Norwich v Villa Post-Match Thread

[ROBBO]

Promotion your having a larf, that is one of the most inept performances I have witnessed no drive no skill
and it all started with team selection and that is down to Bruce.
Until he can get it through his head that Gabby is finished and Westwood is not up to it then we are stuffed. Alarmed by Kodja's performance I wonder if he is carrying an injury because he has been below par for a couple of weeks or has his head dropped playing with the likes of Ayew and Grealish who strolled through this game.
Norwich were rubbish and to watch a Villa side being beaten by them was hard to watch.

[Matt Collins]

Bad from Bruce again today. For all the reasons others have said.

[CJ]

Shocking from start to finish - including Bruce's starting eleven. Played shit against Wigan and got away with it, played shit tonight and didn't. I can understand Bruce's pragmatism in saying if we're paying Agbonlahor £50k let's see if he can actually contribute something, but the bottom line is that he can't. He's a washed up, fat, has-been. And don't even get me started on Westwood. Surely Bacuna and/or Tshibola can offer more than that?

The shape and balance of the team is just wrong. We've got McCormack who scored 42 goals in 2 seasons at Fulham, Kodjia who got 20 in a season at Bristol, and even Gestede who got 22 in a season at Blackburn but none of them is pulling up trees for us. We need to set the team up to play to their strengths, and we're just not doing it. But at least we've got Flabby to fall back on - 1 goal in 32 games - shit hot and just what we need

[steamer]

Why do I stay up so late for such crap ?
I am a twat, nothing changes

[Pete3206]

Westwood. An absolute cock of a player. A fucking charlatan.

[Jimbo]

Forget promotion. Let it go and turn this rabble into a team for next year.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Absolute shit. Haven't been that pissed off for a very, very long time (years). Everyone played shit. And Potato managed shit as well. All round shit.

[Villafirst]

Despite an awful performance that was a definite penalty for the push on McCormack.

[PeterWithesShin]

Black mark against Bruce tonight. Got pretty much everything wrong. 10 mins from going behind to making any subs is piss poor when it was so obviously not working. Not making any changes before the goal was as bad as you could see their goal was coming.

[four fornicholl]

Piss poor, midfield a priority

[malckennedy]

I think picking Agbonlahor was a massive factor in a terrible performance by almost everyone. He's devoid of any ability whatever and the players know this, so his presence is a demotivater for the other players.

I like Bruce but I'm baffled and disappointed by his attempts to rehabilitate a lost cause.

[andyh]

it must really suck the life out of you as a player, when you see Agbonlahor is starting.

[l_mckay]

Fucking joke,Norwich on a Bad run and the manager under pressure and what do we do,turn up and stand off them and let them control the game. What Bruce sees in agbonlahor God only knows,him and Ayew clearly not interested in playing for us so get rid. Only player who looks half decent is Amavi. All the top sides won just to top the night off. Hope Bruce gets stuck into them and sorts the system out before another tv game Sunday.

[Jimsta]

i have to say everyone was right on here when we saw that lineup, We all knew the outcome was going to be, So why Can't Bruce see it.

[dorsetvillian]

An utter shambles from all concerned. Its hard to believe they could play that bad. Steve Bruce has to accept some of the blame with his safety first policy. Just like Leeds, if we had gone and got the first goal then the game is ours. Bruce must play another midfielder so surely Bacuna has to come into the team at QPR. A very early start for me on Sunday to get to London, so they f.....g better not play like that again.