Aston Villa v Reading Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

A timely reminder that at best we are an average championship side and at worst a poor  in-cohesive amalgamation of a set of misfit players.

[kiddylion]

Remind me how Reading got on last week! Millions spent and we are still shit.

Lost 7-1 to the team we beat 2-0 the week before.

[adrenachrome]

Reading could easily have scored 7 today.

I'm sorry but that's absolute nonsense. We made more mistakes than them, they punished our mistakes.

They scored 3.
Johnstone made 3 good saves, and they missed 2 or 3 easy changes.
They could have scored 7.

According to the BBC stats they had 8 shots on target compared to our 4, so you may have a point.

[CT]

Not sure who was the most desperate performer of the day between Amavi, Bacuna and the referee.

Amavi's afternoon was completely summed up by thinking he couldn't be arsed to run across the pitch when his number came up. He was absolutely appalling from start to finish.

Reading zipped the ball about really well, I thought they overplayed it at times but got away with it. Conversely we took an age when in decent positions.

The Scottish Cafu put in an excellent shift again unlike others. So disappointed with Jack who came on, bottled two tackles and goes off, tens of thousands of pounds better off and doing nothing to demand a place in the starting line up.

Reading are a play off team, nothing more. We've got a lot to do if we think we'll be up there challenging next season.

[JUAN PABLO]

poor

the starting line up looked meh and Bacuna - I wish he would just feck off

[QuintonVilla]

Load of crap. Where are the goals in this side apart from Kodjia? James Chester is our third highest scorer! Norwich put SEVEN past them, we never look like scoring more than one or two.

Reading are piss poor aswell. Imagine them in the Premier League next season, they would get battered every week. We should know.

We'll be going into the Small Heath game on the back of another defeat at Fulham and they may have a lot more to play for than us.

[Leicester_Villian]

Didn't understand the team today ...... Bruce keeps saying he wants two up top but leaves Hogan on bench ....if he is not fit start RHM
Bacuna does not not any comment .....
Albert started on the wrong side and never got into it
The only player who looked like he might create anything ended up being moved back to centre half .....why?
As for "super" Jack what is he bringing to the party? I know he only had 20 minutes but did he do anything
Very very poor today and Bruce must take a lot of the blame

[olaftab]

Reading are piss poor aswell. Imagine them in the Premier League next season, they would get battered every week. We should know.

Agreed. If they somehow go up they will drop with less than 20 points and about 90 goals against.

[QuintonVilla]

Also, yes the football isn't great but we were unbeaten in nine games and had 12,000 empty seats. Where were the missing thousands who have got Small Heath tickets?

[SoccerHQ]

Dreadful performance. Add Adomah to the cnut book.

He's hit and miss and today was certainly one of his run up blind alleys time and again days.

[paul_e]

Also, yes the football isn't great but we were unbeaten in nine games and had 12,000 empty seats. Where were the missing thousands who have got Small Heath tickets?

It's the Easter weekend, lots of people will be away so there's no surprise that this one was a little low.

[mr underhill]

 Bruce for me has used up all the goodwill - he talks a good game but rarely delivers a side capable of one. One thing is clear, we can't give him the luxury of a quarter of a season if he isn't winning. A third season in this league would be unthinkable  as the money runs out.

[kippaxvilla2]

As much as I like and support Bruce, why oh why do these managers inherit this 'play shit players' disease constantly?  What is it about Bacuna and Amavi and of course earlier in the season Agbonlahor he sees that the rest us can't?

[kippaxvilla2]

I thought we might have seen the last of Bacuna with a six game ban but oh no he's straight back into what was a winning team.  Result we've started regressing again.

[olaftab]

Also, yes the football isn't great but we were unbeaten in nine games and had 12,000 empty seats. Where were the missing thousands who have got Small Heath tickets?

I expected Reading to sell out as they are pushing for play offs but their  turn up was low.