WBA v Aston Villa Post Match Thread (FUCK THE ALBION)

[mike]

https://twitter.com/32Red/status/1128654546895503360

I almost feel sorry for Holgate. Nah.

[Hookeysmith]

I love little touches such as this. Just like bringing the Jedi on just for a pen. Shows we are switched on.

I think the public will appreciate the final with 2 pretty good footballing teams genuinely trying to play their way to the top flight.
Look at the losing semi finalists and you see indiciplined thugs who try to intimidate and bully their way through games using every cheating option open to them. In boggies case even to bore teams into submission.

This week football won

[cheltenhamlion]

This cracks me up every time I watch it https://twitter.com/rhiannontrxvers/status/1128432566313340928

Haha! Yeah that was class, clocked it live.

The footage of Steer staring out Holgate as they walk to the goalmouth is another beauty.

Yep - unnerved him before he even got to the area.

When I first saw it on the night I thought he was looking behind Holgate but then saw Holgate reaction and Sussex what Jed was doing......as my missus said its tantamount to bullying, arh bless

My wife was similar. She cracked up laughing to start with before feeling sorry for Holgate.

"Oh bless him, he is only about 12".

[London Villan]

Jed’s hardly a scary chap either, but fair play to him and the little things like handing the ball to our next penalty taker.

[SheffieldVillain]

It just all smacks of careful planning and proper preparation by all concerned, every eventuality  covered. As opposed to "all I can ask of them is to roll their sleeves up and put their boots on".

[Legion]

[Dinas_Caerdydd]

I love little touches such as this. Just like bringing the Jedi on just for a pen. Shows we are switched on.

I think the public will appreciate the final with 2 pretty good footballing teams genuinely trying to play their way to the top flight.
Look at the losing semi finalists and you see indiciplined thugs who try to intimidate and bully their way through games using every cheating option open to them. In boggies case even to bore teams into submission.

This week football won

Not too sure about that speaking for the public . Don't think any other manager did what the Leeds  manager did when they played you last game of the season when he let you score a goal to make it  1-1 and Leeds are a decent passing  team too . as the championship is a slog footballing teams doesn't always mean automatic promotion .looking forward to the final tho . think you will just have enough to beat Derby .

i do understand that WBA are one of your midland rivals and maybe they bore the public to death but they finished above you in the league . is that fair ? personally i think the play off system should be scrapped and the top 3 should go up in all divisions

[Legion]

I totally agree that it should be the top three but this system has been in place for years and all teams are fully aware of how it now works.

[Richard E]

It’s completely fair. The rules of the competition as determined before the start of the season are that the top two go up automatically and the next 4 teams play off. If Albion didn’t want to run the risk of being eliminated by a team that finished below them then they should have made sure they finished first or second.

[Legion]

Bielsa also was not quite so magnanamous. Whilst it was great what he eventually did, he had Smith and Terry in his ear possibly influencing his decision.

[paul_e]

It just all smacks of careful planning and proper preparation by all concerned, every eventuality  covered. As opposed to "all I can ask of them is to roll their sleeves up and put their boots on".

This is why I was never happy with Bruce, everything about how he works is superficial, following the same patterns that have always done ok in the past.

I want the club to question everything, can changing the trables and chairs in the canteen make a difference, is there a best temperature for the water in the showers, can minor changes be made that cause minor performance improvements. In something like football it's harder than doing this in something like cycling (where Team GB and Team Sky have mastered the art) but any tiny improvement is worth looking at.

[danno]

It's not perfect but the playoffs keep the league alive for the mid table teams already safe from relegation.

The top three going up automatically would probably result in clubs who are in the 6th-12th positions in March mentally already being on the beach.

[four fornicholl]

Fuck Bielsa, they cheated and he knew it.

[dave.woodhall]

It might not be fair, but for the Albion life has been one long stream of unfairness since 1878.

[LeeB]

It might not be fair, but for the Albion life has been one long stream of unfairness since 1878.

Even the weather has had it in for them.