Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[Rigadon]

I'm fearful of who we'd appoint if we were daft enough to sack Bruce. 

[Des Little]

This is his team. He's had time to assess and gauge who he wants and how we play. Yet still they turn out such mind numbing shit that even he can't justify.

Steve, do yourself a favour mate and get it sorted.

[David_Nab]

Has any villa manager in recent times resorted to 3 at the back and managed to not be sacked ..

IIRC Lambert ,Sherwood ,Garde , RDM all resorted to it in desperation ..and sack followed.

What's utterly mysterfying about it is he has gone to it after spending a small fortune on players who it don't fit into this type of system.

[aj2k77]

No,5 the back is the first sign of a manager shitting himself and clutching at straws. Most of the players have never even played the fucking formation consistently.

Forget about 1996, it's 2017 and for one we didn't even sign them with this horse shit in mind.

Fucking clueless. Thought we were nailed on today for a 0-0 after seeing the teams.

[gpbarr]

When will those who advocate yet another management change, realize that's why this club is in the shit it's in?

There was broad agreement on here that January was one of the better transfer months in recent history - now give the guy, and the new players, time to settle down, learn to play with one another, and start to turn this around.

This was never going to happen overnight.

[aj2k77]

It doesn't matter who you sign, if you are going to play them in new positions they aren't accustomed to it isn't going to work.

I believe Bruce can turn it around, but the football is dire and the selections leave a lot of room for people to question them.

He's doing shit, that's undeniable.

[ChicagoLion]

No,5 the back is the first sign of a manager shitting himself and clutching at straws. Most of the players have never even played the fucking formation consistently.

Exactly.

[wittonwarrior]

Can play whatever formation, can pick whatever players, but simply  send them out without instructions  now  that is lunacy. 

The look that Hogan gave Kodja in  the second half when Kodja tried to do it by  himself  speaks a thousand stories.

I am  not one for changing  the manager every  5 minutes but we need better leadership than what was shown today. 

As  for  continuing to pick Hutton at right back sorry but he is pub standard not league standard.

[Villafirst]

Almost too many changes in January. Not really enough time to gel. Lansbury has been the best signing. Hope the others come good soon, it's worrying. Barnsley is now massive.

[pbavfckuwait]

As I stated in the post match, for those not wanting continual change, the only thing we are doing now, is continually getting worse.
There is no way on this earth that the players bought in January were bought to play a 3-5-2- / 5-3-2, so his players not his players, yada yada, it his bloody system.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I think we need to stick with Bruce. Sure this is a horrendous run and yes, it's easy to say when you're not shelling out week in week out for such 'entertainment' but I think it'd be a mistake to roll the dice again right now. And for what, Dean Smith, Gary Rowett?

I'd give him the rest of this season and the first dozen games next, then see where we're at.

We arn't going down this season.

I reckon thats about right.

[pbavfckuwait]

If he gets the rest of this season, that could be bad, but to then give him the first 12 games of next season, oh my god when are we going to learn.

[Dave P]

This is his team. He's had time to assess and gauge who he wants and how we play. Yet still they turn out such mind numbing shit that even he can't justify.

Steve, do yourself a favour mate and get it sorted.

As much as I agree with the sentiment, and the point you make is reasonable, we have to remember he's been our manager for only 4 months and has had "his team" for a fortnight.

He needs a full season and I will only judge him if we are in a similar position this time next year.

[Dave P]

If he gets the rest of this season, that could be bad, but to then give him the first 12 games of next season, oh my god when are we going to learn.

When are we also going to learn that just sacking managers is not necessarily the answer?

[pbavfckuwait]

No Dave P just sacking managers is not the answer, Just sacking bad ones maybe.