Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[Matt Collins]

He definitely needs the chance to mould this team into a genuine promotion side over the ready of the season, ready for next year

But I'm alarmed by the lack of evidence that we're being coached into a good passing side

[sid1964]

For all the Bruce knows what he is doing at this level - I have yet to be convinced

For me he needs to start to show the know how of what it takes to get us up the league- the pressure is starting to mount - have no doubt about it if there is no improvement in the team between now and the end of the season, the Dr will get rid!

[itbrvilla]

He definitely needs the chance to mould this team into a genuine promotion side over the ready of the season, ready for next year

But I'm alarmed by the lack of evidence that we're being coached.

Fixed

[ozzjim]

I think we are, but needed a lot of surgery and it has put us back.  Next summer we will have to get 3 or 4 very particular players in to compete at the top.  I think Brentford preyed on a grip that had never played together last night in the main, and Bruce probably should have mixed in the midfield a bit more with Gardner and Grealish playing. Bruce needs to be given the next 6 months to stabilise and build. 

[brian green]

I don't think I can stick another six months of what we were served up last night.  Seriously.

[brian green]

And I don't think it's just me.

[ozzjim]

So change again Brian? We have a manager that has got our of this division 4 times, managed 800 games and speaks like he gets it, his transfers were on paper excellent.  Surely giving him since games to get it right is better than chopping again

[sid1964]

I totally agree Brian, we were out passed and totally outclassed last night by BRENTFORD!!!!!

[ROBBO]

Brian seriously we have had two trading periods where we have bought the better players from our rivals
those that have been prolific scorers and now midfielders that their clubs didn't want to lose, what is it about Villa that no manager seems to be able to get a decent side on the pitch. In my seven decades I have seen some dross from the Villa but never for this long.

[brian green]

No, there are two parties in this love affair.  Aston Villa and me.  I have been a full on, home and away fan, never a an armchair pundit, for seven decades.  The load being imposed by such horrors as our centre forward not turning up for training because his gates are stuck is becoming too much to bear.  Steve Bruce? Go? Stay? Tony Xia? Go? Stay? Whatever.  I want an end to the misery their goings on inflict on fans in general and me in particular.  They have run out of time as far as I am concerned. 

[itbrvilla]

The worst thing was the lack of decisions and changes from Bruce. Vibe said after the game that they changed their formation to combat our pressure and it changed the game. We did nothing until was it 83 minutes? Dreadful from Bruce regardless of whether he's had x number of training sessions.

[sid1964]

if you notice what Dean Smith said after the game he changed the way they were playing after 10 minutes, again as in the first game down Villa Park, I thought the ginger haired guy in midfield was very good for them.

[TonyD]

Pass and move.  Pass and move.   Do they practice knitting at BMH.

[Three Spires Villa]

That's the thing that annoys, no changes. At half time why not get Jack on and go 4-2-3-1, green, Jack, Adomah the 3, but to do nothing, dear me

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

When was the last time it seemed any of our players were coached? MON-era? Maybe McLeish who coached them to defend, defend, defend?

What our manager needs to do is coach these players over the last few months of the season, getting them ready for the next season.

No more spending and throwing money around to make it better, it's time to start managing and coaching players, which is what I'd always believed Steve Bruce to be good at. I'd always presumed that, whatever you got with a Steve Bruce team, at least they'd give it their all, pressure the opposition and never stop working. That hasn't happened, even when he went on a good run of games, but at that point I thought, maybe it'll come with time.

There's no point in keep changing managers, players and owners every two seconds. Steve Bruce has proven himself to be a decent manager in this league. There's quite a few players who have shown themselves to be decent players in this league. So let's keep it as it is, at least until Xmas I reckon, then see where we're at.