Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa post match thread

[jcsutv]

I never thought I would ever say this but John Terry is the best player I have seen in a Villa shirt in years.

You always sum it up very well Brian. It's been bad.

[Villafirst]

And still people want Bruce out! The most successful manager in the Championship at getting teams promoted!

[rob_bridge]

Classic Bruceball = Defend, hope for a goal. There is no attacking tactics, method or blueprint.

[Axl Rose]

Classic Bruceball = Defend, hope for a goal. There is no attacking tactics, method or blueprint.

Assume you didn't watch the game? We controlled it to the Terry header and then again for 30 mins on the 2nd half. 

In fairness to him, most of the match thread were predicting doom based on the 10 minutes to the end of the first half so he wasn't alone.

He made two comments. One criticising our fans, the other criticising the manager after the win. Now, I'm not about to sit here and say the world is perfect, but the tactic that stood out was not to give Forest any clear cut chances which we managed to do. They got more and more frustrated all game. It's not the most aesthtically pleasing approach but it was the approach. He's either a whiny bastard or a troll. One of the two.

You are the one whining, maybe stick to Ice Hockey, mate. 

Why do you have a giant 'NOT' in your username? It's irritating.

We won. Enjoy.

Why on earth would he enjoy it?

Ah, I'm beginning to understand.

It's inconceivable to me to register on another team's fansite and follow their game.

It's been a long night, and 5am here now. Off to bed. Good win. Thought we looked very solid tonight, and enjoyed watching Snodgrass.

[rob_bridge]

And still people want Bruce out! The most successful manager in the Championship at getting teams promoted!

I want him out if he doesn't get us promoted this season. It's what he is here to do. If it doesn't look likely as has oft been the case this season, then he can have no complaints.
Assuming we play to the table in the next 4 games he should have little problem staying until well into April.

[brian green]

I also think when Jack Grealish had his blood transfusion after his liver operation they smuggled in a quart of Mo Farah's.

[olaftab]

Classic Bruceball = Defend, hope for a goal. There is no attacking tactics, method or blueprint.

You sound like a customer rather than fan...,are you bipolar?

[Toronto Villa]

I also think when Jack Grealish had his blood transfusion after his liver operation they smuggled in a quart of Mo Farah's.

I'm delighted there is now a permanently role for him in the side. He looks like he's really matured and is much stronger and fitter as you suggest.

[rob_bridge]

I also think when Jack Grealish had his blood transfusion after his liver operation they smuggled in a quart of Mo Farah's.

I think he had played well since Sheff Utd (only inventive one on either side that night)

[garyshawsknee]

Very professional job, should have put it to bed early in the second half when we had a lot of possession, but we were never really in trouble. Glad for Hogan to get another goal, impressed with Bjarnason in the second half, won the ball back a few times and kept things simple.

[brian green]

Jack is becoming the player we all hoped he would.

[olaftab]

And still people want Bruce out! The most successful manager in the Championship at getting teams promoted!

Yes if he doesn’t win 3 out of next 4 he can take a hike.

[Toronto Villa]

Highlights

[West Derby Villan]

Very professional job, should have put it to bed early in the second half when we had a lot of possession, but we were never really in trouble. Glad for Hogan to get another goal, impressed with Bjarnason in the second half, won the ball back a few times and kept things simple.

Agree 100%, everyone knew their job and stuck to it. Well done Scott Hogan, more please. Oh and I suppose John Terry is a very good captain and defender, there I've said it.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Good result and a much needed win given other results today.  Some good periods of play mixed poorer periods with too many hopeful (and pretty hopeless at times) long balls. 

Thought the defence looked solid throughout though and thought Bjarnason did well when he came on in the holding role.  If we can field that back four on a regular basis with Jedinak in front of them then we should be strong at the back for the remainder of the season.

We didn’t really fire going forward today, but I thought Grealish, Hogan, Snodgrass and Hourihane all had their moments with only Adomah looking a bit out of sorts. 

Agree with all of that, Tom but I can forgive them as it was such an important game where we had to take the three points. The effort and determination shown tonight was superb. They'll be a few tired legs that will need to rest but you can see from the reaction of the players at the end, they know what needs to be done and there's a strong collective spirit in the squad.

Job done. We can hopefully play a lot better in the coming weeks but today we couldn't afford to fail and everybody put their body on the line to push us over. Barnsley will be another good test but at least we know we're now mentally strong and we have the talent in the squad to go and beat anbody. It's been a long time coming.