Preston NE 1-1 Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[brian green]

Spot on Chigago.

[Allan C]

Until the January trade is over Smith is operating with the Bruce squad, add to that he is missing his two best form players with little defensive cover. What has been shown I believe in the last few games is the need to get cover for Grealish. The fact that Whelan is getting the amount of game time that he is points to our weakness in midfield. There are a number of players that we need to move on and we have to give Smith time to get it right.

Yes. Exactly this. This is still Bruce’s squad and clearly several of them are not capable playing the way Smith wants them to. Surely everyone must see this.

[garyshawsknee]

We've hit a bit of a wall recently, down to the reasons Chicago rightly stated. Things look a bit worse because we really hit the heights with the performances at Derby, Boro and WBA, but when things settle down in the new year, they'll return.