Aston Villa v Preston North End Post-Match Thread

[Bad English]

Think we need to take a tablespoon of reality medicine. We are a bang average championship side. No if''s,  no but's, no maybe's ....just a run of the mill championship team

But we are the Villa and we love them. Oh! Actually we just put up with them at the moment. For the sake of the kids.

[Jimsta]

Cannot keep clean sheets, a big worry if you talking about play offs

[somec]

Surely Tish is a better choice than Westwood as a starter?

[Legion]

Surely Tish is a better choice than Westwood as a starter?

So is the pate.

[KRS]

How did we manage to lose this one from being comfortably 2-0 up? Was it collective sloppy defending or individual errors again?

[Toronto Villa]

Surely Tish is a better choice than Westwood as a starter?

So is the pate.

I've said it a million times the guy would survive a bomb dropping where everyone else perishes. He manages to play all the time and offers nothing in return.

[mr underhill]

just back - an unpardonable capitulation second half, if Kodjia had been playing today we might have won. Oh, and Jack is shite - always abdicates responsibility for the final ball . Very poor. One plus point was Henri though, at last someone who can actually pass.

[nick harper]

The first half was really good and Lansbury made a massive difference, driving from midfield and moving the ball quickly.

Second half he tired and the whole team seemed to lose energy and momentum. We did though have several break away opportunities to finish the game off.

I should also say I thought Agbonlahor had a decent game and led the line well. We missed Jedinak when Preston were forcing the game.

Bruce has just said McCormack was dropped from the squad for being unfit and missing training. Another one to add to the disasters of the last few years.

[Rudy65]

Cannot keep clean sheets, a big worry if you talking about play offs

Play offs? What are you smokin / drinking?

[brontebilly]

When consistent garbage like Grealish, Gabby, Hutton, Westwood mixed with a sprinkling of Bacuna are all playing, then a point isn't a bad result.

I completely disagree that Gabby was good in the first. The guy had no clue where to go, he was never in the box and kept running to the ball instead of making a run for it. The guy is so far past it, it's unreal.

It's an awful result. Every team in the championship knows that if they front up to us we will crumble. You can imagine Grayson's team talk at half time, get one back and this lot will shit themselves.

[Bad English]

Bruce has just said McCormack was dropped from the squad for being unfit and missing training. Another one to add to the disasters of the last few years.

Great. Now, can he drop all the players who are shite and can't do their job properly? Oh, wait...*sharp intake of breath*

[KevinGage]

We've had a choice run of fixtures from the New Year onwards, a real chance to close the gap.

And we've pissed it up the wall.  Congratulations to all concerned.

One iffy performance here and there is understandable. Or a couple of below par performances with our best attackers away  at AFCON. But we have been different shades of dreadful since Brighton away.

[Tony Erdington]

when pne got their second their midfield were camped on our 18 yard line, and where wes westwood behind our defence,oh and please do me a favour with grealish SHOW PONNYI thought murder mystery had a good debut, ally the noo played well, adomah amavi need to beef up, Best game ive seen Gabriel have this century.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Cannot keep clean sheets, a big worry if you talking about play offs

We are talking a lot less about it these days.

[auntiesledd]

The first half was really good and Lansbury made a massive difference, driving from midfield and moving the ball quickly.

Second half he tired and the whole team seemed to lose energy and momentum. We did though have several break away opportunities to finish the game off.

I should also say I thought Agbonlahor had a decent game and led the line well. We missed Jedinak when Preston were forcing the game.

Bruce has just said McCormack was dropped from the squad for being unfit and missing training. Another one to add to the disasters of the last few years.

So the team aren't fit enough to last 90 minutes; and McCorshat isn't even fit enough to start today?! I don't think you need to be Sherlock Sodding Holmes to suss-out a reoccurring theme here.