Reading v Aston Villa - Match Thread

[mrfuse]

Here's a stat from Twitter, not sure if it's entirely correct of course:

Passes made:

Reading 246
Villa 23

23 passes in 45 minutes.

Seventeen of them were in the warm-up.

Johnstone kept us in the game during that period as well.

[Chris Jameson]

Villa will get battered and win 1-0 with Agbonlahor scoring to secure his starting place for the next three months.

[davidb]

Just overheard someone in the bar describe the lambert era as the good days...

[JB1811]

On the plus side, we are not losing......yet!

[CT Villan]

Hoofballs :

Reading  23
Villa 246

[maigrait]

Can't believe Gabby is on. Surely samba up top in a while.

[JUAN PABLO]

we are going backwards with Bruce and Calderwood


that was awful

[andyh]

See, this is the whole point isn't it?
We have been shit for months.
He has had a close season, a pre season and a couple of games to work out how to change things around.

And he still can't feckin' do it.

Despite a shoeing at the weekend, he still can't lift, motivate, cajole, bully, initmidate, scare, encourage or demand the team improve their performance.

There is no doubt, no doubt whatsoever that he needs to go, and go now.

[KevinGage]

It's like tertiary piles,and you refuse surgery to relieve it.

It's not that much fun.

[The Edge]

Hoofballs :

Reading  23
Villa 246

That's just not good enough. Bring on Samba up front we can can top the 300 mark.

[Virgil Caine]

I'm beyond depressed - the combined efforts of piss poor Managers, inept coaches, pathetic players has left me uncomfortably numb about the Villa now. I genuinely feel sorry for any of you who were not around when we had decent teams with excellent Managers who actually gave a stuff about the name Aston Villa FC. Thank God my memory is still reasonably intact which allows me to remember the great days.

By the law of  avaerages surely we will see a Villa team worth its name soon?

[Malandro]

Did you see Reading move the ball! A football team!

[Toronto Villa]

Bruce must be thankful he's top of the table and doesn't need this game to save his job or anything.

[itbrvilla]

I'm beyond depressed - the combined efforts of piss poor Managers, inept coaches, pathetic players has left me uncomfortably numb about the Villa now. I genuinely feel sorry for any of you who were not around when we had decent teams with excellent Managers who actually gave a stuff about the name Aston Villa FC. Thank God my memory is still reasonably intact which allows me to remember the great days.

By the law of  avaerages surely we will see a Villa team worth its name soon?

Don't worry, were stuck with this dross as no one will be mad enough to pay their silly wages.

[brontebilly]

any small river available lads?