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31 Oct 2016 19:37:45
With ayew suspended next game I expect we will see grealish straight back in the team and Gabby on the bench again, judging by the villa Twitter Gabby has just got 2 assists in 3 minutes for the u23's.
31 Oct 2016 13:11:57
I was at the game yesterday and came away from it with exactly the same thoughts as I have for a long long time.
Midfield is not good enough. Gardener scored a cracking header and faded. Westwood is nowhere near good enough, never has been and never will be.
Jedinak was colossal but lacks the mobility at a tired 32 years old.
Tshibola is a good prospect and needs time. I've said this so many times but I really do think that we need 2 TOP QUALITY midfielders to get us out of this league.
01 Nov 2016 08:49:55
Don't think the age thing should be used as an excuse, Jedinak looks brilliant in a midfield 3, he just isn't that mobile. Look at Barton last year for Burnley, he's surely a similar age and he was all over the park week in week out. Would love it if in Jan Hull are struggling and bruce can persuade Huddlestone to come, he's a top player in this league.
31 Oct 2016 09:21:05
My thoughts on yesterday's game, I thought in the end we were lucky to get a point, the second half performance was very poor, especially the forwards, ayew didn't look interested, except Bruce seems to have him tracking his man back, McCormack just doesn't seem to fit in anywhere, and Kodkja was totally outmuscled by shotton, the pluses were baker and jedinak, I think come January the futures of ayew, McCormack and elphick will come in to question . i personally think Bruce will go for a right back, creative midfielder player and a new forward, especially if gabby shows he can do a job .
31 Oct 2016 12:45:10
The only job Gabby can do is to get the burgers in at Burger King. Never should wear the Villa shirt again.
31 Oct 2016 08:51:50
In some ways I happy to see gabby comeing on yesterday, and I think he did alright yeah I'll never get his name on the back of shirt again but I support him once he is trying and putting in the effort I do think if fit and head in the right place he will bring something a bit different I think the wolves game was crying out for somebody like him
Put yourself in his boots for a minute yeah he says he bleeds aston villa but let himself go in the 2-3 seasons but can he be really blamed under learner our hole club was a joke 99% of managers were never good enough and some of the players were worse the half decant ones we had we sold them thinking we made a profit when really we could have got a lot more gabby has seen all this happen how could any player give a toss when the owner dosen't, I defend his actions and the state he let himself get into as a professional athlete but a the moment he one of our players so therefore we need all hands on deck to get out of this mick mouse league all ready he has improved he got more touches in 10 mins yesterday than he did in the hole of the first half last season against Liverpool it seems we have given bacuna another chance okare name was wanted on starting 11 a the beginning of the season I'm my eyes he done a hole lot worse refused the play last season
I think it's showing that everybody is on board now and when mangers and players gel that little bit more will push on we are on a bit of run at the moment and players will be forgetting what a defeat tastes like rather than going into every game trying and hoping for a draw because that's what was happening under rdm
Let's get behind every player now and be 12th man that we used to be we have a pretty good squad very good manager and a top notch owner onwards and upwards.
{Ed001's Note - did you give a toss when the owner didn't? If so, how can you absolve Agbonlahor for not giving a toss when he is not just a fan of the club, but being paid a huge sum by it? Surely he should care more? It is not just the club he supports, but the company paying for him to live in a big house with flash cars to drive! It should be everything to him.}
31 Oct 2016 12:57:30
IF i went to work with Gabbys attitude it would not be long before i got my P45.
31 Oct 2016 18:05:24
I agree with edd001's but I do think if he puts in the effort he should be given a chance at the end of the day he still on the wage bill so we should be makeing the most of every player we have yeah he lives in a bug house with fancy cars but that was previous owners fault and I do agree that we would get the p45 if we had that attitude but was bacuna richards grealish hutton all saints aswell it was the entire club that failed us the supporters the few seasons not just 1 player I'm not asking anybody to sung his name from the roof tops but while he wearing the claret and blue and doing his best we should be supporting him
I did here the fans yesterday singing his name when he came on if fit with the right frame of mind he will be like a new signing for us.
31 Oct 2016 00:26:41
Always had time for Rowlett, before today, but his reaction and stupid comments after the game, iv changed my mind. How on earth can he accuse Codjia, of play acting . Codjia was battered time and again, in the back and legs . Rowlett told him he should be ashamed of his play acting . For those who reckon he's a Villa fan, you've got it wrong he's a typical nose . Nice to see the police thanking Villa fans, for their response on the day . Pity the same can't be said about the noses, reports on Facebook, say the Yenton pub attacked . Reported people waving knives about, infront of little kids and punching young girl in the face . One well known nose on Facebook, saying what a disappointing showing it was by Villa, could it be its because Villians have a few more brains . Onwards& Upwards Villaforever.
31 Oct 2016 09:34:17
Gary Rowett is a joke .
TBH we was lucky as the 2nd half as we didn't turn up .
However Rowett moans about the things that are part and partial of the modern game
Kodjia diving - erm no he was being kicked in the air by Shotton
Gollini time wasting - doesn't every keeper do it?
The face that we spent 50 million on players!
Firstly because we can afford to!
Secondly so would he if he had the money .
Finally his team is expensively assembled compared to the Burton Albion team which beat them 2-0 the week before!
Also Noted how he failed to mention was the noses keeper was lucky to get away with a red card for poleaxing Adomah which led to him being taken off injured!
Had adomah been still on the pitch, I also think the outcome would of been different as he has pace which scares the life out of defenders
Do us a favour Rowett if your going to bleet on then please speak some sense!
31 Oct 2016 17:15:17
Isn't this my post re worded further down the page?
30 Oct 2016 18:35:33
Several posters said that Gabby had no chance of getting on the pitch.
20 mins that show he has still got a chance.
No manager worth his Salt would take a player without being prepared to play him.
Well done Bruce, you have recognised that your senior player was poorly treated by previous management and could well be a valuable asset.
Hopefully his regeneration programme will have us all calling his name again.
{Ed001's Note - treated poorly? He was like Lee Hendrie - out getting hammered the night before games! He is lucky to still have a contract with the club with his total lack of professionalism. Pricks like him annoy me, they have the best job in the world and take the piss by not putting in any effort.}
30 Oct 2016 18:50:01
i fully agree with the edd. But i still have a bit of love for gabby an i hate myself for it.
30 Oct 2016 20:47:08
Sadly I agree with the ed, (Jesus! )
It's no so much the getting pissed before a game that annoys me, it's the 'I love villa, cut me I bleed claret and blue' image he wanted, and then the disrespect he showed us all.
Not caring for the plight we where in, the demise of the club, and even celebrating after losses.
I'm not sure I can really forgive him for these actions.
I will celebrate if he scores, I'll applaud if he does the right things ob the pitch. But I will never sing his name again.
Having said that. he played with heart, and massive passion today.
30 Oct 2016 22:21:24
Here, here Ed, dissappointed Gabby was included and really hope we don't have a few months of, he's trying and nearly there, you watch he will start scoring soon! I am sure we have heard this all before sadly and given him time over the last 3 seasons. Perhaps he will make an impression at this level and would love to be proved wrong. Thought fair result today and still progress from SB as if think a few weeks ago we fancied getting embarrassed today! UTV.
30 Oct 2016 23:29:11
*Disclaimer - Did Not Attend Game*
What was the point of keeping gabby at the club at all in the summer window? Why not just pay him off and terminate his contract? The powers that be must have wanted to either get him back pushing for a starting place or intended to sell him on.
In either scenario he has to be in contention to play. He's only going to get properly match fit with game time and I can't see any team buying him based off the past few years performances alone so he needs game time to show his worth. It's probably the reason Dr Xia was upset on twitter when he refused to go out on loan especially with the number of strikers he is competing with for a place even off the bench.
Love him or hate him he has to at least be given the opportunity to play and not be frozen out completely, assuming terminating his contract is off the table.
30 Oct 2016 22:21:24
Here, here Ed, dissappointed Gabby was included and really hope we don't have a few months of, he's trying and nearly there, you watch he will start scoring soon! I am sure we have heard this all before sadly and given him time over the last 3 seasons. Perhaps he will make an impression at this level and would love to be proved wrong. Thought fair result today and still progress from SB as if think a few weeks ago we fancied getting embarrassed today! UTV.
{Ed001's Note - what if he has grown up and realised he can't do those kind of things if he wants to play football at his best? Would you still not want him near the team? It can happen that they suddenly realise how they have been wasting their career by drinking it away. Or they could go the way of Lee Hendrie and slip down the leagues, then spend their entire time on podcasts etc talking about how they wasted their career and how hilarious it was that they stole a living for years.....}
31 Oct 2016 12:54:05
The Reason Gabby is showing some heart now is because he does not want to be shipped out in January Transfer Window. Does anybody not remember his attitude last season.
31 Oct 2016 13:04:36
Should have Terminated Gabbys contract long ago.
30 Oct 2016 17:04:36
Just back from the game I thought first half we was decent. 2nd half fitness showed again the draw was the fair result. I just wonder second half why we sat so deep and Stop closing down is it fitness or Bruce's tactics? Anyway I hope you all enjoyed the game I was giving the blues fans stick before the game on the coach just banter really no trouble that i seen. And a special thanks to our police force who handled today very well. Decent point onwards and upwards. UTV.
30 Oct 2016 18:39:12
Baker and Jedinak were both immense today. Gardener took his goal well and I was thrilled for him. He ran full length of the pitch to us to celebrate. But I must say that he did little else.
Westwood is a League 1 player at best. Must be replaced in January .
The supporters love Huttons 100% effort. But the bottom line is that he needs replacing too.
All in all a decent final result but I think that the other team may consider themselves a little unlucky.
30 Oct 2016 15:55:46
Will take result today
Granted blues had the second half after
60 mins
I said to my mate it looks like villa are letters the game Peter out to a 1-0 result
And then the deflected goal
Not one to be bitter but does Gary Rowett
Drink with Tony Pullis
When are they so bitter and twisted about the money we have spent
"We couldn't bring a 12 million pound sub on"
" they have a 15 million pound striker up front"
From his interview after the game
Stop bleating about it
Yes we have spent money so have Newcastle
Did you congratulate Burton for beating you with a team which cost half of what you spent?
Grow up Rowett
Fact
Donaldson goal never went over the line
Fact
If your players weren't around the referee
And he had kept up play Kuszczak would have been shown a straight red for his assault on adomah.
30 Oct 2016 15:17:36
Take that all day long draw I think right result.
30 Oct 2016 15:13:08
Baker was literally, head and shoulders above every one today, outstanding in the air . Jedinac &Amavi are getting better, with every game . Westwood just to lightweight, gives silly fouls away because he's not strong enough, and why do these chances with open goals keep falling to him . Albert was unlucky with his injury, we didn't look as good when he went off . Our main problem was, we just never held the ball upfront, every time the ball was cleared it just came straight back at us . Ayew being criticised again, but his work ethic you just can not fault him, he gave Amavi good cover . Best thing, our unbeaten run goes on . Surprised to see Flabby, that was a curve ball by Brucie, I hope this dosent mean some of the promising youngsters are pushed back again . Bring on Blackburn, keep the run going . Onwards and Upwards Villaforever.
29 Oct 2016 10:47:51
It will be interesting to see if Gabby gets any part of the game tomorrow.
Bruce obviously believes that he can play a part in the game both on and off the pitch.
Could he be the match winner? What if he does? Will he be a hero or a lucky son of a bitch.
Personally if we get a point that will be a good result. 3 points incredible!
29 Oct 2016 12:26:34
He won't play.
29 Oct 2016 12:34:08
I don't think SB feels he can play a part on the pitch, but he is apparently travelling with the team to offer support.
If he can get fit, lean and focused maybe he could play a part at the return fixture later in the season. That's up to him. Does he have the desire to do so? Maybe but is he good enough to get in our team again? NO in my opinion.
29 Oct 2016 17:03:34
If Bruce didn't believe in him he wouldn't be giving him the time of day an talking about him every opportunity, whether we like it or not I think we will see gabby this season.
29 Oct 2016 18:51:06
I'm not so sure chris.
'If' he got fit, and showed his worth in training, the Bruce has a new established player, but also, he has a saleable asset.
There is more chance of a club taking him, if he is ready to play.
29 Oct 2016 20:18:36
Didn't think about the selling factor, fair point the training regime could be purely to sell him on! I'm not his biggest fan but don't hate him either, his took advantage of his position and stuff but whoever puts on the shirt I'll back, i used to think Clark was dreadful (still do) but always supported him if he played! Hopefully if he does get a chance he doesn't mess it up!
30 Oct 2016 12:00:05
Gabby on the bench bloody hell.
30 Oct 2016 14:25:54
Knew we'd see him!
30 Oct 2016 15:11:13
At least he had passion!
28 Oct 2016 02:04:02
I know we all get caught up with football but in the 21st minute i hope we put the rivaly to the back of us for just 1 minute. There will be a minute applause to remember the people in the Birmingham pub bombings. And the people fighting for justice for there love ones who didn't return home that night. I hope both sets of fans come together even if its just for 1 minute. UTV.
28 Oct 2016 20:58:04
Absolutely, really great gesture of second city unity on what is really important for both sets of supporters, justice for the families of such appalling events in our great city.
29 Oct 2016 06:24:22
Maybe only 30 seconds for the part timers among them MSKIA.
27 Oct 2016 14:22:31
No word from You Know Who so far today!
Wonder if he's taken up my suggestion of a long winter break in Bhutan lol?! ✈.
27 Oct 2016 14:47:33
Obviously not 😄I spoke too soon.
27 Oct 2016 14:17:35
My line up for Sunday :
Gollini
Hutton. Baker. Chester. Amavi
Jedinak
Adomah. MacCormack Gardner. Ayew
Kodjia
I was torn between MacCormack and Bacuna
but the Scot got the nod as I think he's more likely to Nick a goal than Bacuna.
Thoughts anyone?
27 Oct 2016 20:13:03
I see your point but got to play bacuna, keep the three in the middle, he's been smashing his it recently, control the game from the centre and send McCormack on from the bench.
27 Oct 2016 21:30:01
Agree after Saturday need Bacuna to start and build on his good work in midfield! Noses I know are saying it will be in midfield where they dominate and thus win the game. After Saturday and a further week of Brucie training keep with Bacuna. Can't disagree with the rest of the line up AndyPF. UTV.
29 Oct 2016 14:16:15
I don't entirely agree here, they have confidence now and they just need to keep that confidence.
Now that the team has the right balance between defence
and offense, I don't think that we would need Jedinak for this match.
I think also that Grealish and Bacuna should take corners and free kicks respectively.
I would use a 4-4-2 attacking formation:
Gollini
Hutton, Chester, Baker, Amavi
Bacuna, Gardner,
Ayew, Grealish
McCormack, Gestede
Substitutions: Bunn, Elphick (captain), Cissokho, Kodjia, Green, Hepburn-Murphy and Kozák.
29 Oct 2016 21:46:31
Grealish is suspended. Also, can't see how you would possibly drop Kodjia to the bench or not play Adomah.
27 Oct 2016 14:05:24
I think for Birmingham City v Aston Villa game i would go 4 5 1 and drop Rudy gestede, and bring in Albert adomah, We need to keep it tight and try nick a goal. KingVilla, great to see you back hopefully Bruce, spends it wisely. UTV.
27 Oct 2016 19:12:02
So mr know it all, your either a journalist for the Birmingham mail, mystic meg or read news now this afternoon?
Because your team selection is the exact copy of what is written in the mail!
As opposed to writing you think the team should be which is a copy of the mail . Why not write good call on the team selection by the mail.
28 Oct 2016 01:27:10
1st of all i don't read the evening mail. Its not a surprise others go 4 5 1 as Villa, are awful in midfield so the best thing to do is clog it up an make it hard for teams. How can i have copyed any1 i didn't name my team i just said 4 5 1. Anyway my team gk gollini, rbk hutton, lbk amavi, chester, baker, bacuna, gardner, tshibola, adoma, ayew, and kodjia, i didn't pick jedinak, has i belive it will be fast paced an i don't belive he is very qwick. If you want to have ago at me i don't mind let's face it i do give it out but these are my thoughts and my thoughts only. The last newspaper i read was the sports argos do you remember that it was pink ish? My prediction Aston Villa, 2 Birmingham City 1 UTV VTID SOTC.
27 Oct 2016 02:45:39
word on the street in China is that Dr tony will give steve bruce up to 25 million in January window to help him along and if we were to go up there would be a massive kitty of up to 100 million available in the summer. I feel only good times ahead with Dr tony. utv.
27 Oct 2016 09:39:08
What you doing on the street in china.
27 Oct 2016 13:25:52
Is that where you've been Kingvilla, searching the streets of China looking for the word.
27 Oct 2016 17:48:38
lol. bit of work over there. and some me time as well. but I'm back fully charged and my sources are fully loaded so hold tight guys.
26 Oct 2016 19:53:19
Why do you even bother with"you know who? "
Just let him or her carry on doing their thing and enjoying themselves.
The most of important thing is that we keep a good run going and get at least a point on Sunday.
Confidence must be rising and expectations high so a point is realistic, 3 pts would be a dream.
Even Holloway now states that we are going to get into the playoffs.
The outlook is brighter.
26 Oct 2016 19:22:54
This could go on forever, I think we all agree . Mr Know Bugger all, will never agree with anyone, he is so one dimensional . God help if he had. Nipper who didn't want to go to a match, I'm sure he would disown him. So iv now decided, to take no more notice of any more of his posts . So MKIA no more response of me, lf everybody did the same, it would see you off . You thrive on us responding and reacting to your posts, no fun if nobody takes any notice . So go and find a telephone box some where and start an argument with yourself . From the best supporter ever, sorry forgetting myself . Onwards& Upwards Villaforever.
26 Oct 2016 19:41:37
It makes me furious, with this logic I would need to go to another continent every week to be a 'true supporter' in his opinion i am just 'fond of the club' what a joke, no wonder he couldn't take the heat last time with comments like that.
26 Oct 2016 20:08:07
Lol
I don't want him to do that!
Just the keyboard warrior routine wears thin.
If he could tone down, engage brain and realise certain thoughts should remain just as that, it's cool!
A lot, in fact regarding team affairs, most of what he says are true, or at the least worth discussing, it's the way they are said that I get offended by! And I go to most matches, home and away. I know how fortunate I am. I am no more a fan than someone who hasn't gone since the 80's, if at all.
There is an old man whom my father knows, who used to follow the villa everywhere, home and away, and in Europe. He saw us win the European cup. Hasn't been since. His argument is, he can't top that. We buy him a program every week, but he has not been in decades.
Is he not a villa supporter?
26 Oct 2016 20:33:15
Thanx for all your feed back i will continue to support my club through these difficult times i won't apologise tho because if i see somethink rubbish i will say so but same goes if i see somethink good iam honest.
27 Oct 2016 13:22:07
You may disagree with peoples views on players, formations, managers etc. but you cannot question peoples loyalty to the club based on attendance. You have skewed idea that there is a direct correlation between attending games and loyalty as a supporter and that makes no sense.
You are also saying that people who actually attend the game have better viewpoints on the team. I can assure you that there are people that haven't missed a game for decades but their opinions are crap because they don't have 2 brain cells to put together. Your argument is completely flawed.
29 Oct 2016 06:21:26
Oh wow this again. People like MKIA just ruin sites like this for everyone else. Pathetic.
Maybe all of us who don't go to all the matches should get a black asterisk next to our posts to make it clear they aren't important. And maybe they should segregate the fans at Villa Park and have a special part timers area.
26 Oct 2016 19:10:56
Mr Still know it all, I would rather have a beer and discussion with Flackie about the Villa than you any day. I'm sure most of the other bloggers agree. He at least, speaks common sense and is not too negative. He at least uses punctuation and knows how to use spell checker! I always reads his posts but unfortunately, when I see your name, I ignore.
26 Oct 2016 19:59:54
Thanks savo, although I wasn't wanting anyone to pick a side, just for him to realise things are not necessarily black and white.
26 Oct 2016 17:39:51
MKNI yawn yawn. Please learn to spell and respect the views of others. I have supported, followed, and worked for Aston Villa in the 57 years since I was 5, I have supported them through thin and thinner. This however does not make me a better or bigger supporter Han you or anyone else.
26 Oct 2016 16:20:24
Flackie welcome back, hope you had a good time . As you can see, Mr Know It all hasent mellowed in any way . Your wasting your breath . He should think his self lucky, if he can go to all the games and not try to belittle others who can't afford it . Just because you can't go, dosent make you a lesser fan . Iv supported Villa for 57 years, followed the all over the place, so am I a bigger fan than MKIA no . Do I go to away games now, maybe 2-3 a year . So is MKIA a bigger supporter than, No . Onwards&Upwards Villaforever.
26 Oct 2016 17:10:46
1st of all i haven't be littled anybody. The point i made was how can people comment on Aston Villa when they havnt watched the game an just saw highlights on tv which last 5 seconds! If people can't afford it that's fair enough but i wouldn't then accept there view on somethink they haven't seen. Highlights last for seconds now so how is it fair to give a view on it? Its like watching 50 seconds of a film then saying wev its good or not! Flackie has more influence on you guys than john terry at chelsea. I understand its tough for people getting to football but i wasnt slatting anybody i was just asking if a person doesn't see the whole of somethink how can they give a fair opinion?
26 Oct 2016 17:12:24
Thanks mate. Was great, although showed my lack of support to go away during the season!
My lad has just signed for Peterborough, and came away with us, does this mean he isn't a proper player? Must be a hobby!
It's flawed logic what ever way you look at it!
The guy one dimensional view boils my blood!
26 Oct 2016 17:45:51
That jt reference actually made me laugh!
Sky
BT
Radio 5
Talk sport
Not to mention countless online streams.
Lots of ways to watch and follow the matches.
26 Oct 2016 19:12:28
flackie don't entertain it they obviously aren't ways of showing your villa colours if u just watch the highlights etc! I'm going to have to leave the site because I live in Northern Ireland, get over to at least 4matches a year. but I'm not entitled to an opinion on my team! ( can I still call villa that? )
26 Oct 2016 19:25:55
I live and breathe Villa, I live in South Africa. My mom immigrated when she was 14. I take serious offence to that comment. I'm as big a supporter as anyone else on here. It just shows how closed minded you are that you think all villa supporters live in the midlands. Would you rather not have Villa be a global brand?
I think my views are more structured and make way more sense than the bull you speak. Oh and I can also construct a sentence a hell of a lot better than you, Mr know it all.
You take it for granted you are able to go to every game, I would kill to be there every week.
26 Oct 2016 19:46:13
Great too see we have villa supporters all over the world like your good self sir.
26 Oct 2016 15:56:32
Would anybody put gabby agbonlahor on the bench against birmingham city? I knows his been a fool but he does love the blues villa derbys and has a habbit of scoring in them?
26 Oct 2016 01:16:27
Everybody call off the search flackie is back my old mate how was your holiday? I never thought about sitting by you really but yes maybe we will. As much as i have missed my mate flackie my attention will be 100 percent on beating the blues even if we sat together police won't be needed on this occasion lol. Bruce has our team working hard but really we have to create more chances and we will start to fly up the league. So update for flackie who decides to go on holiday during the season is. 7 points from the last 3 games we have a new anthem don't look back in anger sang every time we win. grelish banned for stamping. oh and mendex now follows rugby. lol UTV AVFC SOTC.
26 Oct 2016 07:20:59
I'm sorry I went away during the season. I know I'm not a real fan, as as well as Aston Villa, I have a family, a life and a career.
Thank you so much for the update. It is a privilege that a real fan, such as your self takes the time to talk to the masses.
26 Oct 2016 10:42:19
No problem hope you enjoyed your holiday did you bring me somethink back nice? lol. Iam not saying iam anymore a fan than anybody else! I just try and encourage people to go games before moaning about the 3 seconds they caught on tv. Anyway looks like the police are locking us in at the end at the sty for safety reasons. so maybe you could bring your holiday pics might pass the time a bit? UTV :)
26 Oct 2016 12:05:45
Topography, graphically, geology, family, work, cost etc etc
All reasons why some can't go to any game, let alone some.
Are they less of a fan? Does their opinion mean less?
I go to 95% by the way, I'm not more or less a fan than anyone.
26 Oct 2016 12:39:52
If you don't see a whole game i don't see how people can comment an say its good or rubbish as they wernt there tv 5 seconds does always paint the real picture. i wouldn't start talking about a film if i only seen 5 seconds of it so why is football differnt? There is a difference anyway a fan is somebody who is fond of the club and a supporter is somebody that's goes to all the games! Simple fact is you can't see somethink for a few seconds and pass judgement on it! Oh flackie iam glad your back we was running out of prawn sandwiches!
26 Oct 2016 13:25:05
A fan is someone who is fond of the club, a supporter is someone who goes to ALL the games?!
Man, it's hard to talk with someone who lacks basic intelligence.
26 Oct 2016 13:51:19
We can all watch all games on live streaming.
Most away games this season will have limited numbers of tickets. So does that mean that those of us that went to Preston (5000) are better supporters than those unable to get tickets for Small Heath (2000)and Brighton. Burton, etc etc etc?
26 Oct 2016 13:54:42
Please Mr. SKFA wear a dunces cap on Sunday so that we can all avoid sitting near you lol x.
26 Oct 2016 13:55:06
I'm not going to insult you in anyway I will not stoop to that level. All iam saying is when you see 5 seconds on the television he doesn't paint the whole picture of the game. How can you judge a player or the team by a few seconds on tv? You get supporters who go every game and some that don't its way of life. If you had to ask somebody about the game who would you ask somebody's whos been to the game or somebody who is just seen the highlights? If people can't afford to go that's fair enough not there fault but i wouldn't ask there opinion on somethink they havnt seen! Nor would i expect them to moan about it because they havnt seen it.
26 Oct 2016 14:08:53
Ok then say you're right answer me this question why does Aston Villa separate fans when buying tickets? Eg you need to have been to so many away games to go to burmingham burton wolves list goes on? is it because they are rewarding loyal supporters rather than part time fans that don't go that often? Same as when we got to wembley how many people wanted tickets for the game but never went games i know partimers asked me.
26 Oct 2016 14:17:32
Jesus! I give up.
Part timers
Real fans/ supporters
Have a word with your self.
26 Oct 2016 14:34:44
Hissing in the wind flacks hope you had a good holiday fella.
26 Oct 2016 14:34:51
I've heard that the Kingdom of Bhutan is very nice at this time of year. Right through to April actually.
26 Oct 2016 15:10:53
Answer the question why does Aston Villa reward people who have been to more games than other eg buying tickets. Is it because they acknowledge there is fans that go to games more than others and reward them. flackie our own club understands the difference why can't you?
26 Oct 2016 15:30:40
I understand that not everyone can go home and away.
We average 25k home
Aprox 5k away.
That's a shortfall of 19k. Are these fond fans not supporters?
It's unintelligent, naive and insulting to suggest that because you CANNOT go to every game you are less of a fan. And because of this your voice, say and opinion is void.
I understand that the club rewards 'loyalty' although I disagree with the way you have interpreted their discription.
26 Oct 2016 17:19:46
It's none of your business but I've been involved with things that make you realise football ain't that important. I haven't been watching rugby
I won't go into details but let's just say Shankly was wrong about the importance of the game
As for the rest of your nonsense, I really, really cannot be bothered.
26 Oct 2016 17:39:51
I hope things are ok mate.
26 Oct 2016 19:35:23
Thanks Flackie.
26 Oct 2016 19:48:40
Hope all ok Mendex buddy☺☺.
26 Oct 2016 20:56:42
What a load of crap I'm from Ireland I got to 2 games last season at a grand total of nearly €2000 so I am no a fan of the villa I'm just fond of them
Everything thing you say is just for a reaction you must live in the Midlands close to villa park where you only have pay for a ticket
Here is what I have to
Friday of work
Taxi to Dublin
Flight
Taxi to hotel
Stay 1 night
Taxi back to airport
Flight
Taxi from Dublin
But then you would do this if you were fond of aston villa
You talk nothing only crap all the time why would you disrespect any supporter of any club in this way there is nothing more I would love to be doing every weekend only following my club up and down the UK
To be honest my am I even wasting my time repling to your s##te.
26 Oct 2016 21:23:19
Well said Mick.
26 Oct 2016 23:37:32
Thank You Villadaz.
27 Oct 2016 06:22:24
When I go abroad I see Manc replica shirts, Arsenal, Spurs even and Chelski all next to Barca, Bayern PSG and Real Madrid shirts. Dr Tony has a dream that our shirts will be up there. I would love to see us up there across Europe and the world. Not everyone can get to see the villa live for economic, social and health reasons. My late father was born in Aston, worked in Aston, went home and away till his late 20s till he had a family then only took in a handful of games a season till his health didn't permit. That made him no less a villa fan nor more in my view than someone who lives in Bejing who has now nailed their colours and loyalty to B6 and aspires one day to visit or even buy the club. There are so many reasons why people will support the villa and if sticking a pin in a league table is the way who cares. Defending the club in conversation and buying the replica shirt as well as joining this site are all displays of loyalty and support. Our club should be as inclusive and welcoming to all who want it to be their club regardless of any need to fulfil an entrance test or criteria! Viva AVFV!
25 Oct 2016 21:22:49
Wow!
Been away for a few weeks! (Holiday, not at her majesty's pleasure! )
Incredible turn around! And a clean sheet.
potato head has done the business!
Only downside. know it all is back! (Joke! )
I came close to missing you, close.
25 Oct 2016 21:33:20
I've just realised that I have a 1 in 2000 chance of sitting beside him on Sunday!
An enviable pleasure indeed.
25 Oct 2016 21:41:48
Welcome back, if away with no contact with home it must be like time travel to back to when there was optimism and a plan! Lol.
25 Oct 2016 21:50:53
It's like I'm in a dream nick!
What's people's plans for Sunday? Drinks before?
25 Oct 2016 21:54:27
Afterwards in The Wellington Bennets Hill in town.
24 Oct 2016 22:34:08
I see no reason why we shouldn't be able to scrape into 2nd place by the end of the season.
Its all ifs and buts I know but a win in the City slums on Sunday and I think that the confidence will be booming.
A few more wins before the January window to keep us in touch and it will be lift off.
Dr Xia will give SB dosh to spend on a couple of quality additions who smell promotion. to the Promised Land.
Or am I being too optimistic?
25 Oct 2016 12:35:24
Easy tiger.
25 Oct 2016 22:22:32
I wouldn't say it will be easy, Mendax. but not impossible.
25 Oct 2016 23:09:33
This week is scaring me because I know what villa can do to me! My optimism gets to a peak and then with no warning bang and I am sent reeling! Starting on my nails already! If beat the pond life then I can see a good ru happening! VTID.
24 Oct 2016 20:58:24
Mike Dean to referee Birmingham City v Aston Villa so your wondering my issue right? This is the same Mike Dean the refereed Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa and celebrated when Tottenham scored. either he really love Spurs or he hates villa or he could even be a blue nose either way this should be aloud!
24 Oct 2016 22:40:24
that was suppose to say shudnt be the ref stupid spell check lol.
25 Oct 2016 08:48:47
mr. still. know. it. all, I believe that we will win anyway. Just keep the faith, mate.
24 Oct 2016 20:07:26
The noses will be well up for it at the weekend I'm sure Bruce will be drumming this into squad. First 15 mins will set tone midfield need to dominate. I am going for 2-0 to us. Ps cheers for the welcome villa dave.
24 Oct 2016 17:58:54
Been an interested reader for a while, thought I would join in!
{Ed001's Note - nice to meet you Andy.}
24 Oct 2016 18:07:21
Welcome aboard Andy,
24 Oct 2016 12:37:18
Just come back because couldn't handle all the negative posts. But come back to still see the nonsense. if you think Bruce is the wrong man because he managed birmingham then you haven't got a clue. He is the best man for the job as the results are starting to show for themselves next birmingham and I feel like a easy 3 points.
24 Oct 2016 15:38:02
I agree mate i think steve bruce is our very own tony pulis. Football isn't great but results are there so we can't moan i would rather have results now. The fulham game Proved it 4 80 min was a awful game no chances created then 1 mistake an we burst into life. There is a art to defending just as much as attacking it may not be exciting but it really works i predict villa an bruce will will beat blues 2.1 i will be there as usual UTV.
24 Oct 2016 16:31:00
I'll be at the sty too Mr. SKFA . It seems as though we may go into the game as slight favourites but you and I are old enough to know that form counts for nothing in games likes this.
We will need to be fully focused, up for a hard game and clinical in front of goal.
But most importantly of all we will need to boss the midfield. This is where the games won and lost.
So I hope that SB continues with 5 across the middle and leaves the Landcrab on the bench.
24 Oct 2016 16:54:07
Do not care who Bruce Managed before us as long as he does a good job for us which i think he will.
24 Oct 2016 19:20:31
Confidence is the key so silly but it true now us and the team need to feed on it can't knock the support at the games but fully feel play offs if we can have a good month really need the win to the scum.
24 Oct 2016 00:53:19
I belive what goes around comes around. So watching chelsea v man utd game i saw jose Mourinho at the end say to conte who encouraged chelsea fans to sing up when they was beating utd 4.0 that you do that at 1.0 not 4.0. So mr mourinho now you know what its like to be humiliated and treated disrespectfully. Everybody remember under paul lambert and roy keane when mourinho tryed to leave 10 min before the end and roy keane wòuldnt shake his hand when chelsea beat us at the bridge? That my friend is carmer.
24 Oct 2016 17:18:00
I think you mean Karma.
24 Oct 2016 18:09:50
I prefer a Madras myself lads.
24 Oct 2016 22:16:57
Blimey Dave, are you taking the Peshwari?
24 Oct 2016 22:40:31
Just a Tad ka Dal mate.
25 Oct 2016 17:06:07
The tarka is the best, just a little otter.
23 Oct 2016 21:39:22
Back in the day it took Birmingham (small heath) 14 attempts before they could beat us.
On top of that we have had two very good wins against them 7 - 3 and 6 - 0.
Overall we have played them 122 times, Villa winning 58, drawing 31 and losing 38.
All that said, the stats point to a 1 - 2 victory for Villa, I agree with that but would not be surprised if we win 1 - 3. We are getting better.
23 Oct 2016 18:50:22
Brilliant performance yesterday, everyone in the team had minimum of a decent game. The goal was outstanding, yes a mistake led to it but the keeper was taking liberties all game and we kept pressing him and got our rewards! Ayew and adomah should of wrapped it up but that's the only negative!
Kodja is proving himself to be a real goal scorer and McCormack came on a looked brilliant as usual! Everyone will have opinions of man of the match, ayew has a shout, kodja for his work rate and goal.
either centre back could take it but for me Gary Gardner should have it, was outstanding, youngest lad in there and bossed the midfield, didn't lose a header, calm under pressure, brilliant passing just should have took a shot first time in the second half when he came racing through!
Comes under criticism a lot and last two games he's stood up to the plate, bacuna now being played in what he described when he first signed as he preferred position is like a new man! Two wins back to back for the first time, can't wait to get into them on Sunday!
23 Oct 2016 11:26:47
Next game for villa, Birmingham and the result is Bluenoses 0 Aston Villa 2. What does anybody think.
23 Oct 2016 16:42:30
Tough one to call. I'd take a point now if I'm honest.
23 Oct 2016 17:46:16
You know what i actually wouldn't i think we can beat them. Reason we have better players than them an a decent manager we need wins now! 1.0 villa i predict.
23 Oct 2016 19:22:48
Hope you are right mate.
23 Oct 2016 20:40:25
Since the jumble sale of Small Heath their good start has faltered. I know they slipped against Wolves and bounced back but forest then Burton, could be getting found out. I predict 1 nil villa. After Saturday dilemma for Brucie when Jack's ban is over after the Derby of course!
24 Oct 2016 22:18:35
If it was anyone but us I would be agreeing heartily with you both; but it is, so I, m not.
25 Oct 2016 20:50:42
I'm predicting a 3-0 Aston Vlla win.
22 Oct 2016 21:04:38
Great win AGAIN for us today we was more solid than anythink. We need to be more creative tho albert adoma done great when coming on. on a whole good result poor game.
22 Oct 2016 20:40:02
We are now starting to actually look like a team, going through from 1to 11 all much better . Gollini looking bett every game, Baker was brilliant, Chester looked like a captain . Even Jedinak looked more like the player, we thought we where buying . Gardener and Bacuna shored midfield up, we looked much safer with three in midfield . Up front the lads looked realy on it, Ayew once again was non stop movement . The two wins are made even better by the the teams we have beaten . That was Readings first loss at home and Fulhams first loss away . I imagine the noses are feeling a bit twitchy, after watching Burton hammer them last night . All looking good Onwards and Upwards Villaforever.
22 Oct 2016 17:09:49
Ok, the future looks brighter with 7 from 3, the best run for a long time.
If Bruce can instill some more passion we can keep rising up the table.
Now seem able to withstand the opponents having the ball but retaining our own shape and not giving them much to see the goal.
Could Bruce be St Steve at the end of the season?
Can't see why not!
22 Oct 2016 19:00:53
Well deserved win for a match that at times was very Luke warm, great way to end it! Thought Baker made a real difference at the back compared to Elphick. Jedinak did better and my biggest surprise was how well Amarvi did! Pleased with Bacuna performance too which is still hard to say lol! The Brucie bounce is happening, looking forward to next week. Keep the same line up. We're coming for you Birmingham City we're coming for you!
22 Oct 2016 11:44:44
It seems Gabby might be ready to play for us in 5 weeks time, hope not make it 5yrs instead please.
22 Oct 2016 12:40:13
Steve Bruce has wiped the slate clean for all the players. Its a pity that we fans can't do the same.
The club needs to get promotion asap. and if a fit lean focused Agbonlahor can help then that's good for me.
I don't have to rate him as a person or a player. The fact is that he's on a very lucrative contract for the next two years so let's offer him the chance to redeem himself and do what is best for Aston Villa.
22 Oct 2016 15:46:14
you never know we might have found his level and he could be what we are missing, look at gestede. last season maybe one of the worst players I've ever seen in a villa shirt, this season dominates defenders, movement is great and also actually looks like he might score every time the balls near him.
23 Oct 2016 20:47:18
No chance for Gabby, do t think he will ever get form back with the villa and unless he becomes a midfielder we are pretty flush with forwards after a start and trying to make the bench. What with Jack, Rudi, Ross, Jonathan for starters really no space for one so devoid of hunger and a has been. January please leave at least for a loan to try and prove me wrong.
22 Oct 2016 08:54:01
Steve Bruce 21 October 2016 ;
" I've waited 20 years for a job like this "
22 Oct 2016 11:47:09
Lets hope now he's got it he can do something with it.
22 Oct 2016 00:14:50
Watched the Burton v Noses tonight, our club was full to the brim with a lot of very upset noses . They where rubbish, Burton should of buried them . Onwards and Upwards Villaforever.
22 Oct 2016 08:20:22
They can't play like that every week because they'd be in the bottom 3, they were hopeless.
21 Oct 2016 13:38:06
I just want to talk about Gabriel agbonlahor for a minute an that's all he deserves! How many managers are going to put him on a fitness plan? He's a professional footballer for god sake if you take your job seriously you keep yourself fit playing or not! Aston Villa should be aloud to tear his contract up if i was unfit for work i would be sacked! Anybody tell me the difference his unfit for work!
21 Oct 2016 16:23:15
I see the Baggies have just put Berahino on a weight-loss training plan. Mind you, he is a 23 year-old proven goalscorer with an arguably good future ahead of him, whilst Gabby is . well, just Gabby really.
21 Oct 2016 16:28:04
By the way, how come you’re now Mr ‘Still’ Know It All? Does that mean you’re just the same old Mr Know It All but are now not moving around at all? If you remain still for too long, it might be you that we have to put on a weight-loss diet ;)
21 Oct 2016 16:56:23
There is no evidence that Gabby will get another chance unless he really proves his worth.
I guess that Bruce is showing interest in rekindling Gabbys career following his disagreement with previous managers. He could well prove us all wrong and actually be almost a freebie, after all we still pay his wage.
Whether we like it or not Bruce can and will make a decision about Gabby and some of the somewhat deserved venomous comments may well be either proved or unproved.
If he gets a slot sometime in the future we should treat him like the prodigal son and welcome him.
Not like the boo boys who could destroy what Bruce is trying to achieve, PROMOTION.
If Gabby gets on the pitch get behind him, not on his back.
21 Oct 2016 19:36:24
I must say when we played wolves an lacked pace i thought wish we had the old slim gabby playing. But i suppose his history now if he wanted to play football he wouldn't be unfit. just incase you all didn't know COME ON BURTON TONIGHT sotc UTV.
21 Oct 2016 19:21:03
It's like deja vu with gabby, no matter what we think of Bruce thinks he can add something and it good enough he will play him, and whoever it is in a claret and blue shirt we need to get behind them!
22 Oct 2016 11:50:43
A minute is too long for Gabby the way he as been for us the last few years . I would not need a minute to give him his p45.
22 Oct 2016 11:53:18
Not if they are not good enough to wear the shirt.
22 Oct 2016 13:33:34
V then illa man, your charity is overwhelming.
Gabby has been treated quite poorly by our managers over the last season's.
Didn't he challenge what was happening and wasn't that the start of his spat?
Have you never done anything you regret or are you perfect?
The general supporter has forgiven Bruce for his past and according to an online vote 74% are willing to give Gabby another chance if selected.
So come on, he has not yet got a game. When he does get picked We caN then judge him.
20 Oct 2016 20:41:37
Iam try not to think about the blues game but i belive if we win it can be the game that turns a season around. Its such a big big game i would say one of the biggest for a long time. I don't want to be walking out the sty anythink less than 3 points! So question is who has it in them to battle on derby day? who would you pick? I know the blues will be up for it there rubbish but they do battle well. what would be your team for the ding dong derby?
20 Oct 2016 23:30:18
Reckon should stick with winning formula and side from Tuesday, or as close to it. I know some want Amavi for Sissoko but he is certainly too light weight in my opinion. Bruce will have a good deal more idea by time we go to the Sty so feeling more positive!
21 Oct 2016 10:33:16
Ayew in for Gestede, and i think we should definitely start with Amavi, being light weight wasn't a problem beginning of last season, hopefully he can get some confidence back. Sissoko is too inconsistent and is a liability at the moment.
21 Oct 2016 10:39:12
Bruce will want to see how we perform this weekend and in training next week before deciding on his line up.
But i'm hopeful that he's spotted the major weakness in our team The midfield. 5 across the middle at Reading was a good move. And leaving the Landcrab on the bench was another.
To get a good result at the stay we'll have to boss the midfield.
I'll be there. I've had my rabies jab lol!
20 Oct 2016 16:43:44
Just a thought a out coincidence.
Our finest manager Mr Ron Saunders and Steve Bruce both played for Gillingham.
Ron dragged us to our finest hour.
I hope that coincidence strikes again and Bruce picks us up in a similar manner.
20 Oct 2016 18:37:53
Mr Saunders also managed the minnows in Small Heath and was forgiven! Both plied their trade in Norwich and Manchester too! That's it we're safe and going to get automatic promotion for sure now! UTV.
19 Oct 2016 21:30:55
Anyone out there street wise enough to let me know what sort of magic mushroom potion is ally cissokho likley to be slipping into the incumbent and prevous managers tea that make them think he is a footballer. I ask purely for selfish reasons, I am hoping to slip it in the wifes tea hoping it will make me look like a good husband and reap the rewards.
20 Oct 2016 07:59:47
The only reason I can think of is that he is more physical than Amavi but that's it. He is a walking disaster and should never be near the first team again - I would be AMAZED if Amavi doesn't start at the weekend. Him and Ayew must start!
20 Oct 2016 16:13:37
hi great support at reading loved the oasis soung but surely we can stuff them mancs let's belt out the TWANG all true brummies and villa fans.
20 Oct 2016 16:18:17
Agree Ayew must play we must get him inside the box more that's where is more dangerous for us.
19 Oct 2016 12:55:27
Obviously Bruce is instilling some belief in the players following a few tweaks in less than 10 days.
Our real weak spot appears to be Cissoko, 2 pens in 2 games is unacceptable. Could be argued that he cost us 2 pts at weekend and last night could have been the same.
All in all an excellent result that until now we could have thrown away.
Let's keep the faith and believe.
19 Oct 2016 12:50:06
Great 2 more wins and if results go our way top 6.
19 Oct 2016 14:14:35
Villa will play at home against Fulham and away at Birmingham, they both should be easy wins for us.
19 Oct 2016 19:15:32
I believe in keeping faith, but let's not get carried away here, surely you realise no game is easy in the championship.
Let us take one game at a time.
19 Oct 2016 22:20:28
Getting a bit ahead of yourself there mate.
19 Oct 2016 23:48:23
Blues will be tough don't fancy it to be honest. I would say a draw 1-1.
19 Oct 2016 10:05:28
Great win last night, Got to get Ayew around and in the box more, see what happens when we do, Also if we play more like last night we will reach the playoffs.
18 Oct 2016 23:47:29
Dont want to get carried away, but from little acorns and all that . Listening to the game Ayew, was the catalyst that was needed to spark us up . Liked seeing Green on the bench, even though unused . This is just what we needed, get the team believing again . We need the buzzing, befor we meet the noses . Have to get left back sorted though, complete liability . Bring on Fulham, Onwards& Upwards Villaforever.
18 Oct 2016 23:25:30
OH JOY!
18 Oct 2016 23:28:54
2 wins off the play offs.
18 Oct 2016 23:35:19
2nd game and a WIN! Yes!
In 180 mins Bruce has done what the others couldn't do in months and months. It seems unreal but finally we've done it. A run of wins will result.
18 Oct 2016 22:12:23
Just on the way back from reading lost my voice got a bruised knee and it was all worth it. We worked so hard we really deserved the points. Stevie bruce keep it up and let's get this club where we should be what a night.
18 Oct 2016 22:52:23
Get In there you beauty. chuffed. Onwards an upwards.
18 Oct 2016 19:49:20
Has Bruce had enough time to sort the players out?
I would like to see some passion from the team, some willingness to chase the ball down and some intelligence from all of them.
The time is right for them and us.
Win and it gives everyone a lift, lose and it doesn't bare thinking about.
18 Oct 2016 21:16:10
TBH, we just need to win, back to basics and nothing special even if it's ugly. Then we can build some confidence.
18 Oct 2016 17:22:03
What's this story about Yorke pulling the race card because villa weren't interested in him. Does he not maybe think it's due to his inexperience and he needs to start in the lower leagues.
18 Oct 2016 17:33:56
Agree but he was a good player.
18 Oct 2016 18:04:12
Villaman being a good player does not mean you are going to make a good manager, that has been proven time and time again.
I agree with VillaSA.
18 Oct 2016 18:17:40
I agree too. Besides, there's the small matter of kissing his utd badge at VP. So no, go get some experience elsewhere and apply to them when Mourinho gets the boot.
18 Oct 2016 20:18:06
Good player? How does that even apply to my point?
18 Oct 2016 21:45:22
It doesn't mate.
18 Oct 2016 12:12:06
hi all from sunny ks heart land of aston villa this is my first bit of banter.
18 Oct 2016 13:02:28
Welcome aboard ksvillain and strap yourself in.
18 Oct 2016 15:05:14
cheers dave been a bumpy road for a while now think a few of our lot would be too slow for walking football.
18 Oct 2016 18:14:21
Can`t argue with that mate.
18 Oct 2016 01:53:08
Team for tonight
Gollini
Chester Baker elphick
Bacuna tishbola laden grealish
Gestede mcormack kodja
Sorry my spelling isn't the best
Let's hear your teams for tonight.
18 Oct 2016 07:39:18
Elphic injured and grealish suspended.
I'd go
Gollini
Bacuna baker Chester Amavi
Tishbola lyden Gardner
Ayew gustede McCormack
Stop us getting over run in midfield!
18 Oct 2016 09:56:05
Agree with your team but would only change 1 player Kodija for Gustede.
18 Oct 2016 12:18:04
hi all from sunny ks this is my first time on here from the aston villa heart land just desperate for3 points tonight.
18 Oct 2016 13:02:59
I can't see your point but second half against wolves he was a joke, needs being put in his place.
18 Oct 2016 13:21:10
Gollini
Bacuna. Baker. Chester. Lyden
Tshibola
Adomah Ayew. MacCormack Amavi
Kodjia.
My team for tonight. If Adomah is injured replace with Hepburn Murphy.
17 Oct 2016 18:04:25
I have a question for everybody as it looks very unlikely the villa will get promoted so far judging by the league table. Season ticket prices for next season if we're in the championship still should they come down? At the start of the season Dr Tony said if we bought the season tickets early next season will be the same price. Now that's only a bargin if we go up if we don't go up are we happy paying over 520 pounds for championship football again?
18 Oct 2016 18:49:31
We have been very fortunate over the Prem years in having quite cheap STs! They haven't been great value for money with performances on the pitch! The club will need to balance next years cost with championship football and loyalty! I think if we stay down they should freeze the price again! I will carry on blind faith and buy again.
17 Oct 2016 14:19:54
I am back haters and i am back for 1 reason only to talk Aston Villa! For those who do not wish to talk to me that's fine. Now i know fitness is yet again an issue, I just question these players attitude as athletes they shouldn't need a manager or anybody keeping them fit!
They should take there job seriously and want to succeed. Its pathetic they don't have energy to close down. God help them if they was in the army! Steve bruce as you know i wasnt a huge fan but i belive he could do very well we need to stay up this year and give him a full pre season with these players! Great to be back hope you all been attending games.
17 Oct 2016 15:03:07
Keep it coming KnowItAll 👍🏻 What did you think of Saturday?
UTV.
17 Oct 2016 15:47:16
Ha ha, I knew you couldn't stay away for long.
17 Oct 2016 16:31:36
1st of all Wolves are a very good team take nothink away from them. But come on 2nd half was pathetic effort by the players midfield couldn't pass to each other nobody closed down. I think 4 4 2 was a great balance and if that game was rdm think we would have lost. And another thing i been hearing its hard for our players to play at villa park 4 godsake it should be a pleasure to play with the best fans in the world roaring you on. Are we really led to belive that this crap that they serve up is somehow our fault? I'm awfully sorry would it be better if we didn't turn up at all incase we put them off? We sold bad players and replaced them with another set! Some will welcome me back and I appreciate it others wont. UTV buy a scarf an join me at games its not that cold. #joking.
17 Oct 2016 16:40:50
I'm new to this site, but have been reading these pages for some time, i'm glad to see your are back mr know it all.
17 Oct 2016 19:04:12
Brilliant post mate hit the nail of the head, getting paid 40+ k a week and at the end only McCormack was pressing!
17 Oct 2016 19:37:44
Were you in the shower, got out and found yourself posting again?
17 Oct 2016 18:34:11
Agree fitness is an issue. remi garde had that issue too but problem is this is a new team! Surely their fitness can't drop that fast! Maybe it's time to ban tomato sauce and have a word with the canteen lady!
17 Oct 2016 22:54:25
Mr Still Know it all! Change of name? Does that mean old account is dead? What about correct score competition? You were 3rd I thought, are you still playing? welcome back here anyway UTV.
18 Oct 2016 01:04:08
Thats the thing i am most gutted about i like the correct score compo. But thing is i deleted my account as i felt you can have a bit to much of me sometimes but i am back and will try to make up the points.
{Ed003's Note - welcome back 👍}
18 Oct 2016 18:52:01
Any chance Ed that you can transfer account to Mr Still know all?
{Ed033's Note - i can add mr know it all's points total to mr still know it all's point total on the correct score competition.
18 Oct 2016 23:28:32
Great thanks, mr still know it all back in the game, bit like the villa tonight reborn lol.
17 Oct 2016 12:33:24
Did anybody else notice on Saturday Richards didnot fall over so much.
16 Oct 2016 19:44:26
Hello villa fans couple of question is promotion gone 4 this year also have we bought poor players 2 replace poor players.
17 Oct 2016 00:01:56
Certainly automatic has gone. Only chance now would be the play offs
Before we get ahead of ourselves we still have the small task of ensuring we don't get dragged into a relegation battle.
17 Oct 2016 09:56:53
Agree automatic promotion maybe gone, but i think the players bought this year are better than last years. At the moment they are not playing well as a team. we badly need to strengthen our midfield.
17 Oct 2016 12:04:17
not saying we will do it but we are far from missing out on auto promotion at minute. only takes a few games going our way and a few teams stumblng above us and we can climb up, i get we actually need to start winning first but nnever know.
17 Oct 2016 16:49:43
Agree if we can hit good form, even as late as Jan/ Feb who knows what will happen.
17 Oct 2016 19:14:56
I believe we can still rapidly climb the table as long as Brucey can find a way to fill the void that is our midfield.
Tshibola is young inexperienced and a good prospect.
Jedinaks league career will soon be over if he doesn't quit international football.
Westwood is not good enough and never will be.
Gardener is so far so poor.
Grealish flatters to deceive.
Roll on January. We need 2 TOP Midfielders.
17 Oct 2016 19:40:43
I agree 100 percent Andy.
17 Oct 2016 21:45:43
Just annoys me reading carp on twitter and facebook all these posts moaning about how we are out of it and never getting promoted now.
We have got one of the top three sqauds on paper no reason why we can't win games now and with grealish out for three i say that's straight swap for ayew and for him to show what he can do for the new boss.
16 Oct 2016 16:32:32
While watching the re cording I got the feeling, not for the first time, that our players don't run into space to give the man with the ball a target.
Do they train with Subuteo?
It almost looks as if they have lost the skill to create / find gaps in which they can make the next move. No forward thinking looking for the next move.
Everything is try to keep the ball.
16 Oct 2016 19:04:55
Just watch whenever Micah broke forward with the ball, no one whatsoever showed for him, it was ridiculous.
17 Oct 2016 00:03:55
I noticed how poorly we close down. We can make teams look much better than they are. A worrying quality to possess.
16 Oct 2016 14:07:26
The Team i would pick for Tuesday is Gollini Bacuna Chester Baker Amavi Tshibola Lyden Ayew McCormack Grealish Kodjia.
16 Oct 2016 14:52:23
Good choice, especially Baker in for Elphick who has been very poor lately! Disagree with Amavi though! Perhaps yes pre injury but really comes across as very light weight and really not at the races yet needing more reserve action still!
16 Oct 2016 17:02:19
Amavi gets into team because of injuries to other players.
16 Oct 2016 21:41:00
Is Cissoko injured then?
17 Oct 2016 00:09:41
How is that young left back we bought from West Ham doing?
Borg something or other?
Cissoko looks like someone who was probably good at loads of sports but unfortunately football wasn't one of them
I'm not convinced by the post injury Amavi either.
17 Oct 2016 10:05:09
No cissoko not injured just not that good plus not much choice for that position at the moment.
17 Oct 2016 15:01:22
Borg could tear this division a new 1 if given the chance, only reason UTD didn't keep him was because they couldn't agree a compensation package with West Ham. He's been compared to Bale at that age and looked after right, more than a 50/ 50 shot at being as good as him. I'd throw him in, Lyden too
UTV.
17 Oct 2016 23:02:35
Hard to belove with all those Chinese millions we can't field a decent left back nor centre midfielder in October! Quite shocking when you think and have to blame RDM, apparently his training was poor and too light hence lack of stamina and fitness!
16 Oct 2016 11:08:33
Just watched the game back (always record just in case I miss anything at the ground) and with a clear head:
Gollini made a brilliant save to keep it 1-1 but other than that didn't have to do much.
Richards tried hard, got dragged to the ball too much but they only got behind him 3 or 4 times, made some good forward runs but when he did no one showed for him so it ended up wasted, fair play to him think after how many games out that isn't a dreadful performance, should have been better if he got help.
Elphic absolute nightmare, Chester covers for him so it isn't as bad but too many poor performances now.
Cissoko, well he was cissoko.
Tshibola - nothing too bad nothing good enough to get a mention.
Jedinak - people say his carrying an injury I just think his dead and we have a zombie Jedinak, his so poor in possession, passing, winning second balls.
Grealish- wasted out on the left got taken out to often with nothing done by the ref, I guess that's why he lost his head but I couldn't care less as long as he gets away with it. When he moved into the middle for the last 10 we come back into the game and looked dangerous again.
Adomah - same as Tshibola
McCormack - effort was there, passion was there, passing was a bit off once or twice but come the end of the game he was the only one pressing and he was fuming! Mainly with:
Kodja - excellent penalty but after second half they knew he was going to put it on his other foot quickly every time he got the ball and took it off him easily, too gready, look at his shot straight at GOAL McCormack is 6 yards away completely free and would have been one on one. He ran out of steam after 60 minutes and wouldn't press, left McCormack on his own and every ball in the air he wouldn't challenged he'd back into the defender to try and win cheap free kicks, he was useless second half!
Rode our luck big time as we didn't take our chances but good point to start for brucey, hope to see Jedinak and elphic out the teams Tuesday and gustede in for kodja. Grealish has to play through the middle but I can't think of a system to get them all in and have 2 in midfield, hope brucey can. UP THE VILLA!
16 Oct 2016 12:25:55
Gollini
Bacuna elphick baker Amavi
Tish jedinak
Ayew McCormack grealish
Kodjia for me tuesday.
16 Oct 2016 13:20:11
depending on fitness i would rather have hutton RB, baker CB over elphick. but yeah i like that set up.
16 Oct 2016 00:00:46
As plain as the nose on Eds face, Jedinac is struggling, whether it's fitness or just not good enough . Why not give Lyden a shot at it, Younger, Fitter, likes to tackle and on occasions has found the net . The times he's been allowed games before, the kid has never let us down, also the only way he will improve . Just a thought . Onwards &Upwards Villaforever.
15 Oct 2016 21:21:52
it amazes me how quick half you "fans" turn on players around here. grealish and tshibola not long ago was going to be the future of this team and tonight majority say they was among the worst players in our team,
16 Oct 2016 09:13:00
Just because the may be the future of the team, it doesn't mean people can't comment if they had a bad game.
16 Oct 2016 13:24:29
differnce between "had a bad game" and "they are not good enough and i never want to see them in a villa shirt again"
personally i don't think they had a bad game compared to some, least they kept going and tried
tshi seemed to be doing two mens work half the time.
15 Oct 2016 20:54:06
I know we will never know, but one thing for sure it will have happened, when Bruce said to himself what the hell have I done. If the sweep was on which minute during the match he utterd it to himself my pound would be on the 47th minute. Anyone else got a time where they would punt their pound.
15 Oct 2016 21:22:10
Yeh hopeful, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 and so on, right up till the 94th mate.
Dreadful.
15 Oct 2016 19:53:15
Big thanks to Micah Richards. He took one game to demonstrate to RDM that he was a joke. And he's repeated the trick today with Bruce. What a guy.
15 Oct 2016 20:56:08
How on earth you could single Richard out beggars belief there were at least 9 worse.
15 Oct 2016 21:40:11
richards was awful yes but to be fair if him jedinak and cissoko get to start another game ill be suprised, far better players than them on the bench who i hope are only rested due to internaionl or bruce was just trying to see how they play.
15 Oct 2016 22:41:57
Richards is clearly carrrying some timber if not a forest, however today I thought he really tried and showed some glimpses of what he could be. Ok he was all over the place but did throw himself in there and certainly made one crucial tackle in the box! Jedinak on the other hand is a ghost of who he was in the palace side! His use of the ball is beyond any imagination, such a shame as promised so much! Today was shocking again and Bruce has to mould a team from what he has been left. We were really second best today and SB has a hard job to get us anywhere near contention in readiness for his January window VTID.
15 Oct 2016 23:12:58
Was Jedinak playing?
In honesty, us arguing about who was worse is an exercise in futility
I thought Richards was a mess but I'm quite willing to accept others opinions about who was as bad
If we had 9 worse than Richard though we really are in trouble.
16 Oct 2016 08:32:55
Just rewinding on my previous post having now watched the highlights on TV or should I say low lights?! From the Holte, Richard's tackle in the box looked a great goal stopper but was clearly a penalty! Agree Mendax he was all over the place but I felt he put in effort throwing self about. When think years back how silky fit an attacking right back he was, he looked a mess. 4/ 10 for performance 7/ 10 for effort! Felt dissappointed when he was subbed through obligatory injury and wasn't any great cheers to see him go so must have done something ok if not chaotic.
16 Oct 2016 11:02:21
I couldn't get to game so had to watch on TV mate. in a pub in Wolverhampton. That was fun
Anyway, the tackle you refer to brought an understandable level of abuse for ref. I haven't had the heart to watch the low lights.
16 Oct 2016 11:03:49
P. s Nick, shouldn't effort just be a given?
16 Oct 2016 11:09:47
In all honesty Richards give it a go today, hasn't played in how many and he stopped them from scoring once, cleared it from corners 3 times and at points him and adomah defended well as a unit and attacked well.
I can see why you can say he wasn't that great because as usual he got dragged to the ball and when he burst forward 4 or 5 times he lost the ball all but once, however sitting the the jolts end upper you can see what he can and there was no one showing for him whatsoever, it's just he never chose the right decision to pass it inside he kept trying weird balls and losing it.
However if you was to question or pick out players today I don't think he should come to mind at all, Elphic, Jedinak and kodja were absolutely pathetic. Elphic is living of this whole captain thing, he's slow and can't read the game and Chester is forever covering for him, Jedinak do I need to even say anything, what a nightmare, kodja first half was lively but should have passed to McCormack instead of shot at one point which would of lead to a one on one in the box and second half, instead of going for the ball all he did was look for cheap free kicks by backing into players and holding them, which the ref wasn't having, he was knackered after 60 and needed replacing.
Could do a long post about the game but I've just got home and need my bed so maybe before the reading game. Glad we got something from the game, UP THE VILLA!
16 Oct 2016 11:00:42
From where I was sat "on half way line upper Doug Ellis is was easy to see where the real problem is, we re lacking pace in the middle of the park. Tishbola and Jednaik can win the ball but they can't run at pace with it. Wolves were getting hold of the ball, charging at speed then passing to their forwards.
We were relying on our forwards to pick the ball up deep but it leaves them too much ground to cover and by the time they reached the penalty box they had run out of steam " hence looking unfit. Having said that we have a number of guys who look slow to me "Jednaik looks 50, Tishbola looks like he needs to lose some muscle, Elphick looks like the classic old waggon horse, and Grealish looked unfit! Finally Richards is like a headless chicken on speed with a weight problem.
16 Oct 2016 11:13:25
It's going to take a bit of time for the team to settle and get used to Bruces methods. We really missed Ayew charging forward and that highlights how import he is to the team he's our only real creative spark.
15 Oct 2016 19:36:05
Well that was a horrible way to spend a Saturday evening. Just awful. Lucky to draw, lucky to have 11 players on the pitch at the end.
January can't come quick enough (how many times have we thought that? ) . We need some steel in midfield and some creativity. Not one chance in the 2nd half. 2nd to every challenge. Too many passengers.
16 Oct 2016 08:41:09
Got back from the match thinking ok, got a draw when should have been slaughtered by missed chances. What can Bruce really do between now and Janary to strengthen our areas of weakness ie midfield? Then had dejavu ground hog day, Sheerwood just needs time to find right formation, Remi needs time to find right formation with inherited players, RDM just needs time to gel new players and now SB just needs time to gel and find formation for inherited players! The massive difference is SBs experience in this division to shore things up and we now have Dr Tony to help out in January unlike poor Remi and the bunch of useless owners and board last January (Brian of course not included)!
15 Oct 2016 19:04:21
Worst performance this season by a country mile. 2nd to everything. Surely he (Bruce) will have seen enough of certain players today to suggest they're not good enough.
Wolves have passed us to death. Kodja the only one who can hold his head up today.
15 Oct 2016 19:38:08
they all look so unfit I'm ex army and been out 10 years and I'd still say I can run longer than them and I'm paid Less in a year than they earn a week scared to challenge for balls and don't close down really can't put finger on what's wrong although 442 would be my choice with ayew and mcormack rotated don't like grellish although played ok today.
15 Oct 2016 19:47:07
Not one attempt on goal in the second half. Elphick injured and pretty much outplayed. Plus got soaked. Still, at least Steve will now hopefully get to grips with the reality. Richards lucky - should have been a Pen. My missus says Lee Hendrie now looks like he's just come off starring on the set of Lord Of The Rings. Hope none of the other Hobbits steal his stuff.
16 Oct 2016 08:47:54
Fitness point is really important I think! Last season we were the laziest team in the country by a mile. But most of these players were not there then? I am sure RDM was different in trying to Remi and Tim bug perhaps not in the stamina and endurance part! I was furious in the last 20mins in the lack of closing down when wolves had possession in their own half, there was no pressing and I am sure Bruce will show them this back at Bodymoor? This has to change and is not something that requires more skill, just more effort, fitness and initiative!
16 Oct 2016 11:11:40
Kodja are you joking? The amount of times the team pressed second half but he couldn't be arsed, I thought McCormack was going to end up fighting him, he was useless second half, may as well have had 10 men, to ball greedy, too predictable, too busy looking for cheap fouls to do anything.
15 Oct 2016 18:54:56
Mr Bruce has got his work cut out here. Too many passengers. Grealish, McCormack, Tshibola, the list goes on.
Where do we go from here?
Performance just not good enough.
15 Oct 2016 18:48:20
I'm saying this now cissoko is a load of crap can't mark can't defend get him off now.
15 Oct 2016 19:06:55
What about Grealish. Absolute disgrace. Should never wear the shirt again! No doubt out on the lash again tonight.
16 Oct 2016 08:54:13
Jack has to prove self to SB, his kick out was very immature but has not been rare in the game and from some world class players who should know better too. Bit harsh to say disgrace and never where the shirt again. He was the only one at the end trying to press when wolves had possession in their own half and was still looking to creat openings, love his little back flick to open up space near the corner towards the end. Let's see what SB can get out of him, he has worked with some 'bad boys' well in the past and learnt from the master himself Mr Ferguson. Too harsh villafanatic too harsh.
16 Oct 2016 11:12:44
Grealish? Aye what game was you watching, unless your saying this because he stood on someone's leg, in which case it happens every week give over.
15 Oct 2016 14:55:09
Just read some of the "hate mail" from last week from mrknowitall, I can see and agree with most of the optimists comments however let's remember, messers McLeish, Sherwood, garde and RDM. I think this was the point public enemy number one was alluding to. Optimism is the order of the day however history and realism are also a consideration. Off for a beer and down to the match hoping that this is a new dawn, however if things don't go well (remember the last five years ) we realists are entitled to our say without censorship.
15 Oct 2016 15:18:44
Spot on.
However being an optimist, realist, pessimist, and defeatist are all a matter of opinion.
Every single person on here is entitled to their own opinion, and every single opinion is open to debate, ridicule and question.
However, on here as in every walk in life, putting yourself on a pedestal, especially as high as the fore mentions, opens you up as a target.
I personally will not be preached to, or told I am less of a fan, or that my view or knowledge is worthless.
Disagree, debate, even tell me I am wrong. Don't dictate to me.
15 Oct 2016 15:52:33
Absolutely correct.
let's hope the only debate we have a about brucie is whether we drop the potato head for the messiah.
15 Oct 2016 11:43:15
Dr. Tony Xia has put on Twitter this is gabby's last chance, blimey how many is he going to get.
15 Oct 2016 09:34:17
I can't go to tonight's game as its my mothers 60th bday. I just want to say this is a fresh start. Bruce has said he has wiped the slate clean so I think the fans need to too. If he picks Westwood don't get on his case get behind him and the rest of the lads. This is a fresh start an we need to create a more positive atmosphere at villa park. If we can get 3 points tonight it can turn our season it's a funny old league 3 wins on spin an we will be in the thick of the play off chase. So come on get behind the lads who ever is selected. UTV!
15 Oct 2016 10:55:38
Happy birthday to your mum mate.
And although I do agree with your sentiment, this isn't Hollywood, and an apology just doesn't cut everything.
Damage done by some, can not, and should not be allowed to be forgotten.
Richards, unforgivable
Gabby, unforgivable.
15 Oct 2016 15:50:26
I hope we never see Micah Richards in a Villa shirt again, not but I don't put him in the same category as gabby, lescott, guzan. His attitude when you look back was never a problem, losing to wycombe and he was over there tryna talk to fans, never tweeted anything, never disrespected fans, his passion was always present (Watford at home) but he just simply isn't very good, the rest of them aren't great but they all did things that mugged the fans off, all Richards did that was disrespectful was somehow convince people he was a professional footballer.
14 Oct 2016 11:26:08
Have to make new post about that amazing analysis put here by ChrisAVFC because so many replies my reply comment Chris might not see. wow maybe you should quit your job and apply to the VILLA and Dr T for your expert eye and break downs, analysis, systems etc etc lol, been a while I've read much had operation on recovery all the time in the world, Only logical appointment of Bruce forget 9years ago that was then this is now, I can see stability returning and tough job but players we have surely arguably top in league, I believe we now will start to move forward in right way and I'm going with 2-0,3-1 Saturday, On the Flabby situation we all know lack of respect and things he has done but others have done things also and they been given a chance but realistically even if he works hard, shifts some flab I cannot see him getting in team, to many people above him in pecking order he'll I would start RHM before him, but I have a feeling he been brought back now so he can work show, gel with the lads training and come ACN when we lose few apart from gestede he may well play a part, Its going to be tough to forgive and forget, maybe he will never accepted and rightly so, but if he gets the chance he is going to go through hell and back proving he is Villa UTV! . Come on 3pts weekend let's pack VP and raise the roof get the 12th man back VTID!
14 Oct 2016 13:56:35
What did you expect him to say at his first press conference
He's not going to pick Gabby just to pee us all off.
Calm down dear.
14 Oct 2016 15:41:29
Cheers mate, it's what happens when I get bored with too much time wondering why we aren't in the top 6 with the squad we've got🙈.
14 Oct 2016 17:32:37
We should take with a pinch of salt what Steve Bruce has said about gabby and the rest of the players having the slate wiped clean.
Bruce is not daft and has said what he is expected to say, Imagine what would happen in the camp if he was to arrive and say certain players are not up to it.
He might play Gabby here and there for 20 minutes, and then tell him he is crap, a far better approach.
14 Oct 2016 19:32:14
Also, don't forget he is still under a contract, and by getting him back to match fitness, both mentally and physically makes him more sellable.
14 Oct 2016 09:50:47
Excellent, if rather brutal, quote from Bruce "Let's be honest, Villa could easily be nine or 10 points better off, if games lasted 85 minutes. ".
13 Oct 2016 18:46:30
Doctor Tony went to Earlswood
With a flag of Truce
Brought us back a manager
Super Stevie Bruce!
Just heard him on the radio and sounds confident, assured and absolutely the right man for the job. Good he has had a back room clear out too, straight away. 35 games to get us promoted and the man to do it I'm sure. So many false dawns our luck must be due a change and really optimistic UTV! Not sure if the new song will catch on but don't know any cars that rhyme with Bruce?
13 Oct 2016 19:22:56
I've got to say, I agree with all what you said, however, that song is tripe turd! Lol
Let's just stick with
'We got potato head
We got potato head, we got potato head.! '
13 Oct 2016 19:40:13
Stand up potato head, stand up potato head lol.
13 Oct 2016 20:30:03
Lol. 😜.
14 Oct 2016 13:09:49
Yippie-Aye-Ay
Yippie-Aye-O
Spud-Napper in the Sky.
14 Oct 2016 17:34:02
Calm down you lot, sounds like a bleedin Barn Dance here.
12 Oct 2016 23:18:59
Have a good feeling about steve Bruce appointment which I never had about rdm so let's push on starting with wolves on sat utv.
12 Oct 2016 21:01:47
Well I hope now we have the sort of manager we should of had in the first place a, manager with experience. b, old school fella with a good playing background, he will get the respect from players and they will start putting in a shift and if need be grind out some results.
12 Oct 2016 22:12:27
Good luck from a Celtic fan lads, i hope Bruce is the man to take you up into the EPL where a great club of your size belongs.
13 Oct 2016 08:04:44
I agree, jamesbhoy67, and thank you, mate!
13 Oct 2016 13:56:06
Thank you James, may I also on behalf of most villans wish you bhoys every success for the season.
13 Oct 2016 20:41:21
Thanks James. 2017 will be full of celebrations for Scotland's finest.
50 years since becoming Britains first ever European Champions.
13 Oct 2016 19:56:36
Thanks lads.
13 Oct 2016 22:15:06
Cheers James and good luck too, glad Sinclair started so well!
14 Oct 2016 07:19:36
Thanks Nick, yes Sinclair has hit the ground running he maybe just needed a regular game to get his confidence going, young Dembele who we got off Fulham is on fire too, i don't think we will have them both for long as that board of ours like to sell our best players and hoard the money they are a nightmare, i hope your new owner splashes the cash for you.
15 Oct 2016 13:23:14
If only we had a team like that now Andy, i can only dream lol.
12 Oct 2016 20:11:31
Welcome to Villa Park Steve, I have a good feeling about you.
Make us a force again.
12 Oct 2016 20:53:44
Now let's hope we have a Brucie bonus and he gets us back up the table for at least a top 6 finish, utv.
12 Oct 2016 19:53:53
Can I say firstly, Welcome to Steve Bruce . Secondly day by day, I become more and more disheartened by some of the so called Villa supporters . Ok so Bruce has had a history with the dreaded neighbors, so what that was 10 years ago . Some of the idiotic rubbish iv been reading, makes you cringe . The manager hasent even got his coat off yet &I they have started . We are going down, look out league one . We wonder why the noses and the world take the P---, it's because we are the most fickle fans ever . I know that not all fans are like this, but the few who are make the most noise . Bruce as far as I'm concerned, is a good honest manager, a manager like we should of employed before, a manger with the experience to do the job needed . How many times have we said this lately, but get off his back and give him and his team a chance What chance have the players got if the are getting a negative vibe to the manager of sections of the crowd . So for the sake of this great club of ours, let's get behind Bruce and the lads, if we don't the idiots will be proved correct and we can't allow that . Onwards& Upwards Villaforever.
12 Oct 2016 20:01:08
I doff my cap sir.
I get fed up saying the same!
If he was a blue nose, ok, but he's not! He's a toon!
13 Oct 2016 10:10:08
Dave great post matey. Whilst I am not a fan of Bruce I am fully behind him and whoever he brings in to assist him.
We have a new start to our season with a top array of players and an owner who has reacted to our current position in a positive manner.
Bring on the Dingles.
Come on you Villa Boys.
12 Oct 2016 19:28:59
Let us all welcome the new manager and forget the past.
He is possibly the only option available and if he turns our fortunes around and gets us promoted, dare I say, it may become St Steve of B6.
Welcome from Oldvillan.
12 Oct 2016 21:36:40
Yep I concur. We've all made the odd career mistake
With everything else going on in the world you'd think people would have some perspective.
12 Oct 2016 19:23:46
I know I've said this before but, outside of a shed-load of cash, I just hope Bruce's contract isn't dependent on Villa providing those other three elusive things that just aren't available in the West Midlands ;)
12 Oct 2016 19:41:07
Oh, go-on Flackie, ask me what they are ;)
12 Oct 2016 20:02:53
Well excuse me mr wisdom.
by what do you mean sir?
13 Oct 2016 07:04:58
A positive attitude from us Villa-fans, a decent second-hand car and some virgins ;)
12 Oct 2016 19:06:06
welcome to villa park steve. I hope we have great times ahead together. utv.
12 Oct 2016 16:07:30
Richardson signing for Cardiff by the looks of it. Serves 'em right ;)
Seems to me Warnock is signing anyone who is available. he should sign my Auntie Jackie then - according to my uncle Steve, she was always available .
12 Oct 2016 16:41:37
Funny.
12 Oct 2016 18:48:40
but look at the players they have signed. whould have took them on a 2 months contract too wit the amount injurys we have.
12 Oct 2016 13:07:43
Radio 2 announced that Ken Bruce taking over at Villa today.
Don't know what he knows about football but the halftime entertainment could be good.
12 Oct 2016 19:19:54
If he had done, then I assume he would have introduced his legendary ‘Pop Master’ into the entertainment mix – which, certainly in the case of some of last season’s players, would have been the short-form for ‘Popular Mastur***ter’.
12 Oct 2016 12:24:49
Gollini
Bacuna Chester elphick Amavi
Tishibola Jedinak
Ayew. Grealish
McCormack kodjia
This is the team is like Saturday and stick with it for 6 games width offered by full backs ayew an grealish fairly narrow with license to drift. If ayew not fit kodjia onto right with gestede coming in. Thoughts?
12 Oct 2016 13:07:56
The same as the team I said on the other page but with grealish and elphic in, after grealish performance for the u21 I think he has to start now! Has to stick with the team for a few weeks no matter the results.
12 Oct 2016 13:12:06
Leave out Jedinak and play my old Mom.
Her walking frame will create havoc!
12 Oct 2016 11:08:29
Does anyone on here think that Brucey will pick the Landcrab on Saturday? Does he have no choice?
Or is there an alternative formation?
12 Oct 2016 12:25:12
I hope not, I would give Gardner ago and pair him with Tshibolo.
I would like to see and 3-5-2 formation.
Chester, Elphick, Baker
Adomah, Tshibolo, Jedinak, Gardner, Grealish
McCormack, Kodjia
I would put Ayew on the bench to create some stability and team ethos, he is playing well but too selfish at the mo.
See how Adomah goes, if he is playing badly sub him for Ayew. If Jedinak is having another shocker sub him with Lyden.
Use Gestede as an impact sub if we are behind in the second half.
12 Oct 2016 08:19:04
So Bruce all but confirmed, probably announced in about 2 hours, looked very healthy and happy on sky at the weekend. Hopefully after seeing the squad he's got to work with he's just as happy and can get some ideas into them before Saturday! Anyone think Gabby will be back on the bench before we play the noses?
12 Oct 2016 12:28:59
I don't see it Chris, we have enough strikers as it is at the moment, we are struggling to play them all. Besides all he brings is pace (if he has cut down on the pies) we have enough of that.
I don't think he deserves it anyway.
12 Oct 2016 08:19:04
So Bruce all but confirmed, probably announced in about 2 hours, looked very healthy and happy on sky at the weekend. Hopefully after seeing the squad he's got to work with he's just as happy and can get some ideas into them before Saturday! Anyone think Gabby will be back on the bench before we play the noses?
12 Oct 2016 10:34:57
Lets hope Gabby is on a bench, the local park bench.
12 Oct 2016 15:16:55
Hope he does not wear a villa shirt again his attitude on the pitch stinks and off it he has no respect for AVFC otherwise he would behave and would have got himself fit and a loan move away - not for me. He also has no football brain.
11 Oct 2016 23:53:28
Bruce to be Villa manager on Wednesday, saw this on sky sports news.
12 Oct 2016 09:14:33
Yup. Says so on BBC as well.
11 Oct 2016 21:40:27
After Englands performance tonight what are the odds on Mr Bruce being offered the England job?
11 Oct 2016 23:50:57
None he is going to be villa manager on Wednesday.
11 Oct 2016 20:52:16
Now I know it's in the Birmingham Mail - so obviously nonsense BUT.
Allegedly, there's a mystery candidate for the Managers job.
Could it be Tony Pulis?
11 Oct 2016 21:51:53
my people have told me bruce has got the job and it will be announced tomorrow.
11 Oct 2016 22:03:07
Their probably hinting at dyche, pat Murphy tweeted villa admired him but haven't approached as they know he won't drop down at this time. This then caused people to bet on him to be manager, which then the bookies start bricking it thinking people know things that they don't so immediately they drop their odds to cover themselves, then the Mail latch onto this and use it to try and say they have a secret candidate. When really it's all come from someone who has friends from the board and has been told they admire him, well I bet they admire mourinho and pep aswell but they aren't going to be dropping in odds anytime soon. Just poor journalism to sell papers.
11 Oct 2016 22:36:46
Kingvilla that story is in several news reports on the Internet!
12 Oct 2016 01:38:12
now it is yes.
12 Oct 2016 08:14:28
Sorry but at the time you posted the owner had already tweeted an hour before saying the announcement was tomorrow and every news outlet in the country had stated it's Bruce, come on mate I thought you was turning over a new leaf.
10 Oct 2016 23:58:04
Did a post the other day, thought it haddent been accepted by Ed for some reason . Now I discover iv been relegated, to Villa other posts HaHa . Onwards and Upwards Villaforever.
{Ed007's Note - We took a snapshot of you via your webcam and all the Ed's had a vote that you're too ugly for the main 2 pages.}
11 Oct 2016 00:16:29
Ed that wasent me, it was my ugly identical twin brother.
{Ed007's Note - I can't believe there's 2 people THAT hideous!}
11 Oct 2016 09:30:43
That can't be the reason. one of my posts where put there!
{Ed007's Note - You wanted everyone's moaning posts put on there except yours ffs! :)
11 Oct 2016 12:39:13
I'm joking ed!
I think you guys do a great job!
I was saying it can't be to do with looks, as mine was out there! Lol
Perhaps the essence was lost in text!
{Ed007's Note - I did put a wee smiley face at the end. You know I think you're a top bloke, Flackie - regardless of what the other Eds say ;-)
11 Oct 2016 14:12:25
Thanks ed, that brought a tear to my eye.
(And vomit in my mouth! ) lol.
{Ed007's Note - Just like looking at Dave's webcam!}
11 Oct 2016 16:58:28
Flackie, some people just don't appreciate what handsome is . i'm sure a few pictures of the Eds on your front door, would cut the burglary rate down Villaforever.
11 Oct 2016 17:48:21
Mate, I live in Leicester, only thing to cut the burglary rate is nuclear!
10 Oct 2016 22:43:11
So guys it looks like it's Bruce. Does anyone
want to predict where we might finish now?
I feel quite positive about this Bruces record excites me and I like his enthusiasm for the game at every club he manages. I'm going for a top five finish and play offs.
11 Oct 2016 07:27:30
4th and a playoff win as I think he will sort a style of play out for the side and stick to it and the good doctor will back him in January as well with 2 or 3 players.
11 Oct 2016 14:15:41
Very difficult to predict but if Brucey can get the Landcrab Westwood to run forwards and feed a pass through to the attackers, things may begin to look up.
Whatever happens tho, we'll be there home and away to roar our boys on. ⚽👍👍👍.
11 Oct 2016 15:12:49
I will be there v Wolves upper Doug Ellis halfway line if anyone fancies some face to face Villa Banter. I'm being positive so it.
11 Oct 2016 15:14:35
Oops what happened then! I predict Villa 2 Wolves 0, Mcormack, Ayew if he plays.
10 Oct 2016 21:12:11
I see Big Ben has just scored a hat-trick for Belgium. I still have a recurring dream of him volleying Tomasz Kuszczak into an empty net ;)
09 Oct 2016 23:21:53
Would anyone like to predict the Steve Bruce line up. I think he will bring in Baker at the back and replace Jednaik with Gardner for more pace partnering Tishbola who is very much a Bruce type player. I also think he will use Ayew as a roaming creative link behind the strikers which isn't new really but I think he will be given more freedom to move around the pitch swapping and changing with Grealish. I expect Kodjia to feature up front because Bruce likes an athletic front man.
10 Oct 2016 08:54:47
Kodja definitely because he is similar to Hernandez, wouldn't surprise me if he played kodja and gustede up top. Amavi could play as Bruce always played Robertson at hull the wing back. wouldn't surprise me if he goes for a back 3 aswell.
10 Oct 2016 12:39:33
I hope he goes with a back 3 with Baker in. Baker puts his body on the line and will help see out games.
10 Oct 2016 13:58:00
I hope Baker gets a run as well, but in a back 4 not 3. We have so many strikers so i'd like to see more than 1 play in position, and we can hardly take people out of midfield. 4-4-2 for me Rudy and Kodjia up front or maybe McCormack with Kodjia on the wing.
10 Oct 2016 16:47:23
I think our biggest issue this year is trying to crowbar in Kodjia, McCormack, Ayew, Grealish into the same 11 at the expense of the team - Some of those players will have to settle for a place on the bench if we are to progress.
Would any of you consider recalling some of our loanees? I think RDM left us very lightweight in MF so I hope Bruce considers recalling Sanchez and Vertout - Highly unlikely I know.
My 11 would be the following if that is possible.
Gollini
Richards, Elphick, Chester, Amavi
Sanchez, Vertout, Tshibola
Ayew, Kodjia, Grealish.
10 Oct 2016 16:56:48
I think the loan system changed now, so you can't end them early. But I might be wtong!
I like your team, except I wouldn't ever want to see Richards in a villa too again.
10 Oct 2016 17:01:09
grellish for me is a no go too.
10 Oct 2016 17:28:48
*wrong
*top!
(Read post before pressing send! )
10 Oct 2016 19:37:27
Don't like that line up BK, McCormack has to play, he has probably the best football brain and awareness in our squad.
10 Oct 2016 22:19:47
Sorry BK I don't like that line up either and I'm amazed you do! Richards and Sanchez? Two very poor players for us last term Richards in particular is like a headless chicken! Bacuna in for Richards, Baker in for Elphk, then you have a team. Gardner wouldn't be my first choice but he's a more realistic choice than Vertout. I was at Villa park v Forest and have to say the football was thrilling, the i l.
10 Oct 2016 22:25:20
Oops - if we'd had Tishbola in the midfield v Forest it would have been spot on. The puzzling thing is that RDM didn't use that system again, he changed things v Newcastle and only in the second half did he realise he needed to g revert back by which time we were chasing the game. He got himself sacked in that game I think.
11 Oct 2016 08:02:01
Hi Lads, just to clarify, I wouldn't say I love the team I suggested but for me its probably the strongest we could put out.
Jedinak looks like a 50 year old trying to play football at the moment, I'm praying that is because of the RDMs system and that he will look better in a MF 3 - Sanchez, while he infuriates me to no end is a better option in that holding role.
Take your point on Grealish and McCormack - Totally agree McCormack is without doubt our most intelligent footballer but would you also agree that trying to crowbar all these players into the 11 has been one of our biggest issues this season? I would play Ayew and Grealish because we would get some width and I think Kodjia HAS to play as if we do go up the team he will have a bigger part to play than McCormack.
Also, Richards, Bacuna, Hutton. They all terrify me at right back lads. Its a case of picking the lessor evil for me and I still hold out hope that the Richards we seen at City is still in there, somewhere :-)
11 Oct 2016 11:09:52
He burnt all bridges for me, the only one of those three that deserves right back is Hutton.
I can see bacuna at the right of a midfield, but he is not a right back as long as he has a hole in his arse.
11 Oct 2016 15:17:28
Sorry BK I just don't buy into this Richards at right back or anywhere thing! He was at a very good Cit.
11 Oct 2016 15:19:23
Oops happened again! He was in a good city team so he looked good, however I'm a poor team he got exposed and he is poor no doubt about that. A good player will shine even I a poor team. Forget him it won.
11 Oct 2016 22:45:20
Sanchez is a very poor choice in the holding role BK. He constantly gives the ball away and is always off the pace! I wouldn't want Richards in a local pub team that's how bad he is! Didn't you watch them last season? I agree about Jednaik though.
12 Oct 2016 00:13:38
Gollini
Bacuna. Baker. Chester. Amavi
Adomah. Tshibola. Grealish. Ayew
MacCormack. Kodjia
This would do nicely me thinks. Thoughts anyone?
09 Oct 2016 20:23:42
The more I think about it the more I'm warming to Brucey, I just hope we have a good game good game and it's nice too see him to see him nice 💪💪💪💪.
09 Oct 2016 20:44:55
yawning, "ahhhhhh"
Sorry daz, all old hat mate.
09 Oct 2016 21:08:35
Ahh don't apologise dave thought I'd give it a go but it would be "Nice too see you too see you nice" At some point this season all 😊😊.
09 Oct 2016 21:23:45
Same here Daz, I do try putting faces to all the guys on here, but blimey I come up with some weird s--t.
09 Oct 2016 14:39:07
Hi new to this, been a villa fan for 40yrs think Bruce will do ok for villa if he is appointed as next manager.
09 Oct 2016 19:10:37
Hi villaman, welcome aboard mate.
I have to agree, let's hope it all goes well for him and the team of course, jeeeezzz we need it.
09 Oct 2016 19:53:55
Hello mate, I do as well, and really like the way he presents himself.
Loved seeing him on sky earlier. He is a good guy.
09 Oct 2016 13:16:57
Pearson given the heave-ho by Derby and, before anyone is even daft enough to suggest it, the answer is 'definitely not'.
09 Oct 2016 17:13:28
I don't think anyone is daft enough mate. Or if they are, they've already spat their dummies and left the site.
09 Oct 2016 20:12:23
Oh god no.
10 Oct 2016 07:54:22
Is she/ he on the list?
We may need extra help and this could be the answer.
Look out for bolts of lightening for players not performing.
On reflection, he/ she gets my nod.
08 Oct 2016 22:45:17
villa are doing the same as they did last year.
08 Oct 2016 23:39:27
In what way?
09 Oct 2016 00:21:01
Your right, a football season is annually.
Need some more crayons?
09 Oct 2016 13:43:05
What an insightful post.
09 Oct 2016 14:23:44
What villa did last year was get Sherwood as manager then sack him, then it was Garde sack him, now this season Matteo sack him, next manager how long before we do the same with the new guy. If we keep doing this we will not get anywhere.
09 Oct 2016 14:52:19
Sherwood was the year before, and agree or not, it needed sorting, as we went for garde, it didn't work. but your right, we should just sat on it so as to not change manager.
09 Oct 2016 17:15:30
Oh right. We should have just kept McLeish really?
08 Oct 2016 18:29:49
A simple aside from Bruce etc.
Watching the England game at present and just mulling about the players with Villa connections in the recent past.
Almost a complete back line Walker, Cahill, Bertrand. Then Sturidge and even the coach Southgate.
Back to reality.
08 Oct 2016 18:10:20
To the villa board please do not appoint steve Clarke he just isn't strong enough we will be back to remi garde days. I know he managed the blosers but steve Bruce is the right choice he has proven himself at this level Sean Dyche would be another I would pursue it's looking unlikely we will get back this season but Bruce could build a decent team although play offs could still be achievable.
08 Oct 2016 12:35:41
Ok, moving forward, and knowing how Bruce plays, sets up.
what's his 11 against the dingles?
And, £5 with anyone who takes it, we sign a player from hull in January, same name as our new manager!
08 Oct 2016 12:55:15
do we really need anyone slower than jedinak in defense.
08 Oct 2016 14:23:26
I agree! Lol.
08 Oct 2016 07:57:25
Hi everyone my first post be kind to me, what does everyone think about Bruce being the new manager.
08 Oct 2016 10:11:55
Welcome mate.
Bruce sort of makes sense but I'm hardly excited by the idea.
08 Oct 2016 10:11:55
Welcome mate.
Bruce sort of makes sense but I'm hardly excited by the idea.
08 Oct 2016 10:36:55
Hi mate, it doesn't get me jumping but who else has his record and is available. He is clearly the man to get us up there without fancy frills so it's a no brainer really. I would also like to see Graham Taylor consulted on things, after all he was the last manager to promote Aston Villa so surely he should have a voice?
08 Oct 2016 10:50:30
Hello fella!
Bruce. I like the man, and think he is the right man at the right time.
I actually think he will get us playing the way we need, and sort our leaky back line out.
I like how he sets up his teams, and the us against the world mentality he builds in to them.
I on the other hand, I have a bad taste in the back of my mouth with his blues connection. not because he played or was their manager as such, but I remember his comments and mannerisms after our goalkeeper debacle with the throw in!
One more thing, I assume he will be in the dug out for the blues game.
that's a big crowd swinger for a bad bloodied Derby. we win, ok, we can move on, especially if mr potato head makes the right noises. but, if we don't, or lose?
He would of lost most the fans before he starts, and given extra wood to put on the fire for the noses.
It's a tough one, as we can't wait any longer, he does tick most boxes, and could be perfect. but it could turn quite bad.
But like I said, he is a nice guy, who does a good job. at the right club, I think he could do a great job.
I seriously hope that is with us.
We need stability.
08 Oct 2016 10:55:30
In our current circumstances Bruce is perfect. If we were mid table of PL and looking for a new manager perhaps we may look further afield.
Welcome aboard!
08 Oct 2016 13:39:55
Mark Villian felicitations to you guvnor, enjoy the site, its a cracker mate, be lucky!
08 Oct 2016 16:04:09
Hi Mark, and welcome.
I am afraid it is what it is, I think Bruce can do a good job for us, just wish everyone would forget the Blues connection, we must move on.
If he gets us back up who the hell gives a toss, we are the ones who benefit.
Apart from all that whoever we get in will please some and disappoint others, that's life is it not.
07 Oct 2016 15:34:00
Bruce if appointed to bring gabby and Richards back in to make him look thinner.
07 Oct 2016 23:06:26
And the fun begins!
07 Oct 2016 12:25:42
Hello people this is my last post i know a lot of people will be happy. Iam sorry i don't agree with you all but football is about opinions and mine won't change! I will continue to love my club and go to every single game despite what people say we want the same thing! I read you would like the edds to ban me or not post my views no problem i will delete my account! King Villa class of 82 good luck in trying to change views! Special thanx to all the edds you do a great job!
07 Oct 2016 12:43:04
I personally would never ask for you to be banned, I don't condone that request at all. I disagree with you most of the time but that is part of the fun. We all have different opinions.
Something you must understand is you you do seem to have strong opinions and they can be pretty out there sometimes, you will get flack for that. That's unfortunately what happens, but i don't think you should leave, you just have to take the heat.
07 Oct 2016 12:57:33
I'd stick around if I was you mate, going to get interesting again at VP, at least your saying something?
UTV.
07 Oct 2016 13:11:33
I dropped that small violin, so can't play it for you, sorry.
Go, don't go, stay, don't stay.
Your views are argumentative and not constructive.
07 Oct 2016 14:17:06
Why would you post to say you aren't going to post anymore? The only reason I can think is that you want others to ask you to stay and validate your existence. If your self esteem is that low you should look for some professional help. in the real world.
07 Oct 2016 18:08:43
I just wanted to say that I have no opinion on this issue whatsoever
Just thought I'd mention it in case someone was not interested.
I mean "interested" clearly.
07 Oct 2016 22:07:33
Mr Know it all checking out made me ponder on the timing and all the uncertainty to banter agree and disagree with! What will happen over the next two seasons and beyond?! May be Dr Tony's dream will come true and we end up in top 4 lol what would this banter site be like then with not much to moan about! Then I might get bored with this! For now too much debate and so many turns in the road, tararabit Mr. Know it all UTV.
07 Oct 2016 12:10:37
Since the management saga is a done deal - all betting closed on Bruce - I though we could return to international duties. I thought Chester was unlucky not to be able to claim a goal for Wales last night. In the right place at the right time and a good game overall. However, it seems that Jack-the-lad missed out on the U21's 1-0 win with a back injury - presumably knife wounds from some of our loyal supporters.
07 Oct 2016 23:27:20
WittonWisdom, you're incorrect about jack, the reason why he's got a back injury is because he spends too much time up himself, he's got an inflated sense of self-entitlement and when he plays a good ball (when he can be arsed) he spends more time admiring it than trying to contribute more, he needs someone to tear down his enormous ego and rebuild the gifted technical player underneath, bit like ferguson did with ronaldo, or do we keep catering for his precious sense of self worth, apart from that i think he's great!
08 Oct 2016 08:04:19
Grealishs ego has been fueled by many supporters predicting a massive future at VP and indeed the world.
The press have joined in and created his own demi god status.
This season he has added very little to the cause and needs a strong but encouraging manager if his potential is to be even slightly achieved.
08 Oct 2016 11:10:10
Agreed Oldvillan. Young players these days have way way too much money and adulation thrown at them. They can be millionaires before making their debut.
Jack has big potential but that's all it is. IMO he'll be in good hands with Steve Bruce.
I can remember watching Gordon Cowans make his debut . He was in good hands at the time And look how things turned out for him. A beautiful player on a par with the great Peter Broadbent IMO.
07 Oct 2016 11:16:51
And I wish he could spell and use punctuation, I run out of breath reading his postson.
07 Oct 2016 11:13:40
Have you seen 'Villa other posts ' Mr know nothing is sprouting on again, geez, does he ever stop. Offering to buy tickets now . I wonder if he will pay for my flight as well.
07 Oct 2016 18:44:06
Just read some of it mate
I'm genuinely concerned for his mental health.
07 Oct 2016 11:28:00
We now have clarity with the new incumbent being brucey bonus by the looks of things, i'm sure brucey will be looking out for mr. know. it. all and similar supporters to give him daggers, because he expects it and it keeps him on his game. so more power to mr. know. it. all, it would be boring if there were no disagreement amongst fans, and i'm sure he'll enjoy proving them wrong.
so that's a win win all round, so crack on mr. know. it. all and give him both barrels, you'll be happy protesting in your way, we'll be happy moving towards the promised land. job done!
07 Oct 2016 09:03:55
Interesting to see jedinak is being slatted for his performance by the Australian fans last night, they are saying too old and no pace, well done rdm 4 million wasted, for the wolves game he has got to be replaced by gardener or I would give lyden a chance at least he has got a bit off pace and mobility, I don't think we have any more options until the January window .
06 Oct 2016 22:05:33
I really think it is time to put things into perspective. We need to be focusing on Villa as a team, finding the right person to take on the managerial role and who can instil some self-belief back into the players. If we do get Steve Bruce we need to forget any association with previous teams, and be pro-active in supporting both him and our team and try to get some much needed wins under our belt. We need some camaraderie back at Villa Park!
06 Oct 2016 21:16:32
If dr. tony gives steve bruce the job is he not doing what randy lerner did giving the job to a blue nose? in fact steve bruce is more of a blue nose as he played and managed Birmingham city? I don't get the rules thousands protested about having a bluenose in charge with mccleish now you are all begging to get another 1? I being villa through and through don't want anything at all to do with birmingham city!
06 Oct 2016 21:43:34
Have you forgiven the Germans yet, you small minded individual.
06 Oct 2016 21:56:18
Me being villa through and through want what is best for the club to be a success.
Jesus! Considering your name, you do lack a lot of intelligence.
06 Oct 2016 21:56:19
I'd rather not have a ex blues manager know it all. but if you look at it from a buisness point of view he is by far the best guy for the job and that's the way we should look at it. get behind him and the boys once he's announced and he will take us back up.
06 Oct 2016 21:58:58
So if he'd did become manager you saying you wouldn't back him?
06 Oct 2016 22:14:19
It's ok, he's more of a fan than most, as he goes home and away.
I know this as he tells us when ever he needs to try to win an argument.
It's just his 'shock jock' tactics.
These responses makes him feel better.
06 Oct 2016 22:06:41
OH NO! It's another one.
(How do they write these posts whilst their knuckles drag on the floor? )
06 Oct 2016 22:18:02
Agreed flacks I just wish EDS could ban him or find out he's got a multi account so we could take the mick.
07 Oct 2016 07:56:38
What a clown.
07 Oct 2016 10:43:15
Don't mention the war whatever you do!
07 Oct 2016 11:28:15
The pettiness amazes me. You can't base your opinion on a manager because he worked for a rival, many candidates are head hunted from rival business in the real world, but i don't think you live in the real world.
07 Oct 2016 21:29:35
He calls Bruce a Bluenose. I always thought that a bluenose is a person that SUPPORTS Birmingham city.
Bruce supports Newcastle. And managed their fiercest rivals Sunderland.
Yes he was employed by Blues. So was Ron Saunders.
I can't believe we are still debating this in 2016.
06 Oct 2016 18:27:59
Please not Bruce please no. Have people forgotten his overjoyed states when he was with that lot from the sty. If he becomes our manager that will be me finished and the club will not get any more of my hard earned!
06 Oct 2016 19:24:31
That's it, loyal to the end, through thick and thin.
06 Oct 2016 19:58:47
Yes I've forgotten. Its a real shame that you haven't too.
IMO this sort of attitude belongs in the Dark Ages.
What does it matter that Geordie Bruce was employed by Blues? He's not a Blues supporter it was a JOB. He's a Newcastle supporter. So what?
When I was a very young supporter we had Trevor Hockey and Geoff Bowden on our books both had played for Blues. So what? Des Brenner and Ron Saunders both left us for Blues. It's a job to them.
IMO Bruce is the perfect man for us.
Get over his long gone employment by our sad neighbours and grow up. VTID.
06 Oct 2016 20:08:42
Grow up man. This kind of attitude doesn't show you care more. It shows you are a little immature if anything.
06 Oct 2016 20:23:42
Said in a much better way than I did!
Bravo Andy.
06 Oct 2016 09:59:16
I'm praying that the new manager can find a way to improve our CM . We've bought good attackers and the defence is slightly improved, goalie apart.
One things for sure though and that is that this club is primed and ready for lift-off!
Good owner, good infrastructure, fantastic supporters- everything is ready.
All we need is a top manager to sort out the formation, buy 2 good CM players in January and we will rocket up this league.
Starting with the Wolves game let's give our boys HUGE support and all will be OK.
06 Oct 2016 15:37:26
Well said Andy, I'm with you 100%.
06 Oct 2016 17:18:41
Did I not suggest Aaron mooy back in July, he's the guy on loan from Man City who is currently controlling every game in midfield for Huddersfield at the moment.
06 Oct 2016 17:46:49
Your 100% right it's all there ready, for a real manager, someone who will take control of all football matters from scouts to youth to first team. They will be back financially xia as showed that we just need someone who will tackle it head on! Think best thing they can do is play Jedinak Tshibola and Westwood in the mid against wolves, stop us getting over run in the middle!
06 Oct 2016 18:01:01
Play Lyden over Westwood. Westwood been poor for 5yrs.
06 Oct 2016 09:24:26
Why should giggs not be given a chance?
06 Oct 2016 10:54:21
We need someone who offers experience of the Championship promotion race. Someone who has been there and done it. Proven to get along with players and gets the best out of them.
Giggs is untried. Let him get his experience somewhere else .
Steve Bruce ticks every box. He even lives locally! .
06 Oct 2016 11:05:11
Why should we gamble and be the guinea pig?
06 Oct 2016 12:54:58
Surely the question needs to be " why should he be given a chance? "
07 Oct 2016 14:47:42
It's no wonder villa are not doing well. when people won't try something new! Yes he's a new manager but the ones with experience we've had so far have done jack all so why not go in a completely new direction.
07 Oct 2016 15:39:03
Steve Bruce does not tick all the boxes.
05 Oct 2016 22:34:13
Just thinking, seeing all the speculation about Mr Bruce, the last time he was mentioned wasent some poster on here putting his name about because they new him . Was it Kingvilla, by the way what ever happened to him . Iv always thought it funny that he dissappeared about the same time Mr know it all came on, surely not . Onwards&upwards Villa forever.
06 Oct 2016 00:25:02
I no everybody including santa clause mate and kingvilla does in fact we are really undercover agents i work for messi neymar an bruce. And kingvilla has ronaldo pogba an conte on his books! Any inside info you need let us both know! Only thing i don't know is why westwood still plays 4 us!
06 Oct 2016 07:02:16
Or undead the English language.
06 Oct 2016 08:48:24
lol indeed!
06 Oct 2016 13:03:32
I'm still here and no its not me that knows bruce. mr know it all I've just added dr tony to my stable and we are going big places trust and belive. lol.
06 Oct 2016 15:40:06
Ha ha Flackie, worst time for a typo.
06 Oct 2016 17:38:33
Story of my life mate!
05 Oct 2016 19:55:54
After my last post, Jamdog said to be careful that my positivity might catch on . If only it would, after 50+years supporting the Villa it's the only way you can be HaHa . But I must admit over the last few months I have been kicking the cat, figuratively speaking . But now is the time to pull the socks up and restart our surge back to where we belong . Unlike classof 82, I honestly believe in Dr Tony . After the silence and the cutting back of Randy, Dr Tony is a breath of fresh air . So who ever he picks as our next manager, let's show some positivity, get behind them and fill the park out once again . Onwards and Upwards Villaforever.
05 Oct 2016 22:35:54
I'm with you Dave.
06 Oct 2016 16:56:59
It is contagious! Mendax now there are 3 of us.
06 Oct 2016 17:58:15
Blimey, I'm getting giddy.
05 Oct 2016 13:02:11
Seeing as wagner says no, and if the doctor decides against brucey bonus, then i cast my vote for lee johnson; so that's him out of the frame then!
05 Oct 2016 15:59:49
Got to be the return of Scott and Andy Marshall for me. You can't argue with a 100% win-record ;)
05 Oct 2016 19:36:07
Had he? Or has the club blocked us talking?
Money talks! If the doctor wants him. show him.
05 Oct 2016 20:30:09
Wagner would be an exciting arrival but would he want our players?
At the end of the day it is the players that fail along with the manager.
Also we must not crave a man because he was a Villa supporter, there are some players died claret and blue that have failed us.
Until we know who has said NO to an interview we must hold our breath. The size of our club means nothing if the target is happy where they are.
Simple analysis puts Bruce way ahead of every other party, that's why his odds are short.
05 Oct 2016 12:04:19
I would really love to have Wagner, young ambitious and he's getting the results. Bruce is also not a bad option but for me I would just like a bit of freshness. Whether we can pry him away is another question, but there is a reason he is in demand and not unemployed.
05 Oct 2016 00:21:17
I know the problem with villa and whoever comes in will be irrelevant i will explain! It all stems from the summer when buying players we have completly no balance. At the momment aston villa have 6 strikers on the books 1 winger and 4 central mids now 3 of the central mids are defensive we have 1 natural winger at the club the rest are strikers being played out of position.
so there's no creativity in the side at all from out wide the central midfield is defensive so no service from there. So while your all saying how good our strikers are it seems you all hit 1 stag we are trying to play 4 strikers when there's only 2 places up for grabs! ayew nor kodjia are wingers so we have hit a huge problem!
Any manager that comes in can't play any other way to what rdm was playing because of the in balance what is he suppose to do go with wingers we havnt got? use attacking midfielders we havnt really got?
if you get what i mean the new manager will deploy same tactics as rdm because he has no choice! Also trying to accommodate 4 strikers as we all no strikers don't track back really and if they do they don't like it. So there you have it folks Rdm brought good individuals not a good balance squad and until january comes we will continue to drop points as the new manager can't change it as he has no options!
I know i right stuff people disagree with but this my fellow villa friends is a true account of where we are going wrong! Also while iam here i would like to thank the edds 4 all there hard work top lads!
{Ed003's Note - should think so after having to read all that ;) }
05 Oct 2016 08:03:33
Phew.
All of that to reprise what most of us are saying all the time.
Best strikers in the league and no service.
05 Oct 2016 11:18:58
Mr. know. it. all, have you been channeling harry redknapp, because funnily enough he said exactly the same thing on talksport.
05 Oct 2016 11:56:02
Hit the nail on the head on that one mr. know. it. all, i can't believe I just agreed with you ha ha.
05 Oct 2016 12:38:23
I think Old Villain said it a lot more succinctly.
04 Oct 2016 23:57:09
Warnock Cardiff boss, there is a god!
05 Oct 2016 16:22:36
Amen to that!
04 Oct 2016 23:50:48
We are all fed up and worried about what's happening with our club . Please can we have just one positive post off class of 82, reading his post will make you want to slash your wrists . i'm very glad I don't sit by him, All the Dr Tony has done, money he's spent, classof82 still can't find a good thing to say about him . So come on 82, I know it's a banter page, but the same hatred of everything Dr Tony, gets very boring . Onwards&Upwards Villaforever.
05 Oct 2016 11:13:49
He showed he was willing to back a manager even though he has admitted he didn't fully agree with him. he's had the plumbs to get on twitter and say how he's feeling and answering our questions. he's shown a real interest in the younger players and tried to pep them up. he's got his finger on the pulse and realised firing rdm now on an international break gives us breathing room and time to reflect. he's shown excellent business acumen by formulating the sales of our franchises abroad, great realisation of the business opportunities in homeland china and the untapped wealth we can plug into. how about that for a bit of positivity for dr. tony.
oh yeah, and he's learned how to tie his own shoe laces up, can't say i didn't try there for some feel good facts mate! At least now i know why i get half a row to myself at the games, i thought it was the hi karate aftershave i'm still wearing from the 70's!
05 Oct 2016 10:14:04
Great post Dave. But be careful not to be too positive it may catch on!
05 Oct 2016 11:58:00
See Classof82, you do have it in you, i'm proud of you.
05 Oct 2016 12:55:43
Cheers VillaSA, can't stop mate, just off to hug a tree!
04 Oct 2016 21:55:41
andre villas-boas isn't doing anything, I think it'll show we mean business if we can get him in. Be positive fellow villa fans and trust in dr. X. Who ever we get in I can only see going on to bigger and better thing (al least I hope so)
04 Oct 2016 23:28:04
There's a reason Villas-Boas isn't doing anything. Good reason.
05 Oct 2016 07:29:12
If people think rdm was a risk then what would villa boas be?
05 Oct 2016 08:08:55
Lots of ex managers out there looking for jobs.
Why do we want an O. O. W. manager? They are O. O. W. For the simple reason that they have little to offer.
We want a working manager that is proving himself at this moment.
05 Oct 2016 11:22:03
some managers are out of work because they quit remember, some just felt they didn't want to work at the club they are at anymore.
04 Oct 2016 18:32:43
I just hope that we appoint Steve Bruce. He knows this league very well and will be able to inject some passion into the team. He will sort out our sloppy defending and the strikers will start firing again. I would feel very confident about at least reaching a play off position. I couldn't give a monkeys if he was once at the Blues. He will transform this team.
05 Oct 2016 11:18:25
its not about knowing the league, its about being a good manager.
06 Oct 2016 11:15:04
Bruce is a good manager.
04 Oct 2016 18:24:34
Steve bruce for me if my post gets put on.
04 Oct 2016 15:51:34
I can 'officially' announce that our owner is indeed a Peanut Butter, no doubt about it, 24 carat, full fat not on this planet. he's making us a joke, please end this farce and take a big pill of sanity, before mine finally departs.
04 Oct 2016 17:21:36
Whys that?
04 Oct 2016 22:25:09
I don't think that is fair at all. He has done many things right for the club and invested heavily. He may be a bit eccentric and times but come on.
05 Oct 2016 10:17:35
I'll tell you why i think dr. tony shouldn't be totally trusted; summertime, rdm the 'one', others available but no, rdm is the answer. then before the season starts, the dr. spouts off about trusting him and we're all in it together. he'll keep us updated and a sense of one for all is fostered.
now rdm is sacked, he talks of not wanting him in the first place and how he was 'forced' into the decision because no one else was available. anyone see the disconnect?
now if he can tell a jackanory about that, what else can he be economical with the truth about? just an observation, and by the way, we spent, what? £50 million on transfers?
we got a parachute payment of £37 million, we got £12.5 million for clark and gueye, whatever we got for loaning players out, and the income we got from Underarmour for the jersey. so i reckon dr. tony ain't missed out there.
i'm also sure he's writing the cost of us off against his tax liability. so all in all, i believe he's had it lumpy, coining more than he's shelling out. i'm not digging him out for that, that's excellent business acumen. i just don't think he's playing things with a straight bat, but that's just 1 opinion, each to their own.
05 Oct 2016 12:01:00
Now unless Tony is Lying, he did say that he never spent a cent of the parachute payment.
04 Oct 2016 12:39:28
Steve Cotterill please no no no wake me up when this is all over and tell me it was all a dream and that we have won the CL PL FA Cup and have Messi Ronaldo playing for us oh and Mr Know Nothing has left this brilliant forum.
04 Oct 2016 12:55:27
Never leaving you are stuck with me i will haunt you when you are asleep i will always be around! Me and Steve Cottrell.
05 Oct 2016 10:18:53
Its like we're caught in the 7 circles of hell!
04 Oct 2016 11:25:54
Mr know it all is quiet, has he not read the papers yet .
04 Oct 2016 11:08:55
I get what you are saying Flackie, I feel that with the players that we now have - and I actually believe that we have a decent squad! - that Sherwood would be a great fit. Think he deserves another chance and could turn it around for us.
04 Oct 2016 11:05:03
AVB is out of work at the minute right? Any takers? Also Marco Silva is a hugely rated young coach who has managed sporting and olympiakos and currently out of a job by his own choosing. Just two left field names. What do people think?
04 Oct 2016 12:56:17
I agree, cpmm84. Both of them fit Aston Villa, and they're both experienced. AVB is the one I prefer.
05 Oct 2016 10:21:56
Good coaches, but somehow i think they're holding out for a spanish vacancy or two to emerge, but it'd be top banana if something happened.
04 Oct 2016 09:36:23
Hi all,
New on here, been interesting reading all of your posts. For me I would bring Tim Sherwood back. He is the only one who brought the best out of Grealish, he managed to keep him in line and I think there was a genuine respect between them. Nobody could have survived under Lerner, Tony is completely different and I think him and Sherwood could work well together.
04 Oct 2016 10:42:50
I agree with what you say, but it's a dangerous road, to just try to appease one player.
04 Oct 2016 11:09:45
Welcome aboard Phoenix.
I like Sherwood as well, Very good motivator, passionate about the game.
I just felt he was a bit naïve tactically to be honest, so I am sure how that would work with the squad we have now.
04 Oct 2016 15:09:58
I agree I'd bring back sherwood, he's been the only coach that has brought a glimmer of hope to us since the MON reign.
04 Oct 2016 09:18:54
I cannot understand Steve Clarke
Had he moved off the bench this season
I gave RDM the benefit of the doubt
New chairman, new players, new manager
Etc
The friendly against Middlesbrough I looked
Over at the bench in the second half when the went 1-2 up
RDM had nothing to offer
He has had the Alex mcleish Remi Garde state of "what the hell do I do now? "
The squad assembled a little in balanced but a good squad and good enough so RDM I thank you for that
Harry Redknapp reckons Sherwood shouldn't have been sacked yesterday
But this from a man with a bank account in his dogs name . Shut up Harry
Steve Bruce is the man
The new chant
"We've got potato head"
He still lives in Litchfield
As Lee Henrie and his missus
All joking apart he is the best of the bunch
Well respected well liked
Very knowledgeable.
05 Oct 2016 18:23:27
Defo steve bruce has always done a very good job wherever he has been players always seem to try for him which is half the battle.
04 Oct 2016 07:52:03
Would love glen hoddle, with all the attacking aspect in our squad, made for him
Second would be Wagner.
but i think it will be Bruce.
04 Oct 2016 07:38:05
So the search begins for a new manager this choice now has to be the right one no matter what and to be honest not one manager I can think of sticks out. There has to be something wrong at our club as 5 managers in 12 months is a bit excessive by anyone standards and all 5 can't be bad managers can they? Question is what is wrong or who is to blame?
Is it Gabby playing his face up because he's not getting a game and he's getting players on his side so they don't perform hence getting a manager sacked so a new one might give him a go? Or does the problem lies deeper than that we just don't know.
What I do know is whoever comes in will want more money for his own players. it's going to be one almighty run of wins to get us up to the standards set by Huddersfield and Co. will we do it? I hope so, but can't see it. the new manager will want to implement his tactics and his philosophy of his brand of football which will take time.
So in hindsight, yes RDM wasn't a good choice but for the people who work with him everyday will only know what really went on and whether at all if progress was made behind the scenes as well as on it. things take time to settle.
But by God do we need someone in who can save our club from this complete and utter mess that we are in and whoever comes in needs our backing 100 percent, none of this, "I didn't want him". Back who ever comes in and don't moan because we as fans are needed more than ever now and that's a fact.
04 Oct 2016 15:35:28
Well said villadaz, and in the spirit of doing what's right for the club and forgetting the past, may i just mention the fact that there's a manager out there who has won the league cup, has experience of championship football and premier league, and has won european cups as a player as well as managing a scottish team to a number of scottish league titles.
And as i understand he has managed in and around the b6 area in the past. at present i believe he is 'resting', and could be available for a very low salary. yes that's right, put your hands together and welcome back, alex macleish.
why is no one clapping, it was just a thought. i'll get me coat then, some people have got no sense no humour!
04 Oct 2016 17:22:22
Proves a point that I made, we need a manager to keep us in the prem, not just get us up.
Get a manager to get promoted then sack him in favour of a proven prem manager.
Doesn't make any sense.
04 Oct 2016 03:48:40
Steve bruce or warnock for me wouldn't mind as outsiders giggs or tim sherwood bck.
03 Oct 2016 21:31:43
Reports suggesting we will appoint Wagner within the week, if we manage to pull this off it does show just how big a club we are and how much of a draw we are no matter what state we are in. Only negative is how long it took him to get his ideas across to the Huddersfield squad. Now if reports are to be believed he will have maximum 10 days with the squad, there's no doubting on paper these are better players than his Huddersfield players but don't know if we would get results straight away. This really is a manager we must give time to, he will install a play style into the team and a clear plan, with time and backing he would get us promoted but will that be this season? That's hard to see.
03 Oct 2016 23:17:59
I really hope we get him, can't speak highly enough about him, the one thing that detracts from his appointmemt is the fact that at least 2 clubs in germany want him, a couple of spanish clubs are sniffing around too, so if we do get him, how long can we keep him for?
for me, for longevity, i would go for Lee Johnson, good young manager who could grow with us, ambitious and experience in the championship, plays a good style of football and an eye for a good player. just the type dr. tony should go for, but who knows, probably end up with pearson!
04 Oct 2016 15:10:53
As long as you don't appoint Allardyce lads lol, as a Celtic fan it's sad to see a fellow European Cup winning massive club in such a bad state, you are such great supporters and don't deserve it. like our own fans you get right behind your team, i hope whoever you appoint takes you into the EPL again where you belong.
03 Oct 2016 20:08:16
Can we do a poll on who we want as manager just so its clear!
{Ed003's Note - give us a clue what names you want on the poll }
03 Oct 2016 20:14:54
David Wagner, great potential and learned everything under klopp. For nose idiots who hunk we have no chance of getting him think again, money talks and we will double his wages.
{Ed003's Note - can't beat a good hunk.}
03 Oct 2016 20:36:49
im in the bruce camp i think, i want a manager who knows how to sort out a defense and i think him or sam are the answer to that.
if anything that is the area we really need fixing before we look at anything.
03 Oct 2016 20:37:47
Why thank you ed!
{Ed033's Note - :) - poll is up by the way guys and girls.
Next Villa manager poll}
03 Oct 2016 17:59:37
i keep seeing a lot of posts about how we should give sherwood another go. but for me on paper he had a lot better squad than we have now and couldn't do diddly with that team, so why do people think he could do any better this time round?
as far as i remember the reason everyone wanted rid in the first place was because he was clueless and tactically had no idea what to do.
03 Oct 2016 18:51:02
Elphic chester kodja McCormack Amavi - all better than what he had on paper.
03 Oct 2016 19:34:06
I think with Sherwood that it showed that he cared, like we do, that might blinker us a bit, but imo the guy has a winning mentality, his hands were tied by Lerner, we're not doing that 'moneyball'' nonsense anymore, and the players we've bought in the summer are something he can work with, won't cost anything in compo, if he gets the back room team he wants this time, could be just what we need
UTV.
03 Oct 2016 20:24:45
elphick and the two strikers i agree on.
chester i'm still not sold on but think with a better manager he might come good.
amavi is not looking up to the potentol he had before his injury but then again he might be just the same that once the team play good football he will start to look decent again.
03 Oct 2016 21:33:54
Chester is a weird one, his so laid back he worries people but he is yet to make a mistake so I believe he is a decent player.
04 Oct 2016 15:15:04
I wouldn't be upset if sherwood got the gig again, along as wilkins isn't the designated driver.
03 Oct 2016 17:58:58
Steve bruce gets my vote, underrated manager.
03 Oct 2016 18:49:31
blue nose.
03 Oct 2016 20:02:37
Stop with this Potato Head stuff. Remind me what he has done to deserve the top job at our club? That's right not a thing. Have we really sunk this low? We all feel lower than a rattlesnake's left testicle but please this cannot be. I'm just hoping that I wake up and Bobby Ewing is having a shower and this is all a dream.
04 Oct 2016 15:21:56
I wanna know how he got into your bathroom, always thought his goody 2 shoes routine was a lie!
03 Oct 2016 17:27:55
It's amazing how the 'I told you so' brigade were the same people who said Xia was a fraud and he wasn't going to put his money where his mouth was when he first took over.
If you are negative 100% of the time then you are bound to be right 50% of time.
I am gutted another manager has failed but I would prefer that some of you not bask in the glory of failure.
03 Oct 2016 18:10:39
Even a broken clock is right twice a day mate.
03 Oct 2016 16:47:25
I like sherwood, and he gets the best out of players and youth, but what worries me is he likes to play players out of positions and likes to tinker I bit too much which is what RDM has done for 10 games, we need stability and we need some one who is harsh and can bench players if need be to get a set formation. I think it's Bruce for me to push for promotion.
03 Oct 2016 16:22:12
Giggs, showroom or what about laurson or Yorke?
03 Oct 2016 18:14:19
3 people with no experience?
In other words, 3 people who we have no idea about whether they could do the job or not?
It's sort of demeaning to the club to suggest people like that. Typically, the people you mention start their careers at a Small club and learn their trade.
03 Oct 2016 15:54:52
mark warburton anyone? . wouldn't mind sherwood back!
{Ed007's Note - Please don't take Future England Manager Mark Warburton - he's doing that good a job up here the whole of Scottish football really wants him to to stay. :-D
03 Oct 2016 14:11:07
Right so RDM has gone . I defended him before saying give him time . However the performances have been shocking.
How can anyone try to cram 4 out and out attackers into any team .
For me I would prefer to go for up and coming managers who have something to prove, the likes of Wagner, Smith or Johnson . Even sherwood
I wouldn't want Bruce or Big Sam mainly because they have nothing to prove and simply could be looking for a payday as we sack managers so frequently.
03 Oct 2016 16:08:20
The 4 strikers thing is what's screwed us, I think we were counting on Ayew being gone in the window. I'd pick McCormack +1 more striker, Kodjia would be my choice, Gestede as an impact player on the bench (not that he's done much wrong) Ayew can go sulk somewhere, 4-4-2 all the way,
UTV.
03 Oct 2016 11:50:22
I'd go for sherwood, give him another go under a different regime.
03 Oct 2016 13:36:00
I'd give giggs a go. young ambitious manager. has to cut his teeth somewhere. he will eventually be utd manager. We have mostly very good players. he would get them playing.
03 Oct 2016 13:57:41
I also think sherwood would be a good shout!
I loved what he tried to do. and actually think if he was given last year, we would of given more of a fist of it.
03 Oct 2016 14:14:23
Tactically RDM had not got a clue. But I think he did make some good signings nevertheless.
Unfortunately we are still forced to play Westwood because he failed to spend on the 2 top midfielders we desperately need.
I'd love Sherwood back, armed with £35 m to buy those 2 midfielders . But Bruce or Allardyce would be good As Well.
03 Oct 2016 16:19:27
Giggs or showroom I think but what about Lauren?
03 Oct 2016 16:29:06
Always had a clear plan under sherwood especially when he first took over, it's just his subs that baffled and let him down, 2-0 up against Leicester and he played grealish defensive mid as a two, but yea his subs and the players let him down. But with this new squad, more sting in attack and a defence that although lapse concentration late on they are a lot more solid than last season. But Steve Bruce for experience.
03 Oct 2016 10:27:21
Sam allerdyce anyone lol.
03 Oct 2016 11:28:06
It would be just our luck for him to join, only to shortly thereafter be banned for 2 years by the FA.
03 Oct 2016 11:29:44
Yes, yes, yes.
03 Oct 2016 09:45:05
well the good doctor has swung the axe. it's a shame for rdm but there were no signs it was going to pick up so had to be done. who do we want next then guys and who do we think we will get. I'll kick it off by saying I'd like sherwood back and give him a fair crack with a chance to buy his own players. I think we will end up with Bruce though.
03 Oct 2016 09:36:38
I would like to welcome back gabby agbonlahor and Libor kozak to the side just in time for the derby. gabby agbonlahor is as fast as muck! Roberto di matteo has today left the club with 1 million pound and a Ford Mondeo. we would like to thank him for buying 27 strikers and no wingers to cross them the ball and 32 year old miles off the pace jediack.
03 Oct 2016 14:19:01
You should replace the ' it ' in your name with a four letter word that ends with a K .
Here's a clue. It isn't muck.
03 Oct 2016 16:14:51
They broke the mold when they made you mr. know. it. all. man alive you are indeed a unique character.
03 Oct 2016 18:18:09
Jesus Christ what are you smoking
Strikers are not our problem. And even if they were, I would not want Gabby back.
03 Oct 2016 08:32:21
Big round of applause to the told you so sausage brigade you truly are right in every aspect of what you have been saying over the last few weeks. I now bow down to your superior knowledge of the game. You must have all been wanting my Villa to suffer so you can all say I told you so, So well done you have got your wish here's a thought for you lot instead of saying I told you so why don't you back your bloody team instead of being so petty minded to be proved right I would love to meet a certain few on here to give them a piece of my mind to let you know that you sound so pathetic. I will always back a manager no matter who it is till the time has come he has failed RDM wasn't given a chance at all by a certain few I hope you hang your heads in shame!
03 Oct 2016 09:16:36
Agree mate.
Unless it's Pearson! lol.
03 Oct 2016 09:33:49
Hopefully we get someone asap, they need these two weeks with them.
03 Oct 2016 09:50:24
Just read that RDM has gone, give Sherwood another crack at it, other than him, got to be Big Sam
UTV.
03 Oct 2016 10:00:24
I go every game mate have done 4 20 years and rdm wasnt the man i will tell you i told you so because i told you all at the very start of the season i spotted it but i still went and got behind somethink i didn't really belive in! Pierluigi gollini is the worst goalkeeper i have ever seen hopfully bunn will be number 1 even tho he ent great. he went out and brought striker after striker with no creative midfielder or wingers to set them up. Tactically was clueless he did not have a style of play at all 1 week 433 next 442 next 532 the guy had no idea. It will be tough 4 any manager coming in untill he can buy his own players we need wingers a gk a mid centre an a creative player! So yes i told you so i could see it coming glad my football knowledge is still the best on this site! People saying Rdm was hard done by doubt you go home and away its not the same watching goal flashes on skysports.
03 Oct 2016 12:06:19
^^^^ I rest my case your honour.
03 Oct 2016 13:05:03
So you want gabby back who can't score and kozak back who can't score you sure do know a lot about football don't you.
03 Oct 2016 13:19:05
I agree. But no more poor managers. We need quality managers, if we are to qualify for the Premiership, and there are enough of them out there now.
They will succeed, if Xia gives them the right offer.
The managers I'm thinking that could be interested to come to us are Andre Villas-Boas, Murat Yakin, Besnik Hasi and Constantin Galca. I would go for one of these four, they're all free agents.
03 Oct 2016 13:27:35
You are such a pillock.
03 Oct 2016 13:29:58
Sorry but Mark Bunn are you joking did you see Saturday? He is a nightmare, can't jump whatsoever and makes the defender nervous! Give Steer a shot.
03 Oct 2016 13:54:29
Mr. know. it. all that was for! Lol sorry!
03 Oct 2016 16:47:09
Hi Villadaz why have a go at supporters who don't agree with the managerial appointment of RDM?
I have supported Villa since I was 8, I am now 63 so that makes 55 years, I started going when we had the great Joe Mercer and his Mercer Minors.
I have seen numerous managers, good, bad and indifferent. Some managers were sacked too early some out stayed there welcome, some were very unlucky.
What I do know is I have never sacked a manager never caused a manager to sacked and if it was that easy I would have got rid of Billy McNeil and Joe Venglos considerably earlier in their tenures.
I can honestly say I didn't want RDM, mainly because my Baggies mates were laughing like mad when he was mentioned, some even mentioned the R word that can't be spoken.
I think considering the results and his apparent ineptitude in picking a team and tactics he needed to go, I include Clarke in this as well.
02 Oct 2016 14:44:41
when you look at the list of high class managers free at the minute, we have a great list to pick from.
say we will give you a contract till end of year and if you get us up we will extend it or if we don't go up and you want to stay we will talk then,
money talks in football and surely even with the right offer we could get a big name in.
02 Oct 2016 17:49:05
Then I would be looking to appoint either Villas-Boas or Capello. The latter is maybe a little difficult, but I think it's worth a try.
{Ed007's Note - What about Mark Warburton, or as he's known in the press up here Future England Manager Mark Warburton? (rofl)
02 Oct 2016 17:57:02
PAKO AYESTARÁN, STEVE BRUCE, LOUIS VAN GAAL
, ANDRÉ BREITENREITER, ROBERTO MANCINI, MARCELO BIELSA, GUUS HIDDINK,
all just a few names that as i know of are currently jobless.
02 Oct 2016 19:07:24
Quality managers, but would they want to work with what we have as players?
Would Xia be willing to pay the salaries that would be asked?
Our chances of getting a top man are at best slim.
Whatever is to be needs to be now.
Amazing numbers of posters thought DiM to be the finest choice available and it is easy to be wise retrospectively but the present situation indicates that the selection was flawed.
Tactically we are non starters, very naive and somewhat arrogant are a couple of observations.
02 Oct 2016 19:49:15
more than likely none other than bruce or big sam will come to us but that's a great list if we was willing to pay for one.
02 Oct 2016 20:10:32
I believe 2-4 of them would be interested. For instance, Mancini and van Gaal will most likely be difficult to get. Breitenreiter is a good shout, did well for Schalke 04 recently. Some quality managers, I agree.
02 Oct 2016 21:17:08
What we don't need is a manager without any recent championship experience, we've tried this with RDM proof is in the pudding.
03 Oct 2016 07:36:56
Why do they need championship experience?
The objective is the prem, start as you mean to go on.
Forget the now, plan for the future. Winning is winning where ever you are!
03 Oct 2016 08:41:54
Ok so we get a man with prem experience. and when we don't get there we sack him because he can't get us there. "Insanity is making the same mistake over and over and expecting different results", to get to the prem we need results now, to get those results now we need a manager who has experience in this very very hard intense league, not someone whose done well at a huge club in leagues where you play once a week against smaller clubs.
02 Oct 2016 13:43:06
How fair as the mad doctor been on Roberto Di Matteo yes i belive he should be sacked but social media hasn't helped him at times. would anybody give villa fan dean smith ago his done great everywhere his been! Also big sam would be great.
02 Oct 2016 14:12:48
How about David Wagner? I know Huddersfield are top but money talks and we would surely double his wages.
03 Oct 2016 16:52:04
Aim higher, mates.
02 Oct 2016 09:27:27
I liked Sherwood, at least he showed some passion. I'd like to see him given a proper go.
02 Oct 2016 15:04:51
all the names chucked about i think one that's constantly over looked is southgate, wonder if he would do the two jobs till end of the season?
02 Oct 2016 08:49:58
I said rdm would be a bad fit for villa he's a lucky manager never rated him . we need a manager who can get the players motivated an a manager that has balls neil warnock big mickmcarthy or steve bruce or maybe tim sherwood or giggs but giggs would be a gamble but players would respect him so i'd be happy with him so its got to be any of the managers i'd nanmed not mclaren or brentfords manager .
02 Oct 2016 09:47:31
Can we not do this, now his getting sacked all of a sudden no one wanted him as manager knew it wouldn't work and have never rated him, it's boring and childish.
02 Oct 2016 11:08:59
Good point Chris.
02 Oct 2016 12:43:09
The told you so brigade!
Hindsight must be a wonderful aptitude.
02 Oct 2016 00:55:19
I have been positive and I have been an advocate for giving the manager time. But after tonight, that performance was not even championship level and I can't defend the man anymore, at least the last few matches there were glimmers of hope and a possible turnaround.
Re-active and not proactive, no idea on a formation, no structure and no motivation. There are no excuses this time, we are going backwards and that is unexceptable.
02 Oct 2016 00:37:56
And Petrov would have played for us for free, I would biten his arm off in hindsight after Jedinaks performance. You can't say petrov could be worse.
02 Oct 2016 09:48:45
Been thinking this for a while, we've got an issue with not enough midfielders who can pass a ball yet we've got a player without a club, fit enough and would play for nothing sitting there not being used.
02 Oct 2016 10:29:49
Get real, it would of taken petrov at least half a season to get anywhere near the fitness level required, heart ruling head me thinks.
02 Oct 2016 10:29:08
Jedinak is carrying a niggling injury (apparently) but is trying to play for the good of the team, unfortunately it hasn't come off, what can you say?
02 Oct 2016 11:12:42
Come on guys. Stan, as great a story as it would have been, was never the answer
He's 36 and spent 2 years fighting leukaemia.
02 Oct 2016 11:24:16
Jedinak looks like his 46 and looking for a pay day so far.
02 Oct 2016 17:45:17
Jedinak being poor does not make Petrov any better.
02 Oct 2016 18:51:04
I watched Jednaik v Newcastle and thought " he looks like a worn out Rugby player trying to play football! If he Is carrying an injury fair play to him for having a go but we need him to get up to speed and quickly. Westwood needs to get a bus out of Birmingham before he's in big trouble! Average player at his tip top best.
01 Oct 2016 22:05:55
Can i just say, we're doing the same thing as did to tim sherwood, so unless there's a great manager out there looking for work, what do we do, go foreign again or put steve round in charge, i'm just saying be careful what you wish for, unless we want history repeating itself again?
02 oct 2016 00:20:44
it can't get any worse he can't win games we are going down! don't talk rubbish.
02 Oct 2016 09:50:44
"We are going down" - people should not allow themselves to come on here after a bad game if it makes them sound like a 7 year old melodramatic little girl, it's embarrassing.
02 Oct 2016 10:39:04
We're going down you say and i'm talking rubbish?
i would say the only thing missing here is those behind the scenes letting rdm down. he's the manager so yes, i can see your point. so what to do, sack him and bring in who? not big sam, he's facing a ban.
Pearson?, i can the headline now in the bluenose mail, 'pearson beat up by upper holte end ticket holder', police looking for a man who uses the handle "flackie" online, seen being driven away by his comrade in arms, "mendax"!
no no, the simple solution is keep rdm and bring in warnock as a consultant or whatever job title he likes. rdm learns the dark arts, warnock grabs some sheckles for his farm in cornwall and we scoot up the table.
As easy as 'Stupefy Mobilicorpus', everyones a winner!
02 Oct 2016 11:14:40
Blimey Flackie, we sound like Bonnie and Clyde!
02 Oct 2016 15:30:59
Who is who?
02 Oct 2016 22:01:02
Haha just read this! Quality!
01 Oct 2016 21:25:56
So with RDM's exit looking inevitable, who does everyone want to take charge? Big Sam looks like too much of a gamble as he could be banned and the only other manager out there isn't Steve Bruce who would be my choice. I'd never heard of Dean Smith before he was linked with the job, so he'd be a big step in the wrong direction.
01 Oct 2016 23:35:13
Give Ryan giggs a chance, won't know how good he could be until he has a chance.
02 Oct 2016 09:53:38
Xia isn't foolish enough to give someone a job who has no relative experience in it or evidence to support that they could do the job, so in other words Giggs will never happen. I'd try an get rowett, all the experience needed, does well with a rubbish team, the noses love him and I'm bored of them having a laugh at us every weekend.
02 Oct 2016 15:54:12
Errm, so use Aston Villa as a test piece to see how good or bad Ryan Highs might be as a manager?
Yeah, great idea.
{Ed025's Note - i agree mendax, why would you want that excuse for a man to lead you?..
02 Oct 2016 17:48:53
I wouldn't ED (I mean Giggs of course)
On top of the fact that he has no pedigree as a manager, his talking about the Swansea job while Guidolin is still in place shows a distinct lack of class.
{Ed025's Note - i agree mendax mate..
01 Oct 2016 21:19:51
RDM has to go. Anyone's thoughts on Ryan Giggs as a replacement.
01 Oct 2016 22:16:10
Hahaha.
01 Oct 2016 20:17:42
Maybe we should try changing the canteen lady gods knows we have gone trough enough managers,
Rdm looks lost and clueless (pitty)
I want o neill back we played good football under him yeah maybe he isiant everybodys cup of tea bit he gets the best out of average players just look at what he is doing with the irish team
I don't rate Bruce at all he has been jumping around clubs to much for 1 reason or another
Big Sam won't work either it just wouldn't make sense we spent to much on stickers to only play 1 up front
Maybe sherwood back seems to know how to get players on his side but not great with his tactics
This is where we are as a club if rdm goes the squad might not suit new manager as hard as it would be to get in a new gaffer this will make it that bit harder it's still 3 months before next window opens and would a new gaffer come in now I don't think so, maybe around December
Id love to see rdm clarke and Co showing a bit of interest on line
We are at a cross roads now
Put up with rdm until December pick up the odd pint and be cut adrift from play offs
Get in man in now let him figger out squad before next window results might not change
Or wait and see when this curse of a run will end
Taughts please.
01 Oct 2016 19:56:40
So every post in here seems to agree, RDM will most probably be sacked in the week. Him and Clark sounded like a good match but it's difficult to defend RDM anymore unfortunately shame we have to sack another manager but he hasn't found his best 11 and with one of the best squads (not team, squad) in the league you have to be able to get results and turn them into a team, and after 10+ games he hasnt. I guess Clark will take over but that doesn't fill me with optimism as he's there now and we haven't found form. So who do we want in charge? We need someone whose going to tackle the squad head on, motivate them, have a clear plan each game and a style of play and install some organisation to the play/ defence. A name doesn't spring to mind, who do we reckon?
02 Oct 2016 00:23:06
Neil warnock.
01 Oct 2016 19:29:59
Interesting quote from rdm in his post match briefing when he says " they'll be up there at the end of the season" that tells me he knows his time is up. Sacked by Wednesday.
01 Oct 2016 18:25:34
It's really interesting, all the fuss about " banter" from the die hard optimists last week and how the so called negative brigade were castigsted. We were actually realists and those who wanted banter have joined us tonite making the same comments as we made previously
RDM out of ideas out of here or division 1 will be our destiny.
01 Oct 2016 18:56:02
The fuss about banter last week, was not about last week, but about the last 24 months.
However, it pains me to say, but the time is up rdm.
01 Oct 2016 19:48:32
Bet you was praying on us not to get a result today so you could tweet about people not being negative last week, sorry for not being resigned to the fact we're going to be in league 1 next season like you mate but whether we're in champions league or conference or playing over the park I'll still support them, still be optimistic and not try and drag them down.
01 Oct 2016 20:31:22
Chris it's not dragging down, we all want the best, however unless we get the message out there that we won't or can't accept the abject failure nothing will change. Get behind and be positive is commendable and if we hadn't been subject to five years of abject failure culminating in us being relegation candidates. DR Tony will have got the message. Let's regroup and move forward. Please don't suggest any of us are happy though.
01 Oct 2016 20:35:38
What was your previous username on this "hopeful"?
01 Oct 2016 17:55:43
Sorry guys it's time to really question our managers ability to manage!
We are seriously close to div 1 rather than the prem and someone has to carry the can.
In the past we have hammered the manager incumbent but pussy footing around DiM is proving futile.
PL at least had an excuse but this guy has none.
Time is running out.
Our patience has run out.
Come on Dr Tony get us a winner.
01 Oct 2016 17:15:32
A serious question has to be asked here, how can a team that possesses three of the divisions best strikers struggle to score as much as we do.
The answer is obvious to most if not all Villa fans, our midfield is shocking, we have no bite, no direction and no creativity.
How come managers like RDM are paid huge wages and can`t see the wood for the trees, all of us Villa fans can see it, good grief it`s been bloody obvious for years.
We need a stronger character in charge, so for that reason He has to go, out of depth, players in wrong positions, and void of ideas.
01 Oct 2016 16:54:26
Ed, any reason why my post not showing?
{Ed001's Note - whoever dealt with it put it on the others page.}
01 Oct 2016 17:03:55
Lol oh! Never mind!
{Ed007's Note - You lot wanted all the moaning posts put on there! (facepalm) You can't win with some people ;-(
01 Oct 2016 17:12:18
Ha ha ha I walked into that one! ;)
{Ed007's Note - :=D
01 Oct 2016 15:51:19
if he does not turn this around RDM has surely had his last chance,
im not one for rush sackings up he just seems to be completely out of his depth here,
01 Oct 2016 15:46:11
Can we sack RDM at half time, total rubbish 14 shots to 2 and 2-0 down after 38 minutes, manager has no idea.
I really think if we keep RDM we will be relegated again.
01 Oct 2016 15:45:10
Time for RDM to go. Absolutely shocking. We won't go up and we're an embarrassment. Our back four and goalkeeping options are beyond poor.
01 Oct 2016 15:54:11
Did RDM say they would finish top 6 in the week, surely he meant bottom 6.
01 Oct 2016 14:36:23
I don't believe that team he has put out today, Westwood and jedinak your having a laugh, westwood is so negative and jedinak is slower than a cart horse . the only thing I can say is RDM you will not be available for work Monday . Goodbye and good riddance .
01 Oct 2016 15:00:36
I have to say the team choice again leaves a lot to be desired.
We will see later, but for me RDM is showing his limited ability in management.
You have to go and get three points be it home or away, not hope they just come your way, dear me.
01 Oct 2016 16:04:29
I was alarmed when I heard he was playing Westwood ahead of Tshibola
Difficult to defend the guy if we lose, as looks likely, this one.
01 Oct 2016 20:37:51
RDM has relied on chequebook football expecting that paying big fees guarantees success. Wrong! You need to have a plan to fit these players into a team. We do not have a team. He has assembled a group of expensive individuals with no plan or tactic. In some cases we've paid 2 to 3 times what these players are worth.
01 Oct 2016 10:16:20
Squad for today? Our only win this season came with gustede ayew McCormack up top, but that was before kodja came. thought getting all our best players into one squad whilst still having enough in the midfield not to get overrun! For me I'd go for McCormack kodja
Grealish Tshibola Jedinak ayew
Amavi Chester elphic bacuna
Steer
Not benching Gollini for anything other than if a player played poorly anywhere else on the pitch this many times he'd have been benched so although I like the boy we need to remind him of the competition for places.
Kodja and McCormack seem to have a decent understanding from what we've seen of them (vs Forrest) .
Elphic and Jedinak have had a few shakey performances so need a good display and even though grealish has two goals and an assist (not sure about the assist) we need somert from him today, needs to be getting shots in like he gets the balloons in on a Saturday night🙈.
01 Oct 2016 13:57:25
Bacuna suspended Chris.