Aston Villa v Wolves Post-Match Thread

[auntiesledd]

Wel it's safe to say i really didn't have much expectations for Bruce but i think i set them miles too high on that performance. I knew things were bad when he tried to shut up shop for a win after 15 minutes, forgetting our defence is only a defence when the ball is nowhere near them. But even i was unpreparesd for the 2nd half when only the ref and individual heroics stopped it from being a rugby score. At least after the worse performance i've seen since Black and Garde, you can say Mr Potota head can only get better, but i was never worried about being relegated under RDM. I am now.

You're like a broken record. Bruce has only been here for a cuppla 3 days & you're pinning the pathetic display on him?! Do me a favour. He's inherited a bunch of players who have either been shite for years or have been bought for big money in the Summer & have turned to shite. If it's still shite in few months from now - then perhaps you could call him out. But now? Deary me.

[paul_e]

,People really need to move on from saying 'if we buy x.y.z in jan then we'll be fine'.  Last season we had Gana Veretout and Sanchez who, according to most on here, were all shit and should be sold, 1 is arguably the best player in a side that are 6th in the premier league and the other 2 are regulars in the top flight in France and Italy and having solid enough seasons.  We didn't have a functioning midfield because there's fundamental problems at BMH and they don't appear to have been resolved yet.

[auntiesledd]

Bluenose prick

Seriously though our defence is so laughable I'm waiting for people to start dressing up like our defenders and roaming the streets scaring everyone.

Oh bravo! 

[ajmant]

How is it we manage to buy a new team where the centre halves can't play together, the midfield can't function as a 3 or a 4, and the front two can't work together? I could get one department not functioning but they all look.......shit. Bruce must be thinking fuck me.

[tomd2103]

Went to the game and straight out after so only just got in.  First fifteen minutes apart, a woeful performance which just got worse ac it went on.  I thought Wolves were an ordinary side, but should have won the fan comfortably with the chances they created in the second half. 

Just flicking through I saw someone mention it earlier, but again our fitness levels looked way below those of the opposition.  We looked completely out of steam after 60 minutes.  I think that is the first thing Bruce needs to address.

[claretandbeer]

,People really need to move on from saying 'if we buy x.y.z in jan then we'll be fine'.  Last season we had Gana Veretout and Sanchez who, according to most on here, were all shit and should be sold, 1 is arguably the best player in a side that are 6th in the premier league and the other 2 are regulars in the top flight in France and Italy and having solid enough seasons.  We didn't have a functioning midfield because there's fundamental problems at BMH and they don't appear to have been resolved yet.

Very much my opinion after watching Wolves beat us to every loose ball and watch them flood forward and outnumber us on too many occasions.It was interesting to find that Bruce knew that fitness was a blatantly  obvious problem.  To which you can add as mentioned above a functioning midfield.We always play 2 central midfielders,usually static ones which makes the problems even worse when encountering 3 faster fitter opponents.
A terrible legacy from RDM. I don't like the sacking of managers but....and then you add the philosophy of Ray Wilkins who was disappointed that the Flabby one elected to pursue his own fitness or fatness regime.
Too amateurish beyond belief.

[TonyD]

First half hustle n bustle and hunger.  Happy with that.   Second half totally lost direction.   But it's only one game for Bruce.   Lay off Jack.  He is playing in a team who are light years behind his reading of the game. 

[Louzie0]

I wanted a lucky manager and going by today I think we may have found one.

Now he has to whip the team into shape for Tuesday.

One match at a time, improving as he goes, hopefully this season isn't going to be the slow slide it was shaping up to be.

[mr underhill]

it's still shaping up as one though isn't it? I must admit I am now totally exasperated by Villa, as I can't rationalize how, after two summers of spending huge sums of money on new players, after successive managerial and coaching changes, after blowing up the bomb squad, changing ownership and the senior management team we are still utterly useless.

[Matt Collins]

No Richards or Elphick for the Reading game. Baker and Hutton in I assume. Just watch Baker injure an eyelash between now and Tuesday!  I'd be tempted to bring in Ayew for Jack on Tuesday.

Baker is emphatically left sided and left footed. When we have tried to pull stunts like this in recent years, with Ciaran Clark for example, it has ended very badly.

With Okore gone, you have to wonder who is backup for Private Schulz. Toner is out on loan so Flabby may be in the frame with the added benefit that he could resume captain's duties. If he gets vertigo we could staple him inside the area since the defensive line doesn't advance much further anyway.

Eh? Chester is right footed though. Don't understand your point

[Villafirst]

First half hustle n bustle and hunger.  Happy with that.   Second half totally lost direction.   But it's only one game for Bruce.   Lay off Jack.  He is playing in a team who are light years behind his reading of the game. 

Spot on. The same Jack Grealish who got Man-of-the-match  for the U21's only a few days ago. He's trying to function in a team devoid of tactics and basic fitness. What was RDM and his coaching staff up to pre-season? Players look knackered after 60 minutes, which is a disgrace. Bruce looks genuinely shocked at that, and rightly so.

[myf]

The second half was incredibly bad. Guess it was about 10% possession for us. Extremely lucky to get a point. Astonishing really when we're playing at home on managers first game.  I think we'll be bottom half until Xmas as we seem to be regressing.

Looking like Danny murphy was right with his view on the players we've bought.

[Ron Manager]

Steve Bruce is worried about our fitness levels he says.He needs to speak to an expert in this area of the game...and we have such a person readily available.

Gabriel Agbonlahor...

[four fornicholl]

All our new signings have joined the gravy train that is AVFC and sat back. Its fkn shameful.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Positives we got a point. Negatives everything else. There is zero confidence. Bruce has a big job on his hands I'm confident he'll sort it. I think you have to give wolves credit