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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on September 28, 2018, 07:08:37 PM
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Good grief.
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Awful line up.
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Sort of no wingers at all now, with three out of four defensively out of position.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Line ups are getting weirder and weirder.
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That's a tad narrow.
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Please let this be the end.
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Wtf is that team?
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Terrible defence, that’s a given. But I’m guessing 4-4-2 with two players wide who aren’t wide players and 3 wingers on the bench. God Almighty.
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I only have access to Sky on my mobile and as far as I can see you can't do the red button on the Sky app, which may be a blessing in disguise but is still annoying.
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Bruces last selection ...looks like he wants the sack !!
Just a shambles
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Line ups are getting weirder and weirder.
Yep. This is how Lambert and Sherwood ended.
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Dickhead
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I believe its also on AVTV tonight
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3 wingers on bench . 4 at back then a la England diamond midfield shape ?... Bjorn at back of it with HOURIHANE and mcginn at sides with jack at front supporting front 2 or 1 if Kodja wide ?
Thoughts ?
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Lots of width in that team - Kodjia and Abrahams should get lots of service!
Bruce looks like he wants out with yet another bizarre team selection.
Adomah, El Ghazi and Bolasie and none in team - incredible. And of course Jedi in the team.
Brucie please put us out of our misery and resign
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Bring in two wingers and no CB's on deadline day, and due to the weakness it created we have to play without the wingers....
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He's turning into a parody of himself now.
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3 wingers on Bench ( arguably 4 as Elmo has played there too )
Tuanzebe back at RB ..
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WTF?
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Wtf is that team?
My thought exactly!
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I only have access to Sky on my mobile and as far as I can see you can't do the red button on the Sky app, which may be a blessing in disguise but is still annoying.
You should be ok it’s just been mentioned on red button on sky news.... available not long before kick off I think
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That is a 442, it’s just a 4 with 4 (in the dead centre) and 2 up.
I get it, that will do as long as we make no individual errors.
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I have a horrible feeling that Brucie has decided now is the night to go with 3 at the back for solidity and BB as left wing back 😣
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3 right wingers (i know they've all played both sides) and 2 right backs on the bench, he's got to be taking the piss.
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Brucey strikes again to deflate Villa fans an hour before kick off!
Awful defence again! F.O.B.
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Grealish is a total waste playing out wide, he has to dictate our play. Oh, I just give up!
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Is he taking the piss or something?
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Wtf is that team?
4-4-2 with a diamond midfield.
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I can't work out the midfield from that - maybe BB and CH holding with 3 behind Tammy
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Don't forget lads. Bruce knows what he is doing, he has said it so it must be true!
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That's just taking the piss.
Please let this be the end, I can't take much more.
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If we win then it's nailed on that he'll say that this is the system he's always wanted to play. Like Brentford was how he always wanted us to play, and we haven't done it since.
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I can't work out the midfield from that - maybe BB and CH holding with 3 behind Tammy
BB holding, SJM and Hotlips box to box, Jack in the hole.
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even is best mate Elmo dropped?
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I'm sure you have that gif on permanent copy and paste.
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3 wingers on the bench!
THREE FUCKING WINGERS ON THE BENCH!!
What the actual fuck?
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There's a very good chance that the Mad Mick gif will be the highlight of this thread.
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What on earth was the fucking point in persuading Bolasie to come here?
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Cheers, PWS. I knew somebody would find Mick. Let's hope it's not the highlight of the night.
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even is best mate Elmo dropped?
Was our best defender last game 😃
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There's a very good chance that the Mad Mick gif will be the highlight of this thread.
Bloody hell. Great minds etc..
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Fucking hell.
As someone who has defended Bruce in the past I just cannot fathom what the hell he is planning here. He's always built teams around playing wingers and signed two in the window and now he decides the way forward is to play with no fucking wingers? If this doesn't go well tonight I've no idea how he can defend it.
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How has this fucking clown still got a job? Unless our owners have a bet on us not getting promoted......
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Fucking crackers, he's picking suicide notes not teams. Throw the names in the air and where they land they play.
Potty.
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3 wingers on the bench!
THREE FUCKING WINGERS ON THE BENCH!!
What the actual fuck?
Exactly. We've only got two right backs there to mark them.
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What on earth was the fucking point in persuading Bolasie to come here?
Maybe only to show we can afford £70/80k and fuck you, everyone.
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He's won four promotions you know.
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What on earth was the fucking point in persuading Bolasie to come here?
To show we're a caring club and will look after waifs and strays.
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He's won four promotions you know.
'How?' is the question that springs to mind.
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He's not just a wanker. He's a clueless wanker.
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He's won four promotions you know.
'How?' is the question that springs to mind.
How shit must everyone else have been those seasons?
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We've been too expansive, the man said it. Ain't you lot listening?
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Be be fair to Bruce, he is true to his word.
He said it’s up to him to find a system that works for the players he has.
So he’s now migrated to the maddest fucker he can come up with.
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We'll probably dick them 5-0 and we'll all end up with egg on our faces. But will the eggs have been kept in the fridge?
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We've been too expansive, the man said it. Ain't you lot listening?
I think he meant expensive.
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His darts at the 'bruce-pick-o-team-board' (tm) are getting even more wayward!!!
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We'll probably dick them 5-0 and we'll all end up with egg on our faces. But will the eggs have been kept in the fridge?
It will be a ground-breaking strategy which proves he knows what he is doing there or thereabouts.
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****** Bruce. You do it on purpose to piss us off.
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What on earth was the fucking point in persuading Bolasie to come here?
He is quick at getting the kebabs
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I fear for us tonight I really feel that we could get a hammering. I don’t want to see that but this formation smacks of a manager who no longer cares.
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
it usually doesn't work until kick off
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
it usually doesn't work until kick off
ah, thanks... I was worried I'd wasted £18........................
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I'm still wondering how it works on the Sky app on a phone. Or if the red button is even an option.
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Sod it, let's just collectively cut and paste comments from any of the previous games' pre-match comments and save ourselves the time and effort of typing out anything new. Because it's all been said before.
Although a few of the deck chairs may have been changed or moved around for this part of the journey, Captain Bruce is still steering the good ship Aston Villa towards a bloody great iceberg.
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I was just swearing at tv trying to get red button on. So is the consensus that it doesnt start till kickoff?
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
7.55. One camera. No replays. Might be a good thing.
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I think it is 3 at the back, with a Right Full back as Left Wing back and no Right Wing back.
Nyland
Axel Chester Mile
Hutton
McGinn Hourihane Thor Grealish
J. Danger Tammy Wynette
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Poll.
Bruce picked tonight's team:
A.For the payoff.
B. Two fingers to the fans.
C. He's on acid.
D. Strategic reasons, mortals could not possibly understand.
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Poll.
Bruce picked tonight's team:
A.For the payoff.
B. Two fingers to the fans.
C. He's on acid.
D. Strategic reasons, mortals could not possibly understand.
E. For a laugh
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FOUR CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS. No width, no Bolasie/el Ghazie.. why oh why did we get them in?!
This is a truly asinine line up.
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
7.55. One camera. No replays. Might be a good thing.
Ever got the feeling you've been cheated?
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Poll.
Bruce picked tonight's team:
A.For the payoff.
B. Two fingers to the fans.
C. He's on acid.
D. Strategic reasons, mortals could not possibly understand.
E. For a laugh
I always forget that possibility.
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Poll.
Bruce picked tonight's team:
A.For the payoff.
B. Two fingers to the fans.
C. He's on acid.
D. Strategic reasons, mortals could not possibly understand.
E. For a laugh
F. Because he's a lying clueless wanker
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Trying to get fired. Fuck me. What the fuck is he doing.
He'll jam a win by luck out of this (which would be great btw), and then claim it was all down to his genius.
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Trying to get fired. Fuck me. What the fuck is he doing.
He'll jam a win by luck out of this (which would be great btw), and then claim it was all down to his genius.
I hope so.
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
7.55. One camera. No replays. Might be a good thing.
Ever got the feeling you've been cheated?
Save that feeling for about 9.45pm!!
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Poll.
Bruce picked tonight's team:
A.For the payoff.
B. Two fingers to the fans.
C. He's on acid.
D. Strategic reasons, mortals could not possibly understand.
E. For a laugh
I always forget that possibility.
It's never crossed my mind that Bruce might have a sense of humour. I just can't imagine it.
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D. So that the people that can't see what it is that he's trying to do here can finally, hopefully, see what it is that he's trying to do here.
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Trying to get fired. Fuck me. What the fuck is he doing.
He'll jam a win by luck out of this (which would be great btw), and then claim it was all down to his genius.
I hope so.
Same.
I hate football.
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Poll.
Bruce picked tonight's team:
A.For the payoff.
B. Two fingers to the fans.
C. He's on acid.
D. Strategic reasons, mortals could not possibly understand.
E. For a laugh
F. Because he's a lying clueless wanker
Can I have an F please Bob?
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Poll.
Bruce picked tonight's team:
A.For the payoff.
B. Two fingers to the fans.
C. He's on acid.
D. Strategic reasons, mortals could not possibly understand.
E. For a laugh
F. Because he's a lying clueless wanker
I have my suspicions that it's this.
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The line up as usual has Jedinak at CB and once again is guesswork. Switch it up hope for a result, stick with it until we lose. Then lose for a few games and switch it up until we win again. Repeat.
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Looks like 442, but i don't think it makes too much difference at this point. If we press and are full of energy we win. If we sit and try and contain we lose. Grealish out left again?
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OR, their keeper's shit, and we're implementing a shoot-on-site policy.
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
it usually doesn't work until kick off
You need to be on sky sports football (403) not main event (401) I thinkHelp. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
it usually doesn't work until kick off
ah, thanks... I was worried I'd wasted £18........................
ah, thanks... I was worried I'd wasted £18........................
You need to be on sky sports football (403) not main event (401) I think
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Trying to get fired. Fuck me. What the fuck is he doing.
He'll jam a win by luck out of this (which would be great btw), and then claim it was all down to his genius.
I hope so.
Same.
I hate football.
Yep.
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If the Steptoes did football teams that is what would be in the back of their cart.
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Help. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
it usually doesn't work until kick off
You need to be on sky sports football (403) not main event (401) I thinkHelp. How does the 'red button' bollox work on sky sports? I've upgraded just to watch this (I must be insane) gae but can't find any red button option. I'm fucked if I'm watching Sheffield v Leeds.
it usually doesn't work until kick off
ah, thanks... I was worried I'd wasted £18........................
ah, thanks... I was worried I'd wasted £18........................
You need to be on sky sports football (403) not main event (401) I think
Thanks chaps, all sorted. Let the 'fun' commence. Praise be to the folks who've made the trip to Brizzle.
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He's going direct isn't he? Fuck the wingers just hoof it up.
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Clog up the middle of the park and look to nick it.
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Thor out on the right.. with Bolasie and El Ghazi on the bench. Who wants to bet when we go down 2-0 he'll throw on Elmo for Birkir in the 80th?
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Just seen the line up.
As the yoof would say (I believe) ...What the actual fuck???
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With that line up I am now convinced he's trying to get the sack and a big wedge of compo
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Tim Sherwood on not playing Amavi
"he loses possession"
.............seems strangely familiar to this team selection
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Same stupidity with players out of position. He's asking to be fired. Just do it tonight to save the season!
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You lot are mad, you never gave him a chance.
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Clog up the middle of the park and look to nick it.
Bruceball
Defend bravely, get some chances, bit of magic.. bam we'll be at the top of the table or thereabouts.
Who needs a decisive and clear gameplan?
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Thor out on the right.. with Bolasie and El Ghazi on the bench. Who wants to bet when we go down 2-0 he'll throw on Elmo for Birkir in the 80th?
regardless of how the game is going I expect Elmo for tuanzebe to happen somewhere between 60 and 70 minutes.
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I’m glad to see that our identity and shape continues unabated.
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Trying to get fired. Fuck me. What the fuck is he doing.
He'll jam a win by luck out of this (which would be great btw), and then claim it was all down to his genius.
I hope so.
Same.
I hate football.
Yep.
Or that line-up gets rinsed out wide, we lose and Bruce leaves. Not saying I want us to lose but Bruce leaving is an attractive outcome.
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Could be three at the back, could be a diamond in midfield or could be a 4-4-2. Will have to wait and see.
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Just got Sky, panicked when the red button didn't work but it won't on HD, has to be on SD.
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Maybe just maybe 4-3-3 with grealish and Kodjia wide and Tammy up front ??
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Is it just me or does the red button picture look like it's being filmed on an iPhone camera?
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Just got Sky, panicked when the red button didn't work but it won't on HD, has to be on SD.
SD and crappy camera work
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With no sound
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It's like Yeltz TV.
No, I'm wrong, it's worse. Yeltz TV have graphics.
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Well it appears the red button isn't an option with the Sky app on a mobile
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Is it just me or does the red button picture look like it's being filmed on an iPhone camera?
it is... underwhelming.
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Ah. 4-4-2 with Jack wide right. I think. The important thing is that Jedinak is CH, which as Bruce has intimated, is the best player in that position in the club
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With no sound
Sound and commentary on Red Button
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This is shocking. Worse than AVTV.
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Well it appears the red button isn't an option with the Sky app on a mobile
Just stare a a photo of a football pitch, whilst rapidly moving your head around randomly.
That’ll give you a good impression of the TV picture
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None of my stream sites seem to work. Not sure whether that is bad news. In the meantime it's WM commentary
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Commentator sounds like he’s sat in a studio rather than slumming it on the wrong side of Bristol
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No replays and unable to rewind the Sky picture.
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Looks like 4 5 1
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just seen the line-up
hahahahahagagagahahagggahhh
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should've been a goal down. Weimann missed a pretty go chance. It was too easy the cross coming in there
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I was gonna chill and watch Corrie/ wanderlust and record this for tonight when Im pissed on gin about 11 pm but it dont record ..
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It's reassuring to see that Bruce clearly knows what his best team is, and has a system in mind that he has no doubt drilled into them in training.
*cries*
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Fucking hell! there's some serious moaning going on tonight. Is it the Bruce effect?
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Weimann should have scored. Nobody will be surprised to learn that we look clueless.
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No replays and unable to rewind the Sky picture.
#prayforRedSox
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goal chalked off
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Sky should be ashamed of this. The coverage is absolutely abysmal.
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Not sure that was a foul by Tammy but it’s the kind of thing that’s given as such
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Or that Weimann missed (hope this doesn't come and bit me in the proverbial).
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Bannan last week, Weimann this. You want to self harm.
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Hmm, no replay but didn't look like TA did much wrong there.
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That might have been the best passage of passing we've done in weeks, very very annoying the goal wasn't given!!!
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I was gonna chill and watch Corrie/ wanderlust and record this for tonight when Im pissed on gin about 11 pm but it dont record ..
Watching this camera work while pissed could be a truly psychedelic experience
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Not sure that was a foul by Tammy but it’s the kind of thing that’s given as such
Who knows no replays this is worse than AVTV!
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anyone else having a nightmare with avtv?
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Sky should be ashamed of this. The coverage is absolutely abysmal.
Agree, picture is crap in SD. No close-up action or replays. Sound is absolute garbage. Rubbish Sky!!
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The refs are so bad in this shit league
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The definition is so poor Barney looks like Kevin Gage.
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Well, at least the chalked off goal gives Bruce an excuse to talk about for two minutes.
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I can’t even load the app at the moment!
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I am having a nightmare with AV.
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My wife has just said it looks it's being broadcast from Kazakhstan in the 80s.
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any small rivers around?
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Jeeze can't believe people moaning about the quality. A couple of years ago it wouldn't have been live at all and a lot of us are old enough to remember a time when there wouldn't have even been any highlights.
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Our passing along the back four followed by a hoof forward to nobody is world class.
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ffs bruce out
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hmm, there you go. We don't look anything like scoring either.
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And there you go. Commentary "straight through the goalkeeper".
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oooops, bye, bye Brucie
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There you go
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Bye bye Bruce.
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Ha, the stream i'm watching we still have a freekick!
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It looks like the television broadcast of the Coronation in when was it 1953?
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Desperate.
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I’m assuming that was a deflection otherwise our goalkeeper is fucking shit
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Bye bye Bruce.
Hope so.
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This keeper has massive gloves, but nothing in them.
Pathetic. Bruce out.
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I hate football.
Actually I really enjoyed the World Cup. That aside.
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I’m assuming that was a deflection otherwise our goalkeeper is fucking shit
Yep, deflection
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That was awful. Shit defending, shit keeping.
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We're in the midst of doing a Leeds. We're stuck here for a while, lads.
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Bye bye Bruce.
Not convinced our owners are tuned into his shitness. Why is he still here ?
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How many times do we have to lose before they sack him? Too many to make up the points if they don't get a move on
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Flukey deflection I hope....no replays on the red button (which is shite)
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We're in the midst of doing a Leeds. We're stuck here for a while, lads.
Leeds went down one more
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Thank goodness we've got a manager who was a decent centre half and with that experience he's made us rock solid at the back
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Rubbish from defence and goalkeeper. Bruce's last game...
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I'm beginning to think Bruce is on an elaborate piss-take. It's the only thing that explains his team selections
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He’s ruining my Friday night.
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Long balls to the front two, Grealish isolated wide right.
Can see this being a repeat of Preston away in 2016 if Bristol get another.
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I’m assuming that was a deflection otherwise our goalkeeper is fucking shit
Yep, deflection
And is also starting to look a bit shit.
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I can't see a goalie mistake - it was a deflected shot.
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Jeeze can't believe people moaning about the quality. A couple of years ago it wouldn't have been live at all and a lot of us are old enough to remember a time when there wouldn't have even been any highlights.
.......but we wouldn’t have just wasted £10 on it either!
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Every bit as bad as I feared.
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But is it his last game? So many other games after which he should have been sacked
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These owners need to be watching this.
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Not being able to show replays for goals is astoundingly amateur.
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We're in the midst of doing a Leeds. We're stuck here for a while, lads.
Leeds went down one more
Is that a premonition?
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is it possible to sack him mid-game ?
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I don’t know what the fuck everyone is moaning about.
Bruce has 4 promotions and we should be jolly well grateful to have him.
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I’ve heard a rumour that Andrea Stramaccioni is taking over at half time.
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Missed the first 20 as work got busy. On a scale of Eric Black to Paul Lambert where are we?
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FFS!!! Every cloud though eh? Hopefully this is the one!
Hurry up Brucey, the meter's running.
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When it comes to not being shocked about stuff this is as close to it as it gets. AVTV shit. AVFC shit. Steve Bruce SHIT
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It may sound like heresay but Grealish would be better off away from a ****** like Bruce.
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Not being able to show replays for goals is astoundingly amateur.
I disabled the option for your own good
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I don’t know what the fuck everyone is moaning about.
Bruce has 4 promotions and we should be jolly well grateful to have him.
I know it’s Friday but you sir are drunk.
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Missed the first 20 as work got busy. On a scale of Eric Black to Paul Lambert where are we?
Billy McNeill
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We are every bit as bad, no worse, than when we had an owner who had a fishmonger's stall in the Bull Ring.
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Missed the first 20 as work got busy. On a scale of Eric Black to Paul Lambert where are we?
We were excellent until the goal
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Haven't gotten to the end line once to play the ball across.. Kodjia pinned out to the left side, Bjarnson turning the ball over every tough, Jedi hasn't passed out of the back yet.
Seriously.. wtf are we doing.
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We are every bit as bad, no worse, than when we had an owner who had a fishmonger stand in the Bull Ring.
Was that by Harry Parkes, top end of Corporation Street?
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I'm glad you can't get the red button option on Now TV, it means I don't even have to consider changing over from the golf highlights to watch this nonsense.
Hopefully he's gone by breakfast.
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*Serious voice* Steve, how big an effect did that disallowed goal have on the game?*
*Wistful shake of the head* Massive, I've said time and time again, score first and you give yourself a chance to be there or thereabouts.
*Serious voice* A win would have taken us to 6th, but the 3-0 defeat sees us 14th
*Glances down at feet* That's the Championship for you.
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This team has no clue what it's supposed to be doing. It's shockingly bad.
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The sound quality on the red button is reminiscent of the commentary of the Villa v Everton league cup final 1977, that I have on 12" vinyl.
The quality of football is reminiscent of Villa circa 1967.
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I don’t know what the fuck everyone is moaning about.
Bruce has 4 promotions and we should be jolly well grateful to have him.
I know it’s Friday but you sir are drunk.
Not yet.....but I was joking....you got that? 😉
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*Serious voice* Steve, how big an effect did that disallowed goal have on the game?*
*Wistful shake of the head* Massive, I've said time and time again, score first and you give yourself a chance to be there or thereabouts.
*Serious voice* A win would have taken us to 6th, but the 3-0 defeat sees us 14th
*Glances down at feet* That's the Championship for you.
We could see a ‘wims just gettin the breaks at the minute batttt we go again on Tuesday.’
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Fuck off Steve.
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Bristol players got Kodjia booked then as he no intention of booking him
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It may sound like heresay but Grealish would be better off away from a c*** like Bruce.
He’d certainly be better off not being on the right wing 🤦♂️
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I don’t know what the fuck everyone is moaning about.
Bruce has 4 promotions and we should be jolly well grateful to have him.
I know it’s Friday but you sir are drunk.
Not yet.....but I was joking....you got that? 😉
Just about
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Come on Tubby FFS, just do the decent thing and hand in your notice.
You've got enough money, you greedy bastard. Just go.
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*Serious voice* Steve, how big an effect did that disallowed goal have on the game?*
*Wistful shake of the head* Massive, I've said time and time again, score first and you give yourself a chance to be there or thereabouts.
*Serious voice* A win would have taken us to 6th, but the 3-0 defeat sees us 14th
*Glances down at feet* That's the Championship for you.
Wonder what odds you'd get on this actually being his post match script?
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I'm glad you can't get the red button option on Now TV, it means I don't even have to consider changing over from the golf highlights to watch this nonsense.
Hopefully he's gone by breakfast.
Same here mate
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Even WM are criticising SB now...players coming to the touchline to ask what is going on.
The end is nigh....
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Missed the first 20 as work got busy. On a scale of Eric Black to Paul Lambert where are we?
We were excellent until the goal
Trust the opposition to go and spoil it for us again.
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*Serious voice* Steve, how big an effect did that disallowed goal have on the game?*
*Wistful shake of the head* Massive, I've said time and time again, score first and you give yourself a chance to be there or thereabouts.
*Serious voice* A win would have taken us to 6th, but the 3-0 defeat sees us 14th
*Glances down at feet* That's the Championship for you.
We could see a ‘wims just gettin the breaks at the minute batttt we go again on Tuesday.’
At least we get a chance to go again on Tuesday night. The games come thick and fast in this division. That’s the beauty of............
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WM commentary - "looks like musical chairs"...."higgledy piggledy"
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Even WM are criticising SB now...players coming to the touchline to ask what is going on.
The end is nigh....
His response was ‘sorry lads I don’t do tactics.’
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He just shouted to Hutton that he needs to mark Forestieri.
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No, it was in the bombed out shell (how prophetic is that) of the Market Hall in the Bull Ring where Villa fans like my Mom would hurl abuse at Frederick Normansell. It was where I learned to swear.
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This is obscene.
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He'll go hell for leather in the second by bringing on three wingers and play them all on the same wing.
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It may sound like heresay but Grealish would be better off away from a c*** like Bruce.
He’d certainly be better off not being on the right wing 🤦♂️
He’s on the left now. That’ll fool them!
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What an embarrassing fucking shambles
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This is not what I expected. I was hoping a man under pressure would come out fighting but this is appalling
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Is he doing it on purpose?
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I am half watching the Leeds/Wednesday game.
Wednesday don’t half play the game well.
And have just scored a worldie.
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Villa Heresy time. Who would take a loss to get him gone?
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This has the feeling of a nadir for Bruce, it's shocking to watch.
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Let's be fair to Bruce - he's having to play Jack out of position out wide because he hasn't got any wingers who can play there.
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Even WM are criticising SB now...players coming to the touchline to ask what is going on.
The end is nigh....
Disgrace all this.
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This is downright fucking embarrassing.
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Villa Heresy time. Who would take a loss to get him gone?
Looks like it's coming whether we want it or not.
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Yet another shocker from the referee. McGuinn not happy
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even the ref wants Bruce sacked.
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Wooooo a shot.
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Wendy’s beating Leeds
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Best case scenario, SB just f*ck off at half time and let us win the 2nd half
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Bruce has spent all week coming up with the latest master plan!
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This isn’t pleasant
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I've just realised, in training Jedinak plays against a Bruce team which means all he has to deal with are long punts and crosses, it's no wonder Bruce thinks he's great, he's probably fucking brilliant at BMH.
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We've always wanted him out, bluenose wanker.
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Have the away fans turned yet?
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Bruce has spent all week coming up with the latest master plan!
You have proof of this?
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players coming to the touchline to ask what is going on.
they were just checking who he was blaming for the goal
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I think I'm slipping into a coma watching this.
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I know it's been said before, but we can't even execute a throw-in effectively. Times up.
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Is he doing it on purpose?
I've wondered this for quite some time
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The Algarve is calling Bruce...now fuck off there's a good lad.
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its weird having Lambert back as manager
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I think I'm slipping into a coma watching this.
At least its not painful
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They should pay us to watch this
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Is he doing it on purpose?
Said for a while he’s had enough but no one resigns anymore. It’s self sabotage.
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We are a fucking shambles. Utterly devoid of shape, cohesiveness and passion.
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YAY! A corner!
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This is a shit league full of shit teams and we’re now stinking it out. He’s got to go.
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This is a shit league full of shit teams and we’re now stinking it out. He’s got to go.
Yep, afraid that is pretty much it
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Please let them pull the trigger tonight, wtf does it take!
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It's almost impressive to be pretty much the worst footballing side in division 2.
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Is he doing it on purpose?
Said for a while he’s had enough but no one resigns anymore. It’s self sabotage.
This is the problem, it's all about money, not having any dignity and self respect and the interest of the club at heart, it comes down to what I can get and stuff this club, onto the next, such is football.
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He should have been sacked 3 games ago. Worrying from our owners
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Who’d have thought a team with half the players out of position would be shit.
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:)
International Break, in 2/3 weeks.
From NOW until then our owners should have enough time to pursure any decisions on choices, that they could have taken at the last Int Break.
But didn't.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling in my water that we may not lose, and thus Steve survives.
BBB
Bullshit-Baffles-Brains
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I can see a nightmare scenario of two individual moments of brilliance to win 2-1, I'll cheer and bounce for about a minute, then reality will return.
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They've 'only come to see the Villa.' Has there ever been a more ridiculous thing to sing at a football game?
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I blame the Villa manager curse. I mean Bruce was always limited but you'd have put money on him to be able to put out a dour side able to grind out results. This season he looks like he picks the side with a raffle. Totally lost it. We've actually broken Nan's hair. :o
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I wish I could say we look like an average mid table Championship team, but we're not that good.
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Last time we won at Ashton Gate Gary Shaw scored a hat-trick. Which is a lot more interesting than the dross we're watching 39 years later.
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They've 'only come to see the Villa.' Has there ever been a more ridiculous thing to sing at a football game?
*INSERT TEAM NOT GREATEST IN WORLD* FC BY FAR THE GREATEST TEAM THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
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We are so boring. A group of forwards at the club worth in total close to 100m and we barely get a shot in on goal.
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Players bereft of any idea or confidence. Bruce has to go, useless Dinasour!
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I wish I could say we look like an average mid table Championship team, but we're not that good.
Mid table..wow that's a bit over the top.
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Dull
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He's like a child repeatedly trying to fit a square block in a round hole
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This is a brand new team remember, after we lost 17 first teamers in the summer.
The players only met each other on the bus to the ground this evening.
What the fuck do you expect? a cohesive football team ? you are all deluded.
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It's ok everyone. Riveting Steve Bruce team talk coming up for the players. That will fix it.
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Have the away fans turned yet?
they are shellshocked
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Well it's bin a 'orrible one...
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The bizarre thing is we can all see we are miles better team than they are. We are so easy to play against but a few little tweaks and we would be pissing over the likes of Bristol. It’s just so frustrating!
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‘A 1-0 reverse and I don’t know what I’m doing apparently.’
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WOW! Get in
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1-1
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And AVTV has frozen
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tjor scores
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Goal. 1-1. Not deserved but great were not losing.
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Undeserved but I’ll take it
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Oh Fcukin Hell.
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expect him now dropped next game
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Fkn have it.
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Thank goodness for that.
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I feel dirty. I didn’t even cheer
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YAY!
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Glad we’re not losing, but fuck me this is bad.
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Good header
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Yesssssss and Nooooooo!
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this cnut has to go tonight - and I don't care if we end up winning.
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Two years, at least four transfer windows and we end up with a selection where five players are out of position and three wingers on the bench. At least he provides stability.... FFS
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Barney (saves) the dinosaur.
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He got his excuses in early tonight:
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce told nBBC Radio WM:
"We haven't quite got the balance right yet, we've made a lot of mistakes defensively, and we're going to have to be a bit more resilient than we have been at the minute defensively.
"We've tried to be a bit more expansive but for me we're too open at the moment, we haven't quite got the balance correct.
"Fitting into what we did last year is easy for some, but the six that have now joined us will take a bit of time, it's not an excuse, it's the way it is."
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A win should change nothing for Bruce, because all the same mistakes are clear to see.
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FUCK!
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Right then Bruce, you have a lifeline. You have a team talk and 45 mins to save your job!
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Thank Thor for that!
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I feel dirty. I didn’t even cheer
Same here.
Birkir probably didn't either,he'll be benched now
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Barney (saves) the dinosaur.
Dropped for the next game.
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this cnut has to go tonight - and I don't care if we end up winning.
Same here, I desperately want the team to come out and put this lot to the sword, then Bruce to resign on the back of a winner, perfect result.
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Great delivery by Hourihane!
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That performance was fucking horrific, a good finish from a set piece cannot be allowed to hide that.
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Bristol are shit which doesn't say much for Villa....
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Good goal, out of nothing again though. We've been awful all half.
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Yesssssss and Nooooooo!
Yep!
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This is a brand new team remember, after we lost 17 first teamers in the summer.
The players only met each other on the bus to the ground this evening.
What the fuck do you expect? a cohesive football team ? you are all deluded.
With the changes in the summer, it’s like starting all over again!
And you can do that every summer, if you sign 4-5 loan players.
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Because we are the only club in the world that's ever signed players. No club has ever had a flying start with a bunch of new signings.
And in reality 8 of the 10 outfielders starting tonight were at the club last season and Bruce is just a clueless lying wanker.
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What a shit half of football
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409 may show a replay at half-time, I missed it.
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I'm sure the players don't want him here
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this cnut has to go tonight - and I don't care if we end up winning.
Same here, I desperately want the team to come out and put this lot to the sword, then Bruce to resign on the back of a winner, perfect result.
Agree but its not going to happen. Least enthusiastic I have ever felt about an undeserved equalizer and Ive been going 42 years
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Barney (saves) the dinosaur.
Yabba Dabba fucking Doo.
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Any link to the goal.i blinked and missed with no replay
What a shit coverage
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I'm sure the players don't want him here
Certainly looks like it.
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On the plus side Wednesday are beating LEEDS
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Barney (saves) the dinosaur.
Yabba Dabba fucking Doo.
Rubble?
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(https://media.giphy.com/media/Ajyi28ZdneUz6/giphy.gif)
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Up until that the only thing to look forward to was the commentator inevitably tripping over the name Jack Hunt with hilarious consequences but hey, we've scored and all is well with the world (until the second half)
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Stats put us equal in shots etc and us slightly ahead in possession which is a lot better than the last 2 years down there, but it’s so fucking obvious we are a million miles better than they are and they are scared shitless. Oh if only we had a manager that could take the piss
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Come on Weimann earn your corn
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The Sheff Weds v Leeds game is a cracker.
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Yeah !... my Water is rarely wrong ;D
I'd like the 3 points -
BUT - that means our owners won't use the International Break to make any dynamic decisions.
It's a quandry. We want the points, and cherish them. But this second-rate version of Pullis/Allardyce is stealing the team's luck.
For himself.
:-[
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Watched the yorkshire derby for 10, a refreshing change.
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It seems the teams we play in this championship are very average players but the managers set them up as best as they can and know what the limited players can do ,but we have great quality here as our goals prove it but we have a wank stain of a manager who has not got a clue how to set them up .
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Are some on here really wanting Bristol City to win tonight? Regardless what you think of Bruce, that seems wrong.
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Yeah !... my Water is rarely wrong ;D
I'd like the 3 points -
BUT - that means our owners won't use the International Break to make any dynamic decisions.
It's a quandry. We want the points, and cherish them. But this second-rate version of Pullis/Allardyce is stealing the team's luck.
For himself.
:-[
Blimey, a readable and sensible post from Alf! :)
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fecking hell Nyland
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No changes by Bruce shock. After all, it's not 70 minutes yet.
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Leeds equalise
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Worst. Cross. Ever.
https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1045760150622142464
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Always want us to win, no exception.
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Nyland is a fucking atrocious keeper. When Bruce gets the chop, he's welcome to take him with him.
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Always want us to win, no exception.
Indeed, win and Bruce get his marching orders.
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Nyland really breathes confidence into the defence...ffs
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Up until that the only thing to look forward to was the commentator inevitably tripping over the name Jack Hunt with hilarious consequences but hey, we've scored and all is well with the world (until the second half)
Whatever were Jack Hunt's parents thinking of when he was born, the poor bloke? He must have had some grief over the years!
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With tonight's starting 11, it is obvious that if we win (fingers crossed), it will in spite of him - therefore, he is a goner anyway. Always look for a Villa win.
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Up until that the only thing to look forward to was the commentator inevitably tripping over the name Jack Hunt with hilarious consequences but hey, we've scored and all is well with the world (until the second half)
Whatever were Jack Hunt's parents thinking of when he was born, the poor bloke? He must have had some grief over the years!
I suppose they could have called him Mike...
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Up until that the only thing to look forward to was the commentator inevitably tripping over the name Jack Hunt with hilarious consequences but hey, we've scored and all is well with the world (until the second half)
His elder brother Mike had it worser :)
Whatever were Jack Hunt's parents thinking of when he was born, the poor bloke? He must have had some grief over the years!
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Up until that the only thing to look forward to was the commentator inevitably tripping over the name Jack Hunt with hilarious consequences but hey, we've scored and all is well with the world (until the second half)
Whatever were Jack Hunt's parents thinking of when he was born, the poor bloke? He must have had some grief over the years!
I suppose they could have called him Mike...
Or worse, it could have been Steve Bruce the ******.
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Much better this half.
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Up until that the only thing to look forward to was the commentator inevitably tripping over the name Jack Hunt with hilarious consequences but hey, we've scored and all is well with the world (until the second half)
Whatever were Jack Hunt's parents thinking of when he was born, the poor bloke? He must have had some grief over the years!
I suppose they could have called him Mike...
Or Issac
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Sounds much better so far this half
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We are starting to play like Aston Villa
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A lot better. Why do we only play like for this for 10 or 15 minutes here or there?
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Or Urah (Jack Lemmon's middle name).
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A better start to the second half for Aston Villa and they're appealing for a penalty for all sorts of things!
Conor Hourihane puts in another great free-kick... Handball? A push on a Villa player? The referee waves play on.
I sense a new tactic from Steve's Playbook ;D
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Because we’re a bunch of Hunts?
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Put us out our misery
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Why not go for the kill now Brucie?
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Why not go for the kill now Brucie?
He will...Kodjia and Abraham off, Bree and Whelan on after 70 mins
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A lot better. Why do we only play like for this for 10 or 15 minutes here or there?
Because for 80/75 minutes we are what we are.
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A lot better. Why do we only play like for this for 10 or 15 minutes here or there?
we do and these aint that good really
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Lost the momentum now, will he change it?
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Lost the momentum now, will he change it?
Not before 70 minutes or when they get a second
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Since I said that I don't think we've been into their half. I expect Bruce will blame me post-match.
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Things you can expect from watching Villa.
1. Grealish will be kicked, ref won't punish it
2. We play well in 20 minute spells, but don't capitalise
3. We play like a bunch of individuals most if the time
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Nathan Baker won't have an easier game all season.
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No sound on my Sky Red Button thingy. Shit.
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Dolly Parton in our favour when it comes to shots.
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Why not go for the kill now Brucie?
He has. It’s 1-1
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AVTV is utterly garbage
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Bruce, "Oh, subs, I forgot about that!"
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Since I said that I don't think we've been into their half. I expect Bruce will blame me post-match.
You win the internet today for that
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Everything we do looks desperate and last ditch.
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The players just don’t seem interested and all of them are careless
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How do you mean PWS? We are out in front?
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9 to 5.
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Even I get that.
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So, we’ve had our 10-15 minute spell then ?
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9 to 5.
Giant vocal chords.
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9 to 5.
That's a lot of goals in 20 minutes.
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What a load of shite.
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Please let it end. Not making a change by now is shocking. He's just strolling around with his hands in his pockets. I can recommend a great kebab place in St Nicks market Steve.
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I remember when we used to have a good half, now it's just 10 minutes. That's inflation for ya.
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9 to 5.
Bruce has got bigger tits than Parton.
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Bolasie coming on? Three minutes later than expected
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Purgatory - we are in football purgatory.
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That's the pies for you
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/29/23/2718632700000578-0-image-a-11_1427667742302.jpg)
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Jack is so fucking wasted. This formation doesn’t work.
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Kod off, Bolasie on.
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I remember when we used to have a good half, now it's just 10 minutes. That's inflation for ya.
;D
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Remember, we got battered here last season.
This is progress for you.
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Remember, we got battered here last season.
This is progress for you.
It was 1-1
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That's the pies for you
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/29/23/2718632700000578-0-image-a-11_1427667742302.jpg)
What a fine figure of a man, how can he be wrong.
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God lost this end
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Remember, we got battered here last season.
This is progress for you.
It was 1-1
Oops, we ain’t going backwards then.
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That's the pies for you
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/29/23/2718632700000578-0-image-a-11_1427667742302.jpg)
Photoshop of Shirley Crabtree, shirley?
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Other teams in this division should look at our team sheet and think they're fucked even before kick off. We shouldn't labour like this.
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Time to pull the trigger - championship: Bristol city 1-1 Aston Villa
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If we can hold on to the point we'll be in the top half. Be still my beating heart.
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Not good enough.
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Remember, we got battered here last season.
This is progress for you.
It was 1-1
This is stability for you.
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We are going to lose this and I am the most optimistic person in the world
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Off the line from McGinn
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That's the pies for you
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/29/23/2718632700000578-0-image-a-11_1427667742302.jpg)
Whale be there or there abouts.
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If we can hold on to the point we'll be in the top half. Be still my beating heart.
Who'd have thought it would come to this, if we can hold on!!!!Bristol City.
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What more proof do the owners need?
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Off the line from McGinn
Defence or attack?
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Damn you PWS. Do you have any idea how much cheese I'm going to have to eat at bedtime to make sure that image doesn't feature in my dreams....?
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Every game you see glimpses of the side we should be, every game you see him on the sidelines and see why we aren't.
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This is progress for you.
It was 1-1
This is stability for you.
"Stable Genius " ?
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Every game you see glimpses of the side we should be, every game you see him on the sidelines and see why we aren't.
Yep
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Off the line from McGinn
Defence or attack?
defence
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Every game you see glimpses of the side we should be, every game you see him on the sidelines and see why we aren't.
Summed up perfectly.
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we are dull
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CJ if that image bothers you, imagine no shorts.
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Almost an own goal by Tammy Abraham!
The Villa striker inadvertently gets on the end of a Bristol City corner and the ball is hooked away off the Villa line.
>:(
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He ain’t going anywhere if we aren’t losing matches.
Draws will probably keep him safe.
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Hotlips goes close
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Damn you PWS. Do you have any idea how much cheese I'm going to have to eat at bedtime to make sure that image doesn't feature in my dreams....?
Just goes to show, kebabs should come with a government health warning, ' to many and any man beast can develop breasts and develop pregnancy like symptoms '
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Tammy off, Albert on. So technically we don't have a striker on the pitch.
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it feels like this game has been on for a week
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Abraham injured apparently.
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You can hear "you don't know what you're doing" and "we want Brucey out" from the away end.
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I'm sure the fans were singing Bruce Out then.
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You can hear "you don't know what you're doing" and "we want Brucey out" from the away end.
Good.
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Tammy off, Albert on. So technically we don't have a striker on the pitch.
Aaahhhh sensay, he's going for the goal from midfield, there's method in his utter madness..
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Christ these referees are so crap!
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Apparently fans singing 'there or thereabouts'?!
I've still got no sound, when I press red button I get half a second of Murray Walker...
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Twitter saying the away fans have turned?
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1 win in 9 games. Fucking hell
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Jack has been disappointing in the 2nd half.
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The destiny of the club is in the hands of the travelling fans. So it should be. They are the ones who do all the pain.
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How ace is Jedinak at CB?
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"Jedinak gets it wrong" a phrase we've heard many times, and will continue to hear for as long as Bruce is in charge.
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1 in 9 is for sure sackable.
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Owners, Purslow or whoever need to act, and they need to act soon because this is just garbage
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Can't wait for our Messiah's self serving excuse laden post match interview in which he blames everyone but himself.
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https://twitter.com/wittonroad/status/1045778251065569280?s=21
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Booooooooooooooooooo
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1 win in 9 games. Fucking hell
Thanks, Thank you, really, hells bells, how does he stay in place.
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Let’s hear him talk that one up.
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Never trust a man with a beard my old Ma used to say. She was wrong of course but not in the case of Mile Jedinak.
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It's honours even. Bristol City avoid a third straight defeat, while it's one win in eight league games for Aston Villa.
There were audible shouts of "We Want Bruce Out" from some of the visiting supporters in the closing seconds. The pressure on the Villa boss won't have eased too much with this draw at Ashton Gate.
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Well done Steve. You have been working on us being hard to beat... yet we conceded yet again and had no plan going forward. Just fuck off, anyone on here would do better.
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Never trust a man with a beard my old Ma used to say. She was wrong of course but not in the case of Mile Jedinak.
I'm just growing one, got some Bulldog beard oil today jojoba and aloe vera to encourage growth.
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Never trust a man with a beard my old Ma used to say. She was wrong of course but not in the case of Mile Jedinak.
Or a man in a dressing gown, It's just wrong.
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Never trust a man with a beard my old Ma used to say. She was wrong of course but not in the case of Mile Jedinak.
Or a man in a dressing gown, It's just wrong.
or a man who drinks Martini