Aston Villa v Boro - Match Thread

[XXVilla]

I think we're trying to bore them into submission

[Ian.]

Half way there Bruce. Fist pump for the 0-0

[Villa in Denmark]

Kodija on after half time???

Last 15-20 I reckon.

[Ger Regan]

Well we've had more possession than normal. That's really the only positive i can come up with.

[aj2k77]

Kodjia will be the last roll of the dice on 65/70 minutes. Unless he performs his one man routine this ends 0-0 or a massive fuck up by someone and we lose 1-0.

[gpbarr]

No surprise - we are set up defensively again, and even when they went to 10 men, he still didn't change it. Garbage. When is enough enough

[eamonn]

71% possession! Come on guys, we're out-Reading-ing Reading!

[olaftab]

I am expecting Bruce to make changes both tactical and men in the second half in light of Boro down to 10. It's worth asking a question why hasn't he done so already as we have wasted 42 minutes🤔

[kippaxvilla2]

We cannot paper over the cracks if kodija comes on to score.  Death by a thousand cuts this is.

[paulcomben]

How can we spend as much as we did for Hogan and keep him on the bench every week?

Because we have no idea what to do with him as using a dwarf as a long ball magnet doesn't really work.

Top work Bruce.

Jota used to slide the ball to him past the opposition centre backs. Brown envelope Harry signed Jota, whom Onouma could copy if Bruce had not destroyed his leg.

[Matt Collins]

If the crowd is half as relentlessly negative as this thread it's really going to start getting to the players

Boo them if we don't win after 90 minutes

[john e]

i have no stream or live audio and refuse to believe we are as bad as you guys are making out
we're up against 10 men ffs we must be doing something

[Villafirst]

Ffs Bruce. Attack! Hopeless tactically. Get Dean Smith in!

[tepavilla]

So if Bruce is out who's the next Guardiola we bring in?
Curbishley?
Warnock?
Hughton?

[PaulWinch again]

There's nothing other than a win that will do here. Although I really don't see the value of booing the team at half time.