Blackburn Rovers vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Risso]

Bruce said something about "not getting time" so I'm clutching a straw that says he was given an ultimatum that it was win today or push off. His lack of response at the equalising goal hints at that too, if he knew it wasn't enough.

[Legion]

Ineptlights

[sickbeggar]

Bruce said something about "not getting time" so I'm clutching a straw that says he was given an ultimatum that it was win today or push off. His lack of response at the equalising goal hints at that too, if he knew it wasn't enough.

If he had to win, then why put that team out? Doesn't make sense

[Loxton01]

Observations

Bruce setup not to lose instead of trying to win. Unless that changes he has to go. Sick of it

Jedinak did ok but should never play ch again

Grealish just isn’t effective and needs to do a lot more

Abraham should of scored but showed promise

Bruce has to realise his only hope is play on the front foot the squad is there use it. If not go please just go

[JUAN PABLO]

so whats El Ghazi done wrong ?   

I thought starting with Adomah was a little odd.

[Lastfootstamper]

Even Franksy and Thommo are taking the piss out of his excuses.

[QuintonVilla]

Bruce Out

[brontebilly]

Glad we didn't lose but I hope that's the end of Bruce as manager of Aston Villa. 6 wins from our last 17 league games since beating Wolves is unacceptable.

8 in 22 across all competitions.  He's turned us into a mid-table championship team but has done it with a squad full of players who should be challenging for the title in this league.

Im not sure about that at all, we do have some very talented players at this level but its a wildly unbalanced squad with a lot of dross that are regulars.

No wonder players are struggling to settle given how the ridiculous transfer business completed in the summer

Nyland - hopeless
Hutton & Elmo right side - average at best
Tuanzebe and Taylor - average at best
Jedinak - looked finished to me today
Adamoah and Kodjia - not the forces of old
Whelan and BB - squad players

[SoccerHQ]

Bruce said something about "not getting time" so I'm clutching a straw that says he was given an ultimatum that it was win today or push off. His lack of response at the equalising goal hints at that too, if he knew it wasn't enough.

If he had to win, then why put that team out? Doesn't make sense

Wanted to grind out a 1-0 like we did at likes of Forest and Sheffield last season.

[rougegorge]

Today it was lacking...in urgency, enthusiasm, application and skill, apart from the free kick.

Midfield was set up too negatively. Hutton can play LB and ElMo can play RB so why not do that? Presumably we have to play Tuanzebe as I am yet to get him,  let alone what we've done to the keeper position.

Although I think we were the better team in the 2nd half, the midfield play was stodgy. After a good start, McGinn seems to have gone off the boil a bit and generally fades after an hour,  and even Jack didn't look too interested today.

[Brend'Watkins]

Thought we played well overall we were the better side for most of the game. Still too many errors at the back exemplified by Grealish having to mark two players in one situation. Jedinak much better in midfield. Like the look of Abraham too. He will get us goals. Bolasie’s cameo, he looked sharp and showed a will with the challenge on the keeper.

Thought we stank out the county of Lancashire

Up until they scored we were well on top. We actually attacked for a lot of the game. More than Blackburn did. We weren’t great but an improvement on games since Brentford. We deserved to win the game.

[wombat]

On the underwhelming side of mediocrely shyte.

[ChicagoLion]

Thought we played well overall we were the better side for most of the game. Still too many errors at the back exemplified by Grealish having to mark two players in one situation. Jedinak much better in midfield. Like the look of Abraham too. He will get us goals. Bolasie’s cameo, he looked sharp and showed a will with the challenge on the keeper.

Thought we stank out the county of Lancashire

Up until they scored we were well on top. We actually attacked for a lot of the game. More than Blackburn did. We weren’t great but an improvement on games since Brentford. We deserved to win the game.

You must have been watching a different game.

[sickbeggar]

Bruce said something about "not getting time" so I'm clutching a straw that says he was given an ultimatum that it was win today or push off. His lack of response at the equalising goal hints at that too, if he knew it wasn't enough.

If he had to win, then why put that team out? Doesn't make sense

Wanted to grind out a 1-0 like we did at likes of Forest and Sheffield last season.

what drop your main striker and bring taylor and adomah in from the cold?

[clash city rocker]

Look on the bright side...I had £50 on both teams to score at evens money.