Aston Villa Rumours Archive April 30 2017

 

Use our rumours form to send us aston villa transfer rumours.

30 Apr 2017 18:56:21
I think Steve Bruce, is the right man for the job. people calling for his head are crazy. But he does need to find a formation that suits the players. He still doesn't know how he wants to play. he has played 3-5-2, 4-3-3, 4-5-1 surely when your buying players you are buying them to fit your style of play and your plan.

Bruce doesn't seem to have a plan yet. He said Saturday, I need to improve as a manager as well. I ask people about Bruce and they say its not pretty but he gets results, well its going to be a huge summer for the club because so far he is just buying anybody who is in form rather than having a plan. please Bruce get it right can't afford another season like this 1.



30 Apr 2017 20:08:05
You can't fault Bruce's record however I've never really seen a Bruce team play over a season, is it always this bad, awful football? And at the minute it isn't getting results. Kodjia has won us games making scoring chances out of nothing, did Hernandez do that for Bruce at Hull? I try to be a realist and being that I cannot see us being anywhere near the play offs playing like this next season.

We have signs 3 of the championships most inform players, every one of them has regressed since joining and become not even a quarter of the player they was. We play Hogan up too alone and hoof the ball up to him consistently, the midfield look like they don't know how to attack an that they've never met each other before. The one and only improvement I can see so far is defensively, and it wasn't hard to improve on that really.

I don't care if it's ugly and horrible as long as it's effective. Next season we need a system, whatever it maybe, a system that works and stick with it, signs players for that system. On paper we have one of the best squads in this league, top 3 definitely, and with the attacking options we have there is atleast 7 managers in this league who would get a tune out of our players going forward. Bruce needs to now show his worth, he has the squad does he now have the ability to adapt and develop a successful system.



30 Apr 2017 20:43:43
I agree chris but because of his record we gota stick by him. Do i like his football no. Would I keep him in the prem if we got there no. Do i think he can get us up no. But his record buys him time and to be honest who else would come to us?

This season i have seen brentford fulham and many others play beuitful attacking football and simply spank us facts are these players aren't as good as you think I really belive other than taylor and connor houriane and johnstone january was a waste of money. I don't want Bruce out but i tell you what if he himself is questioning his own performance that tells you something i belive next season will be a mirror of this 1.



30 Apr 2017 21:17:45
Brentford and Fulham are prime examples, imagine what their managers would get out of our lot! When we played Brentford it was like a training drill for their lads, they had 3 upfront don't know 100% but pretty sure it was Vibe, Jota and someone else, but they tore us a new one and looked brilliant.

Kodija, Hogan, Adomah and Hourihane should all fit into brilliant attacking system, in positions they are comfortable in and should thrive in. Best way to describe Bruce at the minute is all the gear and no idea, where as in his past it's been the opposite.



30 Apr 2017 21:54:49
1 guy described Steve Bruces ideas as old and date an borring and said Bruce is past his best i hope that's not true to be honest because we really need to go up next year. Yes the fans are with them this season but if we start losing iam telling you attendances will drop. Why can't we get a manager like fulhams ok nobodys heard of him but there a joy to watch same as brentford was the teams we are losing to are a disgrace mate.



01 May 2017 10:12:49
Wtw, never heard of fulham's manager, your having a giraffe, he's the man who got watford promoted, and played for some pub team called Chelsea, oh yeah, and he played a few games on the international stage too! -as for all this discussion on Brucey.

if you look at the games since he came in you may notice he dilly-dallys between man to man and zonal, whether that's because our players can't adapt or the message isn't getting through, who knows, but if we keep flip-flopping between the two.

whether its messi or gary gardner in the team, confusion rules, look at marco silva at hull, or big sam at the palace, put your system in place and stick to it, the players eventually click and bingo, more often than not, you get points, you can worry about the 'beautiful game' when your further up the table, so if brucey doesn't put this in place this summer, things could get a bit sticky!



01 May 2017 16:13:19
Dilly dallys between zonal and man to man? What team are you watching? Have we had a problem conceding on set pieces? Far from it, that's one thing Bruce has done, organised us at the back and on set pieces. What on earth have you been watching? And Fulhams manager, he played for Chelsea 39 times in 2 seasons and Yugoslavia, only teams of note he has ever managed is Watford and Fulham, never managed in the top flight - not many will have heard of him.



02 May 2017 06:56:08
Chris, i don't just mean in defence, from midfield back we got problems, sometimes we put pressure on the ball, other times there's such a hole between players all the opposition have to do is play triangles and they've bypassed our midfield.

the brentford game made me realise just how open we are, maybe if bruce brings in an enforcer and someone whose like a pitbull barking out instructions and cajoling the rest of them then things will definitely improve, but you take the jeddi out; and we look a less solid, the mark of a good defence is being able to cope when good players are out, you lose the jeddi and chester and we'd be about as good as an ashtray on a motorbike, hence why you need a set system so whoever is missing you can slot someone else in and the system rolls on, we haven't got that yet, and until we do, we'll keep looking up and not down.



02 May 2017 09:58:56
Everything you've just said I agree with, without Jedinak we are too open and have no protection for the defence. But these problems have nothing to do with zonal or man marking, from corners and set pieces I think we're brilliant, only problem is we don't get out quick enough and sometimes the keeper hangs on to the ball way too long.



02 May 2017 18:03:51
I get the criticism to an extent about the formation chopping an changing and the midfield just not clicking but don't forget Bruce hasn't had a preseason with his team.
The best things to come out of this season for me have been:
We have a prolific striker
The emergence of Andre green
We won the derby
And we didn't get relegated!

Two players i'd be looking to come in over the summer would be maddison or billy bodin.