Wolves v Aston Villa post match thread.

[Damo70]

I'm no fan of Hutton but since Bruce has been here, I think he's been ok but that might be because he's found his level. I'd play Bacuna right back personally. It's the one position that suits him best and he's got the ability to put the ball into box unlike Hutton.

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It wasn't a tough contest to win but personally I thought Hutton was our best player last year. The one thing that struck me with Steve Bruce at Small Heath was he always pulled a couple of rabbits out of the hat in the January transfer window.

[QuintonVilla]

You know you're crap when Alan 'couldn't cross a road' Hutton is your main attacking threat. He does give his all though which is more than can be said for some of the fannies.

[Bottom Right 89]

Can take nothing away from Alan Hutton's performance, we all know he's not top quality but perfectly adequate in the Championship.

As for fan watch have to say that is the first time I couldn't hear our fans away from home was their a throat infection doing the rounds, didn't hear one rendition of Graham Taylors Claret'n'Blue army.

[olaftab]

There has to be a reason why we regularly get riled at our fellow posters and squabble about this, that and the other. Now if only I could put my finger on it...

Pack mentality...school play ground stuff?

[Bad English]

It's the Villa being shite that brings it on.

[QuintonVilla]

Can take nothing away from Alan Hutton's performance, we all know he's not top quality but perfectly adequate in the Championship.

As for fan watch have to say that is the first time I couldn't hear our fans away from home was their a throat infection doing the rounds, didn't hear one rendition of Graham Taylors Claret'n'Blue army.

It was sung on the concourse which sums up modern football fans' mentality. Sing and jump around on the concourse, then get to your seat and stand in silence.

[walsall villain]

after spending the best part of £100m on players in the last couple of years I would have expected Old Mother Hubbard to have got us higher than 13th in Division 2.

This time last year I new relegation was a certainty and was expecting, with Lerner still there, a possible double relegation. We've thrown money at it yes, quite a lot of it unwisely by the look of it, but I never really thought promotion was likely this year. We need to build a team and it takes time. Let Bruce get the players in he wants, if not this window then give a couple of the better young players a run. Looks like a relatively stress free long run in to the season end, we aren't going up or down.

[pbavfckuwait]

Took till today to put what I saw Saturday (be it on TV) and how it has happened in some form of sentence, without every other word being a swear word, but here goes.

We have had many years of neglect but the one statement made in modern football that really irks, "It's not his team yet". How many managers actually get to manage 11, 15 or 18 of their own buys, apart from maybe the top two or three clubs in the top league, would say only Fergie and Wenger in my memory.

No they are not his team, YES they are ! he is manager of Aston Villa and at this moment he has to utilise the assets he has at hand and the least I  expect, is to see a team that is fit enough to last 96 minutes, has some form of shape and pattern to their play, has players that are well drilled at corners, both attacking and defense, free kicks and throw ins, this should not be strange to this group of players as I have searched my memory to see if any of the players playing for Aston Villa were not professional footballers, i.e. Rugby players, Ice hockey players, prior to joining the club.

He has also got to use all of those assets, including RHM, I do not care if he does not want to sign a new contract going forward, correct me if I am wrong but Aston Villa football club pay his bloody wages. Not a Brucey hater, but talking the talk but not walking the walk and addressing the obvious problems, through sheer hard work and determination from all involved, has been evident at B6 for way to long, you were brought into change it Brucey boy, still have slight believe you may do, but that wont last for much longer.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

I am not sure on the numbers but it feels as though about 40% of our build up play goes down the right with Hutton being involved. Most of the time when he plays it to Adomah the only ball on for Adomah is to give it back to Hutton. Very rarely does Hutton put Adomah away early or in good positions. Hutton's standard move is to run with the ball, play it inside and carry on with the overlap for the return ball.  Unless Hutton goes direct and just runs straight forward, there seems no variety to his play.

Most recognise that Hutton's crossing is very poor, rarely getting the ball past the first player and when he does, he either over hits it or pulls it back too far.  What this means is that players in the box do not know whether they should go near post, far post or drop off.

What all of the above means ultimately is that we waste 40% of our attacking possession. We cannot afford to be so wasteful. I do not think it's coincidence that opposition teams give him so much space and cover other positions.

That is my view on the attacking side of his game and I could go on about how this leaves us open to counterattack and his actual defensive positioning but I won't because I am getting fed up with it and people saying but he works hard and there are more important positions to look at.  If people are willing to accept us giving up attacking positions so easily, fine, but I am not.  The right back and midfield positions need to both be looked at if we are to improve our attacking performance.

We brought in a player to replace Hutton and he got injured. I don't believe we should go out and spend a lot of money on a right back but there must be somebody around that could come in on loan.  At this level, even Bacuna's weakness in his defensive play wouldn't get shown up too much and his attacking ability is far superior to Hutton.

I was thinking during the game that Hutton was running into the space that Adomah wanted to move into to take on the full back. I think Hutton should curb his runs on the overlap and use them less often to leave the space for Adomah. However, this means either Hutton moving inside or, better still, other players giving Adomah different options which doesn't happen often enough

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

and Gabby, what is the point?

[mattjpa]

The thing that gives me hope is that Bruce comes out after shit performances and says alot of what i think. Yes, there is some stuff I disagree with but on the whole there is no "we were fantastic, we were unlucky , we go again" bollocks

Oh, and his first signing seems to be an astute, low cost upgrade on what we have already (A journeyman pro in Bunn and a young, inexperienced lad in a foreign country in Gollini)

[PaulTheVillan]

and Gabby, what is the point?

The most pointless human being on the planet.

[oldtimernow]

Hutton encroaching on the spaces that Adomah should be using means we have a defender attacking and an attacker defending....

if they were great at what they do that would be no problem but you know what?

[Nunkin1965]

Our midfield is appalling and our general team play is a joke. Say whatever you want about any of our forwards but they are living off scraps. Nothing is being created for them. RM just doesn't go from 80+ goals in 3 seasons to nothing. We create fuck all and that's a huge problem especially on the road.

[aj2k77]

Just let us have the ball and watch us slowly pass it around in front of you and then when one of our incompetent donkeys like Hutton give the ball away hit us on the break. The structure of the team is shit.