Harry

I would agree with that. Bournemouth did concede loads of goals and that was masked by the fact they scored loads too. I really had high hopes of Elphick and in the first couple of games I thought we had bagged a good player, as I think we all did. Now he just seems like an accident waiting to happen. We need to move him and Richards on and buy a decent CB which plus one of the kids will give us four with Jedinak as further cover.

I think he has improved as the season has gone on. He definitely has no future at Man U so I would not be surprised if we sign him. I would prefer more experience but I think there is a decent keeper in there somewhere.

By some amazing twist of fate I have not seen Villa lose this season. I missed all the home games we lost. So on that basis miles better than last season and all the gallows humour. Still not good enough though.

Petulant child IMO. OK as a squad player but nothing more.

Should have scored today but let down by his inexperience. But overall well impressed.

Totally agree with that.

Definitely should have won that and bizarrely we looked better with ten men. Midfield looked excellent today with Hourihane the stand out player for me. The refereeing was worse than park football with clear bias to Brighton. How Brighton got promoted is beyond me based on seeing them today, they will struggle big time in the PL I could not see what Baker did to get a straight red as all I could see from the Holte was an excellent save by Johnstone. For once Bruce played players in their right positions and boy did it show.

Why did I know you would say that

Do we get to parade the trophy round the ground after the Brighton game?

By the way that's not a dig at anyone, just funny. I think the word we are searching for is polarised.

Its good to see that if you don't look at this thread for a few days and come back you find precisely the same debate is going on involving basically the same posters.

Still some wayward passing but rock solid IMO and much better than Westwood.

And we have just not missed him.

Can agree with everything you have said but the way I see it he has earned the summer and the start of next season to show he can sort things out. He has already stated that there still need to be a big clear out of players in the summer and certainly we need 3-4 key signings coming in. Like or loath Bruce he has earned the right. As I said earlier in this thread it was ugly from both sides today and we sorely missed Kodja but it was three points and it being against Blues and pushing them closer to the drop it was a sweet victory.

Just got back. Put bluntly we were dreadful and Blues were worse. But a win is a win and against Blues it sure is sweet.