TRO Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 3 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Personally I'm okay with top 6; it's a difficult league. However, I do agree that people are reconsidering their views of the management as results worsen, and that that isn't hypocrisy, it's changing your mind based on new evidence. Which is fair enough. Thats where I am.....yesterdays game made me angry and short fused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 29 minutes ago, AshVilla said: I thought were supposed to be the Man City of the championship We have spent so much money in comparison to other sides performing way better than us for such little return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 33 minutes ago, AshVilla said: I thought were supposed to be the Man City of the championship We have spent so much money in comparison to other sides performing way better than us for such little return Well, that was the misnomer of the year. secondly, apart from the ****up on two strikers that come closely second too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) 22 minutes ago, BigAl said: With the way things are going unless we turn our form around quickly top 6 is best we can hope for .Im not Bruce's biggest fan and I think there is a lot better managers out there but we are decimated by injuries Kodjia gone long term Terry out with a long time and Jedinak only back after 6 months out ,on top of that Grealish was out long term Lansbury and Hogan have struggled with injuries since they have arrived I realise every team gets injuries but we have been really unlucky that it's been to our better players and majority of them have been months rather than weeks out ,If Derby or Wolves had the same injuries they wouldn't be where they are ,we still aren't in a bad position but we need reinforcements in Jan a striker is a must we just need to get through this xmas period without losing touch . Its a fair comment on injuries Key players long term quantity put that in to the pot and it is no surprise. However, the way we play does seem to attract injuries.....too slow to move the ball and plsyers off the ball static.We could be the architect of our own demise. Edited December 24, 2017 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Im not sure I could agree with you Terry broken bone ,grealish kidney ,Kodjia recurrence of broken ankle these are all bad luck more than anything . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 (edited) 11 hours ago, BigAl said: Im not sure I could agree with you Terry broken bone ,grealish kidney ,Kodjia recurrence of broken ankle these are all bad luck more than anything . Plus the fact that two of our current striker injuries - Kodjia and Hogan - happened while they were away on international duties. It probably is pushing today’s anti-Bruce meme a bit too far to blame his style of play for that! Edited December 25, 2017 by briny_ear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 25, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2017 Go back to basics , we have the players, despite the injuries. Statistics , past performance's and a load of other factors prove our squad is one of, if not the best in the league. Proven championship and premier league players , no excuses for a lack of results . Atm were in the game, top 6 , if we ain't top 6 in march them Mr Spud has to go and the people that selected him have to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 3 points from 12 has knocked us back from a reasonably good top 6 position to one where we are battling to retain 6th place against Sheff U, Middlesbrough, Preston and Ipswich. Not good. We need good results against Brentford and Boro or our season risks filtering away. Those 15 minutes of shit defending against Sheff U could turn out to be very damaging to our prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 More like a limp instead of a charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 7 hours ago, briny_ear said: Those 15 minutes of shit defending against Sheff U could turn out to be very damaging to our prospects. more like 15 months of shit management 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted December 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2017 Could be as low as 9th before we even kick a ball today. Not good. Need to get back to winning ways, 4 without a win hits you hard at the top end of the table, as we have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 14 hours ago, Grasshopper said: more like 15 months of shit management How about a New Year’s resolution to confine pointless barbs about Steve Bruce to the Steve Bruce thread so those who want a sensible discussion about Villa just have to avoid that one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) I think we will drop out of the top 6 today and then by a little further after New Years Day's game. I then think we will be hit and miss again for the rest of the season - beating those that we should beat and scraping draws and narrow defeats against the bigger teams. I then think we will come to the last 5 games of the season in or around the top 6 and then it will all come down to how we do in those last 5 games. Cardiff at home Leeds at home Ipswich away Derby at home Millwall away Assuming that Cardiff, Leeds and Derby will all be aiming for the same as us, who would trust that Bruce could get victories in those three games? Our home form has hardly been the best anyway and I just cannot see us winning one of those games, let alone all three. I think it will end in another false dawn for us with us missing out in the play-offs by at least 3 points. Edited December 26, 2017 by villarocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 That really doesn’t look like a good run in to end the season on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 That run-in is rotten. Ipswich difficult place to go and Millwall might be battling relegation that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Great, Now Boro have appointed Brucey's superior. That's another side primed for the Playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: Great, Now Boro have appointed Brucey's superior. That's another side primed for the Playoffs. At least the positive is we dont have to endure Pulisball when Bruce goes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 17 minutes ago, Zatman said: At least the positive is we dont have to endure Pulisball when Bruce goes Say what you want about pulis but he'll get them up. Guarantee it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 as it stands we are 19 points off Wolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: as it stands we are 19 points off Wolves They'll fall away. Their manager hasn't even got Championship experience. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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