bose Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Alex McLeish manages yet again to produce a horrible, painfully boring performance lacking in even a shred of creativity. Up there with the performances vs Man United, Spurs and Liverpool but this was **** Swansea City. A win against an out of form Chelsea team isn't enough if you can't even perform against a newly promoted team. Petrov should never have started the game but yet he played the full 90 minutes! Then of course he takes Stephen Ireland off, our only creative player and puts a winger on. McLeish is clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete165 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 dreadful it will have to get worse before it gets better. it's a truly sad day when you have that little faith in your manager, that you look at the fixtures and think 'well if we get beat at home here, here and here, he might get sacked' - sadly, that's what I'm almost hoping for. Specific problems: Bent might as well have been shopping Full backs looked uncomfortable on the ball Too many long balls Poor passing Petrov and Clark clearly knackered post-Chelsea Outplayed, outpassed, outthought. Dreadful shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Terribly disappointing. What a comedown after Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzyc Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I voted for Warnock just to prove that it's not just mcleish who's clueless!! Woeful performance, truly awfull result....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robojoel Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Fourth home defeat in a row Losing against a team who have not won away all season No shots on goal AGAIN Clueless manager taking off our best attacking player when we are 2-0 down No answer tactically to what is basically a championship team taking us apart at home What more evidence does randy need to get rid of this clown? Could someone not have shown him a Birmingham city 10-11 season highlights DVD or something before appointing him? The appointment sickened me in the first place NOT because he was ex small heath but because of his dreadful footballing track record in the premiership, style, results, transfers etc. We are fast becoming a joke, I am sad to say that I wish we had lost to Chelsea in hindsight as it may have quickened this idiots departure, and I take no pride in saying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Disgraceful.. Special mention to Warnock for being the worst player on the pitch today, truly awful. Must say Swansea did exactly what I thought they would credit must go to brendan rodgers for doing an excellent job there .. he even talked to Albrighton at the end when Albrighton was walking off with his head down and encouraged him and gave him a pat on the back - very impressive. They easily played us off the park and Dyer had Warnock pissing himself all game. The chants have started and rightly so.. hopefully it's a matter of time now before McLeish gets out of this club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 **** OFF MCLEISH AND LERNER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sani Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Incredibly poor. 100-0 in corners and only good chance came in 95th min when NZgobia hit the post. Guzan - shit kick that led to second goal Warnock - abysmal. his pass completion rate must be around 5% Dunne - best defender again Collins - decent Cuellar - Crap defending for second goal, injured. Zog - Frustrating. Clark - Invisible Petrov - Negative Ireland - Good again, only creative player and ofcourse McSHIT subs him. Gabby - piss poor again, brilliant start to the season and then its shit as usual. Bent - **** off to Liverpool, completely useless players when there is no service. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Chelsea win wasn't as good as people thought, this loss isn't as bad as people think. Very fine margins in the game these days. The players were just knackered, I don't think it's any more complicated than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete165 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 No shots. AGAIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDrums Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 We need new owners who at least have a clue on how to run a club, rather than hiding away in America, and a manager that has an idea on how to play the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgetaway Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 i just cant put my finger on what went wrong. We handed them a lead, which is great for an out of confidence away team. Id like to blame AMC but most posters, including myself were happy with the team selection, so tactics? I think Gabby and NZog were on the wrong sides from the start.....? We didnt press high enough first half? We know Swans like to play out from the back..... I dunno .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgetaway Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 i just cant put my finger on what went wrong. We handed them a lead, which is great for an out of confidence away team. Id like to blame AMC but most posters, including myself were happy with the team selection, so tactics? I think Gabby and NZog were on the wrong sides from the start.....? We didnt press high enough first half? We know Swans like to play out from the back..... I dunno .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 exxpected performance and result if you cant pick a team, formation and tactics against the worst team away from home this season then shame on you the ginger clunge has no shame, no passion and doesnt give a **** about aston villa, he cares about the 3 million in his pocket each year he manages to avoid relegation 1 ray of light in the chelsea game and then back to normaility nzog was shit, his inclusion **** the whole formation up he did not try gave no support to warnock who was not good today anyway petrov looked totally out of steam after 60 minutes and should have been taken off for bannan collins clearly at fault for the second goal and probably 3 of the very very decent chances they had and should have scored terrible performance from him.. again cuellar and dunne were the 2 who were good but dunne was getting **** off seeing the other team walk the ball through us timw after time and could have walked gabby was not playing today as he was put as a second right back for some reason bent wasnt playing as he was 30 yards away from anyone else ireland easily the best of the midfield and forwards, kept the ball and didnt try bannan glory passes each time he had it, he moved for the ball andalso is the only one who seems to want to move for the ball from a throw in. clarke was not good today and went up as a forward for the last 15 as the order of the hooooooof was given one of the worst displays i have seen this season and there have been some **** shit ones the ginger clunge keeps his job because no doubt faulkner got paid an awful lot of foreign money to make sure it happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APearson Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I actually felt quite excited about the game today more than i have during any point in the season, felt quite confident of us getting a result after the Chelsea result but i think that was just down to playing Chelsea at the right time, losing 2-0 to a newly promoted side who haven't won away all season is terrible, Mcleish and Randy Lerner out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthEastVillan Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 the biggest concern for me is that it will get a hell of a lot worse than this before something is done. Hopefully not when all is lost but knowing this board it'll be last game of the season after suffering relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Depressingly terrible. They scored both goals at the worst possible times and totally killed any momentum we had. But we did very little in 90 minutes. A mixture of terrible play in the final third, aimless crosses and static movement. A dreadful, dreadful result and we are back to square one all over again. **** football. This! spineless performance, Eck got it wrong and the player were shit, 1-0 4mins in against Swansea shouldnt be a problem. We got a football lesson from Swansea, not to take anything away from them as they are a very attractive team to watch and play how most of us wish we played. Eck sort it out or do one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Further proof that Gabby and Bent up top together will not, and never will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul33 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 GUZAN 5/10 - had little to do but at fault for second goal WARNOCK 3/10 - awful first half - was ok when Swansea decided to sit back ! DUNNE 6/10 - solid and showed some passion at times COLLINS 4/10 - off form, no presence, slack marker, liability CUELLAR 6/10 - composed, steady, best full back we have ! N'ZOGBIA 4/10 - odd touch of class but too slow and lacking in confidence - SELL PETROV 4/10 - dull, negative, no class, sweats a lot ! CLARK 5/10 - will benefit from experience but needs to ! IRELAND 7/10 - the only quality on the team and he gets taken off - go figure ! AGBONLAHOR 4/10 - once shackled just sulked and drifted out of game again ! BENT 2/10 - lazy, contributes nothing, creates nothing, worth nothing - SELL MCLEISH 2/10 - one shot on target at home - clueless - no tactical nous - out of his depth - destroying decent players - destroying decent club - SELL/FIRE !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 2 individual mistakes cost us and thats about it. Disgraceful timewasting from them all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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