Bristol City away should be a banker and straightaway I think it will be; I’ll say that from the start.
That perhaps seems high-handed on my part, but sorry, Bristol fans, I expect to beat your team, it’s as simple as that. You loaned Nathan Baker, who wasn’t deemed good enough for us at the time, after all?
Except many Villa fans thought he was better than that.
I’ve read that Bristol want to buy/loan him, while many Villa fans don’t even rate him.
So what does that tell us?
Well, to me it demonstrates a gulf in expectations.
While I have the utmost regard for Bristol City, I think this is the sort of game we will have to win if we’re going to show any sign that we’re going to be promoted at the first attempt.
It’s difficult to explain what I mean, but if we really rate the Villa as a class apart from the rest of the Championship along with Newcastle, we have to win this game; it’s as simple as that.
Sadly, I don’t think we’re a class apart at all, although it might come in time.
Which is why I’m hoping that we’ll have enough about us to scrape a 1-0 win.
And that’s my prediction.
We suck my own dog has better football skills he’s only 18 weeks old
don’t underestimate the teams like bristol. they just about to sell their main striker. not cause they want too, but they have too. on the otherhand we have been splashing the cash about, snapping up players most championship clubs would like in their squad.
i would like to hear how many villa fans would be willing to swap teams with them, i doubt any would, so really without being a smart ass, villa really should be beating teams like this. norwich and newcastle both managed it.
if i was dr X i would be questioning the signing of the goal.he gives the defense the shits every-time the balls is anywhere near him. 4 million. couldn’t steer have been given a chance. he managed to play a full season in this league and we go out a buy a complete novice. i don’t understand this signing maybe somebody who twitters can ask dr X for me
Dr x should stop playing/selling dance dance revolution machines and x boxes n show us what he knows about football before we drop down another division god dam chinks no nothing exept Chinese food n electric devices
Bet he can fix a washing machine/laptop/microwave chop suey quick football nada knowledge
Problem is bunn and steer are crap too. But our new keeper is learning at our expense then will piss of elsewhere. Stuff that we can’t carry passengers in this division. We need a more experienced keeper with him as an understudy.
Why won’t u post my comments
I’ll buy another 10 dogs n we’ll have a better chance
We have
Pile of shite,what the fuck is that goalie on extensivley my arse.
Just seen goals he screwed up for first every game he makes a cock up he has to be dropped he has cost about 6 points already ffs
Yeah agree and hopefully that puts a rocket up his arse and sorts it out…..
Cause somewhere there I think could be a good keeper!
Yes potentially he could be a good keeper but we can’t afford to have a keeper learning on the job. He makes to many errors. If a young midfielder makes a mistake we can get away with it when it’s a keeper it’s usually a goal. Can’t afford to have an error prone keeper if that’s the case we may as well have stuck with Guzan what’s the point
Very true but no not Guzan that’s to far lol
give it a rest oohah
what did keeperdo wrong for 1st goal, he pushed shot to side,2nd goal our midfield centre half partedl ike red sea
extensivley scouted my arse.
They just dont believe in themselves, it seems they are not sure of what to do and happening on the pitch, coaching has to improve, we all have a go at players and never the backroom staff. The manager was never my choice but what do i know. It cannot continue please it hurts.
RDM is not my choice either but then there wasn’t really anyone else out there who was any good.
Not seen the game so no comment on the performance but looking at the predictions before the game it appears we (both team and fans) are underestimating the teams in this league and until we wake up and smell the coffee and start battling week in week out and lose this big time Charlie mentality this is going to be a regular occurrence.
and include the bookies to that statment. next time i see villa strong favorites in a game. iam backing the other team.
What price were Bristol?
well they were 7/4 13/8 ish but bare in mind they were at home.plus villa fine away form i must be off my head to back us
Mate their home forms inconsistent but when they’re on it they ain’t a bad side.
I thought we’d lose, had it down as a 1-0 for the reasons I posted above.
form isn’t worth much, is it so early. but when you consider their players and ours news before game they are to lose their top man up front. they lost to both norwich and newcastle.
we will see when the league settles down. but i doubt they will be in the top half. going off our results, i really doubt we will be anywhere near the top half. so check mate
Sheff wed are down there as well and they beat us. Says it all
I looked at the results from the back end of last season.
As for us I think we’ll be alright but the playoffs look a more realistic possibility than automatic but then again that could depend on how much the Doc’s willing to throw at it?
look around the championship, most teams in this league are financially destitute. burton blackburn all teams are selling. before todays game bristol withdrew their best striker, is reported to be going to derby for 14mill.
be honest how long do you give RDM. i am beginning to doubt him, i never wanted him, the players we bought. except the goalie have been very good. but results are abysmal luton didn’t just beat us they rocked us out of our stride and were easy winners.
Agree but who else is there that’s any good. I wanted Rodgers or Pearson I still think Pearson will come good at Derby.
I don’t think sacking another manager would solve much, the damage Randy inflicted on the club runs to it’s very foundations.
It’ll take time to turn it around.
Also who do we replace him with there’s no one at the moment
Not a big Rodgers fan and Pearson seems to have few anger management issues but what does worry me is RDM’s apparent lack of character.
What’s the Doc doing on th X Factor?
newcastle have made lots of changes to their squad and 1st team, they are currently on a 3 game winning streak. can’t allow teams to get way ahead of us. this season could continue on, from last season. if we don’t shake off the monkey off our backs
But it’s a new look team & management so don’t see how it can! I’m just a bit puzzled at the mo tbh
Still got players like Westwood bacuna Ayew Lescott spreading their filth in the dressing room. Plus we got rid of one shit keeper and replaced him with another error prone idiot
Let’s be honest RDM ain’t in the same league as Raffa.
did you want him bws ,not sure anybody did. i wanted mccarthy or pearson but pearson seems to be struggling at derby (early days )
No mate not really, my Baggies mates didn’t rate him at all but then I wouldn’t have gone with any of the usual suspects.
I’d have gone with Warburton or broke the bank to get Eddie Howe, a manager that builds a club from top to bottom, young, enthusiastic, not your journey men.
Eddie How can’t manage outside Bournemouth. He was awful at Charlton.
then how long is RDM given and can he turn it around. i agree totally with the damage has been done under lerner. its a massive job, we have recruited well with new players. we need a hypnotist or sumat not a manager
You’ve gotta give him the season imo.
Be too late by then.
Most of our starting lineup weren’t there last season, so I don’t think we can use the excuse of a “losing mentality” anymore.
What’s worrying is we all knew deep down (except for Badger bless him 😄) that 1.0 was never going to be enough. What’s even more worrying is I posted on here just after half time to Badger that we will sit back make an error and they will equalise! That’s exactly what happened. However even more worrying was the way we collapsed after we conceded that goal and even I didn’t see that coming I thought we’d hold on for a draw. It’s worrying because we now how have alleged leaders in the team like Elphnick Chester Jedinek etc where were they? Surely after conceding they were experience enough to clear their heads for 10 mins then go again but they all fell apart too. Also we made the wrong full bk choice we should of bought Yedlin I’m sick of us buying error prone attacking fullbacks RDM has learned nothing
Quique Sanchez Flores was available when Watford sacked him. He’s a much better manager than RDM in my book.
Agreed
You build teams from the back. I must have written that 5 times in these blogs. If the Keeper plays like that the foundations are cracked and you can build nothing. Number one priority, more important than spending on a striker. Case in point today you would need to buy a guy who scores a hat-trick to win this game 4-3. Have a look at the early Prem table: who is at the bottom? The teams with the worst keepers. Why is Joe Hart on the City scrapheap? Because at the level of Prem winners and CL winners he is the weak link.
At our level we don’t need a Guzan with hair.
Agreed we need to take Gollini out the firing line for his own good and ours then gradually bring him through over the next couple of seasons. We need an established keeper Bunn and steerman r crap also
Can’t understand why we bought a kid!
Nor me. A new keeper is a priority now imo
At one point we had 5 keepers and they were all crap!