Aston Villa v Hull City Post Match Thread

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Great assist by Conor for Chester goal. It was good to get back into the game after going 2 goals down. Draws though aren't going to get us into the playoffs. Successful teams find a way of winning games like this and recent games we've drawn. We are struggling to find a way. Bolassie and Barny poor today. Defensively still fragile. There's still enough games to make an impact on the top 6 but we need Grealish back and some re-enforcemwnts in the transfer window. Well done Villa fans on raising the team in the 2nd half.

[villa `cross the mersey]

To be fair after today Hull are unbeaten in their last ten league games. Winning seven and drawing three. Including wins over in form QPR, winning at Leeds, sticking three past Sheffield Wednesday and six past Bolton and drawing away to Norwich. In the three games prior to that run they beat Albion and drew with Small Heath then lost to Forest. Their recent league record is P14 W9 D4 L1

And here's me thinking they were crap .......must stop listening to some posters on here    that's a joke by the way !!!!
All joking aside it's sad when we are unable to be competitive in such an average league

[PaulWinch again]

Utter garbage.

Defensively we are wretched. Taylor is an accident waiting to happen, Hutton needs to be replaced, we look like we will concede every time people attack us.

Hourihane is a waste of space, as is Bolassie, and El Ghazi and Adomah are lazy bastards.

Not good enough, Dean.

And this is it. It’s also why statements like ‘judge him when he’s got his own players’ just aren’t going to hold water. Yes there are personnel issues, but it doesn’t excuse constantly playing the same system even when it clearly doesn’t work (good that he finally seemed to realise that in the second half). He shouldn’t be sacked clearly, but he’s accountable for his decisions and has been from the moment he came in.

[charleeco7]

We are desperate for leaders on the pitch. No one orchestrating the others and organising them in the pitch.

[brontebilly]

Sortofhighlights

Eh, our new keeper doesn't look great!

Chester kicked one off line and that was a sitter they missed at end.

[andyh]

First 45 mins were a fucking disgrace.
If that was the ‘reaction’ to the Wigan humiliation then I think we have no chance.

Second half was better but we never really got up a head a steam that looked like we could win it, I don’t recall their keeper making a save and we could have lost it at the death.

Too many individual poor performances or bad choices at critical moments.
Bolasie is looking like his best days are well behind him.
Bjarnasen, as I have said before, offers great mobility but absolutely no quality.
And Hourihane was a powder puff, waste of fucking space, again.

And, thank heavens for McGinn, god knows where we’d be without him.

[clash city rocker]

Take a poor field with poor soil that has been neglected for years and no matter what quick fix chemicals or nutrients you put into the soil no crops will really flourish.  The field will take a few years of good management with the right nutrients and compost before any decent crops will grow. That is where Aston Villa is at today.

To be fair to Smith at least he’s trying something new, he’s sprinkling both flanks with manure in the shape of Hutton and Taylor with the centre receiving a steady dousing with BB and Hopelesshan.

Spot on

[Sexual Ealing]

Utter garbage.

Defensively we are wretched. Taylor is an accident waiting to happen, Hutton needs to be replaced, we look like we will concede every time people attack us.

Hourihane is a waste of space, as is Bolassie, and El Ghazi and Adomah are lazy bastards.

Not good enough, Dean.

And this is it. It’s also why statements like ‘judge him when he’s got his own players’ just aren’t going to hold water. Yes there are personnel issues, but it doesn’t excuse constantly playing the same system even when it clearly doesn’t work (good that he finally seemed to realise that in the second half). He shouldn’t be sacked clearly, but he’s accountable for his decisions and has been from the moment he came in.

It's a good point. It's annoyed me over the years, when we've had managers I didn't rate, being excused with 'they're not his players'. My response was always along the lines of 'he's the manager. He needs to manage the players he does have. If he wants to work in recruitment then I'm sure someone will give him a job.'

Now that we have a manager (coach) that I do rate then the same principle has to apply. We badly miss Grealish but it's up to Smith to find a way to make do, and he hasn't. At all.

[cdward]

Is Hogan injured? If not then it looks like Smith has seen enough. That was the one player I thought Smith would improve
Not even in the squad today with Davis and Green on the bench.
Hogan will be shipped out this window.

[frank black]

Too many players in our team that give away possession and do nothing to win it back..

If you lose it, you win it back! Someone obviously said that to a young McGinn

[andyh]

Is Hogan injured? If not then it looks like Smith has seen enough. That was the one player I thought Smith would improve
Not even in the squad today with Davis and Green on the bench.
Hogan will be shipped out this window.

Not injured, just fucking hopeless.

[Meanwood Villa]

Is Hogan injured? If not then it looks like Smith has seen enough. That was the one player I thought Smith would improve
Not even in the squad today with Davis and Green on the bench.
Hogan will be shipped out this window.

Who'd be daft enough to take him?

[cdward]

Is Hogan injured? If not then it looks like Smith has seen enough. That was the one player I thought Smith would improve
Not even in the squad today with Davis and Green on the bench.
Hogan will be shipped out this window.

Who'd be daft enough to take him?

Sheffield Wednesday it is then..

[wolfman999]

Take a poor field with poor soil that has been neglected for years and no matter what quick fix chemicals or nutrients you put into the soil no crops will really flourish.  The field will take a few years of good management with the right nutrients and compost before any decent crops will grow. That is where Aston Villa is at today.

Well ours should be well fertilised by now with all the shit on for the last few years.

[Richard E]

Hull weren’t all that. Couldn’t really see how they’ve won 6 on the bounce.