Brentford v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[eddiemunster]

"I'm not making excuses. But we keep chopping and changing as we've lost key players," Bruce told BBC WM.
"You hope it won't derail you. but we're without our best players. And, when you need your big ones to do something and pull you out of the mire, they're not here."
"I don't think it's a work-rate thing. It's just that, in the last couple of weeks in particular, we've made mistakes. And we found it very difficult against a very good Brentford side.
"I don't want any team of mine just crashing the ball forward. We've got to have some structure, not just get rid of it."
So "not making excuses", then goes on to do just that.......and this
"I don't want any team of mine just crashing the ball forward. We've got to have some structure, not just get rid of it."


Just fucking FUCK OFF will you!!!!

[Chris Jameson]

Grealish is the new Flabby? Blimey, that escalated quickly.

[Clampy]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

[old man villa fan]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

We have come up against teams recently that have been missing key players too. We should be in a position to cope better than others.

[sickbeggar]

well the thing with Kodjia is we should have 20m pounds worth of replacements to come in - why he can't get a tune out of them is largely down to Bruce. In defence, well i foolishly thought Samba was extra cover not Baker's replacement. Elphick by rights should be a half decent replacement. I certainly don't think he was that bad last night considering he was playing against both Brentford's forwards and Whelan, but again he's been basically told he's surplus to requirements by Bruce. Great way to motivate  players you may need

[Toronto Villa]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

You’d think that we are the only team missing good players. We’re not, everyone by this stage is missing players. Most squads aren’t remotely as deep as ours. He’s just trotting out the excuses now. And it’s more than just players. There is no style of play. No thought going into games on how best to use what he has at his disposal. Once again last night was hit and hope to Hogan. It’s pathetic now. So while I accept losing key players has had an affect it shouldn’t have derailed us to this extent.

[Clampy]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

 So while I accept losing key players has had an affect it shouldn’t have derailed us to this extent.

That's more  or less exactly what i've said.

[Des Little]

Missing players is one thing. Having no discernible playing style and serving up some of the worst passing I can remember from a Villa team is quite another. There’s an elephant in the room here, Steve.

[andyh]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

For fucks sake !!
There are many, many teams in this poxy division that have a tiny fraction of the resources that we can call upon.
If we can’t beat Millwall, Sheffield, and fucking Brentford with or without the squad that we can call upon then there is no hope for us.
I’m not sure what’s worse, the manager making fucking poxy excuses, or the fans who blindly fall for them.

[Clampy]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

For fucks sake !!
There are many, many teams in this poxy division that have a tiny fraction of the resources that we can call upon.
If we can’t beat Millwall, Sheffield, and fucking Brentford with or without the squad that we can call upon then there is no hope for us.
I’m not sure what’s worse, the manager making fucking poxy excuses, or the fans who blindly fall for them.

Try reading my post all the way through again.

[aj2k77]

'' I won't be making excuses....... BUT, we couldn't beat two teams at home who last season were in the 3rd division purely because we don't have Kodjia to pull me out of the mire because I send teams out who don't impose themselves on the game and produce nothing football''

[aj2k77]

Oh and fuck off Spud.

[brontebilly]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

Kodija was particularly poor this season on his return from injury when we were playing our best football.

Maybe Terry's leadership and quality will inspire better displays on the pitch, certainly Johnstone and Chester will improve but Bruce can't seem to get the team as a whole to improve with consistent performances.

[VILLA MOLE]

In these interviews why doesn't anyone ask him about this more expansive
Football that he was going to implement? . The new midfield he bought in
January that would improve our attacking prowess?

Why we spent so much £ on a striker that we don't utilize properly considering we
Have to manage FFP

Would it be fair to say Steve you fell upon Davis and adomah by luck  rather than strategic acumen

[Toronto Villa]

He has a point I think about us missing our best players because Kodjia and Terry are both very good. Terry in particular gave us an air of confidence at the back but we shouldnt be missing them to the point where we're out of the play off spots.

Kodija was particularly poor this season on his return from injury when we were playing our best football.

Maybe Terry's leadership and quality will inspire better displays on the pitch, certainly Johnstone and Chester will improve but Bruce can't seem to get us to improve.

Bruce in his desperation brought Kodjia back way to soon and was never actually fit enough to play. And so it proved as he broke down soon after.