Stuartc445

Apart from the fact Smith has shown that without Grealish he can't manage a win either in the championship or the Premier League.

Alternatively stick with Smith get relegated, Lose Grealish resulting in Smith losing his plans A to Z.

Well i'm amazed someone can be blinded by their hate so much they can't see what is staring them in the face. Must be be awesome being you walking around in a daze thinking everything is perfect with King Deano. I'd suggest you stay like that because if the reality hits you it's going to hit you hard.

what it's stunning for a Villa fan to point out what is actually happening? I'm amazed of what must be going on in your head, I'm genuinely interested how you think a manager who is having to cope with a huge injury list is still managing to pull get results against Chelsea and will get their team to finish above us is worse than a manager who is showing nothing but signs that he is hugely out of his depth. Do you believe every Villa fan should just stick their head in the sand and ignore what's actually happening like you are?

Just stating facts, it's not my fault some are so far invested in the Bruce is the worst manager ever and Deano is God mentality that their pride refuses to let them admit Bruce isn't that bad and Deano is no Premier League manager.

Pretty simple really you can't cope with the fact that Bruce is going to finish ahead of you beloved hero Deano, but we beat him once or twice which means we are ace.

Villa beat Newcastle and we're rubbish, That is a very Birmingham City thing to say. A Birmingham City fan wouldn't care about finishing below us as long as they beat us twice. Personally I look at the bigger picture and would prefer to finish higher in the league rather than winning 1 or 2 games. But maybe that's why you act the way you are because you're hurt that Bruce is going to finish ahead of your beloved Deano.

Does it hurt to see Bruce getting results against teams Deano never will? But don't worry Bruce didn't deserve them. so Morally he's lost and you win. You're becoming like a jilted lover who's realised their ex has moved on to better things.

Straight to the calling me Alex... come on at least come back at me without giving up and admitting defeat carry on like this and this game will start getting boring. Keep being defeated as quick as you are and i'll start believing you are just like your hero Deano

I never used to care about Newcastle but now Bruce is there it's making them winning so much fun because reading the bullshit that is spouted by the Bruce haters here is hilarious. Blah blah blah didn't deserve it blah blah blah they haven't earned a single point... Guess what they have earned them because they have won games. Football is a simple game win 3 points draw 1 point lose 0 points. Doesn't matter how entertaining the football is the only thing that matters is the result.

So just because I'm not blinded by the hate of Bruce means I'm his son, 2 words pal Grow Up. Look I understand it must be hard to take seeing Bruce managing to get results against teams we can only dream about getting. The realisation that he will be finishing above your beloved Deano must be very hard to take and it's forcing you to be very childish. I'd strongly recommend you see professional help because it's not healthy for a grown man to act the way you do.

Oh yes the Alex comment . The comment of someone who knows they've been caught out.

Say what you like everyone can see it. Go on about context hahaha how about this for context Bruce neglected our defence last season gets constant abuse for it, Smith does the same with our attack this season gets nothing. But keep denying it and using words like context.

I wonder what the response would be on here had Bruce picked a team without any strikers..... I think we all know what the response would be don't we and it would not be the response Smith is getting. Oh and on that note Bruce got dogs abuse for neglecting our defence last season, so come on where is the same abuse to Smtih for doing the same with our attack? Of course it's got nothing to do with being blinded by your hate for Bruce..

Pretty much, I'm convinced there are some Bruce haters out there that blame Bruce for Wesley, McGinn and Heatons injuries

Imo we have been caught cold with Wesley's injury. What it looks like to me is had Wesley not got injured we weren't going to go after a striker. Because it seems that despite it being obvious to everyone that he isn't a lone striker they still believe he is so was going to leave it. So they had done no preparation regarding a striker which is why we are nearly at the end of the window and no closer to getting a striker. Our player recruitment seem to be useless because it's looking like amateur hour at the moment.

Yeah play a player in defence that is great going forward but it completely incompetent when it comes to defending. @LakotaDakota points out we were only 1:0 down vs Wolves with Targett on, that was a total fluke because had Wolves had been better with their shots they'd have had a hat full by the time Targett went off. It wasn't until Taylor came on that we showed even a hint of resistance to Adama Traore.

That's the thing that i'm annoyed with today, Man City are a top team and can do what they've done today to anyone on their day but it's the lack off fight and effort today that i find unforgivable

You're forgetting the modern football fan who wants lovely attacking football and looks at a full backs attack qualities only. Then when said full back turns out is incapable of defending (like Targett) they will moan about his defending. Then Taylor who's a better defender than attacker (which I prefer in a full back imo as let's face it it's part of the defence) comes along will get stick because he can't attack.

Having an inability to save shots on target has nothing to do with the defence in front of you, you can have the best defence in the world but the keeper will still have shots on target to save. I have no concerns regarding his distribution as it's possibly the best i've seen from a Villa keeper, But he's a goalkeeper not a Midfielder.

Lets also not forget Sheffield United away where like the Forest game every shot on target he faced went in, including a free kick half way in our half on the touchline which he parried into his own net. can't believe my eyes in this thread where people are claiming he's improved based on 2 games where Vs Wolves he face 3 shots on target 2 were scored (i'll let him off their 2nd as that wasn't bad keeping the 1st i'm 50:50 about as vs Spurs Heaton had a similar shot against him and he was further over the other side on the goal and still saved it) and vs Burnley where they had loads of shots but only 1 on target and that was probably at Heaton (i'm discounting the Liverpool game as that was literally men vs boys) Also to answer this myth that has developed on here that he was improving before he got injured, what rubbish his last game was vs Preston where granted he pulled off a fantastic save but whereas other keepers would have gained confidence from that but not Nyland he spent the rest of the game trying to throw it into his own net. I hope Cutler has improved him (lets face it it's impossible for him to get worse) but i have seen nothing to convince me 100% he has so it's just a case of keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.

The way I see it is 1 of 2 possible scenarios: 1. More compo if we were to sack him (kind of a thanks for getting us promoted bonus kind of thing) Or 2. Players have been acting up and this was the owners trying to get them to tow the line by showing them that they back him so they'll have to wind their necks in.

I was at the game, in the 1st Half we 100% parked the bus in the 2nd half we did try to attack more but the problem was that Sheffield United had upped their game and forced us back which got them then goal our attack was pretty much ineffective until Luiz came on only them did it seem to have a pattern to it. It was a poor performance there is no way it can be described any other way. The thing is holding back in the 1st half increasing the attacking in the 2nd is a good tactic to use it'd help us burning out in the last 10 minutes of games it's something O'Neil used to do to great effect.

Posting to get that Ferrari

Apart from getting 90 minutes away in a play off final, But other than that you are 100% correct he never got close did he. Honestly you Bruce haters need to have a word with yourselves you lot are starting to come out with Boris Johnson levels of bullsh*t