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We aren't cursed at all. With a decent coaching set up this squad will improve massively if we get someone in who will give us an identity, a positive brand of football etc. We now have players good enough, we just need the right manager now. As mentioned numerous times, Bruce will always succeed at teams like Hull. The way we approach games is absolutely pathetic. I worry this 'stability' idea is all Tony is thinking about, you have the wrong guy in charge!

Genuinely worried about going down. This is a mess, somebody please tell me this will be ok.

People spamming twitter saying we need stability. You can't stable a pile of dross with no ideas.

This is absolutely disgusting. I pray to god Bruce goes but I worry who we will be able to attract as manager now. Feel most sorry for Hogan. Sorry mate, you won't even get a pass from JK let alone a chance at goal.

Christ, just because we aren't getting battered does not mean we are playing well. The way we attack is pathetic. Our one chance from a hoisted FK on the half way line and a flick on.

Exactly. We bought Hogan and don't play to his strengths, because tactically we don't have a clue. He doesn't need time, we need a manager who will actually work with and coach a system in to these players.

Stability for the sake of stability is also pointless. We now have the owner, the players, just need a manager he suits this squad. Bruce will play another formation next game. With Bjarnason somehow managing to keep somebody else out the team.

Barring the goal we've looked more solid with Jedinak back but make no mistake we are f**king clueless going forward, we've not played well at all, Newcastle have just been awful. There is no system, it's a joke. We have no idea how to attack as a team, and that's down to management and coaching. We have the players to play much better football than this. Don't tell me he needs time, he won't ever get this team playing to its potential.

I'm so pleased I've seen a few comments tonight referring to Bjarnason being poor. He's a complete non-entity. He's doesn't even cover ground with any real intensity, and he offers absolutely zero going forward. Amount of times Hutton had the ball in space and instead of running beyond he stopped and held the attack up, clueless. Re Bjarnason because so far I've seen people saying he's doing ok/quite well!

A narrow 4-4-2 where the full backs need to provide all the width and ours don't get forward. Looks like Bruce is picking formations out of a hat and hoping to get lucky. What his obsession with starting this Icelandic guy is i don't know. He looks f**king awful. He may come good, I'll give him time, but he's way off the pace.

He wasn't the right man two months ago. Name me one convincing performance for 90 minutes this season bar Rotherham? Our earlier wins were lucky and unconvincing, we've not had one single 'excellent' performance all season, or even just to a 'very good' level, it's a joke.

That went off topic, apologies. BRUCE OUT - relatable

Most annoying thing is Twitter is full of people spamming AVFC related stuff demanding we play 4-4-2, mainly 15 year olds who don't have a clue. Like you say, it's now the most demanding formation in world football. Leicester will be the only team in recent history/near future to have success with it because they had the most combative midfielder on the planet. Stats that aren't measured on opta that go unnoticed are things like the intensity of distance covered in a game. For example Lallana covers similar distance to Kante in games but the intensity he keeps up on the press is obsurd compared to any other player. We don't have the players to play like this. It was different when it was 4-4-2 against 4-4-2, with a big man little man up too etc, it's all different now.

It's theoretically all opinion but I do believe the majority of people who suggest 4-4-2, don't have a good enough understanding of the players we have and their suitability to roles in that formation. Unless of course they refer to a narrow diamond being a 4-1-2-1-2. One thing that will be affecting the players input at the moment will be Bruce's lack of continuity. Despite how much they are paid it's a natural human instinct if a leader does not portray a clear idea/plan for them to then decrease output, some of it subconsciously. Performing at 10% lower than your capabilities is huge. I am sure that players will be lookimg round asking what the hell is going on. All these different formations and systems being tested, no consistent team sheet. This will create a lot of doubt in players minds, and automatically lessen the desire, effort, overall output if only by a small amount. To me the players are playing like they don't fully believe in the ideas of our current management team, and why would they.

The main problem with Bruce is, there is no system!!!!! We now have players who can play in a positive system, but we don't have the manager or coaches at the club to implement it. Before anyone says, 'how do you know, do you take notes at BMH'- No I do not, but it's obvious to see. We have a man who has signed the best players in the league and now has no clue how to play them all. Go back to my first posts and you'll see how much I banged on about Lansbury not being able to play in a 2 man midfield. Shock, he does and we get overrun every game. Yes Bruce has achieved promotions at other clubs, but they are nowhere near as big as Villa. Part of going to a big club is the expectation levels, as well as the demands for more positive football. He's a great fit for a team like Hull. We haven't been coached at all on how to press as a team. If one person attempts it it doesn't evolve in to packs or a team press, it just stops. Instead we are instructed, yes instructed to sit back, which invites pressure, which makes us drop deeper etc. What this also does is have a knock on effect to work rates. Believe me when you play for a manager who concentrates a lot on pressing it automatically introduces a better work ethic, because you have to work harder off the ball. There are many more specifics I could go through but it would take me all night. At the end of the day Bruce is a good Manager for the right club/players, which sadly isn't us. For people saying it's not worked changing so far. All managers under Lerner post O'Neill didn't stand a chance with the ambition of the Chairman. I guarantee those who want Bruce out now also want continuity more than anything but we also need that to be with someone who will implement a system, but it has to be a positive system at the same time, with tactically astute coaches. These fans would be giving Bruce time if they could see a bigger picture, but he himself has no idea what the picture is, that's the problem. We will improve under Bruce because we can't get any worse. But I am convinced he isn't astute enough to get the best out of this squad. Any manager who publicly says he isnt bothered about tactics will not succeed at a big club.