Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa Play Off Final Post Match Thread

[auntiesledd]

The team's failure to turn up for half the match was inexcusable. We got exactly what we deserved - & although it pains me to say: Fulham were worthy winners both on the day & over the course of the season. Bastards.

[phantom limb]

Ref wasn’t the best, but there’s no excuses for not being able to beat 10 men with the squad we’ve got. Fucks sake, we shouldn’t have even been in the playoffs in the first place. I think the club need to come out and say what’s going on with players, manager etc.

[PaulWinch again]

Too many times this season Ive seen Villa play like this .. negative and the manager and coaches havent got a clue what to do.

He should have played to win not to hope we get to penalties .

Bye SB , nice bloke but out of date .

Precisely. We didn’t come to win the game, we came to steal it. That is not acceptable for Aston Villa in Div 2.

[JUAN PABLO]

The perfect microcosm of our season, 45 mins of aimless garbage, 25 of huff and puff with some hope to fool us then 20 of cluelessness when we can’t lay a glove on 10 men.

nail on head

[pelty]

Got what we deserved. Anyone who saw the two Boro games knows what an underwhelming team that was and that we needed a more aggressive mentality in the final. Instead, he goes with the same lineup with Grabban up top who is easily one of the worst strikers I have seen in some time - little movement, no aerial threat, does not pressure the defenders. What a fool Bruce is and what a wasted opportunity!

[Rotterdam 82]

Bollox. :-(

[garyshawsknee]

That was never a game for Jedinak, but SB has always been tactically inept. We got what we deserved.

[JUAN PABLO]

some villa fans are idiots , listen to this one

Bruce did nothing wrong, Fulham played dirty and the ref was biased against us

[PeterWithesShin]

That was never a game for Jedinak, but SB has always been tactically inept. We got what we deserved.

We'd have been fucked without him i the first half.

Grabban, Snodgrass and Appleyard were all shit today.

[Drummond]

Got what we deserved. Anyone who saw the two Boro games knows what an underwhelming team that was and that we needed a more aggressive mentality in the final. Instead, he goes with the same lineup with Grabban up top who is easily one of the worst strikers I have seen in some time - little movement, no aerial threat, does not pressure the defenders. What a fool Bruce is and what a wasted opportunity!

It was so much better under the old regime of course.

[Proposition Joe]

Lesson learned: do it via the top two automatic slots next time.

Wrong tactics to start with, letting them play around us. After they scored that was basically it. We don't come back from a goal down against decent sides and we really should have put 100% in from the start to make damn well sure we were the first to score.

Despite that, I would still keep Bruce. I like him, I give him much of the credit for making us no longer the basket case and I would trust him to build on this season and get us in the top two next uear.

[Rigadon]

some villa fans are idiots , listen to this one

Bruce did nothing wrong, Fulham played dirty and the ref was biased against us

Who said that?

[Toronto Villa]

Got what we deserved. Anyone who saw the two Boro games knows what an underwhelming team that was and that we needed a more aggressive mentality in the final. Instead, he goes with the same lineup with Grabban up top who is easily one of the worst strikers I have seen in some time - little movement, no aerial threat, does not pressure the defenders. What a fool Bruce is and what a wasted opportunity!

It was so much better under the old regime of course.

Drummond right now mate the old regime doesn’t matter one bit. We lost a game we really didn’t try to win. Bruce needs to be held accountable to that. It was very poor today.

[taylorsworkrate]

The first half was pretty much the same as the FA cup final 3 years ago. Complete gutless wankers who failed to turn up. The 2nd half was a bit better but thats saying absolutely fuck all. Why the fuck Bruce waited 5 minutes to get attacking players on after the sending off is completely beyond me. Why Jedinak started when its painfully obvious how much he struggles against mobile midfielders is beyond me.

Bruce has to go. He has comprehensively failed. Automatic promotion was the absolute minimum expectation.

[rob_bridge]

That was never a game for Jedinak, but SB has always been tactically inept. We got what we deserved.

Our best player in first half. 2 crucial interceptions/blocks.