Popular Post AVTuco Posted January 1, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2017 I think Bruce is a very good manager for us right now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) 15 hours ago, Woodytom said: I've watched plenty of matches actually. Thanks. The players aren't good enough to retain possession? Do me a favour. Yesterday, we once again had 5 international footballers starting. Another 3 came on. Also 2 u21 internationals. Name me one Steve Bruce side that has been known for retaining possession? As for decision making, you can teach it but we're hardly talking about mind blowing decisions here. Pass the ball to an unmarked player or try and dribble it through 4/5 players. You raise another issue.....on many occasions our players are marked. We don't move enough off the ball, subsequently we get caught with it and in addition can't get away from our opponent. that inhibits us from launching raids and turning defence in to attack. This problem has been with us for 5/6 years. Imo Steve Bruce is well aware of it and will work to put it right. This business of whether Steve Bruce is right for us or not......We need to understand where we are.....We are not going to attract The likes of Jurgen Klopp We have to improve in increments and phases.....Steve Bruce has never really been at a stable club with a balanced team, not fighting for survival or awash with money to fix it....If we had of been playing good football and in the Prem, he wouldn't be here. He has come to rescue a sinking ship.....so far, he has done a good job in that respect.....managers can only do so much with what players they have. if RDM can win the European cup, it kinda highlights that. Edited January 1, 2017 by TRO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Well now the new manager bounce has worn off performances are starting to remind me of RDM, but at least we got a new manager effect under Bruce, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 If he picks Westwood or Gardner again then he has no defence if we lose. Sick of him picking these proven **** losers. Give others the opportunity. It's a **** joke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Terrible management today i'm afraid Picks both Gardner and Westwood making us play the first half with 9 men we should have been at least 3 - 0 down We deserved nothing from that game and got what we deserved the damage was already done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Yup. Poor from Bruce. Needs to be backed with his own players now and simply can't make that sort of mistake going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 His loyalty to utter shit footballers will hopefully not extend past this month. Big changes needed and if he doesn't want to make them then I fear the worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Sounds like we got out-scumbagged today and our midfielders are unsurprisingly too weak. We've got two weeks to get some business done before the next league game and I think we will have a good go at getting 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyvilla Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Out of interest , which central midfielders do people expect bruce to pick? We dont actually have any options. we need to give him time with the players he wants 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 even with the shit players we still dont seem to have a clear identity or way of playing, at the start i thought he seemed to be able to get the best out of what he's got, get us playing as a unit, working hard, chasing everything down, now i dont, struggling to think of a game that ive been really impressed with us we're still a very broken team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, mattyvilla said: Out of interest , which central midfielders do people expect bruce to pick? We dont actually have any options. we need to give him time with the players he wants Exactly - we just don't have the options. I really think people need to give Bruce more time. The rot's stopped but it'll take more than a few months to reverse years of poison. Edited January 2, 2017 by Mantis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 He can have excuses now but after the window closes if we have horseshit like Westwood and Gardner starting then he is 100% accountable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 5 minutes ago, mattyvilla said: Out of interest , which central midfielders do people expect bruce to pick? We dont actually have any options. we need to give him time with the players he wants He could have used tshibola and even used Bacuna in the middle. Options are not great but continuing to pick proven shit and not be prepared to try other options isn't good enough IMO. And if it's something that consistently done then you can't have many excuses when results are shit like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAL Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) should never play gardner or westwood at the same time or at all. Bad decision by bruce :I Edited January 2, 2017 by HAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 4 minutes ago, Mantis said: Exactly - we just don't have the options. I really think people need to give Bruce more time. The rot's stopped but it'll take more than a few months to reverse years of poison. Exactly. I really don't see why more people can't see it (actually I probably can). He's performed a bit of a miracle with such a flawed squad. He's got us still in with an outside chance of the play offs with his first window coming up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Poor football and lack of goals is concerning. We've hardly played a consistent 90 minutes under Bruce, and more often than not have made hard work of winning points, relying on moments of magic from the likes of Kodjia and Grealish. We've played 14 games under Bruce, 7 against bottom half teams (6 against teams currently in the bottom 6) and scored just 16 goals. Just 7 teams have scored the same or less than us this season. Today Brentford have gone away to Blues and scored 3, Reading come back from 2 down away at Bristol City to win, Norwich score 3 past Derby. I can't see us doing that. I hope he's got a plan for January. Continually shit football and inability to score is going to turn fans away very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, HAL said: should never play gardner or westwood Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 3 minutes ago, DCJonah said: He could have used tshibola and even used Bacuna in the middle. Options are not great but continuing to pick proven shit and not be prepared to try other options isn't good enough IMO. And if it's something that consistently done then you can't have many excuses when results are shit like today. He could have also used Grealish in a more central role and played Ayew out wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 11 minutes ago, mattyvilla said: Out of interest , which central midfielders do people expect bruce to pick? We dont actually have any options. we need to give him time with the players he wants Tshibola for one? A clown could have known that westwood and gardner aside from being turd could not cope with the physical demand. Ill go a step further and guess if Tish and Jedi were in the same team we would have 6 -9 more points at least. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, DCJonah said: He could have used tshibola and even used Bacuna in the middle. Options are not great but continuing to pick proven shit and not be prepared to try other options isn't good enough IMO. And if it's something that consistently done then you can't have many excuses when results are shit like today. Very much this IMO, he continues to pick the same dysfunctional midfield without doing too much in the way of experimenting. It was of course fine to do this when the results were solid enough but having some poor ones of late surely it was time to make some changes to the structure of the first team. Anyway, hopefully this is all academic as we will have new players coming in soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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