Bristol City v Aston Villa post-match thread

[PeterWithesShin]

They lost 8 at home last season and finished 3 points above the drop zone, it's not like Ashton Gate is a fortress.

[ez]

I thought we played well tonight but without the win promotion just got a little bit further away.

[manic-road]

They lost 8 at home last season and finished 3 points above the drop zone, it's not like Ashton Gate is a fortress.

And? Every game is different. Last season means jack shit, different teams now.

[FranzBiberkopf]

Kodija for green and we'll have a top 2 team   

No chance.

Not while we're set up like tonight.

Hopefully that's the last we'll see of 3 centre halves.

Elhomady was very poor. Bree improved things when he came on. Terry? Hmmmmmmmmm.

Hogan looked lively. Davis did well.

But we!re just a "nothing" team going forward underder Bruce.

[four fornicholl]

Am I alone in thinking that was much, much better away from home?  This is a game that epitomised last season we lost it in ignominious fashion with very little fight.  This season okay we haven't won but we were a lot more composed and played much better football.  I honestly don't think we are that far away from really clicking this season.

You're not alone.
Jury is still out for me but on the back of two wins that was ok for me given our prior away record (and their home record)

It was Bristol City we were playing, not ( insert premier or champions league) team.
Fk off Steve(I have all the right media excuses) Bruce.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Agree with most other folks. From what I saw (2nd half) we played decent in spells. That is not good enough to win this league which simply must be our aim.

With all due respect to Bristol City, Aston Villa should never be celebrating a point at their place. We needed a win and we didn't get it.

[VILLA MOLE]

Kodija for green and we'll have a top 2 team.

Rather Green than Elmo on the right , also the defence doesn't look sure of itself at the moment

[PeterWithesShin]

Well Chris was saying how good they are at home, so I was pointing out they aren't.

And maybe we'll stop being a shit division 2 side if fans, manager and players stop thinking a draw away to crap sides like Bristol City is a good result. It's not a good point, it never has been and never will be.

[berneboy]

Six games from 9th to 30th of September. We'll have a good idea by then.

[Dazvillain]

Davis is the real deal.   

Bet he starts with hogan and snodgrass next game

Impressed he started. Hopefully Bruce is seeing the light and trusting the kids more.

Hopefully he wont get a say next game as he'll be at the dole office.

[kippaxvilla2]

Am I alone in thinking that was much, much better away from home?  This is a game that epitomised last season we lost it in ignominious fashion with very little fight.  This season okay we haven't won but we were a lot more composed and played much better football.  I honestly don't think we are that far away from really clicking this season.

In fairness the bar is pretty low when it comes to us away from home. We played ok but I can't really remember their keeper making a notable save whereas we needed a dodgy pen decision and a fingertips save to take a point. Hopefully we do click but hard to see if your manager is going to fanny around with daft decisions like tonight's starting line-up.

Oh that was madness but at least he changed it this time.

[oldtimernow]

Six games from 9th to 30th of September. We'll have a good idea by then.

we will need 12-15 points from them if we are going to do anything this year

[Villafirst]

Some crazy comments. A point is fine. Bruce will get us up this season. He's done it 4 times before. A platform to build on, some great talent to come in.

[passport1]

Terry...hmmm

Brucie revealed that he has done great meet and greet in the dressing room with young players. He even goes the extra mile in his own car! Turning up at games he is not involved in. Great value.

[KevinGage]

The three centre halves thing is odd.

Odd in the sense that I don't think we tried it once during pre season, despite Bruce previously expressing an interest to go that way.

And now he is trialing it in games where we actually need to win. He is a spoofer. Our hopes of going up seem to rely on enough leadership or chemistry coming from the senior players themselves.  Because there will be little>no guidance from Bruce at all.