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So Brentford went to Preston the weekend and beat them 3-2. Therefore, I'm expecting nothing less than the same on Wednesday. 

I read the report on the game and then came across the tactical adjustments that Dean Smith made before the game. I'm hoping our illustrious manager is analyzing and adjusting in a similar fashion. 

Dean Smith admitted that Brentford had to adapt their style of play to come away with all three points from Preston.

The Bees are normally a side who prefer to play it out from the back but Alex Neil's side press so high up that they felt it would be better to take fewer risks in their defensive third.

The tactics paid off as Smith's side came away from Deepdale with a 3-2 win.

The head coach said: “I think Preston are a good team and we knew it would be difficult. We had to play a bit differently to how we would normally and we felt we had to play beyond the press which we did.

“We didn't take as many risks through Daniel Bentley as we would normally and picked up the second ball higher in their half.I thought they started the game better than we did. We grew into the game and then started finding spaces once we played past the press a few times.

“We got on the ball and moved and scored some well-worked goals.”

1 hour ago, Rodders said:

and here is what all us sceptics were worried about after the run against largely shit sides. Play a decent team was an acid test - as usual, we're a **** bag of shit with this word removed in charge. Such a waste of time with this mediocre clearing in the woods at the helm, yet we will win against the smaller sides and do just enough to remain in the top 6, never quite justifying sackings on results alone, yet will never, ever threaten to be really good, to dominate, despite our talent, to go on a big winning run that actually includes tough competition. All hail king bruce king of mediocrity, king of lowering expectations, king of being crap and cowardly in the face of a challenge. 

Spot on.

86th Minute and it's our first corner. Exciting stuff this.

This is the same as the Brentford game. Any team that plays decent football takes us apart. The only difference here is that Wolves have better players and have got a goal.

Just now, Villanun said:

Kodja got away with one there. 

Agreed, that was a penalty.

Wolves play the ball around nicely. Nice one-touch passes.

Welcome to Expansive Football

Keeper should have had that. Bad Wall. 

We create very little, the opportunities come from Forest mistakes

1 minute ago, troon_villan said:

Have you ever seen a more wasteful team than Villa? 

Yes, Forest

Kodja, the Brucey bacon saviour

We are mind numbingly slow.

19 minutes ago, Super-Villan said:

https://twitter.com/villan_super/status/910602767403819010

Quality

Happy with three points. However, that Barnsley team are the worst I've seen this year. They constantly gave the ball back, misplaced passes and didn't close us down. 

Brentford were a much better team than Barnsley.

In the (slightly changed) words of Englebert Humperdinck :

3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

So is Smith. I know he ain't no Rafa or a big name but the way he got his Brentford team playing against us twice has blown me away.

I actually want to watch Brentford again to see if it wasnt a one off and also because of how impressed I've been.

Get's my vote too.

4 minutes ago, av1 said:

How utterly depressing that he is still here. 

Depressing is the right word. This team, club and supporters need a lift. We're not getting it with Bruce in charge.

It's depressing. What do we have to look forward to? More of the same depressing, boring tactics. Plus, the endless list of post-game excuses.

I can't believe I'm still hearing that people are giving this guy the benefit of the doubt.

Take away the Norwich game (4 Goals) and we have scored 3 in 6 games. I'd hate to see what the attempts on target would be.

Can we please stop with the excuses. You can't get promoted without scoring goals.

1 minute ago, markavfc40 said:

I'd imagine we are no more than another couple of games without a win and the masses will turn on him. Conversely I don't think we are more than a couple of wins away from hearing his name chanted more vociferously.

I don't sense, aside from a few on here, a strong desire bordering on hatred to see the back of him. I think most of us are sick to death, or simply just tired, of changing managers every few months and going through another process of transition and personnel changes. I think that is why he is being given some grace from the masses that go regularly and a little more patience. We all desperately want to see a manager succeed here.

As I said before though there is no doubt he is drinking in last chance saloon and he needs results now.

I don't think you could be more wrong. I want the buffoon out of here asap. I wanted him gone end of last season, then watched the pre-season and wanted him gone then. And now I'm praying every night that he's out of here.

It's a day off for the players tomorrow. Hopefully, he gets a call about 10am. Steve, can we meet up there's something we need to discuss. Or he gets a big fat Tony Xia F-U emoji. Please, Please, Please.

I'm five hours behind here in New Jersey. I get to work about 8am, so that's 1pm UK time. If Bruce is still at the club then I will honestly be lost for words. Surely, there are no more excuses that can keep him here?

Love the Poll. 1 out of 219 voted for Moyes. Villa - Take Note.

We do need a new poll though.

Brentford have dominated us the last two times we played them. Don't understand how we can be so poorly prepared for a game. They lost their three best players the week before and still took us apart. Embarrassing. 

it's 6pm, any news from Villa Park yet?

Any news of an emergency meeting of the board, or reporters waiting at the back of the North Stand? Anything?