Aston 'where will it all end' Villa v Middlesvilla Post Match Thread.

[Tuscans]

Chances were created, it was better than Saturday but more and more plucking draws. I don't want him sacked, I want him or anyone to succeed but 7 points from 7 games, 10 points off top...more or less identical to the beginning of RDM's short reign.

I'm putting money on him going if anything less than 3 points are taken from Barnsley.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Ten points off top spot after 7 games is impressive going

[villadelph]

Championship for years then..

[curiousorange]

That Hourihane/Hogan chance will go down in folklore. When the time comes for Richard Whitehead to get out his pen and write a sequel to 'Children of the Revolution', I shall give a wry smile that it was the turning point.

[Villa75]

I think we hit the bar from five yards out, had two off the line, missed an open goal and several other chances?

FFS

It's all of little relevance. Plenty of teams should have taken more points from us recently, but we got 'lucky'.

The only constant is that we look shit.

Unclutch those straws and step away from them. You're fighting against the inevitable.

[Jimbo]

That Hourihane/Hogan chance will go down in folklore. When the time comes for Richard Whitehead to get out his pen and write a sequel to 'Children of the Revolution', I shall give a wry smile that it was the turning point.

Children of the Apocalypse.

Can't wait.

[Matt Collins]

I can't comment on how we played and it's a shit result in the circumstances

But it did sound like we could have easily had three or four today

We really couldn't have.

Well as I say above we hit the bar, hit our own man on the line, Bjarnason missed a sitter, hogan missed a sitter?

I was one of the very last defenders of Lambert on this site so I know how you feel, but I really think you're backing the wrong mule here.

I'm not a big fan of Bruce and his style of play

If there's a better option I'm up for it

I'm not sure who that is at the moment

And I'm not blaming Bruce for Lansbury being an idiot, or us missing some absolute sitters

Sky, the E&S, Mail and other sources all say we missed a catalogue of chances. I'll watch the highlights in a bit and make my own mind up

To be honest I'm partly just reacting against the match thread which was just preposterous

[maigrait]

Can I have his job?

If you like kebabs - you are halfway there... Your tactics can't be any worse than this clown.

[aj2k77]

Championship for years then..

Yes, Bruce should have gone preseason, there was nothing last season to suggest we would mount a challenge under him this season. Inconsistent, terrible scoring record, couldn't get on top of so called lesser teams.

We spent the pre season suring up the Defence and Centre Mid, when our biggest problem was the lack of pace in the team and ability to break down the opposition. Terrible management.

[kippaxvilla2]

'You can't legislate for chances like that.  At this level you have to take your chances otherwise you can be punished.  Thankfully we haven't tonight.  I thought Henris red card looked very harsh.  We were in control and that changes it. It's great that we've managed to keep another clean sheet.  I've said it before but we are the big scalp in this league. We've not been beaten and Middlesbrough will right up there at the end of the season.'

[adrenachrome]

That Hourihane/Hogan chance will go down in folklore. When the time comes for Richard Whitehead to get out his pen and write a sequel to 'Children of the Revolution', I shall give a wry smile that it was the turning point.

Children of the Apocalypse.

Can't wait.

Spawn of the Spunk Sock.

[CT]

At least Lansbury has now actually done something in a game.

We're really going to miss him.

[curiousorange]

I hate to be the 'you can prove anything with statistics' guy, but the flurry of comedy misses in the second half and the half dozen 'not really' chances scattered either side of them couldn't disguise the half-speed huff and puff and head-scratching of a team in perfect harmony with their clueless tactician.

[Gregorys Boy]

Well it was a better performance than Saturday (not that, that would be hard), and we had the better chances, but to not score in two straight home games and to have just seven points from games and little sign of progress from last season just isn't good enough. Having Kodja back is plus, but I think we relay too much on him, and need another option to contrast him.  Barnsley away really is a must win.

[garyshawsknee]

Didn't we finish last season with something like 1 win in 6 ?? So it's roughly two wins in 12 or so ? Simply not good enough, nothing since last October shows us that he is the man, get rid now before the gap increases. UTV.