The Mighty BRENTFORD 3-0 Aston Villa

[brontebilly]

We're chucking money left, right, and centre. Newcastle chucked a truckload of cash to tempt Rafa Benetiz to the club. That's the best move they've made in the past 12 months frankly.
Why don't we do that. Not spend 15 million quid on strikers every time one of ours fucks off or fails to score goals.
Lets get a proper manager. Someone progressive to give us some footballing identity.
Bruce's selling point has never been footballing style, it's been functional and motivation. He's failing in those aspects, and doing nothing more than expected as far as a footballing style and identity, which is to say, nothing.

If we're going to blow money, lets get a top manager in who will install some sense of style. Not just hiring a manager just because "he did okay cover at Spurs" or "he won the champions league" or "he gets promoted a lot (but also relegated)."

This exactly  100 %  More even

Benitez has made unpopular signings too. Like Clark for one . Dwight Gayle looked way overpriced considering his scoring record at Palace but just fitted their team perfectly.

That Brentford team,with the combined annual wages of Flabby and Mitchards, looks a well drilled outfit. As did Huddersfield as have many others. Basics like players know what their roles are.

[john2710]

We don't look like scoring, we don't keep the ball or move it quickly enough to open teams up. We loose battles across the whole pitch and seem to play at half the pace / effort of our opponents.

We need to understand that everyone we play will raise their game against us, something we seem unable to match.

Bruce must take a lot of blame, in a number of games he has set the team up incorrectly and he never reacts to what's wrong until it's too late.

No protection in front of the defence, if Jedinek is out we have no defensive midfielder.

Adomah is pointless.
Kodja only wants the ball in front of him.
Amarvi plays like he's only here to get fit and avoid injury.

[Des Little]

Well the only positive of the whole night was getting home before 11pm thanks to the defence gifting them a third goal with 20 mins left to play.  Bruce played the embarrassment card again, which we've heard before...and this is his team - I refuse to accept that any mentality issues from last year exist when you've changed the entire coaching set up and two thirds of the squad.

The statistics don't lie, and our return on investment is a bloody disgrace.  Bruce has a huge job to do and it had better improve, and quick, because that tonight was fucking dreadful.

[Pete3206]

I'm Steve knows what he's doing. Keep the faith.

[BC Villain]

Well the only positive of the whole night was getting home before 11pm thanks to the defence gifting them a third goal with 20 mins left to play.  Bruce played the embarrassment card again, which we've heard before...and this is his team - I refuse to accept that any mentality issues from last year exist when you've changed the entire coaching set up and two thirds of the squad.

The statistics don't lie, and our return on investment is a bloody disgrace.  Bruce has a huge job to do and it had better improve, and quick, because that tonight was fucking dreadful.

This.  Never mind play offs, we need to be careful we don't end up in a relegation battle.  At the moment, we're a team everyone relishes meeting because we're so easy to play against.  Very very worrying given the money spent since the takeover.

[LukeJames]

I'm Steve knows what he's doing. Keep the faith.

If this is him knowing what he's doing then i'd fucking hate to see what happens when he does'nt know.

[passport1]

I think we have to face the fact that our club remains as shambolic as it has been over the past six years.
Poor / inept ownership remains the root cause.

Still some think  that Dr T will sort it out even though he has presided over the last two managerial appointments and santioned the signings.Good luck with that.

[Ads]

Stuck in Oxfordshire waiting for an RAC man to come and tow me back to Birmingham as my tyre has eaten a piece of metal and has come off worse.

And I don't live in Birmingham. And I'm in work for half 8. Brilliant.

[adrenachrome]

Stuck in Oxfordshire waiting for an RAC man to come and tow me back to Birmingham as my tyre has eaten a piece of metal and has come off worse.

And I don't live in Birmingham. And I'm in work for half 8. Brilliant.

Sorry to hear that, mate. Hope you make it back safely.

A similar thing happened to me when I had to drive back to Brighton after a home league cup game against QPR. That started with a two hour wait in the car park before the puncture on the M40, and then I  had to drop my QPR supporting mate to Gatwick Airport as he had a meeting in France, so I ended up driving straight to work in West Sussex with no sleep. 

[Fin Feds Dad]

Just got in - best bloke on the pitch (same as when we played them at villa park) - Ryan Woods .

Put all our multi million midfield signings to shame .

[aj2k77]

Just got in - best bloke on the pitch (same as when we played them at villa park) - Ryan Woods .

Put all our multi million midfield signings to shame .

We'd probably play him on the right if we bought him.

[adrenachrome]

Just got in - best bloke on the pitch (same as when we played them at villa park) - Ryan Woods .

Put all our multi million midfield signings to shame .

Yes. The little ginger  fellow wreaked havoc in both games.

[Des Little]

Woods ran the entire game, just like he did at VP. We couldn't get close to him. They've got a cracking player there.

[Pat McMahon]

Bruce looks a beaten man.

Brentford fans singing "you're fucking shit".

He should apologise to every poor sod who spent money on that tonight.

He apologised to the fans in his post match interview. And yes he does look like a beaten man. It's beginning to look like Aston Villa are unmanageable. It's like we've been cursed! Maybe he could try pissing on the corner flags and painting the soles of the players boots red.

From behind the goal I only head Villa fans singing "we're fucking shit" not Brentford

The only highlight for me was pissing on a terrace, something I hadn't done for decades.

[Axl Rose]

Bruce looks a beaten man.

Brentford fans singing "you're fucking shit".

He should apologise to every poor sod who spent money on that tonight.

He apologised to the fans in his post match interview. And yes he does look like a beaten man. It's beginning to look like Aston Villa are unmanageable. It's like we've been cursed! Maybe he could try pissing on the corner flags and painting the soles of the players boots red.

From behind the goal I only head Villa fans singing "we're fucking shit" not Brentford

The only highlight for me was pissing on a terrace, something I hadn't done for decades.

I'm glad you at least enjoyed that Paul. A belated happy new year to you, mate.

I have slowly lost interest in staying up/getting up to watch games. I often just have a look at the lineup, sigh at the lack of balance or probable cohesion and go to/go back to bed.

Surely with the players we've bought, results will improve. (I hope so, anyway).