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

[garyshawsknee]

I'd like to see Dean Smith given a chance now. Far more dynamic and positive....

He'd be able to work with the youth and find some gems in the lower leagues.

[taylorsworkrate]

Why do I get the sinking feeling Bruce will still be in charge next season?

[gpbarr]

Why do I get the sinking feeling Bruce will still be in charge next season?

no he wont

[itbrvilla]

What is Rounds remit?

[PaulWinch again]

Why do I get the sinking feeling Bruce will still be in charge next season?

I have that horrid feeling.

[JUAN PABLO]

Looking to the likes of O'Hare, Green, Davis and RHM next season for our push for promotion.

to be fair cant see them being worse than some of the villa players this second half of the season

[Chipsticks]

Why do I get the sinking feeling Bruce will still be in charge next season?

I have that horrid feeling.

Who’s out there that will do a better job?

For me, we should stick with him.

[papa lazarou]

Blose beat Fulham quite comfortably three weeks ago. We didn't employ the same tactics, but we were never going to. We know full well that these players are capable of much better.

[Gareth]

Ok, we lost but I don’t buy this years of oblivion ahead nonsense, let’s face it of those out there today the only 3 that would struggle to replace are Johnstone, Chester & Jack the rest are like the manager very much journeymen. 

I sincerely hope this signals a change of manager for one who doesn’t wet himself about the opposition, first half today was a case in point, Adomah & Snodgrass were deployed as extra full backs so we had no ambition to score a goal.

Exclude Wolves whose model was iffy but Fulham & Cardiff hardly spent a fortune, they trusted youngsters and signed players who fit the way they want to play not just a random bunch of experienced pros.

We need a younger, fitter team, not be scared to blood youngsters because frankly this league is bang average and it’s no great risk giving u23’s chances -not be scared to rotate (any decent manager would have taken Adomah/Hourihane out months ago in same way as Onomah/Davis were, but they are kids so don’t get the slack) -need  a way of playing thats geared towards attacking - if Jack is willing to give it another year then great, if not then the new coach needs to work out a way to play and then within budget sign players that fit that way.

Next season I expect nothing less than top 2, the same as I did this season so it was already a failure, today it became an abject failure.

[TonyD]

No midfield, no ideas, no plan A , no plan B

GOOD BYE BRUCE.  THE END.

[oldham_villa]

On the bright side, at least we'll never again have to see Johnstone launching it at the head of whoever happens to be standing nearest to Snodgrass.

The other faint scrap of silver lining is not giving Micah Richards the world's least-deserved salary raise. He must be raging

Post of the day

[Dazvillain]

Why do I get the sinking feeling Bruce will still be in charge next season?

I have that horrid feeling.

Who’s out there that will do a better job?

For me, we should stick with him.

I agree....he’s made us better not worse, unlike the previous 4 or 5 managers that couldn’t do it

[mr underhill]

The gig would finish Dean's career within weeks.Time to look further afield as Wolves did

[David_Nab]

How many times did we launch it forward for Snodgrass of all people to try and win in the air ?

When it was obvious Snodgrass was being marked out of the game why did we not move him to the other flank ? Why not change things around but then this is Bruce zero flexibility.Again we make subs and they added little, we have a very poor record of subs coming on and making a difference. Bruce is ok setting up a team to take the lead and see it out but going behind we are very poor ..Bolton ,Norwich , QPR and today cases in point

If you have Jedinek in MF sitting then the 2 other mfs need to be able to carry the ball , Jack can but Houriane  is too safe with the ball and not mobile enough to get forward when we counter ...which is how Bruce sets us up to play despite the lack of pace throughout the team !

The last sub was Bruce as its reliable self stick on another striker and cause he team to lose all shape and as we have seen every single time he has done it this season he ended up creating even less !

[London Villan]

Bruce’s bradford moment?