Steve Bruce - officially confirmed (as Sheffield Wednesday boss)

[Steve67]

Sky just put up a graphic showing the four leagues form table. We are 91st with only Leicester below us in 92nd. I hadn't realized is was quite that bad!

[clash city rocker]

Einstein said...learn from yesterday. Live for today.hope for tomorrow. .....if he watched the villa he would never have said that.

[Toronto Villa]

Strange how 3-5-2 has been condemned as some sort of spawn of Satan formation, as though of itself it condemns a manager. Stranger still when you note that Chelsea, 10 points clear at the top of the PL, have been using it for the majority of the season. Now obviously they have much, much better players but that isn't the point when it is the fact of the formation not the players that is being ridiculed.

It hasn't worked for us, Bruce has said as much himself, but that doesn't mean that trying it was a crazy, off the wall, aberrant experiment.

Just about everybody could see that it was doomedd to failure before kick off.  No decent wing backs and therefore no balls into the box for the forward players.  Comparing it to Chelsea is utterly irrelevant.  It was a terrible decision, and got what it deserved, ie nowt.  Your post is like saying "now I know that putting my hand in the oven when it's on is going to hurt, I won't be stupid enough to do it again".  It was a dreadful deciion from a bloke who has sadly lost the plot.

If you are playing Hutton in any system at all you are asking for trouble. As soon as Bree went down it should have been Bacuna if he was to keep going with 3-5-2 or a different system. And Amavi for sure on the other side. I'd much prefer he played a diamond or something that employs width than have to accommodate Elphick who clearly isn't the player we hoped he'd be.

[Dave]

Strange how 3-5-2 has been condemned as some sort of spawn of Satan formation, as though of itself it condemns a manager. Stranger still when you note that Chelsea, 10 points clear at the top of the PL, have been using it for the majority of the season. Now obviously they have much, much better players but that isn't the point when it is the fact of the formation not the players that is being ridiculed.

Chelsea haven't played 3-5-2 at any point this season. They're playing 3-4-3, with two wingers either side of Costa, or occasionally Hazard.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Bruce stated his preferred formation was 442.

"It’s a system (3-5-2) I’ve used before and one I quite enjoy. I think with what we’ve got up front now it will work."

[Toronto Villa]

Bruce stated his preferred formation was 442.

"It’s a system (3-5-2) I’ve used before and one I quite enjoy. I think with what we’ve got up front now it will work."

He's said both which is fine. Right now it appears he is somewhere in the middle of the two which is precisely the mess it appears on the pitch. He needs to commit to one or the other. Personally with the players we have I don't see how 3-5-2 really works. I'd much rather a system that 4-4-2, straight up, diamond, or two holding with two wide depending on the situation. It's all a bit chaotic right now and feels like square pegs round holes which has completely made us inept in all areas of the pitch.

[kippaxvilla2]

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift which is why it's called the present.

[Des Little]

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift which is why it's called the present.

Right on, man.  Cosmic

Edit - don't you mean Tuesday is a misery?

[TonyD]

Today is today.   Tuesday is the day after tomorrow.  Let's hope we we win on Tuesday. 

[kippaxvilla2]

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift which is why it's called the present.

Right on, man.  Cosmic

Edit - don't you mean Tuesday is a misery?

Ah yes.  That's it.

[Gareth]

One thing I do find odd is that we had Lambert, Sherwood & RdM who were all v good midfielders yet between them couldn't sign or coach a half decent midfielder now Brucie who was an excellent centre back in a flat back four couldn't a) find a decent centre back to sign in Jan and b) is presiding over a jibbering wreck of a defence since he decided to revert to back 3 to accommodate Elphick....

To paraphrase Mike Bassett....Villa WiLL be playing four, four f***ing two

Anyone got the numbers for Benson or Hedges....?

[Tayls_7]

Today is today.   Tuesday is the day after tomorrow.  Let's hope we we win on Tuesday.

I'm reading this Monday morning. It makes no sense.

[brian green]

The day after tomorrow is today.  It is Groundhog Day at Villa Park.

[TheMalandro]

Xia agrees six million deal for Punxsutawney Phil.

[kippaxvilla2]

I think we will win handsomely tomorrow night......said no one ever.