Grasshopper

f****g brilliant

I‘m simply amazed that people have accepted this Bruce-Ball shit as a route to promotion.

what‘s the point of a balanced view? Why not just get straight to the point of who the F***s fault it all is? He who is the boss is in charge of things. Get things under control, make the right decisions, lead as an example and from the front. Then we might get somewhere. If the boss F*** things up he has to fall on his sword.

You havent got a leg to stand on. Not blowing the 12mill on a player he was never going to understand would have meant keeping Baker, which could have meant not signing Samba, which would have freed up wages and budget for a different player, Maybe a LB or a striker. But no One makes a decision - goes wrong - find an excuse Simple - make the right decisions and then you dont need excuses

Ignore button would save you loads of time

good luck with that

Can‘t & Won‘t

Best if Bruce is moved on then so can we

yes

meaning last 7 games - 2 pts from a possible 21 we‘d drop places relative to at least 8 pts that teams below us would gain on us

More time to get it right v Bigger pool of candidates at a less attractive set of circumstances

23.12 SheffU H 26.12 Brentford a 30.12 Boro a 01.01 BristolC H Those next 4 games will be our season defining period. With the FACup game giving us a break from the league. I think DrT will have earmarked the 02.01.2018 as „sit down with Bruce“ time. It‘ll be either 1 - what do you need on players? or 2 - The Sack If we break it down, we can not afford to lose ground on SU, Boro & BC so 3 draws against direct opposition is the absolute minimum. However 3 pts from 9 would mean we would lose ground on them more than likely. Therefore we would have to win 1 of those 3 at least. (1x W 2x D = 5 from possible 9) Leaving us no choice but to beat Brentford (2x W & 2x D = 8pts from 4 - 2+ppg) or Draw at Worst (6pts from possible 12 2ppg) Anything less and we‘ll lose ground, only more pts would either maintain or gain ground. So targets of 1- 3wins would keep Bruce in a job. 2- 2wins 2draws too 3- 2 defeats would mean 6pts from 12 (with 2wins) keeps him in the job too 4- 5pts will be a squeeky bum total (even though that would have meant 7pts from the last 21 - surely a sackable return?) 5- 4 pts gets him sacked as that would mean, we‘re out if the top 6 with P-7 W-1 D-3 L-3 = 6pts (from 21pts) So what are our chances of 4 wins from 4 3 wins from 4 2 wins from 4 (+ 2draws preferable) or 1 win and 3draws ?

Swansea‘s mistake‘s were 1 appointing Laudrup 2 sacking Monk 3 Not appointing B......

Well it will be very interesting now 1 - Will they approach Bruce? 2 - Who will they go for? 3 - IF they do appoint someone of either repute or a progressive style would that Manager have been interested in us, given the direct choice. Swansea = Relegation candidates PL->Ch over Aston Villa = Promotion candidates Ch->PL ????????

I only see positive things possible with the removal of Bruce. Both Short, medium & long term.

That possibilty begs the questions 1 - is it worth that gamble alone? compensating Bruce with no budget to buy = effectively 2 „new players“ in Hogan and McC 2 - if a said someone could get half a tune out of those 2, what would he be able to get out of (more effectively than Bruce has) Bree, RDL, Elmo, Snod, Lansbury Onomah, Hourihane, Grealish & O‘Hare? Maybe Whelan & Jedi‘s levels could also improve

My point of changing now is two fold. Yes, it‘s a BIG ask to change the way a team plays. BUT! With this squad of players, there has been signs that we can play football if and when we‘ve tried. (I’ll start from the back) 1 - If we play out from the back with our MF having more movement off the ball we could pass and move a little better. 2 - If our MF is a little more mobile and creative the whole team could push up the field. 3 - playing players in their best positions and with more licence to „have a go“ be that carrying, pass and move, running on to balls or through channels. Thats achievable through training and I believe we have the players with enough ability to have a good go. However, my Major reason for thinking a change in approach would be possible in a short time is. The players I believe, SJ Chester Terry Jedi Snod Lansbury Hourihane Adomah Hogan Davis & Kodjia really would break their Balls to give it one almighty push for 2nd with the reward of PL football next season. No-one would question Huttons desire and commitment, Taylors steady-eddy approach. So a new manager would have more than a core to build a team with. Add the ability of Grealish, Onomah, O’Hare, Green and maybe 1 or 2 new faces (ffp permitting) and the challenge should definately be more than enough motivation for players manager & fans. Add the Home & AWAY support from Villa fans and no teams other than Wolves or a Warnock team would feel they can take us on. If it all failed, we‘d have the comfort of a headstart for next season whoever stays or goes. Keeping Bruce till he fails, then looking for a new manager sometime in April/May would mean starting completely from scratch next season. Next season will be hard enough as it is as we‘ll be looking at 3 from the likes of Swansea, CP, WBA, Toon, Stoke, Bournemouth hoping to return to PL plus our own squad overhaul on a lesser budget

mostly her legs

Tekkers plays in PL

Hysterically Fickle = Bruce-d

Even though I find that reality hard to accept, Money, DrT‘s Targets & ambitions.......etc This is where I‘m inclined to disagree. I believe a manager (regardless of record or reputation) with a more offensive, posession based approach would feel like a huge relief for a number of the players in our squad. I can only imagine that the likes of Elmo, Snod, Onomah, Lansbury, Hourihane Grealish, Adomah, Green, Hogan, Davis & Kodjia would revel in an attacking game plan. We could even afford to have BOTH Jedi & Whelan as DM‘s letting the front 4 loose on the opposition.

Sorry I meant Hysterical not fickle

But Villa fans are fickle, we have to have a good old moan

may I remind you they are not called „Dude Wolves“

IMHO I think you have been numbed into a very low sense of expenctancy and are prepared to accept the feeble excuses for such a diabolical style of football and the positions we have been in regarding the CH table this season (not mentioning 13th last season - when eventhough the target was initially Automatic promotion, then Playoffs as an accepted neccessary evil, to a 10th position to which we also failed) The re-setting of the targets in a regressing trend is, for me, personally, unacceptable considering the level of spending and players we have in our squad. Bruce‘s Sunderland tenure article anyone? its happening all over again, here.