Hull City v Aston Villa post-match thread

[PeterWithesShin]

When it came to the time of season you have to really stand up and show what you are made of we've made our excuses and left.

[auntiesledd]

So fourth - at best - is what we're now aiming for.  Genuinely alarmed how quickly the wheels have come off after thumping Wolves.

Almost impossible to explain.

It's the ol' Factory Of Sadness returning to haunt us innit. There's no other logical explanation. 

[Meanwood Villa]

I maintain we were dominant first half and should have been in front. Second half was very poor. We've forgotten how to score again and this has the feel of yet another Bruce slump. Let's hope we hit form before the playoffs

[andyh]

When it came to the time of season you have to really stand up and show what you are made of we've made our excuses and left.

Yep.
Bruce has been telling everyone for ages that season starts when the daffodils appear.
Shame most of our lot have hayfever.

[pooligan]

He can't blame the snow so i wonder what his excuse will be after the awful performance tonight

[wolfman999]

Maybe the plan is to look really shite to lull the other play off teams into a false sense of confidence and then ambush them.  Second thoughts, maybe we just are really shite end of.

[Ads]

The 2nd half was very poor. Lansbury and Grealish were only on to give the ball away. Pointless any of the forwards being on when all you do is lump it down their throat.

[AlexAlexCropley]

I maintain we were dominant first half and should have been in front. Second half was very poor. We've forgotten how to score again and this has the feel of yet another Bruce slump. Let's hope we hit form before the playoffs

We were a long way from dominant first half.Having said that I was hoping for a vast improvement second half,but we looked mentally and physically shot.

[Axl Rose]

A dreadfully boring performance. Bruceball at its finest. Hull more than worth their point. We've looked second best now to QPR, Bolton and Hull. I think Bruce got his game plan wrong in each case.

Not good enough I'm afraid.

[Axl Rose]

I will draw at random a white card from Cards Against Humanity to describe that shit show.

And the winner is.............

An oversized lollipop.

Haha. That's cheered me up somewhat. Superb game.

[tomd2103]

I maintain we were dominant first half and should have been in front. Second half was very poor. We've forgotten how to score again and this has the feel of yet another Bruce slump. Let's hope we hit form before the playoffs

Dominant is stretching it a bit, but we were OK first half and looked like creating something.  We were dire in the second half though and lucky to get a point in the end as that was a definite penalty for handball by Grealish. 

1 point from the last 3 fixtures is simply not good enough in our position.

[Bad English]

Is Steve Bruce going to have enough to tactically outwit someone for 2 or 3 tight / tense play off games?

Haha!

I spat wine all over the settee at 'tactically'.

[auntiesledd]

When it came to the time of season you have to really stand up and show what you are made of we've made our excuses and left.

Yep.
Bruce has been telling everyone for ages that season starts when the daffodils appear.
Shame most of our lot have hayfever.

Indeed he has, so it's down to him to make sure the team are fully prepared for a strong finish. Unfortunately, he's failed: and it'll cost us promotion & he'll get the tin-tack. He certainly won't be able to say he wasn't given greater resources than anybody else in the division. Hey bloody ho.

[Villa Lew]

Shocking 2nd half performance, probably the worst game Grealish has had, since he came back into the team. Of the possible play off teams, Derby are the only team we would beat, on the form of the last 3 matches.

[Stu]

1 point against fecking hull , shit Bolton and crap QPR  and lucky to get a point

Sums it up. Not getting 7 to 9 points against that lot during the run in shows we're just not good enough to be promoted automatically. Perhaps the team can turn up for the playoffs. Having said that, I couldn't really care less about being involved with the premier league.