DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth

If this is an accurate account, and there is no reason to suggest it isn't, then it's a saddening piece of news. My heart sank a little when I read it, especially as GT cannot answer, explain or apologise (if appropriate). It is an awful thing to have done if GT and the club have covered this up, but I have no doubt that GT, as an honourable man, would have felt great shame about this. I will continue to choose to remember the positives.

Xia is a victim of Aston Villa, not the other way around.

Terrible. I wanted it to work, but it's quite clear Bruce is not the man for the job. This form is unacceptable given the money and players at our disposal.

Have a strange feeling this will be a dour 0-0 again, and that will be the end of the Bruce era in front of a very modest crowd.

That was horrendous. I drove through torrential rain and road works for 4 hours there, and 4 back, to watch that. disgraceful performance really in that no one seemed to care. positives, erm Johnstone made some really smart saves today. Snodgrass had intent when he came on. That's about it. negatives are easier. Whelan was awful, he's just surprisingly not upto it. What has happened to Chester from last year? He's a shadow of that player, and a liability at times. Hogan looks a shell of a £12mil player. ive resisted saying it before, but Bruce is responsible and is holding us back now.

4-0 demolition. I have a feeling we will batter them especially considering how they sold so many players so late.

17k extra seats is quite some addition, and would require a substantial bit of redevelopment. As long as it doesn't involve relocating from Villa Park, it's all good.

The real question here is whether a suspended season ticket be included in official attendance figures. In all seriousness, I am glad the club have not done this.

I love the plans, just want to believe it will all come to fruition. Dr Tony and co seems like genuine people, but we've just been let down so often before that it's sometimes best not to get too excited.

In fairness didn't Xia's tweet yesterday indicate that there were 'no vacancies'? I do understand people's frustration with the riddles, but conversely it's better than Lerner silence. Just the nature of the transfer window. I do quite like seeing the doctor's thoughts shortly after games, not sure why but I suppose it's an insight into the club. I look forward to more of these in the coming weeks.

Only real dialemma is Adomah or Elmo as said above. I would give Adomah the nod after his performance on Tuesday, and also because of the former club factor for him.

I used to like Druckers book too.

Possibly an accidental 'like'. But Tony has 'liked' a fans post on Twitter which said Bruce has been poor for 10months and not the week Bruce claims.

... we won't need to recruit a new manager.

Disgraceful. Not this individual result, which is isolation isn't terrible, but the gutless display and lack of ideas. I hate this club.

I don't have an issue with Round persee. His role is a bit hidden or unknown to most fans anyway, but the behind the scenes stuff seems to be a bit more organised and joined up over the last year. Round sounds like he is well connected within the game, but could also mean Moyes is out of the running given how Moyes was this guys boss before.

It's genuinely worrying to see the realistic options. For me it would be Pardew or Karanka.

McCormack has to be back in for me. As many have said, another disgraceful performance here would be the end of Bruce. Reading have had an almost equally disappointing start to the season. I think this will be a draw, which in isolation would not have been a bad result,

Outstanding tonight given the conditions.

Bacuna is the new Westwood. I'm not sure what I expected, but I did not expect this line up.

Look at that match day squad, with Johnstone, Kodjia and Jedinak still to come back in. Serious depth for a Championship side. Should be a decent game today

Gregg Evans from the Mail has said this. It does sort of make sense, we only have Taylor otherwise so would need to buy another LB. Whereas CB we have 3 decent options, with Jedinak able to cover also.

Keeping Amavi if press reports are to be believed.

Keeping Amavi if press reports are to be believed

He's like the relative you like, but just always overstays their welcome at your house during Christmas. Looking forward to drawing a line under this. He symbolises our relegation season in my eyes.