nnock1984

Scum, quite simply! Puts me off going to the football! 

Not a fan so far - want him to prove me wrong though!

I don't like Bruce's style of football, it doesn't entertain me and therefore I've not renewed my season ticket - I'll pick and choose games instead. 

I do think he'll get us up, but at some point I'd like to see a better standard of football at Villa Park. 

To be fair, he looked good in his first ten games for us and then it all went to pot!

What an absolute disaster tonight has been!! 

Jedi showing how valuable he is at the moment!

I feel as though he is being overshadowed by Lansbury. At Barnsley he was the man, everything went through him! Here he doesn't have the responsibility yet! 

To begin with for me, he should be taking every free kick and corner over the Lansbury - his delivery is amazing!

After seeing Brentford recently I'd go for Dean Smith.

I do think Bruce will get more time though!

           Johnstone 

     Chester Elphick Baker

Bree                               Taylor 

  Lansbury Thor Hourihane 

          Kodjia Hogan 

This would also be my strongest 11 aside from Jedi in for Thor. 

I think he seems to let Lansbury over shadow him at the moment. He needs to be the one to dictate! 

Bellend 

Vast improvement on Hutton

Reminds me of an a Owen type player 

Kodjia needs to pass 

Not impressed 

3-5-2 for me too, and in the absence of Jedinak:

             Johnstone 

    Chester Elphick Baker 

Bree         Gardner      Taylor 

       Lansbury   Hourihane 

          Hogan      Kodjia

Bunn, Amavi, Bacuna, Thor, Grealish, Adomah, RHM 

Harsh on Green, but we have so many options now!! 

I'm sick to death of this horrendous 4-5-1 formation - it's not working!!  Two formations to play for me, 4-4-2 at home and 5-3-2 away.  Two strikers is a must!

4-4-2

Johnstone

Bree Chester Baker Taylor

Adomah Lansbury Hourihane Amavi

Kodjia Hogan

5-3-2

Johnstone

Bree Chester Elphick Baker Amavi

Lansbury Jedi Hourihane

Kodjia Hogan 

I sum the window up like this:

Taylor + Hogan in Gestede + Ayew out

Hourihane + Bree in Westwood out 

Johnstone in Gollini out

Thor, Lansbury, Bedeau in 5.5million out

Tish, McCormack, Cissoko and Toner out on loan

7 in, 8 out, 5.5 million Net Spend.  On the face of it, we've massively improved for a very minimal outlay.  Last night aside, let's hope February is a productive month or Bruce could well be in trouble! 

Alex Bruce to Wigan! 

If Taylor, Hogan and Bedeau are the three I'll be delighted.  If by some miracle Bedeau wasn't one of the three and we sign somebody else as well, I will be elated.

That's a confirmation from the Dr if ever I saw one!!

Welcome "Hulk" Hogan!! 

Maybe we'll get Hogan and Rhodes, imagine this:

Lansbury Hourihane Bikarson

    Hogan Rhodes Kodjia

Jedi, Adomah, Grealish, Gabby as bench options  

Edit, not beyond the realms of possibility considering we could lose Gestede, Ayew and McCormack

Not seen enough of this guy to see if he;s worth the figures muted.  Why is he rated more highly on here given Rhodes phenomenal scoring record?

Akpom has gone to Brighton so we can rule him out! 

Good enough for starting left back for us currently so all good. Amavi will be off in the summer. 

Hopefully the permanent 5m deal suggested by Percy - that would mean we'd have got Lansbury and Hourihane for the price of Westwood!!!