Barnsley v Villa predictable post match thread

[PeterWithesShin]

I love how Westwood is still getting blamed by some despite their goal being down to Gollini.

[clash city rocker]

Can see someone coming in for Ages in January and he will be off like shot.

[QuintonVilla]

The worst thing is the standard in this league is atrocious. Yes everyone battles and make it hard but I haven't seen one good team yet, even Newcastle were rattled in the second half against us once they were put under pressure. We should be in the top two already by now when you consider all the late goals and stupid mistakes. Unacceptable.

[clash city rocker]

@. Ayew @

[ktvillan]

RDM's transfer window, tactics, motivational skills and judgement of a player are starting to look extremely ropey.  If the keeper was at fault tonight that's quite a few goals and points he's cost us alone now. Bad judgement.  Elphick and Jedinak don't appear to be half the players or leaders we hoped they'd be.  Bad judgement.  Too much spent on forwards who are struggling to score  and not enough on keeper, defence and especially midfield.  Bad judgement.  The tactical genius of bringing on Gestede and taking off the winger most likely to provide his ammunition.  Bad judgement.  The tactical genius of bringing on vapour boy Westwood when we need to either close out the game or score again, when he contributes to neither, bad judgement.  We may as well have kept fucking Sherwood.

[villaparkb6]

Fuckin joke end of story

[andyh]

The quality of football in this league is truly awful.   A decent Villa side would walk it.   However we are struggling.   RDM makes Tim look like Clough.  Do we stick or twist? 

Abso-bloody-lutley.
Surely we are good enough beat Barnsley, Brentford and suchlike.
I totally agree that we are struggling, and I think it's because the team is shackled, held back by negative tactics.
We have our 20-25 minute spell every game and retreat into out shell, or look half arsed for the rest.
Our only variation appears to be whether our good 20 mins are in the first half or the second.
RDM looks to me to be a fearful (cautious if fearful is too strong a word) manager, and being fearful in this league will win us nothing.

[Duncan Shaw]

I love how Westwood is still getting blamed by some despite their goal being down to Gollini.

Yes I know, but he's a poster boy for our malaise.  Then finally he's on the bench, we're winning, he comes on, we don't.  I guess we got deeper and deeper inviting pressure, we know he can't cope with that defensively.

[auntiesledd]

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" Albert Einstein

Indeed. If only RDM & Co. would heed the blindingly obvious! I fear he (RDM) will soon be having plenty of time in his Leamington mansion to ponder just why everything turned to shit. Again.

[PeterWithesShin]

'highlights'

[clash city rocker]

I would imagine Tone will be a tad annoyed.

[Duncan Shaw]

Championship goals coming up on SSN if anyone cares

[Deano's Mullet]

Championship goals coming up on SSN if anyone cares

seen ours, like our team I'm going to turn off after that one.

[Toronto Villa]

It's bye bye Roberto for me. Not at all good enough. If nothing else we should be practicing last 5 min scenario drills and clearly he and we have learnt nothing at all. 1 win all season is frankly abysmal.

[steamer]

Was not convinced by any of the Manager candidates, thought give RDM a chance.
His number 2 has a track record but Kevin Bond ?
We desperately needed to win tonight, for all the reasons, We did not want to draw through a late equalizer.
You are winning, 30 mins to go, you do not want to draw, what do you do ?
Either get a second or kill the game and take the win along with the confidence it takes forward.
But this is Aston Villa.
We fucking concede in the 90th min.
We are being Laughed at, because of inept tactics and a couple of "on the pitch leaders" who are not what they were bought for.
Tempers are getting frayed, down to the manager, he picks the team (most of whom he bought) and decides the tactics.
If we do not win at Preston ?
I do not want any of the Flotsam that = previously regurgitated crap floating around to manage but there has to be more astute alternatives, that is someone's job to identify.
I can not see how with the current set up will get promotion this year.