Forest v Villa Post-Match Thread

[Nelly]

I have no idea what Bruce is afraid of. He now has some of the best attacking players in the division. He's being so conservative for no reason. Let them fucking play. Just so tired of this.

The bit that gets my goat is the hoofing when we get possession at the back. Whenever we tried to pass it via the midfield we looked good but too many times we just decided to hoof it then lose possession. So frustrating.

We had that one excellent move in the second half which ended up with Bree on the far post nearly scoring. We passed it really well; effective, good, watchable football. When I see us do that it hurts my head as to why the feck we choose to play so introvertedly. I guess that one move (and the goal) is what gives me a bit of hope that things may pick up for us.

[QuintonVilla]

Fuck off Villa

[in the blood]

After the Brentford game I said this is the beginning of the end for bruce I am not after points for forseeing whats going to happen next. all I want is for ASTON VILLA to be a force again ,brentford and forest with no disrespect aren't the greatest of teams but were able with ease walk up to our box without any trouble,i thought our previous midfield were poor,  I could go in into detail about about where we are going wrong on the pitch but I am not going to insult all of your intelligence's you no where  we are going wrong. my concern is with the people hiring the managers. 

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Why sit back and invite the opposition to come on to you and play the counter attack game? We are supposed to have some talented players. None of the teams currently at the top of this league play this way. How the hell does the manager think that this is the way forward? Forest are not a good side. We should be taking the game to them.

It's logic like this that confirms my thought of our problems not being historical or down to mental weakness but more to do with another manager that's tactically inept. I had hoped Calderwood was brought in following his success at Brighton to give Bruce some support in this area but right now that idea is going out the window, along with our season.

[ktvillan]

Aston Villa shoot themselves in the foot episode 749 (and that's juts the last 5 years).  A player who gifts the opposition a goal, another who gets himself stupidly and needlessly sent off, a hatful of chances missed, and a last minute winner conceded.  It's all so depressingly  familiar.   Relegation now actually looking more likely than promotion, after spending more than most  of the division combined. 

[AvFc4eVeR]

I cannot possibly hope to understand how some on here can begin to think that performance deserved anything less than a defeat?!?

Our only good play was our goal, other than that it was hoof ball and hope. No energy, no passion, no effort, no pride!

If anyone points to our shots on target as a performance indicator then they are as bad as Bruce & Co. At least 75% of those were Kodjia shooting from 35 yards!

We are destined for League One and financial ruin when the Dr gets bored. I know I am.

I'm not happy, but that simply isn't true. We created some good chances with good play, but failed to take them. There are massive issues with a lack of intensity and leadership, but at times we played alright.

I must have been watching a different game then...

The only good play I can recall is the goal. We strung about 10 passes together in the move before "super twat" got sent off. That is it.

We are becoming so numb on here to our own demise that we are beginning to make excuses for the team/club. In what universe are we ready to accept; "but at times we played alright."

[curiousorange]

I don't know why Bruce bought in Hourihane and Lansbury only to try and make them play different roles to the ones they were very good at. Lansbury as a holding player? He's a box to box kind of midfielder. Bjarnason is no wing back - in fact, he's started about ninety more minutes than a player adjusting to English football should have done. It's this persistence with soaking up pressure that kills us: we got relegated trying the same tactic and we'll come unstuck again. Go for the jugular straight away. Grow a pair of bollocks, for fucks' sake.

[Dave]

Seemingly every day on here there is a post saying somebody watched *insert team name here* v *insert team name here* and both teams were fucking terrible and we'll beat them easily.

I haven't seen a team worse than Villa this season.

Maybe we should get the Huddersfield manager in.

[QuintonVilla]

Now our season is over I hope Bruce throws the shackles off and has a go. One of the best squads in the league and he sets us up negatively and we have 30% possession.

What I didn't get was taking both strikers off. A draw was no good for us anyway, we needed to win to maintain even a slim hope of the play offs.

We still haven't played well since Brighton away in November. That's our only good performance under him. He had a few wins but they were scraped and the performances were average.

[VillaBoy_23]

I've been with Bruce until this game as he's generally spoken sense in his post match interviews and not sugarcoated anything. However, I'm seriously losing faith after another inept performance with players out of position and a post match interview that was nonsense. Garbage. Not sure where it ends tbh.

[Ads]

I can't believe we didn't win that game.

Forest offered nothing;tedious square ball after square ball, possession without purpose while we created enough gilt edged chances to win the game several times over.

Their keeper being man of the match tells you everything you need to know.

Grealish sending off was idiotic. Hogan should have had at least one, but I liked the look of him. Equally Elphick should have had a brace.

The switching off for the second goal.was unforgivable, but the defence weren't put under even the slightest bit of pressure all game.

I'm livid that a side as dire as Forest has taken 4 points off us.

The system seemed to work and we created plenty which was in contrast to Leeds, Norwich, Cardiff, Wolves and Brentford.

Very frustrating though.

[Legion]

Seemingly every day on here there is a post saying somebody watched *insert team name here* v *insert team name here* and both teams were fucking terrible and we'll beat them easily.

I haven't seen a team worse than Villa this season.

Maybe we should get the Huddersfield manager in.

Rotherham were worserer.

[Three Spires Villa]

Nearly home after another poor away game, he is a gambler + clutching at straws, so sad

[olaftab]

This season is fucked up. Don't want him sacked now but after 10 games next season we have to be in the top 4 otherwise get rid.

[QuintonVilla]

It's one thing losing to Man City, Chelsea and Man Utd but now we're losing to shit like Wolves, Cardiff and Forest. This season is worse than last season for me. The Championship is full of garbage teams, the trouble is we're one of them.