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

[Small Rodent]

Playing "safety first" in the first half was the Bruce nail in the coffin from kick off.

Please leave.

[Three Spires Villa]

Very disappointed, but I spent a great afternoon with the Boston Lions Villa Supporters, a great bunch of Villa lads & girls. Special mention to Ross who runs the club, you are a gent & it’s amazing what you and the others do, excellent work. Glad to meet you all, just wish the result was better. Up the Villa, Up the Boston Lions

[OzVilla]

Just got home, still a bit too angry to post sensibly, tomorrow can wait. Referee, what a c*** though eh?

Not to mention his Assistant. Stamping on Jack, right under his eyes and the twat did nothing. As much as I admired Fredericks, I really hope his balls fall off, twice.

Didn't really see it but heard about it after from Madrid fans in the pub after, all said a straight red.

If you'd seen it, and knowing you, you'd have been on the pitch to rip his head off. That was another major disappointment today, how we as a team let them get away with it. See how Fulham reacted to Jack's late 'challenge'.

Yep I noticed this and I thought it spoke volumes.  About 5 of them charged at both Grealish and the Ref while our lads really didn't seem nearly as animated the other way around. They set the tone all afternoon and they pushed us around, fucking Fulham, and fair play to them. Even near the end when Hourihane got his knock and went off he did so with no urgency, there was under 10 mins left and he left like he was trying to waste time.  Our whole game management was noticably poor in comparison.  Very surprised at that.

[Bad English]

Fucking useless tossers!

[myf]

Played 90+ minutes and did their keeper tip it around the post once?  Maybe he did, but I don't recall.

Football won today.

Good luck Fulham. Bit cheeky that they were trying to knobble Jack, but welcome to the real world. They (and every other sinner) knew he was our only real threat. We tried to kill the game as a spectacle and live off the scraps. Rubbish.

Tru dat. We've been a plodding outfit under Bruce and pathetic display yesterday. I bought into the whole hard to beat mentality when we appointed him but yesterday was the most disappointing performance for me as a Villan.

Nice guy but will be glad when he is gone.

How was the atmosphere? Watching on tv it was very sad seeing the 82 team watch on in the dying minutes. 

[mr underhill]

no more self pity. this coming season IS the biggest for a long  time. Big changes ahead. Roll on August!

[brian green]

Sick as a pig.  As many have already said the game was a microcosm of the entire period of Bruce management.  Negative, erratic, stop start, good bits, bad bits, no consistency, no game plan.

I dread the thought of the board bottling it and letting Bruce have more time to serve up more of the same.  These last few seasons have been very hard to endure. Four consecutive finals lost at Wembley.

[walsall villain]

Sick as a pig.  As many have already said the game was a microcosm of the entire period of Bruce management.  Negative, erratic, stop start, good bits, bad bits, no consistency, no game plan.

I dread the thought of the board bottling it and letting Bruce have more time to serve up more of the same.  These last few seasons have been very hard to endure. Four consecutive finals lost at Wembley.

Well said Brian. I cannot see how Bruce would improve on this  year given his approach, he’s had his chance. I’ve seen Villa 13 times at Wembley and that was the most nervous I’ve felt first half, I can’t go through that again!

[olaftab]

Having slept on it I feel much worse now. We feared this will happen and it did. Almost to a man/boy/girl we agreed before the match that if we play like we did v Boro we will lose and that we did. Not a single corner not a single decent chance in 90 mins of football. Deserved nothing got nothing.

[olaftab]

I don’t think even Arsenal dominated us in the 2015 cup final like Fulham did in the first 30 mins  yesterday. And we allied them to do this. Just go please Bruce.

[Axl Rose]

Having slept on it I feel much worse now. We feared this will happen and it did. Almost to a man/boy/girl we agreed before the match that if we play like we did v Boro we will lose and that we did. Not a single corner not a single decent chance in 90 mins of football. Deserved nothing got nothing.

I've kind of slept on it, mate. Albeit a very broken, restless sleep.

Today is not a good day.

[brian green]

Agree WV agree Aftab.  I go right back to 57 and we/I cannot remember going to Wembley in such a fearful state of mind.  I/we seemed to be trapped in the cross hairs of the Lambert legacy of diminished expectations and let-Bruce-have-a-crack-at-it-we-know-he-is-a-dinosaur-but-he-is-a-good-bloke football no man's land.  The Slough of Despond into which Pilgrim fell.

This Pilgrim sure is Despondent this morning.

[QuintonVilla]

Having slept on it, I feel even worse today. Absolutely gutted. To lose in that manner after playing all season just seems like a massive waste of everyone's time. If we'd thrown the kitchen sink at it, hit the post, bar etc and lost you could hold your hands up and say we had a go but it wasn't to be. We did nothing, we lost with a whimper. That first half was gutless, spineless and cowardly by the manager. Terrified of Fulham. Fucking Fulham.

We better get used to Championship life because we're going to be down here for a long time.

[Steve67]

Sad, angry but not surprised. I hope Xia doesn't share the same apathy as Bruce and so many of the players.

Did anyone else notice Terry mouthing 'sorry' to the fans yesterday? 

[walsall villain]

It’s becoming a familiar scenario for me. A day which starts with excitement and high spirits from fans that starts to unravel once the ref starts the game. We had an absolutely and utter twat sitting behind us. Screaming obscenities at the Villa all match despite having his young boy with him. He saved his most vile rants for Grealish who he wanted taking off as he ‘hadn’t turned up’. I daren’t challenge these idiots at my age. Mind you, I met some very committed Norwegian Villa fans before the match, they were a credit to the club.