Grasshopper

Yet some will defend him

4 promotions

needs time

best bet

he gets results

not his fault

we‘re still only X pts from Y with Z to go, all we need is a run..........

Dear Tony

Sack him, Wyness & Round

Bring Back Bernstein, King & Hollis.

Appoint BL with IT & JT as assistants.

Get rid of all the coaches and start again.

Look for a progressive young international manager

No more Brits who are old school

Thnx

GH

BRUCE OUT

Shite

2 minutes ago, AshVilla said:

Hilarious

Hysterical

Brucian

No excuses now

11 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I think we have to give the injury list praise for forcing Bruce‘s hand. (Yet he still has Hutton & Thor at the ready)

Prediction

Sub 1 Hutton for Elmo or Snod

sub 2 Thor for Grealish

Injury to Jedi

sub 3 RDL

Thats our best line up available if Elmo & Jedi are better than Bree & RDL.

So Bruce has the line up right (2nd time in a few games imho) so all we need now is the football to go with it.

Just now, Vive_La_Villa said:

Lee Johnson managed the club through a record breaking run of defeats? So if any manager did that at Villa he would be sacked without a doubt. 

No

Bruce did similar and was given even more time, money, preseason......

46 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Hopefully that will give them a kick up the backside as I think the last few games they have under performed greatly and maybe think they already in the promotion hunt. 

We were so comfortable in the top four the crumble job lately has been pathetic

Who do you mean?

Players?

or

Management? (including Owner, Board, Manager, Staff and the traing cones)

41 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

2 We are shit because we play shit

2 We are shit because Bruce has us playing shit

Better?

39 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

That's an opinion not a fact.

Yes Sorry, I stand corrected.

What would you call it?

3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

They all looked like facts to me.  Non of it was made up. 

You‘re ignoring the FACT that

1 selected amount of games

2 We are shit because we play shit

3 OP was stating dismay at „negative views“ sorry realism views

But I forgot it‘s Xmas, a time where we are supposed to be happy.

On 19/12/2017 at 23:18, The Fun Factory said:

Or how about 3 defeats in the last 19 league games, 2 of which are defeats away from home to the 2 of the top  4 teams? Or the fact we have won as many games away from home by December tan the whole of last season? Or the fact that we are in the top 5 without our striker who has scored 19 goals last year? Or Saturday was our first defeat without our captain playing since he has been out since November?  I do find some of this negativity quite outstanding on this site sometimes imo. 

If you‘re looking for an example to explain Delusion or Denial you‘ll find this as a perfect example of one or the other. Maybe both.

2 hours ago, VillaChris said:

Will probably be even worse at kick off, just seen Cardiff are away to Bolton so you'd think they're likely to win that.

That's been the problem with us in recent times, just when you think we're finally going to achieve something as we closed in on second....we stop winning, start playing poorly again and the negative cycle starts again.

Been that way since 2010.

Again?

We havent stopped playing Shyite

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Its the moment you've all been waiting for.  My predictor with another very predictable prediction.  

Yes  1-0 to us or most likely 0-0.

 

surprised that 1-2 is not higher

I‘ll go 1-2 but more likely 0-3

1 hour ago, Nigel said:

Im not sure if throwing European competition into the mix would help with promotion tbh!

I don‘t think Bruce-Ball would work in Europe.

......or were you not talking about us?

34 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

To be fair to Bruce his hands were tied with how much he could spend on squad players of any decent quality. I honestly believe he was forced to sell Baker because of FFP. 

However he is partly responsible for the lack of funds for money wasted in January. 

The squad balance, Transfer fees & Wages paid, the age/injury prone quota of some are all tied in to a totally f*****up way of building a team/squad for a sustained promotion challenge.

It‘s December and we have injuries a many, players knackered and/or out of form.

All pretty much predictable.

38 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Doubt they risk it unless we fall away from playoffs. 

So that will be 02.01.1017 the day after BristolC

10 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

What absolute rubbish

Well you are absolutely wrong there.

So many commented on the possibility that Baker, Jedi, Terry & Kodjia would pick up injuries.

Baker a head injury

Jedi because he was injured last season, because he‘s at an age where it‘ll happen more often and will take him longer to recover

Terry it was a concern for many that he wouldnt play 10-20 games

Kodjia being brought back too early and suffering another injury

Hogan has an injury record

Gaby too (not that he‘s in any way relevant)

10 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Sorry DC, forgot about all those other teams filled with 15+ olympic sprinters.

A team would only need 1 fast forward to rip us a new one

52 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said:

I expect that's true, we came so close 10 years ago and then went about things totally the wrong way after losing the playoff final and it set us back years, ultimately resulting in relegation.

In the summer after relegation the club announced a new way of going about buisiness, 2 years later we have arguably our most successful season ever and 4.5 years down the line we are 3rd and in a semi final.

If I were to go completely overboard and delude myself into thinking it possible I think I'd take winning the cup over promotion (as long as we were in the mix again the next season) mainly as it would be our first major trophy, but also European football at AG is something I'd never have dreamed being something I'd witness.

I've been expecting us to drop off for a few weeks because of all the injuries we have had- on Wednesday we had 5 players out of position, one reserve player and needed 5 youth to fill the bench- somehow we have defied this but with the fixture pile up and some very tough games my worries are still there.

Our owner is a Bristolian billionaire who invested in us because of his son, so our future is pretty secure, but he wants us to become self sustainable and promotion is ultimately necessary for that to happen.

Good luck to ya

I always wondered if a team from Bristol got their act together how far they could go. I should imagine the surrounding areas would be a potentially big pool to attract fans from.

2 hours ago, Morley_crosses_to_Withe said:

Haha!

**** hell! It’s Christmas week and it seems all people can bother themselves with is dripping on about Steve Bruce.

There’s a world of fun and opportunity out there. Get a **** life. 

Dont tell me you‘re one of these people who get „happy“ BECAUSE its Xmas?

I get „happy“ in the morning when I smell the coffee.

There‘s nothing more refreshing (and waking) than a nice shower

Hey I even enjoy my eggs, Going to work, a concert or the flicks, Playing Golf, a good meal, meeting friends having a good crack, a laugh.

I even enjoy $h@9in9

In fact, I cant possibly fit that all in at Xmas, so guess what? I spread it out over the whole year, every year since I can remember.

In fact the only thing I really find shit is Bruce-F*******-Ball