Aston Villa v Wolves Post-Match Thread

[Hairbandinho]

Anyone that thinks promotion is still possible needs to get off the drugs.

It's a relegation battle no doubt.

[curiousorange]

Yet another weekend where I have no desire to see how my team played. I hate that.

[Stirchley Villain]

Worst home performance I've seen in years. And that includes the 0-3 thrashings.

[andyh]

Yet another weekend where I have no desire to see how my team played. I hate that.

About as much desire as they displayed, then.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Interesting that Steve said "some tired badly" in the second half. It's been evident all season that the players simply are fit enough, which you can fully blame RDM and his fitness coaches. Basic fitness is surely a minimum requirement??

100% agree, we havent looked fit for years

the second half performance is up there with the worst i have ever seen

absolutely zero goal threat, zero urgency, zero ideas

wolves should have won at a canter

[sirlordbaltimore]

Shockingly bad over all, and at least Bruce got to witness it without the loss the display deserved.

Can't decide if it's a mental issue, or if the players just aren't as good as we previously thought/hoped they were.

It's still like a team of individuals with no sign (bar the odd moment) of it becoming a TEAM. I don't know why, but I hope Bruce can find a remedy quick.

REALLY disappointed with Tish, Ross, Kodjia and Jack (especially second half) today. Some of the others I expect piss poor performances from but not those. So little calmness or aggression in their play

[SoccerHQ]

Our defence is terrible.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Anyone that thinks promotion is still possible needs to get off the drugs.

It's a relegation battle no doubt.

It'll be neither. Mid table comfortable finish and push on next season IMHO

[sirlordbaltimore]

Our defence is terrible.

As is the midfield and attack. Maybe not as individuals but they just can't function as a team

[aj2k77]

Utter shit again today. No drive, no desire to win a game and compete and fight to get on top. Lack of pace throughout the team. Pedestrian midfield, shit their pants defenders. Resemble nothing like a team, just a bunch of players plonked together who meet up for an hour a day in the week and a couple on the weekend, then fuck off and go about their business. Drivel, I'm sick of Villa. This 9pts from play offs sounds a lot like the gap we counted from safety last season, we are nowhere near good enough to get promoted, 12/13th at best.

[curiousorange]

The thing about how we play that gets on my tits the most? Not being able to take a decent fucking throw-in. Everything else - dribbling, passing, crossing, shooting - can be trained (allegedly, but at Villa that's not apparent), but these people have been playing the game since they were knee-high and they don't seem to be able to perform the simple task of chucking a ball next to a teammate's feet.

[Nunkin1965]

I think that we are, putting it simply, weak from back to front.
We haven't earned the right in any game so far this season and it really looks like we are going to have to limp through till Jan so Bruce can make some sense of this mess.

It looks like we've sold 50m worth of players not bought them.

Wolves were no more than all of the other solid battle hardened units we've already played and once again we just didn't cope. Shocking second half display. Lifeless, disorganised and worst of all, weak.

On that showing it's a relegation battle. No more no less.

[PeterWithesShin]

Bruce interview with WM is on the Beeb site here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37593695

[sirlordbaltimore]

anyone here watch the U23s regularly? would be interested to know what we have in regards defenders/midfielders that could potentially come through

[Hairbandinho]

The league position suggests otherwise. I don't see any other possibility