Aston Villa v Brentford Post-Match Thread

[murfee]

Well done to everybody who booed the team off at half time.....it helped enormously. I know we were crap, but booing at half time? From the same lot who sing shit support to the brentford fans.

People are paying for entertainment. They have every right to boo.

What can people realistically do? People been patient for years now and yet it never gets any better.

Even when there's little dissent from the crowd the team simply refuses to win games.

People can see the season is already drifting despite all the usual summer hype so no surprise people are unhappy.

I pay as well and i too understand thefrustration ....but booing at half time does nothing to help a team that has 45 minutes still to play......boo at the end.

[ciggiesnbeer]

The players are paid a lot of money. They should not need someone kicking their arses and telling them how to play. They are (professionals?) and should be working together and understanding where eacch other is on the pitch.
Any way who would want to take on this job? suggestions please

There is a thread for ya. Plenty of good ones here.

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=57679.735

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm sceptical on the jaded kids point anyway. We haven't played for two weeks.

Some could have played U21 etc internationals I assume, not sure if any of them did though.

[Toronto Villa]

As soon as I saw the team sheet I knew.
Tactically inept to play one up top at home.

Just like Rednapp these dinosaurs are yesterday's men

Sack him now

Derby played one up front last night vs Hull and scored 5 times. So it's not that. Your point about Bruce being inept and a dinosaur is accurate

[Marton]

I wonder how Dr Tony is trying to marketing Aston Villa to the new target base of fans in Asia?

We are Aston Villa, we play in a fun color shirts and got a fiery Lion in the badge ( had to cut the "Prepared" because .., well  we are not).

Sure as hell cant win any ones loyalty with the negative football Bruce is putting together... Its hard to motivate paying for the tickets...imaging paying millions of pounds for such a lousy return.

[PaulWinch again]

Yes it's not playing one up top that's the problem. It's having no coherent style of play to utilise that one.

[PeterWithesShin]

Yes it's not playing one up top that's the problem. It's having no coherent style of play to utilise that one.

Pretty much every game I watch us under Bruce I always get the impression the plan is keep it tight and hope someone does something special. And because of the quality of players we have compared to most in this league we'll manage that sometimes.

[saunders_heroes]

Yes it's not playing one up top that's the problem. It's having no coherent style of play to utilise that one.

And the fact that so many of our players are so out of form. I thought Bree, Whelan, Green, Taylor and others were poor. Chester isn't the same player as last season and fucked up constantly. Hogan came on and inevitably the ball just kept bouncing off him. What's the point of taking off the only player who can hold up the ball and replace him with a player who can't? It just puts pressure on us because everytime the ball is hoofed up front the ball bounces off Hogan and they regain possession. It's so frustrating.

[PaulWinch again]

Yes it's not playing one up top that's the problem. It's having no coherent style of play to utilise that one.

Pretty much every game I watch us under Bruce I always get the impression the plan is keep it tight and hope someone does something special. And because of the quality of players we have compared to most in this league we'll manage that sometimes.

Yep and it's also why we're never going to be consistently good. It's an incredibly negative outlook.

[PeterWithesShin]

We had to replace Davies because of injury. Pretty much all 3 were subs were because of injuries which is probably why Elmo wasn't hooked.

[The_ads]

I'll keep this brief because I'm in Majorca and I won't let fist face ruin my holiday. Leeds stuck 5 up a team today. Can you ever imagine us doing the same under this manager? I rest my case, now pass me the Estrella

[SoccerHQ]

Well done to everybody who booed the team off at half time.....it helped enormously. I know we were crap, but booing at half time? From the same lot who sing shit support to the brentford fans.

People are paying for entertainment. They have every right to boo.

What can people realistically do? People been patient for years now and yet it never gets any better.

Even when there's little dissent from the crowd the team simply refuses to win games.

People can see the season is already drifting despite all the usual summer hype so no surprise people are unhappy.

I pay as well and i too understand thefrustration ....but booing at half time does nothing to help a team that has 45 minutes still to play......boo at the end.

Yeah I can understand that POV.

I just think given the dross the VP crowd have seen since 2010 we all know what a lifeless pedestrian performance looks like and I think the booing was for the players and manager to wake up and perform a bit better otherwise we'd dropped another two points.

Sadly that went unheeded.

[Tony Erdington]

i was there, we were shit.

I didn't boo. just because I cannot be bothered.

I think the problem is, that we have no style of play.

bruce doesn't know how to set a team up, to beat 2nd from bottom opposition.

I saw with my own eyes when we were trying to set up an attack in the first half, bruce telling players to get back. wtf.

sorry the guy is out of his depth.

[Tony Erdington]

TAXI!

Quality.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I dont boo but bloody hell if there was ever a moment... then 2 points off the relegation zone when you are getting outplayed by Brentford at home with a manager who is going backwards after nearly a year in charge .. well that seems like a reasonable place to do it.