Shambolic Aston Villa vs Smethwick Post-Match Thread

[Nev]

I think the most infuriating thing and whats turning people against Smith is for what say 2 months now we have been playing horrendous football. Yet for 2 months straight its the same players same formation same results.

If something is clearly not working you do something, anything to try fix it. Not just do the same thing. Its not magically gonna start working. Have a few ideas try something different ffs, he's obviously got none.

This is what puzzles me, perhaps he's waiting for Jack to be fit and slot straight back in? If he is he deserves the sack.

[wittonwarrior]

Terrible

[PeterWithesShin]

I just don't understand why he doesn't mix it up and ditch the ''wingers or nothing'' attacking idea, it's not working for us at the moment and it doesn't suit his philosophy. Get El Khazi in the hole and lets try play through the middle every once in a while.

Wayheyyyyyy, highlight of the day time

[Rudy Can't Fail]

How you can expect to start with 10 men and get results.

It was 10 against 12. We've seen some crap refs over the last couple of years but today was a new low.
Albion are still a team of dirty bastards. Football wise, Dean Smith needs to find a way to unblock the toilet that is our midfield. With the exception of McGinn, nobody looks to cut inside and go past a player, it's forever recycling the ball back 30 yards through the central defenders, on to Whelan and back again. No bloody ambition.

Hopefully we keep Mings, he looks a class apart, Hause a big improvement but other than that very few positives other than not being as shit as we've been recently. Albion were nothing special and the 2-0 half time lead flattered them, the dirty bastards.

[Risso]

There's no chance we're going down. Even if we lost every game for the rest of the season it's highly unlikely we'd drop.

Mind you it's fucking ridiculous that it even has to be considered if it's a possibility.

Blackburn went down with 51 points 2 years ago.

[curiousorange]

I'm sick of talking about Championship refs. They're shit, and they're shit for everyone. Just be the better team and achieve despite them.

[PeterWithesShin]

There's no chance we're going down. Even if we lost every game for the rest of the season it's highly unlikely we'd drop.

Mind you it's fucking ridiculous that it even has to be considered if it's a possibility.

Blackburn went down with 51 points 2 years ago.

Lump on at the bookies if you think any of the bottom 3 are making it to 50 points this season.

[Three Spires Villa]

There's no chance we're going down. Even if we lost every game for the rest of the season it's highly unlikely we'd drop.

No that’s probably true, but we are 15 points off relegation, just think about that, that’s terrible & we are

[curiousorange]

In all honesty, I have no idea whether the bottom three are capable of 50 points. I can't stomach looking at the table. I don't watch highlights, I don't watch Match of the Day. Beyond the ninety plus minutes of huffing and puffing of a Villa game I'm totally out lf love with the sport in general.

[PeterWithesShin]

Which is why I added the second bit. It's fucking ridiculous it was even a thought for any of us but that's where we are at the moment. No chance we're dropping though.

[PeterWithesShin]

In all honesty, I have no idea whether the bottom three are capable of 50 points. I can't stomach looking at the table. I don't watch highlights, I don't watch Match of the Day. Beyond the ninety plus minutes of huffing and puffing of a Villa game I'm totally out lf love with the sport in general.

Considering 4 still haven't broken the 30 point barrier it's a safe bet.

[Risso]

Lump on at the bookies if you think any of the bottom 3 are making it to 50 points this season.

I don't think we will.  We'll be a lot closer to going down than going up though.

[clash city rocker]

Looking to finish in our lowest position in the football league for how many years?

[CT Villan]

We were fine for the first 30 mins, then spent the rest of the game playing Bruceball. Mings, Elphick and Hause did well.

I suspect that as the results are not coming, Smith is getting more and more defensive to 'prevent the loss'...he's turning into Steve Bruce. If he mentions kebabs in the post-match interview the transformation will be complete.

[PeterWithesShin]

Which is still very different to being involved in a relegation fight.