sne Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Just now, bobzy said: Oooh, fair - did not know this at all. He's fine there, let's bring him in. I had no idea either Just checked, it's the internet so it might very well to totally false... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhilGibson Posted August 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) One thing I will say I absolutely think with our midfield if we continue with kodjia up front we will continue to struggle. We need a striker who can hold the ball up and bring others into the game. We would then get runners into the box and create more in the final 3rd. Kodjia is not a central lone striker and never will be, he doesn't have it in his game, too individual which is brilliant at times and frustrating as hell at others. This is why for all of our possession and defensive frailties our biggest failure will be not signing a hold up striker, in my opinion of course. Edited August 25, 2018 by PhilGibson 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Yawn.............is he still here?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 minute ago, M_Afro said: Yawn.............is he still here?! Nah mate. He walked hours ago, we were waiting for you to ask. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 3 hours ago, eholm said: Ta-ra then I’m staying just for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockport_Villain Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 The start to this season reminds me of RDM. Individual mistakes costing us points, Ipswich and Reading. Decisions going against us Brentford and Reading. Does that me we’ll have a new mangers in 3 games time? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Nah mate. He walked hours ago, we were waiting for you to ask. Splendid news. Cannot find it being reported anywhere yet but it must be true. Truly enthused. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 24 minutes ago, PhilGibson said: One thing I will say I absolutely think with our midfield if we continue with kodjia up front we will continue to struggle. We need a striker who can hold the ball up and bring others into the game. We would then get runners into the box and create more in the final 3rd. Kodjia is not a central lone striker and never will be, he doesn't have it in his game, too individual which is brilliant at times and frustrating as hell at others. This is why for all of our possession and defensive frailties our biggest failure will be not signing a hold up striker, in my opinion of course. and mine.....and a CB please. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mantis Posted August 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) I just don't see the point of him anymore? Even his biggest fans won't pretend that he plays attractive or attacking football. He's supposed to be all about getting results. His remit when he first came in almost two years ago was to stabilise us and then get us promoted. I'd say he did a decent enough job in the first season given all that had gone on, but last season we never even really seriously challenged for automatic promotion, which isn't good enough given the squad we had. This season is turning out to be very similar - it's already clear that Bruceball isn't going to be enough to have us competing where we should be. It may have been enough 5 years ago but it isn't now - Bruce is outdated. Unfortunately though, I think Zatman is right. He won't the boot until we start losing games, and by then it'll probably be too late. He just hasn't shown enough over these past two years that he has what it takes to make us anything more than playoff contenders, no matter which players he brings in or how much we out-spend other teams. Edited August 25, 2018 by Mantis 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlico_Villa Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Draws in this League are absolutely no good at all. We learned that in prior 2 seasons, but Bruce hasn't. He loves a draw, just can't help himself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 It's a 46 game slog, Bruce will continue to do an OK but not good enough job for the duration. Even if he isn't replaced until around the new year I think we will still be in a shout of promotion and certainly the Play Off. Worry is he'll do just enough to keep the job but not quite enough to really challenge. With the media behind him it does take a bit to sack him while he's still doing OK. Hope the new owners are ruthless once they identify the manager they see as the man to take us forward. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlico_Villa Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, sne said: It's a 46 game slog, Bruce will continue to do an OK but not good enough job for the duration. Even if he isn't replaced until around the new year I think we will still be in a shout of promotion and certainly the Play Off. Worry is he'll do just enough to keep the job but not quite enough to really challenge. With the media behind him it does take a bit to sack him while he's still doing OK. Hope the new owners are ruthless once they identify the manager they see as the man to take us forward. Hope Mendes is trying to find us a proper Manager. One that is relevant in 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 minute ago, sne said: It's a 46 game slog, Bruce will continue to do an OK but not good enough job for the duration. Even if he isn't replaced until around the new year I think we will still be in a shout of promotion and certainly the Play Off. Worry is he'll do just enough to keep the job but not quite enough to really challenge. With the media behind him it does take a bit to sack him while he's still doing OK. Hope the new owners are ruthless once they identify the manager they see as the man to take us forward. Yeah, his popularity in the media doesn't help. Even if we go on a really bad run and get rid of him, the owners will still come in for a lot of flak from the pundits. Guarantee that they'd be saying things like "Bruce proves that he gets teams up - why can't these foreign owners just be patient?" etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) I don't blame Bruce directly for all these errors, but it is getting a bit weary and predictable. The football lacks conviction for me but in some ways ,we did enough to win 2 matches .....Their goal was predictable, the odd punt downfield and the walls of jericho come tumbling down. The game itself was riddled with indecision and slow thinking and reactive action and lethargy. He won't last long playing like this. PS What is it with this ridiculous decision to have no player up field when we defend corners? Edited August 25, 2018 by TRO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Just now, TRO said: I don't blame Bruce directly for all these errors, but it is getting a bit weary and predictable. The football lacks conviction for me but in some ways ,we did enough to win 2 matches .....Their goal was predictable, the odd punt downfield and the walls of jericho come tumbling down. The game itself was riddled with indecision and slow thinking and reactive action and lethargy. He won't last long playing like this. Agree with all except the bolded. A combination of him doing enough to keep us in play-off (rather than automatic promotion) contention and his reputation for "getting teams up" will keep in the job for a long time yet IMO. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, bobzy said: For the avoidance of any doubt here - I don't think anyone is being played out of position, with the possible exception of Jedinak; who looks like he may well be a CB for the rest of his career anyway. Hutton is now a left back and has been playing there for a while and doing well. Tuanzebe can apparently play a variety of positions and is playing is one of them - likewise El Mohamady down the right of the pitch. So, aside from maybe Jedinak, I don't think anyone is playing out of position. Really? you don't think any players are being played out of position? Good grief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, TRO said: PS What is it with this ridiculous decision to have no player up field when we defend corners? This, along with no movement on throw ins really is embedded in the Villa DNA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, Mantis said: Yeah, his popularity in the media doesn't help. I was listening to talk sport yesterday and that twerp Adrian Durham said Villa play great football, we are one of the most attractive teams to watch in the championship. Which tells you all you need to know sbout how much championship football these twerps actually watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted August 25, 2018 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2018 He's doing alright. To an outsider there's very little to criticise. Mustn't grumble. But, quite frankly, it's not good enough. He's great at defying the odds. His record tells us that. Trouble is, it shows now. The odds are in our favour, except the tough games when we inexplicably seem to turn up, and he's defying them by failing to dispatch inferior opponents. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 My boy is on holiday with his mom this week so i upgraded his ST and took my brother today. My brother will claim he's a villa fan but hasn't been for about 15yrs and acknowledged on the way there that he couldn't even name 2 players in the squad, so it was interesting to get the thoughts of someone that has no real emotional attachment to the club. Throughout the game he kept saying it felt like a training session, that there was no urgency at all and that the team looked disjointed and players didn't look like they knew what they was meant to be doing. When we was walking down the steps of the Holte after the game with me feeling really dejected he said: 'Fecking hell, And you do this shit every week? Fair play' Watching this crap is draining, there will be another squad build next season when he fails again to take us up and going into our 4th season with this guy in charge we will be back to square one. The sooner the guy is gone the better. ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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