AshVilla 5,907 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites
Davkaus 16,195 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, AshVilla said: It doesn't take a knee jerk reaction to see we've been shit for close to 4 months. We can't expect better than 1 win in 5? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DCJonah 13,552 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, Johnnyp said: Continues in this vein and he doesn't. Villa can't go into a 4th championship season hoping it comes right. Car crash stuff tonight. Sack him and its just hoping it comes good. We need to build something. Link to post Share on other sites
DrUnKeNbUm 155 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 He won't last the season. Fraud of a manager Link to post Share on other sites
R.Bear 1,652 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 I'd love to hear people try and defend this. With our squad, with the money spent, getting outplayed and thrashed, at home, barely creating a chance. Abject and embarrassing. Link to post Share on other sites
djdabush 648 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Thing that I hated about Bruce was that we didn't have a style or identity to our play. In the first month or two, I saw us press high up the pitch, play from the back and look to dominate possession. I don't see any identity or style to our play anymore. I can forgive us not winning every game and having off days, but the fact that we have reverted to type in the way that we play is what really frustrates me. Link to post Share on other sites
Villarocker 4,257 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Gets next season for me. Bruce **** us over a treat Bruce left us with a terrible back five and cover but, that all went out of the window in Smith's first 6 or 7 games because we looked a different team and class. Grealish apart, what's the difference? He's improved the defence and goalkeeper and yet we are worse and not playing anything like what we played when he first came in. I predicted this result and it's not hard to do, which really f**king hurts. Smith doesn't need to be sacked but he bloody well needs to do something different to this because it is way too unacceptable! Edited February 8, 2019 by villarocker Link to post Share on other sites
bobzy 7,341 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 We need to stop playing ANY of Hourihane, Whelan and Jedinak. Tonight, we’ve seen all three. Solve that problem, and we’d start to move forward. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
AshVilla 5,907 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, R.Bear said: I'd love to hear people try and defend this. With our squad, with the money spent, getting outplayed and thrashed, at home, barely creating a chance. Abject and embarrassing. How much of that money has been spent on Dean Smith players? Sacking a manager after less than six months in the job is laughable. People should be venting their frustrations at the players who look like they can't be arsed and our poor performance in the January window. Edited February 8, 2019 by AshVilla Link to post Share on other sites
Eastie 4,733 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Poor transfer window and we still have Taylor and Hutton as full backs who are both shocking - smith had a good honeymoon period but the wheels have totally come off with 2 wins in 13 games and I can see us getting done in a few games coming up too - there are questions to be asked about how the team have gone backwards albeit losing 2 key players but that should not see such a total transformation that we have seen - smith needs to finish the season strongly or serious questions will be asked in the summer . Link to post Share on other sites
DCJonah 13,552 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, R.Bear said: I'd love to hear people try and defend this. With our squad, with the money spent, getting outplayed and thrashed, at home, barely creating a chance. Abject and embarrassing. Regardless of what's been spent. He has inherited a mess. Needs a chance to build his team Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Albrighton 6,860 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Sack him and its just hoping it comes good. We need to build something. I’m open to the idea of writing the season off and letting him build something. I’m not particularly happy that we’ve written this season off when there was still a chance, but there you go. But at what point do you say actually, nothing is being built? End of next season? Link to post Share on other sites
KMitch 1,432 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 My fear was that no matter who we replaced Bruce with, the fans wouldn't support him until the summer, no matter how difficult the struggle this season would be. We need better players all over the pitch and it's going to take several windows to work them out. Blame Smith, Blame Bruce, Blame Lerner/Xia, I don't care. We need to start building for the long term now and stop with quick fixes. Link to post Share on other sites
AshVilla 5,907 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, Shropshire Lad said: I’m open to the idea of writing the season off and letting him build something. I’m not particularly happy that we’ve written this season off when there was still a chance, but there you go. But at what point do you say actually, nothing is being built? End of next season? Three seasons minimum and i wouldn't include this one. Link to post Share on other sites
thejoker 269 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Smith not doing great right now, but the majority of these players aren’t good enough. We need a massive overhaul in the summer. Smith is a good manager as he has proven in the past. We must hold our nerve. Link to post Share on other sites
holteend1982 1,032 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Regardless of what's been spent. He has inherited a mess. Needs a chance to build his team Still a good enough squad to at least challenge top 6. We've been rubbish past 10 games under him but tonight was something else, he doesn't deserve a chance to build a team if he keeps this up. Edit: dreadful for 80 minutes lol Edited February 8, 2019 by holteend1982 Link to post Share on other sites
AshVilla 5,907 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Is Dean also to blame for the Sheff United second goal or the stonewall penalty on Mings? Can't really do much i'm afraid when the ref is a Birmingham City fan. Link to post Share on other sites
New_Hope 868 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 ffs grow up. Link to post Share on other sites
DCJonah 13,552 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Have that then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DCJonah 13,552 Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 26 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: At least the football is exciting though... Great shout. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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