Fulham 3-1 Aston "where do we go from here?" Villa

[olaftab]

The  first 15 minutes of this match were the most embarrassing even in light of some of the mega thrashings we had in the Premier League. FFS Bruce what were you thinking?

[aj2k77]

He'll apologise, say it can't happen again, say we have to be much better, say the fans deserve more, then send us out ultra defensively next Sunday against form wise the worst side in the division.

[Legion]

Veryshitelights

[olaftab]

The season is over so let's just hope for a result next weekend against the Blue scum.

I don't actually give a **** about result next week. Two shameful teams representing our city. Both are  an  embarrassment so for me no pride even if Villa win.

[paul_e]

For more years than I care to recall, I've never known us squander an opportunity to shoot ourselves in the foot.

Kodjia's sending off might have been harsh, but if you kick out at a player that's what you can expect. It was stupid and petulant, but wasn't out of place in the annals of Villa stupidity. Now our only goal threat misses the rest of the season, plus the only game that really matters in the run in.

Talking of that game, if we go into it with such entitlement, complacency and arrogance that's become a kind of Villa trademark in recent years, we'll get precisely what we deserved today and Saturday. Don't think it can't happen, we can always find a way.

However many times you say it that wasn't a performance of entitlement, complacency or arrogance, it was a performance of a team that don't have any style of play, with a mix of out of form players, tired players and players who've been thrown into the team at short notice.  We were disjointed because we had 1 day (where we probably didn't even train) between games and decided it was a perfect opportunity to change the fucking formation.  We had wingbacks who had bene told to get forward and when it became obvious they were doubling up on them we did fuck all to address it and just left them both hung out to dry.

Losing Kodjia was a massive blow, especially given there's no way you can give 1 red for that incident, it was both or nothing, but even before that we looked like a team that had been cobbled together.

[PaulWinch again]

Hmmm rubbish again.

[Risso]

Too many crap players.  Amavi, Gardner, Elphick, Grealish, Hogan, all hopeless. We're not getting promoted under Bruce, next season or any other.

[eamonn]

Presumably Codger gets a three match ban and that's his season over? Peter Withe remains our last 20 league goal hero, forever destined to be frozen in time. Proper order too, Jaykay ain't fit to lace Pete's proverbial.

[brontebilly]

The  first 15 minutes of this match were the most embarrassing even in light of some of the mega thrashings we had in the Premier League. FFS Bruce what were you thinking?

Bruce is an experienced manager, he admitted that changing to three at the back a couple of months was a mistake so it's hard to fathom why he thought it was worth another go today.

It was a pathetic performance from the start. Harsh red card, agree with Peter Beagrie that both should have been sent off. But the lack of effort on the pitch and sideline was galling. We were crying out for Hourihane to come on at least 20 mins earlier but Bruce wanted to wait until Fulham made sure of the victory first.

Thought Elphick had a decent game, Chester and Jedinsk ok. Grealish scored a goal of immense quality. Apart from that, Bree looked like a young Alan Hutton, no defensive awareness at all. Baker looked a pub player. Gardner, glued to the ground. Amavi, heart the size of a stone. Hogan, didn't try a leg. Johnstone, didn't inspire confidence.

[aj2k77]

Too many crap players.  Amavi, Gardner, Elphick, Grealish, Hogan, all hopeless. We're not getting promoted under Bruce, next season or any other.

I'd sell all of them in the summer for whatever we can get, apart from Hogan who's going to get a season here but looks the wrong kind of player to be in this team with Kodjia up front too. They're all slow and don't move the ball quick enough, apart from Amavi, who's just thick and useless.

[Richard E]

Veryshitelights

That's never worthy of a straight red card in a million years.

[remy]

One silver lining would have been JK getting 20 goals and now will have a 3 game ban so he must be packing for Vegas by dinner time.

Can only see playing that selection is he's saving some for the rags?

Zola has just resigned so maybe we get a sellout 5-0 hammering.

[Clampy]

When you're playing an in form side away from home 48 hours after your last game, the last thing you want is to be down to 10 men after 20 minutes. We did well to get ourselves back in it but you could always see them having too much for us. Ridiculous decison as well. Two yellow cards would have sufficed.

[Skerra]

Been saying it for some while, even in our winning run we didn't exactly excel. We are boring and ponderous to watch. SB says all the right things but, deep down, don't think he has a clue with modern football and, keeps putting out crap teams like today. Didn't your hearts sink as soon as you saw the line up, mine did. He just seems to pick random teams out of a hat. Worst result for us today was Blose losing as they really need to get something from our match next week and, who better to play when you're desperate for a result!!!

Whilst I really don't want yet another managerial merry go round, sadly SB is not the answer

[aj2k77]

Surely we have to appeal the Kodjia one, I know it's the Villa and the FA will just bend us over as usual but that's never a red for me.