Ratings and Reactions: Norwich v Villa

[NottingVilla]

It was as bad as the last 3 matches we have played. Midfield consists of Jedi heading it to other players. Attackers are complete strangers to each other. Defence consists of Amavi hoofing it out and Golini remains a statue of liability.

Play offs, NOT A CHANCE. 

[pacbuddies]

What a crock of shit. We just don't pose any threat to anyone we play. Zero shots on target and we let a team with a shit current form dominate us and take 3 points. I don't know about play offs anyone who thinks this team is good enough to get anywhere near them is deluded.

[rbcuk]

Rubbish to play agbonlahor again 

[Ikantcpell]

What is wrong with our players? 

We were crap all over the pitch, there is no drive or energy in the team.

Signed so many players that were great for other clubs, then when they sign for us they turn in to shit.

Iam so fed up with this!

[bradarmstrong_]

Disgrace. 1 away win since August 2015 which was only won by a last minute pen.

There's something still fundamentally wrong with this football club alongside the fact that half the starting 11 tonight was absolutely abysmal. 

[romavillan]

Woeful, looked like a bunch of strangers again like under RDM or the heady days of West Brom under Sherwood. Looked totally unprepared and tactically all wrong.

[Kingman]

Should be ashamed of themselves, **** utter embarrassing and shambolic performance and set up.

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

Pro: We spend another year in the championship, we get rid of some dross, get some more energy in, as well as experience in this league.

Con: We  are in the championship for another year, and the few actual good players we have leave, start all over again.

VERDICT: Its all shite and depressing, system was bad, too long to make changes. our better players forgot how to control or pass.

 

This is the sort of performance we would probably have put in if we got to the playoffs so sod it.

 

HOWCAN Tshibola not get a game?

All out rivals won, perfect ckusterf*ck tonight Nd only ourselves to blame.

Ross should be playing, Adomah should be playing.

With Baker in the team we are rock at the back and he has a goal threat.

Sxrew it all goodnight.

 

[LakotaDakota]

5 minutes ago, PaulC said:

I thought that was a pen at the end but we didn't deserve anything out of the game. No legs in midfield. I thought Bruce left it too late to make changes.

Watch it again, The ref turns away completely to look at the linesman to see if it is offside and spins his head back round to see what's going on when he hears the roar for a pen. He was in an ideal place to give it and completely missed it because he chose that second to look in the other direction.

Edited December 13, 2016 by LakotaDakota

[Wainy316]

Between this and the Leeds game I've never seen a trailing team offer so little when chasing a game.

 

Definite pen though.

[Farlz]

Won't get many worse performances than that in the Championship this season, **** embarrassing. 

[Designer1]

Terrible performance from the players and Mr.Bruce.

It will happen of course, that's to be expected but that was dreadful.

[Kingman]

Under Bruce without Elphick: Won 4 Drawn 2 Lost 0

Under Bruce with Elphick: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 2 

[Richard]

Was he supposed to have read the riot act at half time ? That worked 

[Paul33]

Carried on where we left off on Saturday. Turgid, dreary, slow build up with absolutely no creativity or ambition in midfield and forwards all playing out of position and looking lost.

We keep buying good players who then become crap players in a Villa team ..... we have a cancer of a mentality that has haunted us since McLeish/Lambert days. We have to change the entire way we play and that can only happen with the right players ..... I hope Dr Xia has deep pockets !

[maqroll]

The only good that can come out of this dip in form is that it convinces Dr. Tony that positive reinforcements are desperately needed.

[striker]

That was as bad as under Garde. No, probably worse.

Wrong team and wrong tactics against a team losing 6 out of the last 7. Villa let Norwich rebuild their confidence throughout the game until they finally scored.

 

[villakram]

What motivation is there for any player to improve when you have someone like Gabby allowed back in? 

What motivation is there to play when you have as technically and tactically poor a player as Hutton starting every game? Well, that and a clear lack of any sort of gameplan.

Bruce and his old boys club style of management... club needed to be cleaned out with a flamethrower.

[Mantis]

3 minutes ago, bradarmstrong_ said:

Disgrace. 1 away win since August 2015 which was only won by a last minute pen.

There's something still fundamentally wrong with this football club alongside the fact that half the starting 11 tonight was absolutely abysmal. 

It'll take time for the club to detoxify. Sadly years of poison can't be undone in weeks. I think we're getting there but it's taking longer than any of us would like.

[Spray]

Deserved to lose.

That performance was as bad as it gets. Being a non-existent threat against a poor Norwich side, you know you've got major problems. Yes we've won a few but none of them were convincing displays. 

Edited December 14, 2016 by Spray