Aston Villa vs Preston North End Post-Match Thread.

[TonyD]

Don’t worry folks Bruce still has Whelan up his sleeve. 

[Legion]

Don’t worry folks Bruce still has Whelan up his sleeve. 

Hope he stays there, then.

[QuintonVilla]

We have to go to Wednesday and set up positively and start on the front foot. They're shit and an early goal will see them crumble and their fans on their backs. If we go and set up not to lose it will be piss poor from Bruce. Get O'Hare in the squad, Grabban and Hogan up top, fuck Onomah back to Spurs, Bjarnason back to defensive midfielder where he actually offers something.

[andyh]

A very disappointing but probably fair result.
The damage was done in the first half with an atrocious starting line up and ultra negative approach.
Better second half.
Preston did though seen so much stronger than our lot and won nearly all the 50-50 ‘s.

Thor is far too lightweight to play in this division.

And, as for Onamah, he really needs to be sent back to Spurs.
Right at the death he challenged for a ball and both he and the opponent went to ground. The ball broke free 3 yards in front of him and instead of getting to his feet and starting an attack, he just fucking lay there, watching and waiting for the ref to blow, which wasn’t going to happen.
That tells you everything about his ‘desire’......he appears to lack any.

[Damo70]

I hope the manager, coaching staff and players manage to keep their heads and not go into meltdown over two dropped points.

Unlike a number of posters on here. Anyone would think we had just lost to a similar scoreline as Small Heath have from the hysterical reaction of some. Keep calm and keep the faith. This is no time for 'bottlers' on or off the pitch.

[brontebilly]

Highlights

That penalty decision seemed scandalous

[PeterWithesShin]

At HT i'd have snatched anyone's hand off if offered a point. We were very poor, and upped it to nearly mediocre in the second. Only saw it at the game but thought it was a penalty, although they don't seem to be given very often but it's a foul anywhere else on the pitch. I've said before that my worry with Bruce is that we'll have another 4+ winless run as it seems to happen to most his teams a few times a season, but another one will do for us getting 2nd.

[saunders_heroes]

Highlights

That penalty decision seemed scandalous

No, it was a pen 100%.

[Risso]

“That’s what The Championship is.”

[Three Spires Villa]

Damo, I am disappointed and think we may have blown 2nd, that’s really not acceptable, yes we went on a good run, but the start of the season catches us up. Poor tonight & flat v Fulham.

[ChicagoLion]

Highlights

That penalty decision seemed scandalous

No, it was a pen 100%.

The player jumped into Davis in the penalty area, which was pretty stupid.

[PeterWithesShin]

At that angle in the highlights you can't see how much he ignores the ball and just jumped into KD.

[SoccerHQ]

To me that's a point gained.

We were poor after the first ten minutes, PNE were pretty decent and I've said most of the season they'll nick sixth.

Never a penalty, even the Holte didn't seem that hopeful.

We desperately need Albert and Jack back.

7 points really needed from the next three games.

[London Villan]

We have to be braver, but I dont think Bruce has it in him.

[Matt Collins]

He picked a bad team for the second game running

We simply have to:
- get more pace in the side
- get more creativity in the side
- drop hourihane and probably Onomah
- play Bjarnason deeper
- play a target man whilst grealish is out
- give Jedinak a rest

It just seems really obvious to me