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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on September 28, 2018, 09:54:08 PM
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If only you were all intelligent enough to see what he's doing.
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We want Brucie out, say we want....
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Terrible. Just terrible.
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Shite first half. Fleeting spells in the second. Not good enough. I’d laugh if it wasn’t the club I love.
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Garbage, takes off two strikers and puts on two wingers. Enough is enough.
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Fuckin tripe. It's in the hands of the owners now, the limitations of the manager are laid bare to see.
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Fuck off
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Just fuck off. We have a talented squad of players and Bruce is absolutely killing us.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Mind-numbing starting XI, asinine substitutions.
Where was Bolasie even playing when he came on? Kodjia and Tammy off at 1-1?
Please just get rid, we have the squad to thump teams 4-0. I can't watch this anymore.
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Double meh. That first half was agonisingly bad, the second merely boring.
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Banal.
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Enough to keep him in employment for another week.
A decent 10 minutes out of 95......again.
3 wingers on the bench and we end up with no strikers on the pitch.
Hogan is obviously dead to Bruce.
I honestly feel like the club is run by cowards. There has been a decision to make foe weeks, and no one will make it.
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Everything good we do is off the back of a mistake or is reactionary. This is why we don't dominate games against shit teams. Tonight was just more of the same unconvincing, uninspired dross. We are going nowhere good under Bruce and it's time he left. If the club is waiting for the 'right time' it is now. Shite.
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Just unbelievably limp in every way possible.
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Bruce is useless. Time for change. The owners need to wake up, fast....!
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I just don't see how it's in the club's best interests to persist with him.
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Double meh. That first half was agonisingly bad, the second merely boring.
Wasn't even that good.
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Start the car Steve.... time to fuck off
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Genuine question, has a team ever won a league playing 451?
Just feels like such a cowardly formation,
we should be swinging our massive cock about in this league. Not that pile of wank I just witnessed.
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Just unbelievably limp in every way possible.
So am I after posting that Steve Bruce photo.
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I'm not sure which made me want to cry more.
Steve Bruce, or Sky's red button "coverage".
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5 points off the top. If you were a Premier League fan, you'd say that's not too bad. But in this fucking league, with this squad, it's shite. Bruce Out! I don't know who in!
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Very very dull. Bristol were shite and there for the taking but Bruce was focused on defence. He was so slow to get Bolasie on, at least 10 minutes too late. Very poor from the manager
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Time to go Bruce. Only Mrs Bruce wants him to stay
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A decent 10 mins, the rest garbage, if we lose on Tuesday it must be goodbye Brucie. We'll be in the bottom half tomorrow night.
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go
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nad
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A decent 10 mins, the rest garbage, if we lose on Tuesday it must be goodbye Brucie. We'll be in the bottom half tomorrow night.
Nope he must go now, it’s not even the result it’s the consistent repeated errors.
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Another slant on this, its all very well playing these friday night epics, but is a little excitement and a good result to much to ask, I don't think so, this is Villa, said in the summer Bruce is a spent force, there's nothing left in the locker, he's' going through the motions according to Steve Bruce, ultimately the team and as such the results reflect him.
It's not good enough, we need promotion so we can look forward to cracking saturdays and against top notch sides, another manager that wants us there now please.
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Sack him, sack him, sack him, fuck him off, get rid, be gone you useless potato headed fucker
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Well played Jedinak tonight played very well at the center of defence. I liked their left back
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A decent 10 mins, the rest garbage, if we lose on Tuesday it must be goodbye Brucie. We'll be in the bottom half tomorrow night.
See, that’s the problem.......it’s always the next game that is the decider.
Just fucking do it now!
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1 win in 9 does not equate to promotion. The owners and CEO must see this.
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Best thing about that game was the quality of the TV coverage.
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Have we got a post-match interview anywhere yet?
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Have we got a post-match interview anywhere yet?
Was posted Pre-Match :D
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Looking forward to our Messiah's self serving excuse laden post match interview in which he blames everybody for tonight's result apart from the obvious suspect- himself
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Well we dusted worselves down after a disappointing result last weekend and started to implement some of the things that've seen me gain so many promotions in the past. As I've said before: there's no easy games in this league - and I was delighted the Icelandic fella finished off a well-deserved goal for wor. If the fans aren't happy with that result, they can all haddaway & shite. Reet, I'm haway to get worsel' a large doner & fries.
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A point. Away. At Bristol City. Surely a cause for celebration.
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Genuine question, has a team ever won a league playing 451?
Just feels like such a cowardly formation,
we should be swinging our massive cock about in this league. Not that pile of wank I just witnessed.
Totallly agree, especially when your best threat to goal is isolated on the left wing. I swear Bruce is just pushing the envelope to see what he can get away with at this point. His formation and squad change every game no matter the opponent. He'll be thrilled with an away draw in a tough tough division.
So tired of it all.
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A decent 10 mins, the rest garbage, if we lose on Tuesday it must be goodbye Brucie. We'll be in the bottom half tomorrow night.
See, that’s the problem.......it’s always the next game that is the decider.
Just fucking do it now!
Or maybe wait to see how we do against Millwall or Swansea Ad infinitum.
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If we currently didn't have a manager, I don't imagine Bruce would be on the owners' shortlist.
They'll can him when it's convenient.
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Had to get up at 6am for work and saw I'd received a few messages from my dad. It took me a while realise what he was talking about.
It then dawned on me that he was talking about the Villa game; 'Villa playing poorly', 'I can see why you get so pissed off', 'Jedinak is fucking cumbersome. I don't like him'.
It's such a shame to forget we were playing. After seeing the lineup, match report and scoreline...maybe not.
Were we that poor tonight?
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If we aren’t trying to tempt a clearly disgruntled Brendan Rodgers from Celtic over sticking with this complete turd then it’s time for some finger pointing at the owners to understand exactly what the fucking plan is
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Had to get up at 6am for work and saw I'd received a few messages from my dad. It took me a while realise what he was talking about.
It then dawned on me that he was talking about the Villa game; 'Villa playing poorly', 'I can see why you get so pissed off', 'Jedinak is fucking cumbersome. I don't like him'.
It's such a shame to forget we were playing. After seeing the lineup, match report and scoreline...maybe not.
Were we that poor tonight?
Apart from about 10 mins Yes
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I just spat my chips out in an Aberdeen fish shop reading that, folk around me think I’m nuts! V funny Smoke thank you
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Yes Axi we were.
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Looking for an appropriate Thread -
Re- Our New Owners
Re- Their knowledge of "Soccer"
Re - Their nonsense "leaks" of £25 Million Transfers !
Re - When we are Very,very close to Embargo
Re- I'm going in the Doghouse Again :D
After my early Anti-Xia posts I knew I was toxic
... but, what the hell...Villa comes First. ;D
Not owners-of-toys....Part Two...NO...Part Three
I'm getting wound-up again... and Steve's Bloated Sainthood -- from this "Soccer-Ignorami" - could well get me banned if I let leash
Better that I keep schtum, and search for an outlet Thread.
You Guys carry on... you are doing Great ;D
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If we currently didn't have a manager, I don't imagine Bruce would be on the owners' shortlist.
They'll can him when it's convenient.
Oddly, I think he would. They'd look at the potential in the assembled squad, and think that the missing piece of the puzzle is a promotion specialist manager.
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Looking for an appropriate Thread -
Re- Our New Owners
Re- Their knowledge of "Soccer"
Re - Their nonsense "leaks" of £25 Million Transfers !
Re - When we are Very,very close to Embargo
Re- I'm going in the Doghouse Again :D
After my early Anti-Xia posts I knew I was toxic
... but, what the hell...Villa comes First. ;D
Not owners-of-toys....Part Two...NO...Part Three
I'm getting wound-up again... and Steve's Bloated Sainthood -- from this "Soccer-Ignorami" - could well get me banned if I let leash
Better that I keep schtum, and search for an outlet Thread.
You Guys carry on... you are doing Great ;D
Welcome back Alf. We all feel your pain, I think, even if we might sometimes put it differently :) UTV
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I’ve come to the conclusion that watching Villa is a form of self harm. My eyes have only just stopped bleeding
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I am honestly passed caring.
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Just seen his post match interview. Deluded, totally and utterly deluded.
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Like Mourinho, Bruce has has lost a parent(s) this year. Combine that with pressure of football management and I think both could do with some time out of football for their sakes as much as ours.
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He actually said there or thereabouts again. Is this some kind of sick joke?
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Just fucking awful.
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He actually said there or thereabouts again. Is this some kind of sick joke?
and don't forget "we go again"
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Like Mourinho, Bruce has has lost a parent(s) this year. Combine that with pressure of football management and I think both could do with some time out of football for their sakes as much as ours.
You could well be right, but their huge egos & bloated salaries prevent both from recognising what the rest of us peasants can see.
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Someone really needs to create a Brucie Bullshit Bingo card, he's given the lot there but my particular favourite was talking about this marathon that we're just about to start, a quarter of the fucking season has gone and the twat is acting like it's barely got started.
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The football is the same.
The lack of tactics is the same.
The post match interview is the same.
The excuses are the same although he added we were playing infront of a massive crowd.
What 23000 a massive crowd? What a twat.
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he said there and thereabouts post match interview
hes taking the piss now
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He actually said there or thereabouts again. Is this some kind of sick joke?
Good point, are we meant to be grateful for clinging onto top 10 status until a hot streak in April/ May claws us into the playoffs? It’s pathetic. He should be issuing public apologies not claiming glory for positioning us as also rans.
Barr him from every chip shop in Birmingham, that’ll learn ‘im.
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Someone really needs to create a Brucie Bullshit Bingo card, he's given the lot there but my particular favourite was talking about this marathon that we're just about to start, a quarter of the fucking season has gone and the twat is acting like it's barely got started.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/DoNLRgNWkAA-Xe8.jpg
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If I hadn't lost patience with Bruce before the last sub, Adomah for Abraham, leaving us with no strikers when we could still win, was really the end of the line for me with the current manager.
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If I hadn't lost patience with Bruce before the last sub, Adomah for Abraham, leaving us with no strikers when we could still win, was really the end of the line for me with the current manager.
In fairness, it's been said Tammy was injured. He did take a knock that led to treatment in the second half so I assume it was that.
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The old "there or thereabouts" quote again. Thereabouts is not good enough, never was and never will be.
We've only lost 2 in 10 he says. But only won 2 as well. How in any way is that good enough with that squad?
I can't be bothered to work it out but if you take out the goals we've scored in injury time, including tonight's, I dread to think where we would be in the table. But I suppose they all count.
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Welcome back Alf. We all feel your pain, I think, even if we might sometimes put it differently :) UTV
Thank you... sometimes I cut n pasted - way too much - and really got lost...I'll admit that.
Then the pro-Xia avalanche started and I tried to give as good as I got.
Then I thought... WTH... if fans don't want discuss here...why bother ?
As an aside..... :D
Is your username in any way related to a Merthyr Town Legend ?
I would Hope So..... a boyhood hero of mine. Never saw him play, just heard about him from kids I grew up with.
Take care mate.... :)
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If I hadn't lost patience with Bruce before the last sub, Adomah for Abraham, leaving us with no strikers when we could still win, was really the end of the line for me with the current manager.
In fairness, it's been said Tammy was injured. He did take a knock that led to treatment in the second half so I assume it was that.
Thanks, I missed that but I think my overall point still stands as there were four wide players on the bench and no strikers who could have replaced Tammy Abraham.
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If I hadn't lost patience with Bruce before the last sub, Adomah for Abraham, leaving us with no strikers when we could still win, was really the end of the line for me with the current manager.
In fairness, it's been said Tammy was injured. He did take a knock that led to treatment in the second half so I assume it was that.
Tru, but what's the point of 2 right backs and 3 wingers on the bench, Hogan has been in full training for at least 2 weeks now.
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The old "there or thereabouts" quote again. Thereabouts is not good enough, never was and never will be.
We've only lost 2 in 10 he says. But only won 2 as well. How in any way is that good enough with that squad?
I can't be bothered to work it out but if you take out the goals we've scored in injury time, including tonight's, I dread to think where we would be in the table. But I suppose they all count.
They do all count. They got his predecessor (lost 3 in 11) the boot.
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Bruce has said he's not ready yet, I shit you not, this is what he said.
He’s there or thereabouts. I would think another week or so and he’ll be in contention again.
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Someone really needs to create a Brucie Bullshit Bingo card, he's given the lot there but my particular favourite was talking about this marathon that we're just about to start, a quarter of the fucking season has gone and the twat is acting like it's barely got started.
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/DoNLRgNWkAA-Xe8.jpg
Thanks for that, Risso. You've managed to put a smile on me chops this evening. ;)
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Sack him, sack him, sack him, fuck him off, get rid, be gone you useless potato headed fucker
There is a kind of laughter to be had in all of this, thanks.
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Bruce has said he's not ready yet, I shit you not, this is what he said.
He’s there or thereabouts. I would think another week or so and he’ll be in contention again.
Ready for what?
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Not scoring i'd imagine.
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The ownership just have to fire him, we’re getting nowhere near promotion at this rate and with this squad that’s a travesty.
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At least we've got a new song.
https://twitter.com/JordAvfc/status/1045776762318327808
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Post match interview in 5 words:
I AM NOT TO BLAME.
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Not scoring i'd imagine.
Is he the most prolific of the centre-forwards we own, over the last twelve months?
(I have no idea if that'd be correct, but it seems like something that could be)
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I feel for the away support,I really do.First half the fans were committed and up for it.Second half we were done.Thanks Steve for sucking the life out of us.
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Not scoring i'd imagine.
Is he the most prolific of the centre-forwards we own, over the last twelve months?
(I have no idea if that'd be correct, but it seems like something that could be)
Yes. he's the most prolific we own since the start of last season. He's scored 6 league goals in that time.
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The most entertaining thing tonight was putting the lyrics there or there abouts to a myriad of songs.
Fucking desperate.
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At least we've got a new song.
https://twitter.com/JordAvfc/status/1045776762318327808
Priceless. My daughter is asking what the hysterical laughter is all about.
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Yes Axi we were.
Very disappointing.
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The most entertaining thing tonight was putting the lyrics there or there abouts to a myriad of songs.
Fucking desperate.
Brown Girl In The Ring?
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KC and the Sunshine Band was my favourite.
Absolutely rammed away end. I could stand in my seat and like a load watched stood in the aisle. Bruce, you're killing us.
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We can - and I do - moan about the anodyne, robotic, meaningless interviews that footballers give, but the standard of questions that Bjork is asked here would struggle to reach a pixie's ankle. I assume that this is one of our salaried communications professionals. My demented mother could do better.
https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1045798766987661312
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That was an awful team we were playing and couldn't beat them. Tactics were awful from the start and then he moved Jack back to the right. Taylor was one of our best players in his last match and we seem better imo with a left footed left back. He has not been near the squad since.
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Interviewer says some fans were singing for him to go, he says he's not interested in social media. 'have you a message for those fans Steve?', 'No, why should I?'
Wanker.
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Well we dusted worselves down after a disappointing result last weekend and started to implement some of the things that've seen me gain so many promotions in the past. As I've said before: there's no easy games in this league - and I was delighted the Icelandic fella finished off a well-deserved goal for wor. If the fans aren't happy with that result, they can all haddaway & shite. Reet, I'm haway to get worsel' a large doner & fries.
That has made me laugh so much......thank you.
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Interviewer says some fans were singing for him to go, he says he's not interested in social media. 'have you a message for those fans Steve?', 'No, why should I?'
Wanker.
That’s not social media Steve, that’s the fans of the club that you are letting go to rack and ruin. They weren’t on social media. Now do the decent thing. There’s no future for you at AVFC.
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From the OS
The Boss: Bruce on settling for point, Birkir Bjarnason, coming from behind and big decisions
Steve Bruce spoke to Club TV after the full-time whistle at Ashton Gate, where Aston Villa drew 1-1 with Bristol City.
His thoughts can be read in full below.
On the game itself...
I think we deserved three points.
The referee has made a bad decision in the first half – we should have been a goal up.
Their first shot at goal takes a deflection and sneaks into the net.
The longer the game went, the better the opportunities we created.
We also had a big penalty shout. When decisions like that go against you, you've got to accept it and move on.
We're close. We haven't won again and there's an air of disappointment, but we've only lost once away from home in the league this season.
I know we have the makings of a very good team. We're gelling together and are only five points off the top.
We haven't started well but are within sight – that's what this league is all about.
On a point that, on another day, would be considered a good one...
Overall I'm pleased because it's not easy to come here, with a big expectant crowd.
The boys have rolled up their sleeves.
We need a bit more confidence in our play, but that'll come. We're on the right lines.
On the half-time team talk...
Birki Bjarnason's goal changes it a little bit.
It's nothing more than we deserved at the time, and I feel we certainly deserved something out of the game.
I thought we deserved all three, actually.
There was a 20-minute period after the restart. It's when we're in those areas I say, 'could we have scored?'
On whether he got the defensive improvements he sought...
I think so – I'll have to watch the game back in full.
But we looked solid and didn't give much away.
We had the better chances and opportunities and have to remember it's not a given to come to Bristol City and win. It's not easy.
But our supporters were here in their thousands again and it was great to see.
On Birkir Bjarnason...
He can feel harshly treated.
But he's had a long summer and I've tried to give him the rest he needs while I can.
I need him ready for this long marathon that we're about to embark on.
When we get to the middle of winter he'll be good for us.
On taking points from a losing position again...
There's a sprit there and you can see it in the dressing room.
They're a bit short on confidence at the minute and they know they can move the ball better as a group.
But there was a resilience about them which was good to see.
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Just back in. Christ how shit was that. 5 players played out of position. kodja and Jack played wide, with three wingers on the bench. Its painful to watch and see our promotion hopes slip away so early. I'm sick and tired of Steve Bruce, his style of play, tactics (or lack of!) and random formations. Please be gone tomorrow.
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From the OS
The Boss: Bruce on settling for point, Birkir Bjarnason, coming from behind and big decisions
Steve Bruce spoke to Club TV after the full-time whistle at Ashton Gate, where Aston Villa drew 1-1 with Bristol City.
His thoughts can be read in full below.
….....................…. On whether he got the defensive improvements he sought...
I think so – I'll have to watch the game back in full...……………...
He is an experienced manager and was a very experienced player and he needs to watch a video to see if the defence improved! What is he seeing when he is on the touchline. No wonder he cannot change tactics during the game or make game changing substitutions. He is just full of s***.
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I went tonight and the only reason I did was because my Dad lives in Bristol. I can't remember a time I was less enthused to go to a game and unfortunately it lived down to my expectations. Tedious shite again. While he was getting results last season it was tolerable but he is most definitely a busted flush now and the sooner he is gone the better.
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We're there or thereabouts, we're more thereabouts than there, to be fair, Nan's hair.
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Watched the game out and just got back in. What is there to say really, as it's the type of football we've seen under him throughout his time here. No discernible style of play, just long hopeful balls up to a striker who is clearly not capable of playing that way. Unbalanced side with players playing out of position meaning attacks regularly break down due to players giving the ball away or having to turn back on their favoured foot. The only addition this season has been defensive instability, mainly caused by him not properly replacing the goalkeeper and centre half from last season.
Let's face it, unless a few players click and go on a hot streak of form, we are a mid table side under him and that has been the case since he has been here.
In terms of players:
Nyland - unconvincing again
Tuanzebe - not sure he's good enough on the ball to be a full-back, especially going forward
Chester - looked unusually shaky at times
Jedinak - also unconvincing again. Wins the ball in the air, but doesn't seem to be able to clear his lines
Hutton - form of the last couple of seasons seems to have deserted him at present
Bjarnason - good header but wasn't really on the ball enough for a defensive midfielder
Hourihane and McGinn - quiet games and think they might be a bit too similar to play together
Grealish - completely wasted out wide, got frustrated and reverted back to his bad old habit of holding on to the ball too long
Kodjia - offered very little threat and should have been replaced earlier
Abraham - clearly not the type of player who is going to enjoy or prosper from long balls pumped up to him in the air and a physical battle with Championship centre halves.
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Shite, fuck off Steve.
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13 hours after leaving the north west I am home.
Not really worth it tonight.
It's incredible the squad we have and yet we start with 5 players out of position.
Grealish and Kodjia wide is just bizarre. Why would you want your lynchpin so far from where he can affect play in any direction? Where his touches are limited? Why would you want to shackle your number 10 and a striker with defensive duties?
At what point did he think we needed the height of Jedinak against their tiny front line?
At what point did he think the midfield needed 3 in there?
Where was the positive sub during our 20 minutes second half to try and force the lead? Instead it came 10 minutes too late and after the game had petered out.
No game plan or means of attacking against an utterly dreadful Bristol.
It was tedious stuff yet again. This is a squad that should be swashbuckling and blowing sides away with pace and power. But we're limp, at best.
I see absolutely no signs of improvement. We just bungle 11 onto the pitch and shake them about hoping for magic. It's utterly unacceptable.
We were singing numerous variations of there or there abouts. An homage to the O'Leary jibes. But the reality is we're nowhere near and actually we're mid-table in the 2nd division.
He needs to be sacked after Milwall. Regardless of results against Preston and Milwall, he must be sacked.
Taking off both strikers for two wingers was a real wow moment too.
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Bruce replaced a manager who chalked up similar results over a similar time frame - so what's preventing our new majority owners from doing that which Dr T saw as being essential?
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I had this down for a nailed-on draw, wish I was a betting man but I forgot all about the game as I was rushing from work to get my barnet cut for a wedding in Rome today, and went straight to see the League Of Gentlemen live last night. A quick pint in the pub after and it dawned on me I hadn't any idea of the result. Get the phone out and see they hadn't let me down. And wince while reading the first page of this thread seeing our regular grumbles with a fresh perspective and wonder if we're a bit self-entitled before remembering how much of this shite we put up with. To an outsider, I guess it is easy to dislike us but every club's fans think they should be doing better, otherwise what's the point, I guess.
As with many seasons in my time as a Villa fan, mainly since the start of the 2000's, so many seasons are spent drowning in draws. The danger of the "we're hard to beat, only one defeat all season" mantra that Bruce clings to is that it hides the plain truth that we're just not good enough under him.
Given the resources he has available to him and the fact he's been honest more than once that this is the biggest club he'll ever manage, it's a real pisser that he is incapable of rising to the occasion.
Time to catch me flight.
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Did anyone notice when Bruce took Tammy off, as the boos got louder, you could see Bruce look across and angrily shake his head at the away fans. He kept pointing to his feet as if to say Tammy had a foot problem. Please go now!
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Sack him, sack him, sack him, fuck him off, get rid, be gone you useless potato headed fucker
While I agree with your sentiments, I will never agree with vegetable references to any manager of our club.
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We're there or thereabouts, we're more thereabouts than there, to be fair, Nan's hair.
A beautifully constructed sentence. Lovely rhythm.
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Well done Conor and Thor on rescuing a point.
If Tammy is injured then why take Kodjia off (especially with no strikers on the bench)? Remove the injured player, keep Kodjia on and end the game with at least one striker. This is happening too often (Reading, Rotherham, Bristol) and is clearly a "tactic" of Bruce as to seeing games out negatively.
When Bruce says there or thereabouts, he is clearly revealing one of his main tactics in discussions with the players-"IF you get the ball, hit it there or thereabouts (pointing vaguely in the direction of the opposition half) and something MIGHT happen"
F.O.B.
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Did anyone notice when Bruce took Tammy off, as the boos got louder, you could see Bruce look across and angrily shake his head at the away fans. He kept pointing to his feet as if to say Tammy had a foot problem. Please go now!
He has a calf injury according to wor Steve
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That was an awful team we were playing and couldn't beat them. Tactics were awful from the start and then he moved Jack back to the right. Taylor was one of our best players in his last match and we seem better imo with a left footed left back. He has not been near the squad since.
One thing I'm pretty sure of is that adding Taylor back into the team isn't the answer to the myriad of problems we have.
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He wants his pay off. He's not going to walk away empty handed. We're trapped by ffp. That's the situation we're in.
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The proof that Bruce doesn't have a clue is there for all to see ....
Pre match against Sheff Wed he highlighted their most dangerous player - he wasn't playing
Post match last night he states we are 4 points off the top of the table - actually 5
Seems like he has a memory issue maybe that explains why players play out of position
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A decent 10 mins, the rest garbage, if we lose on Tuesday it must be goodbye Brucie. We'll be in the bottom half tomorrow night.
See, that’s the problem.......it’s always the next game that is the decider.
Just fucking do it now!
I agree 100% I was thinking the owners might give him another game unfortunately.
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I've thought for a little bit now that he's got (what is now) two more games regardless.
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Dull.
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And overcast.
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With a high probability of boredom.
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At least we've got a new song.
https://twitter.com/JordAvfc/status/1045776762318327808
Brilliant, a stroke of genius. ;D
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The proof that Bruce doesn't have a clue is there for all to see ....
Pre match against Sheff Wed he highlighted their most dangerous player - he wasn't playing
Post match last night he states we are 4 points off the top of the table - actually 5
Seems like he has a memory issue maybe that explains why players play out of position
He's just a manager behind the times in his approach.
WM were mentioning after half an hour that half the team were coming to the bench to ask what was going on when there was an injury break. This eventually lead to Grealish and Kodjia swopping flanks.
Point was reasonably made if we were properly prepared during the week players would know what to do if we want behind etc.
Our preparation on the training ground just isn't good enough otherwise we wouldn't constantly get these mediocre performances.
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We have played ten games and only lost two and are currently only two points off a play off place and only four points off an automatic promotion place. The problem is we are currently mid table and unless we improve our points to games ratio that is exactly where we will be come the end of the season.
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I'm not a huge fan of Twitter, but #thereorthereabouts has become a "thing". A couple of videos from last night have been tagged. No Sunshine Band, though.
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Welcome back Alf. We all feel your pain, I think, even if we might sometimes put it differently :) UTV
Thank you... sometimes I cut n pasted - way too much - and really got lost...I'll admit that.
Then the pro-Xia avalanche started and I tried to give as good as I got.
Then I thought... WTH... if fans don't want discuss here...why bother ?
As an aside..... :D
Is your username in any way related to a Merthyr Town Legend ?
I would Hope So..... a boyhood hero of mine. Never saw him play, just heard about him from kids I grew up with.
Take care mate.... :)
Cheers Alf :) Yes, I watched ‘Fearless Fred’ as he was known at Nuneaton Borough’s now long gone Manor Park ground in the 60’s. That thrill of going to a live match under floodlights ( I was only 7 at the time) stuck with me for ever and I still get the same buzz every time I go to VP. Fred was a legend, a real hero of mine ( hence the name) long before I ever got to see the likes of Sir Brian, Sid, Gary Shaw etc. Although the nearest I got to meeting him was getting his autograph, by all accounts he was a top bloke and much loved in Merthyr. I guess we both owe our passion for football and our love for this bloody infuriating but wonderful team that we support from him.
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I wrote out a bet for it to be a 1-1 draw but I was tied up in family court supporting my daughter so I eventually forgot about the bet and even the game itself until this morning (it was a bloody tough day). I can't remember the last time I didn't find out the score of a Villa game until the next day.
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That truly was a lucky bag team selection last night. Dropping Elmo for Axel?
Bruce has lost his nerve Im afraid. In gambler mode now hoping to stumble across a winning team and formation. Not good enough.
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Anyone got a link to the ‘highlights’?
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rom the OS
The Boss: Bruce On Birkir Bjarnason...
He can feel harshly treated.
But he's had a long summer and I've tried to give him the rest he needs while I can.
I need him ready for this long marathon that we're about to embark on.
When we get to the middle of winter he'll be good for us.
Yes, I notice all the England squad are knackered after the summer too and not getting games....
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And Spurs look iffier for it, while Liverpool who have rested Henderson are top of the league.
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From the OS
The Boss: Bruce On Birkir Bjarnason...
He can feel harshly treated.
But he's had a long summer and I've tried to give him the rest he needs while I can.
I need him ready for this long marathon that we're about to embark on.
When we get to the middle of winter he'll be good for us.
This smacks of Bruce getting his excuses in three months early. Middle of winter? What a load of bollocks.
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From the OS
The Boss: Bruce On Birkir Bjarnason...
He can feel harshly treated.
But he's had a long summer and I've tried to give him the rest he needs while I can.
I need him ready for this long marathon that we're about to embark on.
When we get to the middle of winter he'll be good for us.
This smacks of Bruce getting his excuses in three months early. Middle of winter? What a load of bollocks.
I get what he's saying though. It's a long season and he'll need players like him to come in and do a job when it's needed. All manager's need players like that in their squad.
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For this league we need 15/16 starters, who fit into a settled system.... ah.
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Should we then expect all our internationals to enjoy extended breaks after they've donned their national shirt, just in case we need them for in the spring? He got knocked out of the World Cup on the same day as Jedinak.
If Barney hadn't scored yesterday, he'd be nowhere near the starting eleven for Tuesday. Elmo had a day off, he'd be straight back in.
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I've thought for a little bit now that he's got (what is now) two more games regardless.
Aye. If it goes to one win in ten I don't think even his mates at tawkspawt will be offering much of a defence.
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Should we then expect all our internationals to enjoy extended breaks after they've donned their national shirt, just in case we need them for in the spring? He got knocked out of the World Cup on the same day as Jedinak.
If Barney hadn't scored yesterday, he'd be nowhere near the starting eleven for Tuesday. Elmo had a day off, he'd be straight back in.
Point taken although let's be honest, if the majority of the regular poster's on here wrote out their starting 11, he'd probably be on the bench for most of them.
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The OS on twitter has posted up the highlights from last night. It's 9 seconds long and just shows the goal. That's got to be a piss take by someone who runs the club's twitter page surely?
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The OS on twitter has posted up the highlights from last night. It's 9 seconds long and just shows the goal. That's got to be a piss take by someone who runs the club's twitter page surely?
To be fair it’s probably more to do with putting something half decent together from Sky’s eye-bleedingly awful coverage.
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The OS on twitter has posted up the highlights from last night. It's 9 seconds long and just shows the goal. That's got to be a piss take by someone who runs the club's twitter page surely?
To be fair it’s probably more to do with putting something half decent together from Sky’s eye-bleedingly awful coverage.
I watched it with Chico and he said it was like watching footage filmed on a mobile phone. First time I have seen the Sky red button mullarkey - it’s shit, but better than nothing. No replays, but there was nothing worth replaying anyway.
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From the OS
Bjarnason
But he's had a long summer and I've tried to give him the rest he needs while I can.
I need him ready for this long marathon that we're about to embark on.
When we get to the middle of winter he'll be good for us.
Very convenient reference to WC there Steve but you are nothing if not an opportunist, did you not think about ElMohammedy and Jedinak getting some rest?
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The OS on twitter has posted up the highlights from last night. It's 9 seconds long and just shows the goal. That's got to be a piss take by someone who runs the club's twitter page surely?
To be fair it’s probably more to do with putting something half decent together from Sky’s eye-bleedingly awful coverage.
I watched it with Chico and he said it was like watching footage filmed on a mobile phone. First time I have seen the Sky red button mullarkey - it’s shit, but better than nothing. No replays, but there was nothing worth replaying anyway.
One thing I noticed is there is better footage with various cameras on the big screens at Villa Park but not on the TV broadcast.
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Abraham had a handful of defender, I take it. Soft free kick, but no softer than the one given for our equaliser.
Did I hear Bruce make mention of a definite penalty not given? Was it something not on those highlights?
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I felt there was a deliberate handball in the 2nd half. I assume that's what he's referring to.
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I was at the game in the back row right in the left hand corner and couldn't see why the goal was disallowed or whether we should have had a penalty. Were we unfortunate not to get them? I thought the ref had a shocker but then I usually do until I see the replays. Haven't seen replays of either of those incidents though.
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Just seen Ad's post, what about the disallowed goal?
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Abrahams goal should have stood for me, and Nyland has no excuses for not saving theirs.
Jack is completely wasted out wide, and Bruces explanation/justification for that was pathetic.