It’s only a short one, as frankly I have better things to do than try to explain what I saw tonight.
Suffice to say, that while I suppose I should be thankful for a Villa win, it’s really not saying much.
If this is seen as a good performance today, well I can only see it as fake news.
The last I’d seen, we had 61% possession, with 10 shots off and 2 shots on target.
Which isn’t brilliant in itself against what I thought was a very poor Rotherham side.
It probably ended higher than that, not that it’s that important, as I was looking more at how we played.
And I remain totally convinced that how we set up is totally wrong.
It was all long balls, very many Cowans-like, across the pitch.
Some worked, some didn’t.
But when it’s backed up by next to no movement in the middle, it’s totally wasted.
I totally fail to see how by-passing the middle of the pitch will get you anywhere these days and keeping it constantly played wide offers very little threat, yet this seems to be Bruce’s only tactic.
Grealish is also totally wasted on the left, especially when he has to defend in our third.
It’s no surprise that Abraham and Bolasie scored, as they’re the only ones being allowed to get in there, it seems to me.
It’s almost like Bruce doesn’t trust the others.
But what sums it all up is that it’s boring to watch.
Make no mistake, lowly Rotherham caught us out at least three times and a better attack would have got goals.
Perhaps I’m being harsh in my assessment, but basically I think I’ve totally lost patience with Bruce now.
I just don’t see him being the future.
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Well this might change the look of the Championship table come the end of the season.
I don’t know why the EFL / Prem don’t just abandon promotion and relegation it would be more honest and end the farce that FFP is there to protect the fans whereas in reality it’s designed to protect the richer clubs across Europe.
One would think someone in the EFL would have the brains to realise that FFP in its current form does not work but no, the answer is to make the penalties more severe.
What a joke.
new owners at villa have been busy again today i see, they are putting their own stamp on the club. which will mean another manager at some point soon. when they appoint their manager, he will have a small squad with the loan players returning home and he will have a blank canvas to work start of with. which will be better than starting with lots of players he doesn’t rate and wants out.
elphick has played something like less than 50 games in 5 years, which is very poor, if he stayed he wouldn’t be automatic choice for a starting role, so guessing here, maybe he wants to play games and wanted reassurance from bruce he would play, once he was told he wouldnt be automatic starte. he wanted to leave
whoever the manager is presently its a tough time. its all about gelling the players into a team. its gonna take time with no short cuts, loan players were recruited, because they were hamstrung with ffp. at least the owners have rushed in quality players in such short time, they had before the window shut.
R was missing starter
A plus
Great news , Bruce has found a replacement for our centre back problem.
Wow he’s found him. I don’t think so Bruce.
Mile Jedinak has been backed to fill the big boots of John Terry at Aston Villa.
Boss Steve Bruce will continue with the 34-year-old in the heart of defence against Sheffield Wednesday following the morale-boosting shut out in midweek.
Bruce believes the criticism aimed at Jedinak has been unfair and blames his team as a collective for shipping too many goals this season rather than the Australian.
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Bill
Wow, Bruce seems desperate to be sacked. Tuanzebe MOM in his last match at centre half. I anticipate a new manager at the turn of the year.
I wouldn’t back against that Sid, infact it could be sooner than that.
Villa on Sky , not on tomorrow but on Friday red button, also Tuesday 28th on red button, if you have a smart tv don’t buy because they don’t have red button.
I fell for that this week.
Weird mine has a red button. BRUCE OUT!
Your not on Now tv then.? SKY you can ,if I’m missing something let me know.