TRO Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 11 hours ago, VillaChris said: Really important we don't botch this next month up. 4 home games. 5 games against teams likely to be bottom half at the end of the season. I'm expecting 4 wins which would get us on the edge of the top 6. Steve Bruce was all chipper after the Norwich game but he could easily be back under serious pressure again especially if we mess up the two home games coming up. we just need wins Chris.....I know its stone blind obvious, but it washes away so much negativity, thats not having a pop at anyone, just a truism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 was a time when we just plodded along and became a boring Premier League club who nobody cared or paid attention to. 4 or 5 years later and luckily we are trying the same routine but in Championship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 No chance. Same s**t. Different week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 9, 2017 Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2017 Exclusive footage of our "Promotion Charge" - 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Another season of midtable under this **** clown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 </thread> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 9, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2017 CHARGE!!!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clip on mullet Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 No chance of promotion. We are so far away from being a good side, never mind a team with can gain 80+ points in 40 games. We've shown nothing in the first 6 games to suggest anything different. We've been played off the park by pretty much every team this season. None of it makes sense. We've got a manager who has been promoted 4 times and a strong team. How can we look so poor? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Quite staggering to see we are already 10 points behind the top team after a paltry 6 games. It's basically a repeat of last seasons dismal start but with a worse football style. Our form needs to turn within the next three games if we are realistically gonna have a pop at it this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: Quite staggering to see we are already 10 points behind the top team after a paltry 6 games. It's basically a repeat of last seasons dismal start but with a worse football style. Our form needs to turn within the next three games if we are realistically gonna have a pop at it this season. There is a fundamental problem and it doesn't seem to be going away. we sign new players and new managers and still it persists.. not sure what more to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Zatman said: was a time when we just plodded along and became a boring Premier League club who nobody cared or paid attention to. 4 or 5 years later and luckily we are trying the same routine but in Championship tragically you are right....that took some taking in today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, TRO said: tragically you are right....that took some taking in today. Knowing the pressure was on and the need to perform and get a result I find the performance inexplicable . quite why we set up with one striker at home against a team 2nd bottom and winless this season I have no idea . There was no tempo or drive whatsoever - has Bruce lost the dressing room ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfielder Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 59 minutes ago, Eastie said: Knowing the pressure was on and the need to perform and get a result I find the performance inexplicable . quite why we set up with one striker at home against a team 2nd bottom and winless this season I have no idea . There was no tempo or drive whatsoever - has Bruce lost the dressing room ? And after a break too, in which time they've had all that time to prep on working to a "plan" on what to do in the Brentford game to finish convincingly having beaten an inferior team for three points. Did I say "plan" ?? What a massive failure. Again. Despite Bruce still being here like a turd that won't flush, I was really looking forward to today just to get our fixtures going again and yet again, points dropped and alarm bells ringing. Quite simply if we cannot beat Brentford, at home, after a break with all that prep time, we have little hope at promotion, no signs of ever producing the required manner or consistency of a promotion-chasing team. Rest In Pieces - here lies Aston Villa's 2017/2018 "promotion charge" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ColonelBlimp Posted September 9, 2017 Visiting Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2017 It's quite clear to me, as a fan of another club, that the footballing world has moved on from Steve Bruce. It's pace, breaking with speed, hustling the opposition. How much of that have you seen at Villa Park? Bruce's turgid 'do not lose' negativity might have worked 5 years ago but not now. Gary Rowett is a self confessed admirer of Borussia Dortmund swift attacking/breaking style and if he implements anything like that at Derby I'll be delighted. You could see elements of it on Friday against Hull. I'm all for mangers being given time, but what you need right now is a young, forward, vibrant man who will inject some enthusiasm into the club. I see absolutely nothing like that with Bruce. It used to be funny in our house, me and my son taking the Mickey out of each other, last year was comedy gold with Villa and Rams. This year is just sad. Dr Xia needs to get rid. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Never thought we would trouble the top 6 this season but I thought we would do a bit better than this. Quite why anyone who watched us play at the back end of last season, would have us down as promotion candidates is truly beyond me. It seems that the "negative" fans have been proven right yet again. If we are to challenge for even a top 12 finish this season, never mind top 6, then so much has to change. Starting with the manager. We are going nowhere under him and the longer we stay down in Championship, the harder it will be to get back up. Get comfortable in this league lads, because I fear we are going to be in it for a very long time. Edited September 10, 2017 by One For The Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 23 minutes ago, One For The Road said: Never thought we would trouble the top 6 this season but I thought we would do a bit better than this. Quite why anyone who watched us play at the back end of last season, would have us down as promotion candidates is truly beyond me. Because all he needed was a preseason, apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted September 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2017 18th, 8 points off second after 6 games. Where's the relegation thread again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 22 minutes ago, romavillan said: 18th, 8 points off second after 6 games. Where's the relegation thread again? Don't look down it's frightening, we're just 2 points away from the relegation places. Thank goodness he had a preseason, can you imagine the trouble we'd be in now without it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 16 hours ago, clip on mullet said: No chance of promotion. We are so far away from being a good side, never mind a team with can gain 80+ points in 40 games. We've shown nothing in the first 6 games to suggest anything different. We've been played off the park by pretty much every team this season. None of it makes sense. We've got a manager who has been promoted 4 times and a strong team. How can we look so poor? Its unbelievable isnt it. How can we spend £40 million on strikers (in the Championship!) and be starting a kid upfront on his own who has never scored a goal for us. If this thread is to remain open then we need a very quick change in management. 1 win in 8 league games is surely enough to warrant that change? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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