Aston Villa v Reading Post-Match Thread

[ChicagoLion]

He brought Taylor on for Kodjia instead of RHM? Says everything you need to know.

You are right, it is Bruce in a nutshell.
I thought Kodjia had tired and we needed fresh (RHM)legs 75 mins.

[Ger Regan]

It’s the end of the world!!! Aaaaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!! We’re the worst team in the world, ever!!!!! It’s all over!!!!!!

Glad you're enjoying mediocrity.

[Damo70]

It isn't Bruce's fault that an opposition player who shouldn't have still been on the pitch equalised against us in midweek and it isn't his fault that we had an iffy penalty given against us today. What is his fault is the fact that every time I see our starting line up I am nearly always concerned about where the goals will come from. As for the big picture, I have said before and will say again that I am convinced the new owners were right not to change manager so close to the start of the season given how late in the day the takeover was finalised. But I am also convinced they won't hesitate to make a change in a few months if they aren't satisfied with results. Bruce is basically on trial with the new owners, as I am sure he himself knows.

[adrenachrome]

Does anyone really think we dominated that game? Reading day back and let us try and play; they didn’t press us further forward up the pitch as they didn’t need to. None of of our defenders can bring the ball out of defence because;

We’re playing an average right back at left back who whenever he goes forward cuts inside.  A defensive midfielder at centre back who even for a defensive midfielder can’t pass water.  A centre half at right back who is not comfortable going forward with the ball.

McGinn and Grealish just look constrained in the middle, one of them needs to be 15 yards further up the pitch.  AEM scores yes but he just stands there doing very little. If Bruce wants to keep playing him put him at right back but he’s no winger. 

Kodjia with little service and when we do knock it into the channel for him no one gets within 30 yards of him.

Well done the keeper for rescuing us again.

Well argued.

We had 60 percent possession, but 4 corners compared to their 9.

I would love to know how many online betters at the game piled on  them equalising after 80 minutes or so.

[London Villan]

Calderwood arguing with fans too.

[paul_e]

It's just all so typically Bruce, play badly but get a few victories, then the victories stop coming and you get a bad run, it could be 3 games it could be 6-7 and then someone will pull a win from nothing and we'll go on a run of good results and he'll slag off the people who complained during the bad run. He's always been like it, the length of the good and bad runs changes depending on the league he's in but the overall pattern is always the same.

[Goldie.7]

We got what we put into it, very little. Too many wayward strikes, poor crosses and decision making throughout is the reason why we only managed to produce a slender, risky one goal margin.

After watching that tripe, it's clear as day these dum-dums do not learn from their mistakes. That Adomah cross at the end when he could have used his brain and pulled it back instead of kicking it straight out and Hourihane's pathetic attempt at shooting and crossing summed up the game perfectly, garbage!

We play the same predictable style over and over, tippy-tappy crap with no end product.

[Allan C]

Just fcuk off Bruce.  Post match cliche bingo:

‘That’s the championship.’

‘Var would sort these decisions out.’

‘Every game in this division is tough.’

‘We’ve lost seven, eight maybes nine players from the play off final.’

‘ I can’t believe the boy Fredericks wasn’t sent off.’

Someone makes this joke pretty much every week.  There must be more original ways to slag off the manager.

Well Chris  that’s the championship !!!

[wittonwarrior]

Poor all round except for the two new lads on field McGinn and answar.  No plan b, powder puff, always open to a defensive mistake- not a happy witton tonight

[CT Villan]

I've wanted Bielsa at Villa for some time now so I'm not surprised that Leeds are doing so well, but Tiny P is top of the league right now...let that sink in for a moment and then judge Bruce's performance.

I'm afraid it's "Off with his head" for me.

[Risso]

It’s oh so bloody typical. Play well in one game then play badly the game after. That was awful today, against one of the weakest teams in the division. We’ve played well in one game so far, it just isn’t good enough.

[olaftab]

Typical Bruce heading for solid 60 points. No different from past two seasons. We must not kid ourselves that he will deliver more than he is capable of delivering. Lets not waste another 5 games when we will be 10 points behind leaders. Get rid of him now.

[andyh]

Disgraceful performance, particularly after Wednesday.
How you can follow up a high tempo, up and at em game with today’s walking football shite is beyond me?

So many passes were under hit, hence the receiving player waiting for the ball and playing from a s5anding start.
Jedinak, whilst good in the air, continues to be a fucking  liability.

4 home points dropped this week and suddenly a decent start doesn’t look so decent, especially when you consider wh o we have played.

Fuck knows what his excuses are this week..

[GarTomas]

It’s oh so bloody typical. Play well in one game then play badly the game after. That was awful today, against one of the weakest teams in the division. We’ve played well in one game so far, it just isn’t good enough.

But I still don’t think we played that well against Brentford. Yes we had more possession but in terms of actual chances created there were very few.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Like a bad record.There to be won.1-0 up 7 mins to go,we're attacking down the right.Just need a cross into the box or work it on the Reading box.
No, don't commit anyone forward,lose possession,then shortly after Reading get a punt forward and bag a pen
Bruce cost us last season and he's costing us this.We're like the Harlem Globetrotters but with a negative attitude.