Aston Villa v Brentford - Match Thread

[garyshawsknee]

If Bruce views this like he did the Cardiff game, we were unlucky not to win.

[Legion]

This is beyond painful.

[Chris Jameson]

Boro 3 up.

Bad enough to be battling to hold on against Brentford but to be 3-0 down to them as well defies belief.

[ozzjim]

5 or 6 nil would genuinely not flatter them here.

[saint13]

Appalling Manager. He has to go before it is too late.

[Ian.]

I just wish we could have a manager who knows what he is doing for once.

It's all very well buying players, but what about having a system and buying players to suit it.
I'm sure we have not done this since Atkinson and Little.

Er...Martin O'Neill?

Remi Garde?

I may well be wrong, but it seems you're suggesting we didn't have a system that worked with players to fill it with MON as manager? Which is a hugely bizarre suggestion if it was.

Ok MON, he did build a team to suit a system. For the last 7 years though we just throw players at it and hope for the best.

[Boz]

Still no shots on target by Villa. Does Bruce have any idea about setting up a team to win at home against a team who we should be beating out of sight. Can we swap managers

[JUAN PABLO]

can we just swap managers now

[malckennedy]

Seems we were shit until Agbonlahor came on but now we're totally clinging on. What a surprise!!

[olaftab]

Johnstone is injured from about 60th minute looks like a pulled muscle

[ozzjim]

I would love to see us play like they are

[Chris Jameson]

Alan Pardew will sort things out.

[PeterWithesShin]

Even if we jam a winner it won't disguise just how bad we've been today. Proof that the Norwich game was a fluke as this is the kind of stuff we've been serving up since Bruce arrived.

[pauliewalnuts]

To have any chance of promotion, you need to churn out wins on a relentless basis in this league, even if they're ugly ones.

We just turn out ugly shit without wins.

We are going absolutely nowhere with this manager.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

This could quite easily be 5-0 (my prediction) given the chances missed and the great saves.

To them?

Ha! You know me, ever the optimist. I really thought we'd click today. What was I thinking?