Brentford v Aston Villa post match thread.

[DB]

The midfield really is awful. It puts the defence under pressure and does not create anything going forward or for Tammy who was on his own

[Jockey Randall]

Our wide players have been letting us down for weeks. Really hope Green gets a go on Saturday.

[Pete3206]

It's so easy to play the Villa. Press, harange and force us to give the ball away, then attack at will when you have the ball.

[JD]

Disappointing but not unexpected and I just knew we would concede a late goal. I wish the season would end now, as we are a mess and the squad needs a complete overhaul.
Mr Green summed it up for me, I totally agree with Brian's comments about Villa at the moment.

[stubbsyandy]

How can clubs like Preston and Bristol City and Norwich who have much smaller budgets than ours and have to sell their best players make it look so easy .Has to be the manager ,coach whatever you like to call them.We have won one home game out of the last six and that was a struggle against the leagues bottom team .The manager who i want so much to be a Saunders or Taylor is looking more and more as the games roll by to be out of his depth. Bruce may have left him with a piss poor squad but there is no excuse for the way we have been playing for the last couple of months.In the last two matches we have been outplayed by Sheffield United for 80 minutes and Brentford for 94 minutes and i bet he will still play the same way against Sandwell on Saturday

I agree, wish I didnt

[hilts_coolerking]

Jesus, I was out all evening and totally forgot about this.  What the fuck happened?

[ktvillan]

Without Grealish and Tuanzebe the others aren't good enough and Smith doesn't seem to have a plan B.  No improvement on Bruce at the moment.  We practically have no midfield to speak of and all the wingers have gone to shit.  But it's odd that even players like Taylor and Hutton looked half decent before Christmas   and now even the better ones are struggling to control the ball or complete a pass. Strange.  Smith needs to sort it soon or he's going to lose a lot of goodwill very quickly.

[ktvillan]

Jesus, I was out all evening and totally forgot about this.  What the fuck happened?

The usual

[russon]

SHITE .... INCANDESCENT WITH RAGE

There’s room for more rage in you yet. If I were genuinely incandescent I wouldn’t be able to spell it correctly nor have the presence of mind to use caps lock. Wait till we get humped by Albion on Saturday, then you’ll see incandescence in all its forms.

[AV82EC]

I got halfway through the second half and after watching Hause blunder around and panic on the ball again for the umpteenth time actually had the thought that Neil Taylor would have been a better choice tonight. Neil fucking Taylor.

It has also struck me that of that starting team only Kalinic and possibly McGinn can have some confidence they’ll be here next season. I’d imagine Hutton, Elphick, Whelan, Adomah have all been told they’re off in the summer and Hourihane he possibly doesn’t figure in our plans. Of the rest Mings, Hause, El Ghazi and Abraham are all on loan and I’d be surprised if any are here. Is it any wonder we look half arsed our own players have nothing to play for and the loans Hause apart are probably wondering why the fuck would I stay here. Of the three subs, only Green will be here as a Kodjia and Elmo will have been told they’re off too.

[hilts_coolerking]

Apologies if this has been mentioned before but I just read the match report on BBC Sport and in the post-match interview Smith said, "We were never going to come here and outplay Brentford..."

Good lord.

[themossman]

I hated that bollocks in his interview. It’s like having a poor man’s houllier around.

[Drummond]

You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

We all know it needs a complete overhaul again. I have a feeling these players just can't adapt.

It takes a while to change a culture and let's face it we're a mess and have been for a while. We should have done better with the players we have under Bruce. We've brought in a manager who has a completely different philosophy, and it needs bedding in.

Going back to a comment Smith made just before Christmas, he suggested he needed to protect a younger player, O'Hare I think, as the atmosphere at Villa Park when it's going badly is no place for a kid. I suspect that's why he won't blood more, yet.

[AV82EC]

He’s right though, the truth hurts doesn’t it.

[Ads]

He’s right though, the truth hurts doesn’t it.

Sadly.

You.dont need to.outplay sides though, but that we don't even outrun anybody is a bigger worry. It's not out of laziness, it's because we can't.