Barnsley v Villa predictable post match thread

[saunders_heroes]

I can't see Allardyce getting another chance anywhere for a while

I think he'd be too embarrassed to take another job for a while. I think he'll hide away in shame till next year sometime.

[PeterWithesShin]

If we do need to replace RDM the last thing we need is to appoint someone like Allardyce who will be under massive scrutiny and pressure from the media. It's a tough enough job as it is right now and without that added crap.

[kippaxvilla2]

Just got back my first away game for ages.

We actually played some nice stuff in the second half but our final ball is simply atrocious at times and Grealish had easily his worst game of the season so fair.

The keeper is a liability at the moment his punching was suspect all night.  I know Westwood gets the blame for a lot.  But I honestly think when he replaced Tshibola with him we once again lost momentum and invited them onto us.  Jedinak who I thought had an okay game was suddenly seemingly isolated. 

Ultimately we are too pretty up front we try and score perfect goals and we are just a bit dodgy at the back.  But I honestly think with some decent training ground work with more tactical managers than ours we would move up the league quickly.  I honestly don't think Di Matteo is going to cut the mustard here.

[Toronto Villa]

I can't see Allardyce getting another chance anywhere for a while

I think he'd be too embarrassed to take another job for a while. I think he'll hide away in shame till next year sometime.

While what he did isn't illegal it was simply fucking stupid given the job he had and the money he was making. He has proven himself to be entirely untrustworthy and essentially immoral. While there is immense hypocrisy in football with regards to how much these people are paid (players, agents, managers etc etc) it will be viewed with immense skepticism whenever he does rear his fat head again in management.

[Des Little]

Just got home from the return journey from hell. It's like driving 2 hours each way to watch the same film you see every fcuking week. I think their equaliser could have been seen coming from the moon...I'm tired of saying it but until we have the mental strength to kill teams off, we will see this time and time again. It's become a serious mental block for us and it has to be addressed.  Finally, this keeper gives me nightmares. Goodnight

[BC54 VFC]

At least the half-time meat and potato pie was of a good standard; the best so far this season.

[mr underhill]

you know I am beginning to think some deity has singled us out for some industrial strength condemnation. We buy good players, they put on a C&B shirt and suddenly turn to shit.

[Ron Manager]

I haven't seen their equaliser yet.Who was to blame apart from Gollini?

[Ads]

Credit to the pitch invader though for managing to look more idiotic than RDM.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Beat Preston or appoint Rowett.

Don't mention that ******, cost me my bet tonight

[Phil from the upper holte]

"Mental Nige" should have been appointed in the summer.

Is that a joke?

[dorsetvillian]

Finally home at 4AM. A long time to think about yet another last gasp equaliser. Just when will they learn to close out a game. It's so depressing to think that without the lay minute madness we would be top!

[mr underhill]

problem is when you know you can trouser a couple of million for failing - and get re-employed somewhere else on the gravy train, because football never learns - why bother trying to succeed?

[sid1964]

Went last night, 1st half was poor from both sides

For a 20 minute spell in the 2nd half we played some decent stuff, but as soon as we went 1 up we reverted to type, and tried to see the game out, instead of going for the 2nd goal to kill off the game, we conceded corner after corner and just invite pressure, it is like ground hog day over and over again

The likes of Ayew and Grealish, beat players easily, but they need to start to pass too players in better positions to have a shot at goal

RDM for me has 1 game to save his job! he must win Saturday

[Mister E]

Just got back my first away game for ages.

We actually played some nice stuff in the second half but our final ball is simply atrocious at times and Grealish had easily his worst game of the season so fair.

The keeper is a liability at the moment his punching was suspect all night.  I know Westwood gets the blame for a lot.  But I honestly think when he replaced Tshibola with him we once again lost momentum and invited them onto us.  Jedinak who I thought had an okay game was suddenly seemingly isolated. 

Ultimately we are too pretty up front we try and score perfect goals and we are just a bit dodgy at the back.  But I honestly think with some decent training ground work with more tactical managers than ours we would move up the league quickly.  I honestly don't think Di Matteo is going to cut the mustard here.

That's how I saw it. If Grealish had been subbed with McCormack with about 15 minutes to go, I think we'd have held on, both because Grealish was poor and fading and also because McC would have added some steel.
My main beef, watching the game 'in the flesh', was the appalling lack of ball retention; and pretty much every player was guilty of giving the ball away, frequently and cheaply. That is a coaching issue. Simple as, and not what I expected when Clarke / RdM were appointed.