Aston Villa v Brentford Post Match Thread

[VillaAlways]

I feel were reminiscent of QPR when they went down. The future ain't bright

[ez]

The trouble now is that Dean Smith and every other manager know we are rubbish in second halfs. I bet at half time Smith said just keep attacking and they will cave in, guaranteed.

[curiousorange]

The last four (five if you count Black) managers we've had seem to approach the task of setting the team up as if they were never professional footballers themselves. There's no solid defensive line of four who push up together. Square pegs are merrily put in round holes. There's no clever little tactic - like a false nine, or a midfielder who does nothing but break up play - which seem to come naturally to every other sodding chancer who dons a puffa jacket. Di Matteo is like Sherwood: we'll score one more than you, without the redeeming feature of us pulling three goals clear first.

Like everyone, I'm sick of this bollocks. What the hell happens in that dressing room at half time?

[gpbarr]

Not surprised. We simply don't have a midfield (and have not for 3-4 years now). The reason we will continue to struggle is that we failed (again) to address that need in the window. Cannot expect defense to continually hold out when teams walk through the centre of the pitch.

I just don't understand how RDM (and several managers before him) don't see this - mind boggling!

[Risso]

There's just no organsation there from RDM.  We played well against Forest, but have been poor against Bristol City and now Brentford, and that isn't good enough.

[itbrvilla]

Westwood keeps playing, shit keeps happening.  Just saying.......

Yup. Does not offer what we need. Adds no value. Has just been making up the numbers for the past few seasons.

Cant stand the fucker.  Does fuck all and gets paid a fair bit to do fuck all.

[Villa in Denmark]

I said the other day that sacking RDM now would be the stuff of Leeds, but I am starting to think that we are currently looking so much like Leeds that we might as well cut our losses.

I just can't be fucking arsed to put up with more of it. I looked at our score with half an hour to go, and despite having zero idea what was unfolding on the pitch, i KNEW we'd fail to win.

1 win so far is so far from acceptable, it is untrue.

An almost carbon copy of my evening.

I wondered into the kitchen and my wife asked me the score with about 15 minutes to go.  I said "1-0, but you'll hear me swear in about 10 minutes time when they equalize."

[Deano's Mullet]

First time tonight it sounded like the crowd turned on them at the end.

[kippaxvilla2]

I tell you in my view we will lose our next three which are tough games and then we will be in the mire.  He's on borrowed time.  The owner quite rightly isn't going to put up with this shit for long.

[LeeS]

Football management is either ridiculously hard or ridiculously easy. Every single person on the planet, except RDM, could see that sitting back with one up front was a fucking mistake. Or is it just not that simple? I'm baffled.

[PeterWithesShin]

It wasn't just second half. Last 10 mins we were wank and clinging on. Westwood was ok although he'll get pelters as usual.

[TonyD]

Basics.  FFS

[PaulWinch again]

There's just no organsation there from RDM.  We played well against Forest, but have been poor against Bristol City and now Brentford, and that isn't good enough.

I agree, although who's injured now Grealish, McCormack, Adomah, Tish, De Laet? Our injuries are fucking ridiculous.

[Villa in Denmark]

The last four (five if you count Black) managers we've had seem to approach the task of setting the team up as if they were never professional footballers themselves. There's no solid defensive line of four who push up together. Square pegs are merrily put in round holes. There's no clever little tactic - like a false nine, or a midfielder who does nothing but break up play - which seem to come naturally to every other sodding chancer who dons a puffa jacket. Di Matteo is like Sherwood: we'll score one more than you, without the redeeming feature of us pulling three goals clear first.

Like everyone, I'm sick of this bollocks. What the hell happens in that dressing room at half time?

On the basis of what we can see with our own eyes, I'd say f¤ck all happens, apart from maybe 18 powernaps, so that when they come out they're still half asleep.

[TonyD]

Football management is either ridiculously hard or ridiculously easy. Every single person on the planet, except RDM, could see that sitting back with one up front was a fucking mistake. Or is it just not that simple? I'm baffled.

It's just a wankathon mate.