Aston Villa v Brentford Post-Match Thread

[Ian.]

We just seem to keep sliding down the football league. Our performances seem to go from bad to worse. Where will it all end ?

Hopefully with Bruce being sacked...within the hour preferably.

Time to go Dave, I think most have had enough, sadly again. When will it end?

[taylorsworkrate]

I thought we were awful. We just about deserved the point.

Brentford have grounds to commence criminal proceedings due to the daylight robbery we performed today.

We were absolutely abysmal and a 3-0 loss would have flattered us.

I'd say that Johnstone was excellent, Terry the best of a very bad bunch at the back and Onomah and Davies were serviceable at times. The rest were utter garbage. No urgency apart from a few minutes after half time and a few minutes at the end, players dwelling on the ball by our own penalty box, full backs who have clearly never heard the word "overlap, nonchalantly giving the ball away in dangerous areas, one shot on target....... etc etc

I would love to see a comparison of how much money our players are on compared to Brentford's. They were easily the more accomplished footballers today

Edit: Just seen your subsequent post 

[XXVilla]

As abject as I've seen us at home in this league today. Static. Flat footed. Not wanting the ball. Defensive but with poor defending. God knows what has happened to Darren Chester. I hate booing but it was justified today.

James.

Oh yeah. I know a Darren Chester, hence the error. You can always count on the good burghers of H and V to pick you up on s mistake though. ( Notice I was careful not to type burger?)

[London Villan]

Again it's the energy and drive we lack. Pedestrian in attack, dis-organised at set peices and a lack of effort in closing down and making life difficult for the opposition. And fcuking throw-ins fired at players waists where we lose possesion within 5 seconds.

[Mister E]

The game was SB's Waterloo. What a clusterfuck of a game.
Bree, Elmo, Whelan and Chester were abysmal and I thought Snoddy looked pretty rank - the Messiah he ain't (he's just a very naughty boy).
I don't get why Terry is there at all: he shows no signs of leadership on the pitch and got caught out a couple of times. Yes, his ball distribution was good but I'm almost pining for Baker (never thought I'd think that!).
He could have put a couple of kids on the bench to inject same raw energy and enthusiam (where are Lyden, Lloyd-Hayes, Mckirdy and O'Hare?). Instead we got Flabby.

There appears to be no distinctive game style; no evidence of effective coaching and training (God, if I see another throw in going to the oppo again ...); no in game management; and no leadership.


He should get the sack tomorrow morning.

[VinnieChase84]

Where was De Laet and Adomah? De Laet is easily our best RB and Adomah should never be out the side in place of Elmo.

[adrenachrome]

I thought we were awful. We just about deserved the point.

How the fuck did we desereve a point when we had on shot on goal to their 10, and our goalkeeper was man of the match. You are living on planet bizarro.

It was bad enough that we were so negative but if this was the plan, why didn't we get someone to close down Ryan Woods, who has now controlled 3 games against us including the ghastly home defeat last season? The fucking Ginger Pirlo. Against us anyway.

I meant just about desereved a point in that we didn't at all. I worded it wrongly. Undeservedly would have been better. My bad, as the kids say.

Fair play, so.

[eamonn]

How did Hourihane do?

[VinnieChase84]

If Tuesday doesn't go well then I can see boo's followes by a song
"The boos are for you, the boos are for you, steve Bruce the boos are for you"

[olaftab]

We're we unlucky with the penalty decision? Look nailed on from where I sat but my bias might have influence on that.

Challenge on Elmo? Looked to me on (on TV) that their player won the ball, didn't get a reverse angle replay or anything though so can't say for sure.

Yes. Someone who has seen a replay of it has just told me he won the ball cleanly. Feck, can't even say we were unlucky with a pen decision.

Watching from North Upper I was surprised that it wasn't given but understandable that with Elmo involved any young professional footballer like their defender would get there first. So I didn't abuse the ref like others around me did.

[andyh]

How did Hourihane do?

Quiet, subdued and ineffective.

That could apply to most of them.

[clash city rocker]

As for the 'villa engine'...well I think we need the Ferrari team of mechanics to even get the damm thing to start let alone run smoothly and as for accelerate. .!!

[dave shelley]

This Villa engine has just been purchased from Taroni's scrap yard, came out of a Lada apparently.

[Uknowthescore]

Took my 6 year old lad today he's been a few times and enjoyed it. Told me he don't want to go anymore because it's boring. I couldn't really argue with him, sad times.

[CT]

I spent large parts of the game today bored out of my skull. It was clear from the first minute that Bruce had us set up to defend against a side who had just lost three of their best players. I'm only surprised we didn't lose.

Once again we play a team capable of quick, skilful, clever passing, whereas we take an age to create anything.

Well done Sam Johnstone, MOM for me, saved the day, literally.

I hope when the Brentford team bus was ready to leave that we stopped Dean Smith from getting on. Make him an offer and get rid of this fucking dinasour who will take us nowhere.