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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on December 26, 2017, 06:34:13 PM
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Jedinak and Whelan inserted to protect against an Elphick clanger. It won't be quick kids. Hopefully Hogan can find some inspiration in fond memories of his time at Brentford and bag a couple today.
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Hogan has to deliver today. Very much bollock and bite in the centre of the park but Hourihane can have no complaints. Right decision to bring Elphick and Hogan in. Unfortunately Grealish is likely to have to drop a lot deeper with Whelo/Jedi sitting. Snodgrass somehow gets another start, Bjork probably deserved a shot ahead of him.
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This is the chance Hogan’s been waiting for, especially with Grealish just behind him. Let’s hope we play the ball to his feet.
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Good to see Hutton back.
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Other way round where a forward had left us and not scored in ages, coming back to Villa Park you'd know exactly what would happen.
No legs in the middle of the park is a worry.
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This is the chance Hogan’s been waiting for, especially with Grealish just behind him. Let’s hope we play the ball to his feet.
Correct. Factors such as a rare start, against his old club, Grealish behind him and a transfer window looming means this MUST be the day Hogan delivers. If not, then I fear his Villa career is over.
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Someone needs to kick Woods out of the game. As long as the front four spend some time passing and interchanging then that might work.
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Lack of pace in that team a concern. Guessing Gabby is injured again or still noshing the pigs in blankets.
Still see Brentford passing us off the park.
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Surely Whelan or Jedinak will be given the task to properly mark Woods this time?
Let's see if Hogan-Grealish can actually link up. TBH if I was bringing Hogan back I'd play him upfront with Davis just to see how things look like.
Problem then is how to fit Adomah in but maybe just give him a free role.
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It's a bit fecking wet.
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Lack of pace in that team a concern. Guessing Gabby is injured again or still noshing the pigs in blankets.
Still see Brentford passing us off the park.
If Agbonlahor was fit, pace in the team would still be a concern.
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It's a bit fecking wet.
Are you talking about the weather or the contributions to the thread?
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Other way round where a forward had left us and not scored in ages, coming back to Villa Park you'd know exactly what would happen.
No legs in the middle of the park is a worry.
Ain't that the truth. :(
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That side does not inspire me.
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Mediocre at best.
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Midfield looks very pedestrian. Let's just hope we realise we can't just hoof it to Scott.
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That team looks woefully average. Good job were playing woefully average Brentford then.
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That team looks woefully average. Good job were playing woefully average Brentford then.
What could possibly go wrong?
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That team looks woefully average. Good job were playing woefully average Brentford then.
What could possibly go wrong?
Goals in our net equalling more than goals in theirs.
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Mediocre at best.
Well it is what we're apparently aspiring to these days.
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He just didn’t need to play two defensive midfielders today. But that’s Bruce for you. He’s gone 4-5-1 essentially, or 4-2-3-1 possibly.
I fear we will surrender possession in the middle and they will push us back all game. Brentford like to keep the ball and we do a great job giving it away. I hope that there is a plan for Jedinak and Whelan to play closer to the front 4 otherswise there will be a massive gap for Brentford to expose.
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This has the looking of a team selection prior to a manager losing their job.
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This is the chance Hogan’s been waiting for, especially with Grealish just behind him. Let’s hope we play the ball to his feet.
Aye, agree with this. Time to shine for Hogan. Hopefully he does and is the player we hoped for.
Actually I quite like the line up overall. Which is the kiss of death as I am always wrong.
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This has the looking of a team selection prior to a manager losing their job.
Are you trying to cheers us up? Cheers!
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Fuck me that’s a negative team selection.
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Win and we're six points off second (big if, etc..)
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This has the looking of a team selection prior to a manager losing their job.
Are you trying to cheers us up? Cheers!
It's not working for me so far.
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This is the chance Hogan’s been waiting for, especially with Grealish just behind him. Let’s hope we play the ball to his feet.
Aye, agree with this. Time to shine for Hogan. Hopefully he does and is the player we hoped for.
Actually I quite like the line up overall. Which is the kiss of death as I am always wrong.
Let’s see how we start the game. If we start whacking long balls up to him it will be shit all round. If we try and keep possession and pass it through to him we have a chance. Bruce has failed massively every time he’s picked Hogan to find the best way to use him. Not saying Hogan hasn’t been at fault too, but it comes down to the manager. And certainly when it is the manager who spent close to £10m to bring him to the club.
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There is currently an element of pissing in the wind. Hopefully he'll fall lucky.
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Who is going to provide the service for Hogan, it won't be Grealish as he will be desperately dropping deeper and deeper in search of the ball!
It will be hoof ball again and hope to nick a result!
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This is the chance Hogan’s been waiting for, especially with Grealish just behind him. Let’s hope we play the ball to his feet.
Aye, agree with this. Time to shine for Hogan. Hopefully he does and is the player we hoped for.
Actually I quite like the line up overall. Which is the kiss of death as I am always wrong.
Let’s see how we start the game. If we start whacking long balls up to him it will be shit all round. If we try and keep possession and pass it through to him we have a chance. Bruce has failed massively every time he’s picked Hogan to find the best way to use him. Not saying Hogan hasn’t been at fault too, but it comes down to the manager. And certainly when it is the manager who spent close to £10m to bring him to the club.
Agree with all that. Lets hope we actually try and play the ball to him today, rather than launch it.
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Fast forward to Boxing Day game 2018 and I doubt that any of that team turning out for us will still be with us. Better ones sold. Bad ones dumped. This is some sort of low water mark of player selection.
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Just paid £7 to get this on the telly. Hope it’s worth it.
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Christ. That must be the oldest and slowest midfield pairing in Championship history.
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Christ. That must be the oldest and slowest midfield pairing in Championship history.
Don’t worry Risso. Elphick is behind them so all is well.
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Who is going to provide the service for Hogan, it won't be Grealish as he will be desperately dropping deeper and deeper in search of the ball!
It will be hoof ball again and hope to nick a result!
I predict a delicious one two with Alan Hutton.
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Just paid £7 to get this on the telly. Hope it’s worth it.
Same here.
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How predictable that having been hooked on Saturday for being well shite Snodgrass is straight back in the team.
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Fast forward to Boxing Day game 2018 and I doubt that any of that team turning out for us will still be with us. Better ones sold. Bad ones dumped. This is some sort of low water mark of player selection.
I fear you're right Brian, the better players gone, older players too crap for even us. Maybe the youth will get a chance to flourish.
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We haven’t even remembered to bring the dark shorts with us.
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Christ. That must be the oldest and slowest midfield pairing in Championship history.
Don’t worry Risso. Elphick is behind them so all is well.
Just need Hogan up front and we’ll be well set. Oh.
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Corner
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Ouch. Prince Albert gets a kick to the crown jewels.
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For whom?
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‘Snoddy’ free kick dangerous position hits the wall predictably.
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‘Snoddy’ free kick dangerous position hits the wall predictably.
Shoddy.
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‘Snoddy’ free kick dangerous position hits the wall predictably.
Shoddy.
Shoddy from Snoddy who really should be a Hoddy.
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‘Snoddy’ free kick dangerous position hits the wall predictably.
It drives me nuts to watch the likes of him, Hourihane, Lansbury, McCormack score incredible free kicks for other clubs and not for us. From that lot I think only Hourihane has one. The rest just smack it over the bar or into the wall.
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Albert still struggling with that knock to the... ahem.... inner thigh area
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‘Snoddy’ free kick dangerous position hits the wall predictably.
It drives me nuts to watch the likes of him, Hourihane, Lansbury, McCormack score incredible free kicks for other clubs and not for us. From that lot I think only Hourihane has one. The rest just smack it over the bar or into the wall.
Agreeed, TV. It's bizarre.
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Fcukin injuries do my fcukin head in.
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We just look ragged already.
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The TV coverage is like watching a non league 3rd round tie on the beeb.As is the football.
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‘Snoddy’ free kick dangerous position hits the wall predictably.
It drives me nuts to watch the likes of him, Hourihane, Lansbury, McCormack score incredible free kicks for other clubs and not for us. From that lot I think only Hourihane has one. The rest just smack it over the bar or into the wall.
Agreeed, TV. It's bizarre.
I’m trying to think of how many direct free kicks we’ve scored in the past 5 years given how many supposed dead ball specialists we’ve had or got on the books. And two of the goals was scored by Bacuna vs Man City and Benteke vs QPR, neither know for that skill. How many others?
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Any live streams?
I'd appreciate a PM..
cheers!
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Bruce ball is awful
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‘Snoddy’ free kick dangerous position hits the wall predictably.
It drives me nuts to watch the likes of him, Hourihane, Lansbury, McCormack score incredible free kicks for other clubs and not for us. From that lot I think only Hourihane has one. The rest just smack it over the bar or into the wall.
Agreeed, TV. It's bizarre.
I’m trying to think of how many direct free kicks we’ve scored in the past 5 years given how many supposed dead ball specialists we’ve had or got on the books. And two of the goals was scored by Bacuna vs Man City and Benteke vs QPR, neither know for that skill. How many others?
I can't think of any - although, Bacuna did come with a free-kick reputation, of sorts.
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Hutton you twat
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Game taking a predictable shape. And now Albert is off. Just great.
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Our only goal threat goes off.
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There goes our only chance of scoring a goal tonight.
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Onomah on up front. Hogan drops back to midfield.
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Adomah off for Onomah
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Fucking stupid error that. We have drifted into being shite.
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Game taking a predictable shape. And now Albert is off. Just great.
The manager is a promotion specialist and will know how to juggle and tweak his formation in order to get the three points he has targeted tonight.
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Any live streams?
I'd appreciate a PM..
cheers!
Watching it on the box and trust me you'll enjoy it more on teletext.
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6-2-2 formation now
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How the fcuk are we even 8th. The football is soul destroying.
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Our luck with injuries is beyond a joke.
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Game taking a predictable shape. And now Albert is off. Just great.
The manager is a promotion specialist and will know how to juggle and tweak his formation in order to get the three points he has targeted tonight.
Said no one ever.
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Just paid £7 to get this on the telly. Hope it’s worth it.
Same here.
How?
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This is fucking dire. With a small striker we need to play it through.
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I’m sorry but I’m calling it early.
This is absolutely fucking rubbish.
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Durrrh.
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It’s so desperate. We’re an average mid table side.
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Bugger
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Fuck off Bruce!
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And fcukin Whelan gives the ball away yet again
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We're the dense, lumpen Boxing Day turd of all football.
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Fuck sake.
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6-2-2 formation now
Two up top? Go stevie!!
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Whelan you useless ******.
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Fuck off Villa. Just fuck the fuck off.
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Another Whelan assist
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Uninspiring shite.
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Adomah off for Onomah
Wrong choice by the manager - Davis, Hourihane or even (dare I say it) Bjarnasson would have been better.
There you go: Onomah wll now go on and score the winner!
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Game over.
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Game taking a predictable shape. And now Albert is off. Just great.
The manager is a promotion specialist and will know how to juggle and tweak his formation in order to get the three points he has targeted tonight.
Are you being serious?
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How many more goals is that twat going to cost us?
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here we go again FFS
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Utter shite
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Our defence for that goal was absolutely shocking.
Only one outcome now.
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We look about as mobile as a Dormobile.
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The only thing worse than the ESPN stream is our play...dour, borefest. Brentford are clearly there for the taking, but we apparently can't be bothered.
Good old Glenn Whelan, at least it may bring the axe down on Bruce's head a little quicker.
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Gifted another goal. Whelan is fucking hopeless and Jedinak and him as a midfield is a disgrace.
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How many more goals is that twat going to cost us?
Are you talking about Whelan or Bruce?
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Jack can’t get any crosses in
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Fucking brilliant Whelan. Gives the ball straight to their player then gets megged by him. Unbefuckinleivable.
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Grealish you puff.
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How many more goals is that twat going to cost us?
Are you talking about Whelan or Bruce?
Both of them!
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They’re both fucking useless. Whelan and Bruce. They can both fuck off.
Xia needs to have the bollocks to pull the trigger before it gets completely out of hand. I can see this game ending 3-0 because we sure ain’t scoring tonight.
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And when was the last time Grealish either beat a man or didn’t just smack the ball against the defender’s legs?
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They were taking the piss such was our collective stupidity. No surprise here.
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Well fortunately Bruce is well capable of changing the course of a game....
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For such an expensive squad we have a lot of rubbish players in the team.
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Just keep giving the ball away. ‘We need to get the ball out to Grealish at every opportunity.
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It's like those clever music videos where one half is really fast and the other is in slow motion.
A goal down, Adomah injured.
..and now, the end is near...
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Grealish you puff.
Pull your socks up you twat and fucking get stuck in.
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Still letting Woods dominate us every time the teams meet.
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We are a team bereft of ideas and ability,
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The shocking thing is the way this game has panned out is exactly how I and a few others predicted it would in the pre match thread.
It would nice to be proved wrong for once.
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I've finally stuck Talkshite on and we're a fecking goal down.
Sake. ::)
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Whelan and Jedi as a midfield pair sum up the ambition of Bruce.
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This is absolutely awful. Cannot put 2 passes together and gifting them space
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Its like one of those kids v dads games, we are however a combination of the worst of both. Embarrassing.
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Is it too much to ask for a decent result over Christmas.
They ruin it every year.
What was the last good result we had over the festive period? MU at home 1-1 Benteke in 2014?
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Still letting Woods dominate us every time the teams meet.
It’s what I was saying earlier. There’s a massive gap because we have elected to go with essentially 6 fucking defenders. Two of the slowest midfielders on planet earth and a calamity at the back waiting to happen. Woods is going to have a field day. In fact I’m pretty sure if Hogan came out in a Brentford kit in the second half Woods would find him and he’d bag a few.
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So glad I am not bothering to watch this utter fucking muck.
When do we ever play well?
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Is it too much to ask for a decent result over Christmas.
They ruin it every year.
What was the last good result we had over the festive period? MU at home 1-1 Benteke in 2014?
Last year.
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Dreadful. People can slag off Hogan, but he is given absolutely fuck all service.
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We'll be trapped in this fucking league for ever with this prick in charge.
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This is absolutely awful. Cannot put 2 passes together and gifting them space
Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise whatsoever. We are utter turd.
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Sat here watching a load of dinosaurs. Jurassic World is ace.
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Well I am sure no one is surprised how it's going so far. We look like a pub team compared to them yet we are higher placed? Shocking so far.
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Great goal!
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Out of nowhere......1-1.
Onomah.
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All you cnuts criticising Onomah.
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Goooooooooooool
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Nice finish by Yoko
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Great goal.
Have we woken up?
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LOL. Let’s see how we approach things now. Glad it’s 1-1
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Get in Onomah
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Oh my', the turd has gone shiny!!
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1-1 Onomah
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Get the fuck in. Just found a bar showing it and we score 🍺
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Wow. Let's see what we do now... Out of jail for now.
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Good goal. We FINALLY put together a patch of good football and hey presto we score a goal!
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Is it too much to ask for a decent result over Christmas.
They ruin it every year.
What was the last good result we had over the festive period? MU at home 1-1 Benteke in 2014?
Last year.
What happened?
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Cracking header to be fair
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At last a good cross.
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Well I never!
Great stuff!!
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Get in that's what happens when you pass and move. Super ball from Hogan.
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Great move, cross and head.
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I'm eating humble pie ...... mmmmmmm
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Was a good cross from Paul Hogan.
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Sorry I remember last year's wins now. But the Leeds draw really stuck out for me.
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Cashed out on the draw on betfair. £10 profit will do for me.
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We might get a draw here.
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Just paid £7 to get this on the telly. Hope it’s worth it.
Same here.
How?
Nowtv day pass I expect.
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They still passing ball better, showing more energy and ideas. We are still hoofing it to a striker who hasn't got the skills in his locker to hold it up.
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We might get a draw here.
Steady, Jimbo!
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Hutton has been rubbish.
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We might get a draw here.
Steady, Jimbo!
It's Christmas.
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I'm eating humble pie ...... mmmmmmm
It's two more days of turkey here.
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We might get a draw here.
Steady, Jimbo!
Clawing back points on Cardiff for the second game in a row too.
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It’s mini steak n ale pies here.
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That was a great finish from Paul Hogan.
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Sorry Jack but you totally bottled that one on one.
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Better link up between Jack and hulk
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It's blowing a gale down here.
I reckon it's the fried veg & pickles.
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Hogan has been good.
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It's blowing a gale down here.
I reckon it's the fried veg & pickles.
Pickled onions always give me the farts. I love 'em.
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Stop fcukin hoofing it up to Paul ffs.
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What a shite cross from the free kick. It wouldn't have cleared a hobbit.
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Hoof hoof hoof.
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Did I just here a Brentford player just got booked "for going right through Alan Hutton"?!
That makes a change.
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Have we signed Robert Hoof?
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Boiled beef and carrots.
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concentrate please! keep it tight at the back and stop giving the bloody ball away.
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Hoofing it up to Hogan. great stuff.
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Bet the hair gel is stinging a few eyes tonight. Come on Villa win this.
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Hogan has shown enough tonight to suggest if we play to his strengths he can score. So why the fcuk don’t we.
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Hoofing it up to Hogan. great stuff.
Why move from a formula that has worked so well for the last year.
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His services terrible. Would suit Dion Dublin or John Fashanu but not Scott Hogan.
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Fcukin average dirge again.
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Brilliant header from Onomah. Think Grealish and Hogan look threatening up top. Midfield two not helping us keep the ball. Might aswell take Snodgrass off again. Anonymous
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Pretty even really. Not a lot created. We responded well, but bloody Whelan giving it away.
The midfield two aren't mobile enough or moving the ball quick enough to hit that ginger Westwood or feed Jack.
We can beat these second half.
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HT 1-1.
Apart from the move for the goal same old uninspiring shite.
But that move shows that they can do it, the question is why we don't see it more often.
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As bad as the match may be, it can't be any worse than the atrocious commentary from Sam Twattyface. What an absolute knob.
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Did I just here a Brentford player just got booked "for going right through Alan Hutton"?!
That makes a change.
Hutton will be out for revenge!
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Some decent passes. Hogan n Jack look useful.
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So frustrating that we really struggle to keep hold of the ball despite having some good midfielders. On the plus side Hogan has looked sharp and Elphick has looked strong at the back.
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Once moment where we tried to pass and move score a goal, you’d think we’d learn from that.
Hutton, Whelan and Jedi - awful
Hogan - done well with fuck all.
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More link up play from Hogan and Grealish second half please. They can win this game for us.
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After the first five minutes we played football for just one more.
And scored.
Maybe the coaches and management will notice?
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After the first five minutes we played football for just one more.
And scored.
Maybe the coaches and management will notice?
That's crazy talk! Are you on the sauce?
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After the first five minutes we played football for just one more.
And scored.
Maybe the coaches and management will notice?
I won't be holding my breath.
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Promising first few minutes then awful until we equalised. Did OK after that, but then looked shaky again just before half-time. Our best periods of the half coincided with Grealish getting on the ball more.
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I do love it when Glenn Whelan looks up and decides it is in our best interest to play a 40yd ball to Hogan's head when he's marked by 2 defenders who are at least 4ft taller than him and he has no support within 20yds of him.
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His services terrible. Would suit Dion Dublin or John Fashanu but not Scott Hogan.
Exactly but I don't think that Bruce has any idea of how to set us up to play the type of game that would suit Hogan.
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Second half: we'll climb back on the toilet after an aborted Boxing Day mission ends in stalemate, possibly caused by the tail end of a Cadbury's selection box. After much pushing and straining something will give, the sprout trigger will finally be activated, and after the initial depth charge we'll pebbledash our way to a glorious draw.
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After the first five minutes we played football for just one more.
And scored.
Maybe the coaches and management will notice?
I won't be holding my breath.
Get a grip. Our manager and coaches play football ?
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Lil Lee needs a suit that fits him for his TV work.
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I just don't understand the mindset with Hogan. You'd think Bruce would be doing everything in his power to make sure he succeeds at villa and yet you wouldn't be suprised if he swaps him with Jedinak up front for the 2nd half
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Is it just me who thinks Lee Hendrie looks a bit like Norman Wisdom in that suit?
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put 3 or 4 forward passses together and you create chances against most teams in this league.
So why the fuck do we play hoofball?
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put 3 or 4 forward passses together and you create chances against most teams in this league.
So why the fuck do we play hoofball?
Because Steve Bruce looks like a horse.
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Key is to get Jack on the ball. Need more mobility centrally to step up.
Still least we got to surge at the home of mighty Brentford down the terraces.
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put 3 or 4 forward passses together and you create chances against most teams in this league.
So why the fuck do we play hoofball?
Agreed. 1 good move and we scored. The rest of the half has been dire. Hogan has had not a lot to work with.
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Hogan showed with that offside finish what he can do, get some fucking through balls for him.
Whelan or Jedi off for Hourihane please.
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put 3 or 4 forward passses together and you create chances against most teams in this league.
So why the fuck do we play hoofball?
It's the Brucie way.
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Is it just me who thinks Lee Hendrie looks a bit like Norman Wisdom in that suit?
Mr Grimsdale, Mr Grimsdale.
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Is it just me who thinks Lee Hendrie looks a bit like Norman Wisdom in that suit?
No, Mr Grimsdale!
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put 3 or 4 forward passses together and you create chances against most teams in this league.
So why the fuck do we play hoofball?
Agreed. 1 good move and we scored. The rest of the half has been dire. Hogan has had not a lot to work with.
He’s had next to nothing to work with since arriving at the club
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There's more than a decent team out there, problem is they've been held back for so long they're still struggling with the basics. The goal showed what we can do, the hoofing it up to Hogan shows you who's held us back these last 13 months. Hopefully Agnew can put an end to the dross. He certainly seemed like he had a lot to say to Bruce as they walked off at half time.*
*Clutches at straws.
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Hogan is putting a shift in. Play in balls off the shoulder of the last man.
Here we come. Come on you Villa boys!!
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For the first time for what seems like years, we scored from a cross!. Scott to get the winner.
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Is it just me who thinks Lee Hendrie looks a bit like Norman Wisdom in that suit?
Applause !!
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Is it just me who thinks Lee Hendrie looks a bit like Norman Wisdom in that suit?
No, Mr Grimsdale!
Sad, but it looks to me that he's still on the sauce.
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We've got to hold onto the ball better 2nd half. Just ignore Bruce lads and pass!
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Hogan is putting a shift in. Play in balls off the shoulder of the last man.
Here we come. Come on you Villa boys!!
Yep it's a very obvious route for us to score.
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Hope there are no Albanians watching. Norman Wisdom is a deity in Albania. They will see L'il Lee and believe it is a Christmas resurrection miracle.
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Jesus comedy cuts there
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Fcuk me Jimmy Chester.
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Whelan AGAIN. TOERAG.
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Is it just me who thinks Lee Hendrie looks a bit like Norman Wisdom in that suit?
No, Mr Grimsdale!
Sad, but it looks to me that he's still on the sauce.
Or he’s just got old. Life and how you’ve lived just catches up to you. Father Time is undefeated. And I think he’s tee total now.
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Get Whelan off.
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To be fair whelan was sold well short by Chester there. Well done Tommy.
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Do we really not have anyone who can replace Whelan?
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Whelan again for fucks sake.
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Fuck me Whelan gives it away again.
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Comedy capers again to start the half.
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Can somebody tell 'Santa' Whelan Christmas was yesterday?
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Is Lansbury on bench?
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Amazing how once you’re a scapegoat you stay one. Chester gave him a hospital pass.
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Fuck off Whelan - what a liability! Useless.
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Should have been a pen to Brentford and a straight red for Elphick
Two footed jump tackle as he chased down the deflection.
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With Elphick and Whelan we should be unstoppable in this league.
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Amazing how once you’re a scapegoat you stay one. Chester gave him a hospital pass.
Does that mean he gets free parking?
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Normal service resumed second half
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Amazing how once you’re a scapegoat you stay one. Chester gave him a hospital pass.
It was a poor pass but Whelan bottled the challenge
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Should have been a pen to Brentford and a straight red for Elphick
Two footed jump tackle as he chased down the deflection.
I thought it was a pen too.
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Amazing how once you’re a scapegoat you stay one. Chester gave him a hospital pass.
Does that mean he gets free parking?
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I see what you did there. But he does just his visitors don’t.
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Is Lansbury on bench?
Injured..
Again...
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There you go.
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Fuuuuck.
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Is Lansbury on bench?
Injured..
Again...
How can you get injured if you hardly ever play ?
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We are awful defending corners without Terry.
2-1.
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Classic Villa :(
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Once again the midfield is doing nothing, neither defending the back four or creating anything.
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Bollocks x 2.
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We 're shit
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FFS
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Vintage Villa!
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Bruce out
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Bruce out.
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Taxi for Bruce. First time I've wanted him out.
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Bollocks.
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Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. ::)
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Brucey's Bonus. Back to Hull
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Good defending again boys. We are fucking diabolical.
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Time for the shortbread biscuits and whisky.
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What a fucking shambles our defence is.
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We’re never going up with Bruce in charge. He needs to get fucked off asap
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This is embarrassing.
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You don't even have to work openings against us.
The doodoo obliges.
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It's like those Christmases of yore, when we were shit.
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Justin fuking Vieba
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We are shit at the back and terrible going forward. Shameful.
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Bruce is simply killing this club. Another year in this poxy division beckons.
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We’re unprofessional, lame, uncommitted, coasting, just plain awful
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Why is Whelan on the pitch still. He’s a fucking liability.
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This is Brentford ffs not Barcelona
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Brentford are absolutely buzzing. We're there polar opposite.
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Brentford so much better on the ball. Yet they'll probably lose their next match. We are shit.
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Slow, ponderous defending - they do all the reacting and we're behind again.
No point bringing Conor on, Bruce has turned him into a young version of Whelan anyway.
Tired of this. Get rid.
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We’re unprofessional, lame, uncommitted, coasting, just plain awful
We're nowhere near that good.
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Not looking to likely to finish Top 6 at the moment.. Bruce did say we'd be around thereabouts at the end of the year.
This is garbage.
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We just don't do boxing days do we.
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We're like that Book of 1000 Rubbish Facts that your auntie June used to buy you for Christmas. We belong in the toilet.
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Another quality delivery by Snodgrass
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Every one of their players is playing in acres of space.
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Lucky not to concede a 3rd there.
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I am away on my Holidays tomorrow
I should have been in bed, ahead of a 12 hour drive.
No, let me sit up, drink wine and follow the thread on H&V, Boy am I glad I stayed
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Snoddies delivery from free kicks have been fucking woeful. And where the fuck did they get Canos from?
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Should have been 3. Dire.
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Villa passing backwards for Xmas
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Another quality delivery by Snodgrass
And they say sarcasm doesn't come across on the internet.
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Bruce does his best work around Christmas and January...
Last year he stated that Gabby had earned the right to play all games while Kodjia was away for AC....that was awesome!
...wonder what magical Whimsy he will conjure this year. Something only he can see is definitely at work here.
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Lucky not to concede a 3rd there.
It’s coming. The gaps now in midfield are huge. We are slow as fucking molasses and they are going to pick us off again.
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I don't think defense has been too bad. It's the midfield that's losing this.
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Clive Allen reckoned Brentford were deliberately looking to slow our mob down. Could they get any slower without standing dead still?
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Time for tony to make the only sensible decision. Even a draw tonight is just prolonging the inevitable.
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Fcuk me we are being ripped a new on here. How much did their side cost again? Deano come home son sort us out.
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We never press the fucking ball and why haven't you tried to change something Bruce?!
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They actually are taking the piss.
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Surely Bruce has to take off Jedi or Glen
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Lucky not to concede a 3rd there.
It’s coming. The gaps now in midfield are huge. We are slow as fucking molasses and they are going to pick us off again.
When the combined age of our central midfield pairing is pushing 70 it’s hardly surprising
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They keep playing football at us.
This is just plain unfair, close to cheating.
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This looks like such a lost side. We've gone backwards. Get rid of Dr. X.
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Arguably JT and maybe Johnstone ... Stevies transfer activity is bloody awful.
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They want badly it we don’t, simple as that
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They say all sides hit a bad patch in the season. Why has ours lasted for about eight years?
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Watch out for the inevitable change here. Hogan off for Davis.
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They want it more, more energy, desire and are playing better than us.
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Surely Bruce has to take off Jedi or Glen
Nah. No chance. Why admit a mistake? Can’t wait for the comments after the game as to how Villa fans have too high expectations and we’re all fucking shitting it for no reason.
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It's Christmas time,
There's a need to be afraid
At Christmas time,
we let in goals and
Our prospects fade...
(Over to you, Bono...)
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This is driving me crazy. They seem to have at least twice the energy that we do. Grrrrrr
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We are being played off the park.
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Bruce becomes incapable of brain activity during a game. He freezes mentally.
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Arguably JT and maybe Johnstone ... Stevies transfer activity is bloody awful.
I want him fired and not to get one more fucking penny of our money to spend in January.
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They’re taking the piss. We always make Dean Smith look like Pep Guardifuckingola.
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Watch out for the inevitable change here. Hogan off for Davis.
72nd minute.
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Jesus this is truly awful. Beyond shite.
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Better cross by Jack
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They're pressing so fucking pass it through them.
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So a free kick in a very dangerous position. Fcuk all gonna happen here then.
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Arguably JT and maybe Johnstone ... Stevies transfer activity is bloody awful.
I want him fired and not to get one more fucking penny of our money to spend in January.
They call him Mr logical.
Fuck off Bruce.
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Fuck off snodgrass you complete waste of piss.
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Snodgrass free kick hits the wall shock
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They want it more, more energy, desire and are playing better than us.
Perhaps it's because the manager and coaching staff at Griffin Park do their jobs properly.
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Another wank free kick from Snodgrass.
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Another wank free kick from Snodgrass.
Total waste of a shirt
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Fuck off snodgrass you complete waste of piss.
Bruce has literally turned every player into a pile of shit. Even players who have performed well for him in the past are complete toss. It’s some achievement.
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Keinan on for the decaying carcus of Glenn Whelan
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Davis for Whelan.
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D.pressing.
I was never a fan of this manager.
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Elphick will be off here
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Comedy cuts again. Third Brentford goal is coming.
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Ref let us off big time there.
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Elphick howler let off by poor refereeing
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It’s like fucking Groudhog Day. That alarm goes off, we are shit again and will be searching for yet another manager.
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I want my mommy
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That was a red.
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i'm not grealish's biggest fan by any means but Bruce playing him......why? It's like he's speaking a different language to the rest of the team
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Elphick howler let off by poor refereeing
An Elphick howler leading to them scoring is really all that is missing.
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Elphick got away with that then. We really are shit, no ideas, lethargic and dreadful at set pieces.
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Dim Tim could get this team playing better than Bruce. Fucking useless.
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I’ve got a fcukin headache now because of this.
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When was the last time we was losing going in to the last 20 minutes and felt confident we would come back?
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Never Richie.
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They are taking the piss.
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Elphick got away with that then. We really are shit, no ideas, lethargic and dreadful at set pieces.
Yeah. But apart from that all's well, no?
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Atrocious, absolutely fucking awful.
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I want my mommy
Can she bring her boots ?
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Bruce will be gone by mid January.
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When was the last time we was losing going in to the last 20 minutes and felt confident we would come back?
Boxing Day 2008
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Never Richie.
The Darius Vassell Derby against Stromgodset
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Bruce will be gone by mid January.
Too late
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Bruce will be gone by mid January.
31st december. trust me
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Maybe that day at the recreation of the san siro.
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When was the last time we was losing going in to the last 20 minutes and felt confident we would come back?
Boxing Day 2008
I enjoyed Boxing Day 1989. Not much since
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Bruce has given up. His one and only tactic isn't working.
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Gain possession. Hoof. Lose possession
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Bruce will be gone by mid January.
Are we in January already?
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Vibe Las Vegas.
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Jedinak is hopeless. A midfielder who cannot pass.
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Hogan must be watching their pass and move slick football and wondering why he left. On the plus side he's much richer.
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I enjoyed Boxing Day 1989.
I didn't. Couldn't get in.
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This must be a rope-a-dope scheme. No other explanation.
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We're such a stupid club. Idiocy everywhere.
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What formation are we playing ?
Answers on a postcard...
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This must be a rope-a-dope scheme. No other explanation.
Managed by a dope who makes you want to reach for the rope.
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Bruce will be gone by mid January.
I hope the Doctor X has been looking for a new manager so Bruce can get the heave ho straight after December 31.
The common factor in all the squad being absolutely crap when they play for Villa can only lie at Bruce's door and his coaching staff
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I enjoyed Boxing Day 1989.
I didn't. Couldn't get in.
Marvellous atmosphere in the Holte. Everyone thanking Alex for the gift of The Lord McGrath who was just magnificent.
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He's going to bring in another forward on loan when most of the problems are with the lot he brought in behind them
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Wtf is Onemah doing? Closest to play when we have ball and he is WALKING??
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Vibe Las Vegas.
Vibe Leo Vegas
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It's a tough league.
I have a better idea where Mansfield is than Brentford. Fuck off Bruce.
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Brentford will finish ahead of us on this showing.
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"Well, we know" It's a tough league.
I have a better idea where Mansfield is than Brentford. Fuck off Bruce.
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There is no chance at all of us going up on the evidence of recent weeks.
Week after week, utter shite.
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Brentford will finish ahead of us on this showing.
Not if we nick their manager
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They should have beaten us at Villa Park earlier thus season. That they are the better side and winning tonight should not in any way be a surprise. Just massively disappointing.
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There is no chance at all of us going up on the evidence of recent weeks.
Week after week, utter shite.
It’s been ghastly.
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Appointing Bruce in the first place was the mistake. All of this flows from that.
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I enjoyed Boxing Day 1989.
I didn't. Couldn't get in.
Marvellous atmosphere in the Holte. Everyone thanking Alex for the gift of The Lord McGrath who was just magnificent.
Hammering that nail into his coffin.
Fkn useless forest arseholes, I blame them for all this shit.
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So this will only be Brentford's 4th home win of the season. Fuck me, every time we go there we make it look like a fortress.
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It's not even frustrating now. It's just pathetic.
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Bruce needs to find some cure for this cryptonite-like substance called passing the ball. We have no answer
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Snod really wastes his opportunities going forward. A real weak link.
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Disgustingly poor.
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It’s absolute powder puff from Villa, we can’t lay a glove on them and they’re only frickin Brentford with all due respect
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Appointing Bruce in the first place was the mistake. All of this flows from that.
Two seasons down the pan.
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Goodbye Mr Bruce, your work here is done.
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Bruce becomes incapable of brain activity during a game. He freezes mentally.
Brain? - he has a potato head, for goodness sake.
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Appointing Bruce in the first place was the mistake. All of this flows from that.
But Brian, Bruce is a specialist at getting teams promoted. Surely it can't be down to his failings?
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It is plain to see.... Snograss, Whelan and Houlahane cannot tackle. We are always on the back foot - no front foot football.
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Outclassed by Brentford.
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Elphick off for Elmo.
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Appointing Bruce in the first place was the mistake. All of this flows from that.
Two seasons down the pan.
And pissed away the parachute money in that period. We're gonna be stuck here for a while now.
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Bruce looks a worried man. Hopefully he's a gonna if we lose today.
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Goodbye Mr Bruce, your work here is done.
I really hope so mate but don’t think he will go just yet
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We're a fucking embarrassment. Awful.
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Bruce becomes incapable of brain activity during a game. He freezes mentally.
Brain? - he has a potato head, for goodness sake.
Jacket, not jersey royal I tell ya.
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Appointing Bruce in the first place was the mistake. All of this flows from that.
Two seasons down the pan.
2 more after half a dozen or so
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Elphick off for Elmo.
That’ll solve it
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We're a fucking embarrassment. Awful.
I really wish people would stop flattering Bruce.
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5 without a win. How much more will Xia tolerate? Looking like another mid table finish
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They've just started playing 'Under Pressure' at the Shrewsbury pub I'm watching this at. Very apt!
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Onomah was gutless for that second goal. Pulled out of the collision at last minute and cost us
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Goodbye Mr Bruce, your work here is done.
I really hope so mate but don’t think he will go just yet
Not before the New Years Day game.
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Appointing Bruce in the first place was the mistake. All of this flows from that.
Agreed, I didn't want him as manager with his dead as a dodo style of football, but the management at VP thought he was the man for the job and now they know he isn't. But going on our recent managers, will the selection of the next one be any better?
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Bruce halted our slide into oblivion, but we're going to need someone with a brain to get us up. Prepare for a few more years yet of this shit team and this shit league.
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s it too much to ask of the club to appoint a manager committed to the basics? Made fools of by a Villa fan again.
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He's gotta go Tom
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There are scientists at Cambridge who can programme wood slime to reproduce a map of the Tokyo underground. I wonder if they could programme a potato to manage a football team.
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I just yearn for the day when our players can run at similar speeds to the opposition ones.
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Our sole tactic is get it wide. Nothing through the middle. Absolutely nothing.
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Appointing Bruce in the first place was the mistake. All of this flows from that.
But Brian, Bruce is a specialist at getting teams promoted. Surely it can't be down to his failings?
I can totally see why they appointed Bruce after RDM. But by the same rationale if it's not working and were effectively in free fall. He's too one dimensional to change things.
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Goodbye Mr Bruce, your work here is done.
I really hope so mate but don’t think he will go just yet
Not before the New Years Day game.
The sooner the better but got a feeling he’s here until it’s too late.
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We will not get promoted this year unleas we change.
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He's gotta go Tom
Never tire of reading this! See it on some thread or other every day but still makes me smile (an achievement indeed as I watch this tiresome bilge)
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Just blow your whistle, ref and put us out of our misery. We're a bloody joke of a team.
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Outclassed by Brentford.
For the 3rd fucking time!
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We will not get promoted this year unleas we change.
Fixed
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Twice in the last few minutes, Chester has passed the ball into touch
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We will not get promoted this year unleas we change.
We arent going up this year whatever happens with the management
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Bollocks. Davis should have buried that.
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Bill Clinton could do a better job and he's just a useless gropey old American dude.
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Goooooooooooool
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Shit, shit, everywhere.
And e'er the turds do stink.
Shit, shit, everywhere.
Our manager can't think.
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Goooooooooooool
Nooooooooooooooo
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Our sole tactic is get it wide. Nothing through the middle. Absolutely nothing.
Tactics Dim.
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Goooooooooooool
Nooooooooooooooo
Fuuuuuuck!
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Villa have had the chances to get at least a point from this
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Villa have had the chances to get at least a point from this
We don't deserve anything.
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This is appalling.
Terrible result terrible form just awful.
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if we keep bruce till the boro game, could there possibly be a pulis-bruce black hoof-ball hole created destroying civilisation? Too risky i think. get rid.
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Davis should have buried that earlier chance the bloke can’t finish I’m afraid
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Villa have had the chances to get at least a point from this
Yeah, then the ref blew the whistle at 7.45 and all hope was gone
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Goooooooooooool
Nooooooooooooooo
Fuuuuuuck!
Le coq d'or teaser
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Bill Clinton could do a better job and he's just a useless gropey old American dude.
You mean Donald Trump surely.
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Fuck off Bruce. Just fuck off.
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He has to go. That was utter shite from start to finish.
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Bill Clinton could do a better job and he's just a useless gropey old American dude.
You mean Donald Trump surely.
Billions and billions of goals. He would do a great job. Bruce is still in charge. Sad.
#MakeVillaGreatAgain
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Our sole tactic is get it wide. Nothing through the middle. Absolutely nothing.
Midfield duo were ghastly poor. It's forced Grealish to drop deeper into non threatening areas. Most of our problems stemmed from that. Taylor is a really poor footballer too at left back. Wouldn't mind but with a semblance of a cutting edge up top tonight we could have got a result. Snodgrass and Davis with no gumption at critical moments
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Bill Clinton could do a better job and he's just a useless gropey old American dude.
You mean Donald Trump surely.
Nope. The Clinton's are as trustworthy as a lying fucking pig.
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Absolutely dreadful bar a 10 minute spell towards the end of the game when we should have scored if Davis could hit a barn door (which I’m afraid he can’t).
Whelan and Snodgrass were the worst two of a bad bunch which says it all. The pair of them were useless.
#bruceout
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Brentford and their fans irritate the fucking life out of me. They want every decision and bitch like fuck when they don't get their way. Oh and Bruce needs to go now. We're clearly a deteriorating team and he is clueless what to do about it.
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Villa have had the chances to get at least a point from this
Yeah, then the ref blew the whistle at 7.45 and all hope was gone
7.30 south of Hadrians Wall.
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Bill Clinton could do a better job and he's just a useless gropey old American dude.
You mean Donald Trump surely.
Nope. The Clinton's are as trustworthy as a lying fucking pig.
lol