Raymond

6 defenders. Yay!

I understand there are people who will rail against the Bruce out brigade no matter what because of how the manager has been treated at times by that group, but all of his flaws were on full display today. He got things horribly wrong in the first half, and when we finally got on the front foot in the second, he -- as always -- waited too long to make the wrong changes.

I am sure he is a nice man and he deserves commendation for fighting through what he has the last several months, but he is not good enough, especially on in-game adjustments. I am not sure if we can find someone better or who that coach would be -- it is not my job to scout coaching talent -- but standing still is not an option, in my opinion.  

That’s two handballs. 

Get on with it. It looks like we are time wasting at this point. 

What a break. Time to make a change. 

That was special, Jack. 

Miss hurt, but so much better. Where was this in the first half?

1 minute ago, Genie said:

I don’t think there’s really any need for the “we’ve lost” posts at this stage. There’s no prize for “told you first”. 

They are not “we’ve lost” posts. They are posts discussing the utter shit we are watching. If you don’t want to discuss the match, it might be a good idea to stay out of the match thread. 

This was the only outcome the way we set out, and everyone but Bruce could see it after 10 minutes. Have to change it up or it is going to get ugly. 

**** Whelan

This is basically torture. I may not survive if we make the final. 

I thought for sure that was in when it left his foot. Was already celebrating. 

More of that, please. What a ball from Hutton. 

We cannot continue on like this. 

I struggled to see a path to automatic promotion even before QPR, so it feels done and dusted to me. On the bright side, the playoffs should be exciting. 

Is the gap still getting bigger every week?

Not complaining, but that is a shocking decision on the handball. This red is awful. 

2 minutes ago, VillaAlex said:

Grealish really is a phenomenal player for this level, I hope we go up he doesn't belong down here

The top team in the league is terrified whenever he has the ball at his feet. It is something to see. 

GTFI

Tough to get mad at a striker for being selfish, but that is two times now Grabben could have created a much better chance with a pass. 

Did what we were supposed to do. Would be nice if Cardiff would drop some points every now and again. 

Grand larceny if I have ever seen it. 

The type of match I had grown accustomed to watching Villa lose. Amazing to be on the other side. What a goal. 

Only complaint is we did not score the six we should have. Great performance.