Aston Villa v Hull City post match thread.

[ChicagoLion]

And people moaning about Samba upfront. He came on in the 90th min so stop making it out to be more than that. IF we'd won a couple of set pieced in injury time it could have been a different story.

I would start him there ahead of Hogan.

[Matt Collins]

I knew there'd be a load of stupid comments on here after this

We had a twenty minute bad spell. And there are definite flaws in hogan playing loan striker,  especially in spells when we're under pressure. And we can question the game management. And the aimless balls. 

But hull had two chances all game. We should have been two up at half time. And green and Onomah missed great chances second half

Whelan was way, way worse than we saw last week - and Elmo much more ordinary

Green was very good but missed an absolute sitter

Hogan good first half but really struggled second.



But to say "we're not going up" based on that. Ridiculous

[KevinGage]

'We are a point better off than Newcastle were this time last season and they went up as champs'

I think that's the latest straw we are clutching on to

We need to get behind Steve Bruce, or summat.

Because positive vibes on an internet messageboard will make an iffy manager a good one.

[eamonn]

Slutsky is a character. Good to see a smiley manager.

[jwarry]

When you choose to put samba up front in the first game of the season then questions have to be asked.

Well the positive is that it was an attempt to go for it, not settle for a point

[Matt Collins]

When you choose to put samba up front in the first game of the season then questions have to be asked.

In the last minute. Behave

[VillaAlways]

I knew there'd be a load of stupid comments on here after this

We had a twenty minute bad spell. And there are definite flaws in hogan playing loan striker,  especially in spells when we're under pressure. And we can question the game management. And the aimless balls. 

But hull had two chances all game. We should have been two up at half time. And green and Onomah missed great chances second half

Whelan was way, way worse than we saw last week - and Elmo much more ordinary

Green was very good but missed an absolute sitter

Hogan good first half but really struggled second.



But to say "we're not going up" based on that. Ridiculous

^^^

[Goldie.7]

We should of won, we didn't, sound familiar?

I thought it would finish 1-1, so overall I'm not too disheartened.

[SoccerHQ]

'We are a point better off than Newcastle were this time last season and they went up as champs'

I think that's the latest straw we are clutching on to

Given there were inverted commas I actually thought at first glance SB had just said that in his post match interview!

[steamer]

Despite the pre match forecast, was anyone really surprised by the result ?
As much as I want it to work, I can not see it happening with Bruce. dinosaur manager.
 
We are Aston Villa. we go again.

[aj2k77]

The frustrating thing is kidding yourself all summer that they've had time to gel and find a game plan and that we will be good only to be smacked in the face with the truth first game that we are almost a carbon copy of last seasons team. With some older players.

[john e]

the problem is Matt he's had 40 games now and apart from a good 25 mins in a couple of them not one of them has been any good even the ones we managed to win

I mean you can defend him all you like but that's just the plain truth of the matter

[Matt Collins]

Can someone tell me a game last season that matched the first 45 minutes today?

There are various flaws I identified today. But I honestly think the biggest threat is the moaning of a proportion of our fans

[PeterWithesShin]

The bad spell was well over half an hour as we were ropey last 10 mins of first half. Onomah didn't miss anything as he was given offside. Wasn't the worst performance ever and especially the first 25 we played some nice stuff. Which is fine and not too much to moan about unless your target is the top 2 and the same issues from last season were on display today.

[Dave]

Can someone tell me a game last season that matched the first 45 minutes today?

Brighton away?

I can think of loads that matched the second half.