading for Division 3 and beyond. Taxi for Steve please
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We deserve to be where we are. Sorry but Bruce out. Was supporter but when lambert era looks better than this......make the fucking change as it isn't working potato head
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Bjarnason is one of the worst players I've seen in a long long time
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For fuck sake Bjarnosan we are in Claret and Blue you knob jockey, that's who you should be passing to.
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It could already be 5 if not for the keeper.
Eh? Wasn't that the first thing he's managed to do competently all evening?
Everything else has been punching things he should catch and not coming for things he should punch.
Oh, I think he a complete liability, but he has saved a couple at the near post and that cross shot.
Maybe, I'm being too kind to him but I expect so little now, even the simple stuff feels like a blessing.
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Let's pretend we've scored a goal
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The chances of them not scoring one or two more are remote
I'm not sure how Brentford tended to play but I really can't see this 433 with hogan as the 9 working at all
To add to the list of expensive strikers we've bought since benteke, none of whom is actually a proper 9 (maybe kodjia apart)
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I feel sorry for Hogan. What's he supposed to do with random punts from the middle of our half?
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Bjarnason is one of the worst players I've seen in a long long time
Yup, his four or five performances so far have been right up there with the worst I've seen. He looks like a disinterested parks player.
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We actually LOOK like a relegation threatened team.
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Garbage.
I really don't get Lansbury. What does he do? What does he offer? Can't tackle. Not great with the ball. Doesn't look like a goal threat. Offers nothing definsively. He's just a pony tail and a beard with some tatts.
Lansbury looks like that c**t on a Thai party Island who sits outside the surf shack he's decided to work in for the summer, strumming on an out of tune acoustic guitar with a variety of anti-establishment stickers on it. He's that sort of irksome knobhead that's a magnet for absolutely trollied British slags on a piss up. That guy who needs to fuck off home, grow up and find a real job. As it is he's somehow managed to fall into professional football in this case and is stinking up our midfield.
Alan Hutton has been our best player today. Which says it all.
Pissed myself laughing reading that
Same here, excellent stuff, and very true! I'm always very suspicious of people, and especially of football players, who put that much effort into cultivating facial hair. Jedinak being another culprit.
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Bjarnason is one of the worst players I've seen in a long long time
him or westwood??
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How is Bjarnason still on the pitch? Woeful pass straight to the opposition a couple of minutes ago. Get Jack on for him...
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Bjarnason is one of the worst players I've seen in a long long time
Yup, his four or five performances so far have been right up there with the worst I've seen. He looks like a disinterested parks player.
I think he's firmly in the "I've paid money for him, so I have to play him" category.
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Bjarnason is one of the worst players I've seen in a long long time
Yup, his four or five performances so far have been right up there with the worst I've seen. He looks like a disinterested parks player.
I think he's interested - he works hard
He just looks awful. He's making me long for leonhardsen
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Who scouted Bjarnason? How do we manage to find such bad players?
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For fuck sake Bjarnosan we are in Claret and Blue you knob jockey, that's who you should be passing to.
Purple,and the badge, thats the problem ;)
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Garbage.
I really don't get Lansbury. What does he do? What does he offer? Can't tackle. Not great with the ball. Doesn't look like a goal threat. Offers nothing definsively. He's just a pony tail and a beard with some tatts.
Lansbury looks like that c**t on a Thai party Island who sits outside the surf shack he's decided to work in for the summer, strumming on an out of tune acoustic guitar with a variety of anti-establishment stickers on it. He's that sort of irksome knobhead that's a magnet for absolutely trollied British slags on a piss up. That guy who needs to fuck off home, grow up and find a real job. As it is he's somehow managed to fall into professional football in this case and is stinking up our midfield.
Alan Hutton has been our best player today. Which says it all.
Pissed myself laughing reading that
Same here, excellent stuff, and very true! I'm always very suspicious of people, and especially of football players, who put that much effort into cultivating facial hair. Jedinak being another culprit.
Doesn't Jedinak look like he's spent less time grooming his face than pretty much anybody since Rasputin?
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Bjarnason is one of the worst players I've seen in a long long time
him or westwood??
Is that a joke?
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We actually LOOK like a relegation threatened team.
I wonder why?
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Jesus FUCKING WEPT HOGAN
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We seem to have signed a more expensive, shorter, slower version of Tony Cascarino.
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Some of the individual errors are truly comical.
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It's taken four games to destroy Hogan. Even for villa that's impressive.
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We actually LOOK like a relegation threatened team.
Problem is we don't seem to realise we're in a dogfight
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That Diame has won everything tonight and probably Ben the difference
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Gardner coming on. That'll put the shits up them
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the bar codes actually fancy it now, they can smell goals, just like we cant.
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why do they look like they have only just met?
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Is hourihane still on, I haven't seen or heard of him for 30 mins
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It really is staggering how often we needlessly give the ball away. It's not just one or two players either, it's all of them.
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They simply haven't a clue. What do they do all week? Expect Bruce to go before we drop into bottom 3.
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If the answer is Gary Gardner I'd love to know what the question is
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How can we sign two captains, brentfords best player top scorer and a player who didn't look out of place in the euros and look worse than ever
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Who scouts these utter ******?
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Ball goes out on the right, we put a ball in and Kodja is hugging the left wing. Pointless.
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For fucks sake Bruce, get Bjarnason off. Another pass to them...
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Warren Aspinalls' grandson.
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GG & Leo
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It's taken four games to destroy Hogan. Even for villa that's impressive.
First smile of the night.
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Oh dear god
Thor, Lansbury and hogan all managed to look shit within five seconds of each other then
Adomah played it through to hogan and he looked like he'd never played the game before
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Jesus, Gardner and Bacuna coming on.
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all that attacking flair now on ;D
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If the answer is Gary Gardner I'd love to know what the question is
Someone somewhere is playing heroes and villains bingo
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Why did I buy tickets for Derby on Saturday? Why did I think that was a great idea.
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Who coaches/manages these utter c***s?
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Jesus, Gardner and Bacuna coming on.
Wish it were Jesus coming on!!
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puppy pants wet dream 3 - 2 Villa
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Garbage.
I really don't get Lansbury. What does he do? What does he offer? Can't tackle. Not great with the ball. Doesn't look like a goal threat. Offers nothing definsively. He's just a pony tail and a beard with some tatts.
Lansbury looks like that c**t on a Thai party Island who sits outside the surf shack he's decided to work in for the summer, strumming on an out of tune acoustic guitar with a variety of anti-establishment stickers on it. He's that sort of irksome knobhead that's a magnet for absolutely trollied British slags on a piss up. That guy who needs to fuck off home, grow up and find a real job. As it is he's somehow managed to fall into professional football in this case and is stinking up our midfield.
Alan Hutton has been our best player today. Which says it all.
Highlight of the evening. And accurate about Hutton sadly.
When things get physical, Hutton is always up for it which is more than you can say for most of our expensively assembled Nancy boys.
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Jesus, Gardner and Bacuna coming on.
Phew, not a moment too soon.
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Jesus, Gardner and Bacuna coming on.
Even he couldn't keep his patience with this lot.
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Jesus, Gardner and Bacuna coming on.
Can't do that. Already made one sub, so Jesus will have to sit back down
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At least bacunas donnies won't get cold.
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It's taken four games to destroy Hogan. Even for villa that's impressive.
First smile of the night.
Hogan is a good player not getting anything like the service he needs.
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A corner!
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Bjarnason is one of the worst players I've seen in a long long time
I think Tonev quantum leaps into him before each game.
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Hogan looks crocked
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Been going through the motions for last 20 mins
Utter crap, not even angry just forlorn.
Bruce could not motivate a shag in a brothel
Get rid before we go down.
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He uses these substitutions and the team sheet as what Boris Johnson calls Punishment Beatings.
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We should have signed the actual Angela Lansbury. Despite being 91 I reckon she'd have kept that ball out.
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It's not Jesus it's hay Zeus
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We need the new season to start again and pray that we are playing Championship football when it does.
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Who scouts these utter c***s?
We need a clearout.
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Looks a bad injury for Hogan.
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That's hogan out for a long time.
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He's gone hasn't he, raining it's pouring isn't it.
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Hogan looks crocked
Yes, for about 85 mins now
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Hogans just done his achilles.
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Just mentioned on the radio no Villa player has gone to see how Hogan is.....
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Ankle twisted badly as he landed. Could be a nasty one
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To the tune of bye bye baby. Insert your own name. Bruce?
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It's taken four games to destroy Hogan. Even for villa that's impressive.
First smile of the night.
Hogan is a good player not getting anything like the service he needs.
And is now injured
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Two of the worst goals you'll ever see.
Newcastle are the top of the league but on this showing are they that much better than us?
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And Hogan out for the season. When will this disaster end?
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Good play there to get a corner....but so slow ! and therefore predictable. Now Hogan's copped a Kodjia. We'll soo have no forwards for £40million quid ! He's to be carried off. Damnation !
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thank fuck were winning, cuz this side to side football aint going nowhere.
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Kodjia and Hogan both crocked...
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Just mentioned on the radio no Villa player has gone to see how Hogan is.....
It's a good point. They're all a bunch of ******.
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Cursed. Utterly cursed.
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Out for months with that. We don't pass to him anyway.
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Bruce could do with a sending off now so he can blame it on that
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Fucking hell Hogan injured, Kodjia off injured and lacking in goals as it is.
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Ankle twisted badly as he landed. Could be a nasty one
A heavy/bad sprain can be worse than a break.
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We are cursed
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At last a Villa player goes to see how he is - well done Hutton
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Fuck me, not only are we shit we're also unlucky.
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Ankle twisted badly as he landed. Could be a nasty one
A heavy/bad sprain can be worse than a break.
Hogan is banjaxed.
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It's not good enough.
The problem is, it almost never is.
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Oh great
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Maybe Rafa will let Villa have a fourth sub
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This club is cursed.
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At last a Villa player goes to see how he is - well done Hutton
Indeed he has also been our best player for me
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Has Barry Fry pissed on our gates? Can it get any worse? (Don't answer that)
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will we be in the championship next season?
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It's ok, Gabby will be upfront Saturday.
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So, we've had a recent transfer window and bought 8 players in yet we're playing with a 3 man attack who are spread apart and isolated, and we have Kodjia playing out of position and a snail paced clogger on the other side. And we've still got Elphick in the starting 11.
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It's not good enough.
The problem is, it almost never is.
It was for 40 mins or did I watch a different game?
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we've got bad luck coming out of our ears
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We're fucked.
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At last a Villa player goes to see how he is - well done Hutton
Indeed he has also been our best player for me
He has indeed by quite some distance.
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We've even injured the added-on time electrical sign.
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It's ok, Gabby will be upfront Saturday.
And Micah at the back
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This could be the chance for Flabby to come villa''s rescue and be lifted to legend status.
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Whatever curse MON uttered over Aston Villa when walking away in anger back then... it was some potent Irish juju !!
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Shots on target: 1
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Hogan out for season! Looks like ankle break
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will we be in the championship next season?
A few weeks ago I hoped we wouldn't be, now I hope we are.
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Ah well the revolution will have to start next week
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I'd like to see him bring some of the kids in on Saturday, they can be as half arsed as this lot.
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Now we will have to use RHM
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...and now playing the part of the Aston Villa centre forward, it's Albert Adomah
Is Ricardo Scimeca available for the Derby game?
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At last a Villa player goes to see how he is - well done Hutton
Indeed he has also been our best player for me
He has indeed by quite some distance.
And that speaks volumes for the rest of them. The new players have so far been an unmitigated disaster.
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It's not good enough.
The problem is, it almost never is.
It was for 40 mins or did I watch a different game?
Other than "not conceding a hilarious goal in that time", how was it good enough?
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...and now playing the part of the Aston Vilka centre forward, it's Albert Adomah
Is Ricardo Scimeca available for the Derby game?
Let's get de Bilde back on loan.
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Ankle twisted badly as he landed. Could be a nasty one
A heavy/bad sprain can be worse than a break.
Yep, looking at that I'd hope for a break because if not he might even be back for pre-season. Looked a lot like the one that did for Amavi last year.
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From my crappy stream, it looked like Hogan dislocated his knee (if that's possible)
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Newcastle will be disappointed to have only scored two
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It's not the end if the world if our strikers are out because we don't use them anyway.
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How is it possible for every single new player to look so completely hopeless?
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From my crappy stream, it looked like Hogan dislocated his knee (if that's possible)
Definitely turned his ankle.
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Don't bank on it old timer. Bruce will snatch Fatty McCormack back rather than play a young player.
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Who scouts these utter c***s?
We need a clearout.
It astounds me how we ruin players with such aplomb. Hourihane, statistically the best midfielder in the Championship this season comes in and looks mediocre. Lansbury, Forrests best player looks pish. Hogan, Brentfords top scorer looks shite. McCormack had scored about a millionty goals at this bastard level and then looked more like John McCrirrick for us.
I just think we need a modern thinking and inspiring manager. If Newcastle can get Benetiz, we can fire out some cash for a good manager. There's no point forking out another twatload of money on strikers, or defenders, or midfielders. Stick with these players, but if we're going to spend big. Spend big on a top manager. This squad should be pissing this league. Bruce's only speciality over the years has been motivation. Tactically shite. Bland, horrible, archaic and fuck ugly football. You get that, but with better results. However he's lost the players. He's not motivating. That leaves us needing to win tactical battles and that's not going to happen.
We're starting to look that shite that it's worrying. I didn't want to change at this juncture and wanted to give Bruce until May to get some kind of game plan or momentum but he's absolutely lost a grip. There's no coming back from how fucked we look under him now. Once a manager has gone, you just know he's gone. Done for.
It's a huge gamble, but lets can him now and make sure we finish mid-table.
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From my crappy stream, it looked like Hogan dislocated his knee (if that's possible)
Ankle I reckon
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not bitter, but Newcastle will need some new players, when there up against bournmouth and Watford next season.
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Having had one or two of those in my basketball days, that looks like torn ankle ligaments to me. He should be fit for pre-season but it'll be weak and at risk of repeat.
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We are the villa risso
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It's not good enough.
The problem is, it almost never is.
It was for 40 mins or did I watch a different game?
Other than "not conceding a hilarious goal in that time", how was it good enough?
It wasn't good enough. If you don't score, or even create a number of good chances, when on top, then concede the second the opposition express the slightest interest in scoring, any possession you may have had is completely pointless.
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It's not good enough.
The problem is, it almost never is.
It was for 40 mins or did I watch a different game?
Other than "not conceding a hilarious goal in that time", how was it good enough?
In that Newcastle never had a sniff and we didn't look in any trouble. Not enough going forward I grant you but we are the away team against the to- of the league
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It's not the end if the world if our strikers are out because we don't use them anyway.
Yep, time to try the Barcelona method with no out and out strikers. Not sure we quite have a Messi figure, so Bacuna will have to do.
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Underdogs now.
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Do match threads normally get banished like this before the game is over?
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From my crappy stream, it looked like Hogan dislocated his knee (if that's possible)
Looks like he went over on his ankle.
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At last a Villa player goes to see how he is - well done Hutton
Said the same. Absolute shocker. No team spirit whatsoever. Speaks volumes
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we make some fucking strange decisions when we have the ball
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From my crappy stream, it looked like Hogan dislocated his knee (if that's possible)
Ankle I reckon
Ankle twisted badly in landing. Will be lucky not to have ligament or Achilles damage
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Worst run in 43 years....?
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I feel sorry for the supporters who took time off work, travelled up there and paid to watch our team of couldn`t care less tossers
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Brian does this remind you of 69 all over again, spend a lot to end up going down?
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I feel sorry for Tony Xia. All the dozens of millions he has forked out to see a team that looks like the first eleven people to walk down the street.
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Bruce Out. Somebody explain why not, I double dare you.
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It amazes me how we make the simple look so difficult.
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Very much so OT.
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Very much so OT.
What do we do to players? How many have walked through the door with a big reputation? What have we done to Hourihane? Came here with the best stats in the league then promptly disappears. How the fuck do we do it?
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Bruce Out. Somebody explain why not, I double dare you.
Because RDM was given until we were actually in drop zone.....
...... hang on a second.
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The game was all yours until an obviously unfit Gayle was replaced by Mitrovic. I think you were set up to handle balls being fed for a mobile striker to run onto, but when our game plan changed to use Mitrovic as a target man for the other players to pivot off or hit with crosses, your defence needed to follow 3-4 runners centrally and wide instead of the 1 across the back line.
Until we got the ball to stick up there you were getting a lot of joy down your left through Kodjia and seemed to be playing with confidence and intent. We hadn't managed a shot (on or off target) until Gouffran scored. When the 1st goal went in (after an ugly scramble) it was noticeable that Villa heads dropped, and that it came just before half time so you had little time to re-establish your control of the match.
2nd goal was coming, and I think 2-0 was probably a fair reflection of the game. You've definitely got the quality to be much higher than you are, it's just character and confidence imo.
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The game was all yours until an obviously unfit Gayle was replaced by Mitrovic. I think you were set up to handle balls being fed for a mobile striker to run onto, but when our game plan changed to use Mitrovic as a target man for the other players to pivot off or hit with crosses, your defence needed to follow 3-4 runners centrally and wide instead of the 1 across the back line.
Until we got the ball to stick up there you were getting a lot of joy down your left through Kodjia and seemed to be playing with confidence and intent. We hadn't managed a shot (on or off target) until Gouffran scored. When the 1st goal went in (after an ugly scramble) it was noticeable that Villa heads dropped, and that it came just before half time so you had little time to re-establish your control of the match.
2nd goal was coming, and I think 2-0 was probably a fair reflection of the game. You've definitely got the quality to be much higher than you are, it's just character and confidence imo.
That's a reasonable assessment of both the game and Villa's season.