Mantis Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Yeah I don't harbor anywhere near as much ill-feeling towards Lambert. For one thing he didn't have anywhere near as much to work with, and at least he tried playing attacking football in the beginning, before bizarrely getting more and more defensive, as opposed to Bruce whose entire footballing philosophy is based around simply not losing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I'm with you on Bruce, I think the man's a word removed. Lambert though, I view him as a nice enough bloke. Just a pretty crap manager. No hard feelings from me. Yeah same with McLeish. Both respectful of the fans. Just woeful managers who to be fair to them had very little to work with. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 8 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Tactics? Pretty sure Zatman meant to say Tic-Tacs. His Tic-Tacs were exposed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 12 hours ago, Davkaus said: I'm with you on Bruce, I think the man's a word removed. Lambert though, I view him as a nice enough bloke. Just a pretty crap manager. No hard feelings from me. Lambert destroyed my enjoyment of not just being a villa fan, but football in general. For the first time I stopped watching other games. I'd lost any interest i had in the sport. I'll always resent him for that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 12 hours ago, DCJonah said: Lambert destroyed my enjoyment of not just being a villa fan, but football in general. For the first time I stopped watching other games. I'd lost any interest i had in the sport. I'll always resent him for that. We go again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 26, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 24/12/2020 at 20:26, Tayls said: Pretty sure Zatman meant to say Tic-Tacs. His Tic-Tacs were exposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Had a browse through a couple of Geordie forums. I learned two things: they are not very pleased with old Brucey, and they do not have a swear filter. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Ciaran Clark (e) is gonna Ciaran Clark (e) No blood this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Watched a bit of this. Steve Bruce ought to be prosecuted for crimes against sport. 10 men behind the ball, pump it long to Joelinton. Half an hour in: Edited December 26, 2020 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Listening to the game on 5live, at 1-0 one the commentators said does steve bruce have a plan b? The other replied with well, I suspect he will want them to sit back and keep the score down, and put another big guy up the pitch later Isn't that brucies plan A through to Z? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Listening to the game on 5live, at 1-0 one the commentators said does steve bruce have a plan b? The other replied with well, I suspect he will want them to sit back and keep the score down, and put another big guy up the pitch later Isn't that brucies plan A through to Z? Plan A: Put wor boots on. Plan B: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 26, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Watched a bit of this. Steve Bruce ought to be prosecuted for crimes against sport. 10 men behind the ball, pump it long to Joelinton. Half an hour in: I'm watching it, I'm convinced they are counting the ball boy's time on the ball in that 22% 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: I'm watching it, I'm convinced they are counting the ball boy's time on the ball in that 22% I lasted less than 10 minutes before the flashbacks were just too much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Absolute gutless turd of a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrentVilla Posted December 26, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I lasted less than 10 minutes before the flashbacks were just too much for me. I've just been to the kitchen to fetch a cabbage.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Almost every single game I see of them they look like they are about to get pumped but it wouldn't surprise me if they burgled a 1-1 with their only attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I’m not watching the game but noticed they have had 25% possession, not gonna lie, it’s more than I thought they’d have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 They played the same under Benitez. He was a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 It's not like we've done brilliantly against City last season but this is dire. They have absolutely zero intention of winning, or even drawing in all honesty. This is just a keep the score down exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 26, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 26, 2020 49 minutes ago, momo said: They played the same under Benitez. He was a genius. No, they didn't this isn't true. Under Benitez the players were well drilled, they were organised and they played in a highly structured way. Yes it was primarily defensive but it was not the same as the way Bruce has them playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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