Millwall 2-1 Abject Villa Post Match Thread

[Legion]

Feel sorry for the fans.Wolves taking the piss out of us at Marylebone.How low have we gone?

The little dog can keep nipping away at the big dog.

But one day the big dog will bite back.

But in  the meantime it fucking sucks

Form is temporary. Class is permanent. Our temporary form is going on far too long for my liking.

[Rigadon]

Who would've thought that the team playing Aston Villa today would score some goals from aimless balls slung into ur penalty area. 

The thing Bruce is most culpable for is leaving etc club with one capable centre half. 

[Allan C]

Allardyce is the best shit option and today has made me think perhaps we do just need an old fashioned safe pair of hands (which Bruce wasn’t). It’s depressing to be thinking that way though.   

Let’s not panic just yet. That’s the thinking that got us saddled with Bruce. We’ve all said we need to rebuild and now is the time, two years too late admittedly. But in my view Allardyce would be an almost sideways move and it would end as it always ends with him and we would need to start again.

See above. Also, I’m not panicking thanks.

I did. It was a general comment giving a point of view on the futility of going down the same road that lead to where we are today. Allardyce is not a shit option, he an absolute no option

[ktvillan]

The centre back situation was always going to bite us on the arse at some stage and having Chester unavailable basically leaves us with Tuanzebe.  Unforgivable by Bruce.  Playing round pegs in round holes doesn't work when the round peg in question is as abject as Neil Taylor.  There has surely got be someone in the under 23s better than that, or at least not as bad.

[AV82EC]

The centre back situation was always going to bite us on the arse at some stage and having Chester unavailable basically leaves us with Tuanzebe.  Unforgivable by Bruce.  Playing round pegs in round holes doesn't work when the round peg in question is as abject as Neil Taylor.  There has surely got be someone in the under 23s better than that, or at least not as bad.

We let him go on loan to Port Vale

[CT Villan]

Today is a freebie of sorts for KMac. Insufficient time on the training ground to effect any pattern or tactical changes, so it is just a case of playing the game and keeping everything the same as if Bruce had not left. I wouldn't worry too much about the outcome or the crappy performances from the players.

[brian green]

One of the many things that drove me mad at The New Den today was how piss poor our central strikers are at holding possession.  Look at the way Withe or Carew or Benteke took the ball.  They  stood big and tall.  Kodjia and Abrahams stick their arses out into the central defender and fall forward.  All the time.  It is basic coaching.  Stand tall.  That was just a shambles at the front, the middle and the back.  Nyland and Taylor should never wear a Villa shirt again.

[Kingthing]

Millwall, our new bogey team.....you've come a long way baby.

[PaulWinch again]

I’d rather not judge Nyland before he is behind anything that even resembles a passable defence and a cohesive team.

[dl9]

I dont direct one iota of blame towards Kevin MacDonald for today. He isn’t the man for this level but the players are and they didn’t show up. The exception being how Taylor gets anywhere near there first team. He plays like a bird. In fact, the bird out of Gregory’s Girl would shit all over him. If you’re under 40 and don’t know wtf I’m on about then get your Dad’s Betamax out of the loft and yer mum’s tissues from her bedside cabinet.
If you’re over 40, it’s past your bedtime.
Goodnight.

[Risso]

Taylor is the footballing equivalent of childbirth.  After a while, you forget how dreadful he is, give in, and let him have another go.  He really is fucking painful to watch.

[LeeB]

Taylor is the footballing equivalent of childbirth.  After a while, you forget how dreadful he is, give in, and let him have another go.  He really is fucking painful to watch.

Lol.

[ChicagoLion]

As said many times, you do not give a team an excuse and Kmacs pre game demeanor told you what to expect.
I was criticized for saying the new management acted too slowly and they did because we are cast adrift and another season in this division awaits.

[Pat McMahon]

One of the many things that drove me mad at The New Den today was how piss poor our central strikers are at holding possession.  Look at the way Withe or Carew or Benteke took the ball.  They  stood big and tall.  Kodjia and Abrahams stick their arses out into the central defender and fall forward.  All the time.  It is basic coaching.  Stand tall.  That was just a shambles at the front, the middle and the back.  Nyland and Taylor should never wear a Villa shirt again.

I completely agree with your comments re Abraham and Kodjia - back to goal they are useless. That means we have no way of bringing the midfielders forward into threatening positions.

Nyland, who is rooted to a his goal line liike an abandoned dog tethered to a lamppost 10 miles from home, kept seeking him out when he didn’t win a header all game against Cooper. Utterly moronic. Yet somehow McGinn was marking said giant at their corners. Fucking senseless.

 We started well, then adjusted to normal settings and became shit and Millwall gained in confidence..Balls in the box became perilous and truth be told they should probably have won by one more. Not a single player earned credit today and some of them need to get in the gym and build their strength because they were muscled out of too many duels- I’m talking to you Hourihane, Taylor, Tuanzebe, Abraham. (Hutton too, but slight excuse as out of position.)

An afternoon of direwank.

[tomd2103]

I’d rather not judge Nyland before he is behind anything that even resembles a passable defence and a cohesive team.

The problem is Paul, how long do you give him?  Alarm bells were ringing in his first game against Wigan and haven't stopped since.  From what I have seen of him so far, he looks like a second choice keeper at best at this level.