Aston Villa v Brentford Post-Match Thread

[Small Rodent]

Some right miserable gits on here. Best we’ve played for ages

If we won 4-2 there would still be loads of knicker wetters on here.

If we'd lost 4-2 there would have been a lot of Stevie Spunkers on here.

[Meanwood Villa]

At the moment, we are way off that...AGAIN!

It’s four games in. Get a grip.

[themossman]

Knicker wetters. 'Ray'.

[Rudy65]

The equaliser is yet more paper over the cracks. The bottom line is we will not be getting promoted under this manager and his staff.
We play every game like it’s the first time the team have got together and it’s been embarrassing for a while: shambolic.
It’s time to be bold and make a change, which I know is not going to be easy.
The sooner we change it, the sooner we can hopefully compete for automatic promotion this season. At the moment, we are way off that...AGAIN!

The owners will want to get the hierarchy in place above Bruce before they make a change

[mcgrath_85]

Getting more players, to add to the shit loads of players with already have.

[Small Rodent]

Do you think the Btentford player will get a retro ban?

Does it happen much?

[PaulWinch again]

At the moment, we are way off that...AGAIN!

It’s four games in. Get a grip.

Indeed I’m not sure we’re way off based on that display. Defence needs addressing, but our link up play was excellent. If Kod is back that’ll be massive as well.

[VILLA MOLE]

I am no Bruce fan but I think that’s harsh. For about 65/70 mins we played some really good stuff.

Yes feel we ran out of puff and was surprised  Brentford started time wasting really as they were coming back into it.  The defence is always a worry there.  Also as a team we cant pass it round comfortably to get a breather , but we were positive for an hour or so 

[Monty]

Same old stuff really. You can't call it disastrous, 'sack him now' stuff, but there's that creeping feeling that it won't be good enough in the end.

[BoVillan esq]

What Brentford did to us tonight was MON-esque.  On the counter, pace out wide.  We were the better side, centre halves aside. 

Add one or two players to this team (seems we have some wingers signed) including a solid centre half, with Grealish and the excellent McGinn, and we win this league.

Agree with the first part, absolutely, we just need that something extra to give us that edge over other teams, convert more often from the chances we get home and away, be more structured at the back, what Brentford did tonight was classic MON away from home, you can easily win games that way and finish 6th in the Premiership, its a plan that works, we stopped that tonight but on another day??.   

[Risso]

Not getting the Geealish criticism, I thought he was great. Dean Smith just said the same, too, so I’m right.

[Loxton01]

At least today we had some tactics press the ball stop the space go after them and for an hour it worked but we tired.

Positives
McGinn - another superb display many young player coming through should be watching how he performs. How he Is only 3m is beyond me.

Kodj - two goals more energy and effort. Must use this as a benchmark

Thought Elmo whelan Adomah (first half) all played well. Chester strong.

Negatives

Goalie looks weak to me got to give him a chance but you wonder if steer was in goal would we have more points

Jack - as always tidy in possession but need to see more from him fast tempo drive take a shot etc. Tough to criticise but he is the best in this league and want him to show it.

Need more than go wide overlap and cross we need different patterns of play. That is what we have to work on.

Green should go out on loan he is not good enough yet I’m afraid to say. Positional sense is woeful. He should go to a league one side

[Three Spires Villa]

Strange game as some of the football we played was very good. Alongside that some of the football was poor, and defending at times yikes!!

Great to score again at the end shows some resilience, but we shouldn’t have been in that position

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The goalkeeping situation is baffling, you let Steer go who has experience and did well at Hull and replace him with not 1 but 2 keepers with zero experience of the English game.

We'll bring in another keeper in January.

[BoVillan esq]

Not getting the Geealish criticism, I thought he was great. Dean Smith just said the same, too, so I’m right.

I think we're seriously lucky to have him, even ever so slightly below par, i'll take that for the times he does turn it on.