Aston Villa v Hull City post match thread.

[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

The highlights will be available on sky sports later

I presume they'll show about 7 villa chances and two for hull

Not at all saying I have no misgivings. But for me that was better than last season despite our three most potent attacking talents from last season not being available.

I actually agree with you that the first half was better than most of the stuff we saw last season

but you really can't use the teams performances under Bruce to try and make a case for him really mate as they have been dire
All the Steve Bruce eggs are in the promotion with Blues/Hull basket every one of them
 he ticks no other box not a single one

[four fornicholl]

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

Preston at home. We didn't win that one either. Huddersfield. We didn't win that one either. Brighton away, we etc etc. Forest at home etc etc.

We should never have lost today, based on the 1st half, what the FUCK happened?

We didn't lose did we?

In all but points, it was.

[eamonn]

Really disappointed with Whelan. Kept giving the ball away, mouthing off at teammates or opponents who he blamed and diving in to win possession, putting himself under pressure and risk getting sent off.

[Matt Collins]

Agree on Whelan

Thought he'd be a huge upgrade on Jedinak but thought his decision making was very poor today.
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[PeterWithesShin]

He looked great last week, was poor today though.

[Matt Collins]

I think people under estimate what an absolute basket case this club was 12 months ago

[garyshawsknee]

Typical Bruce performance. When the opposition step up and change their style, we look flat footed and clueless. Can't see much changing.

[ChicagoLion]

Seriously, what formation were we actually playing?
It looked like 4 4 2 at times then
4 2 3 1

[castlefields_villan]

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

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[castlefields_villan]

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

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Ooooops forgot to say "good evening everybody" I hope you're all well - look forward to sharing your comments again for the next 9 months.  UTV.

[aj2k77]

A great point, that was a decent performance for a mid table championship side. One going for the title? Nah, got to be much better than that.

Hull will not be up there this season, they'll finish a similar position to us last year.

[QuintonVilla]

We're not going up because nothing has changed and nothing will change under Bruce. We're not going to go out and win games 3 or 4 nil. We start brightly, score 1 and then that's it. Sit back, invite pressure and hope to nick a second goal. It doesn't work. We let a poor Hull side, who will be nowhere near promotion, dictate most of the second half.

[Nelly]

It sounded like we had a rampant first half with a raft of good chances. Obvious we take more than the one we did and we'd probably have won this at a canter.

Where it's frustrating for me is that for a long time Hull were growing in dominance, why not make a change at that point rather than wait to concede?

We have a lot to work on, especially tactically, but there's room to grow as a team.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Score one and then do nothing for the rest of the game. Nothing has changed, even when we do manage to win you just know it will be boring as feck to watch. He's holding us back with his 'style' of play and philosophy and I think he'll be gone by October/November.

Hull are piss poor. The teams at the top will beat them comfortably this season.

This for me ..........nothing has changed - if you fail to beat Hull at home, bearing in mind the changes they have been forced to make pre season, you are not gonna tear up this league.
Is Bruce the man to take us up, this or any other season? - I very much doubt it
We are so predictable ... I was aware of an early lead but was loathe to check the final result as I just knew we would fuck up.... they certainly know how to ruin your
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Only the first game of the season, we are undefeated etc, but it is all so underwhelming .... same old Villa

[Matt Collins]

Seriously, what formation were we actually playing?
It looked like 4 4 2 at times then
4 2 3 1

Yep. And it worked well first half