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

[Matt Collins]

Agree - Bruce really has to bear Barnsley. Lose and I reckon he's out

[aj2k77]

Can I have his job?

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

Answer this question and I'll tell you if you are viable. I'll pose it to you in the style of the old Match comics.

Your team has had a poor start to the season and the crowd are restless. During a 2 week lull for internationals do you....

A. Work hard behind the scenes with your assistants studying past performances and deciding what can be done on the training ground, team selection and formation to improve your attacking outlet

B. Continue with your methods, you have faith that they will come good again like they have in the past and that this blip will blow over.

C. Fuck off on Holiday to the Algarve and spend some time eating Kebabs and drinking Carling whilst watching Skysports News.

[LukeJames]

This is the stability that too many of you were ok with, so be it.

[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.

Spawn of the Spunk Sock.

An Astonian Anal Firestorm: 2010-2037.

[gpbarr]

'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.'

Says it all. What is he talking about?!?!

Did anyone see the Bill Belichick interview after the Patriots lost their first game to the Chiefs - in short "there is nothing to talk about because we were pretty much terrible in everything we did tonight" - his reaction was spot on and this from a born winner managing one of the greatest dynasties in sport.

The difference between these two coaches is night and day - one is a winner, and the other is not. No prizes for guessing which we have. 

[Villa in Denmark]

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.

Quite right curious. The chances that did come our way were more by way of a lucky bounce rather than incisive football.

[The_ads]

7 points from 7 games when, realistically, we probably needed 15 by now to mount a challenge. We can't continue to dick about. Change it now and we have a fighting chance. Keep the faith and we finish 10th at best

[b23]

Can I have his job?

It must be your turn soon.

[GarTomas]

'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.'

For the second time in 3 days I'm not sure whether this is genuine satire or Bruce post game interview.

The fact you can't tell the difference is the most worrying.

[Villa in Denmark]

'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.'

Says it all. What is he talking about?!?!

Did anyone see the Bill Belichick interview after the Patriots lost their first game to the Chiefs - in short "there is nothing to talk about because we were pretty much terrible in everything we did tonight" - his reaction was spot on and this from a born winner managing one of the greatest dynasties in sport.

The difference between these two coaches is night and day - one is a winner, and the other is not. No prizes for guessing which we have. 

I think that's Kippax's usual prediction / parody. It's usually pretty close mind.

[Sexual Ealing]

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

Sam Allardyce would unquestionably be an improvement on Bruce (as in, the same as Bruce but better at it.) Obviously I'd hope that our options weren't so limited that we'd have to resort to him, but we would stand a much better chance of going up with him. And if we don't go up this season we really are fucked.

To be perfectly honest, I really think we still just about have the clout to tempt any rival manager in this league with the right package. And there is a whole wide world out there.

[brontebilly]

Player ratings?

[Matt Collins]

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/championship/11032852/aston-villa-0-0-middlesbrough

We may have played badly, i don't know

But those highlights absolutely confirm we missed some absolute sitters today.

[ROBBO]

Some saying a better performance, we were playing against ten men for most of the game ffs. There is nothing pointing to us getting better under Bruce, can anyone deny that this squad is one of the best in the league? we should be in the top six now. Bruce out.

[Malandro]

'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.'

Says it all. What is he talking about?!?!

Did anyone see the Bill Belichick interview after the Patriots lost their first game to the Chiefs

No, I like football