jackyboy

They'll probably 'rest' Pickford again after last nights calamity

Our new 'Assistant Head Coach' says he's looking to bring a style of play that suits our players, that he will be sensitive and it will be up to Steve Bruce if he listens or not. You couldn't make it up could you. Does this meen that we now have 3 assistant head coaches or his he above the 2 Steves

Trouble is some of our players don't seem like they want to show themselves to receive the throw in. They have a bit of space then turn their back like saying don't give it to me

Okay, we were a bit better second half but Leeds are dreadful at defending and decent sides will score at will. The bit I liked about Leeds was how they used a little triangle of players to work a bit of space then release the ball quickly to their runners. Obviously something they work on a lot in training. Unless Leeds tighten up they will be in the relegation mix

10 players doing what comes naturally to them, like it's the first time they've played together. No structure and no plan.........MANAGERLESS

Bad vibes about Bruce fluking something here

I've heard from a good source that we will be having 2 false 10s and a false3, all on the bench

Throw a couple of coaches in to the mix to try and stumble through. It's a lot cheaper than sacking Bruce

Might go to Celtic

ASM may not be Bruces saviour. He was bordering on poor before he was dropped after being publicly criticised by Bruce. Then he's been out for a few weeks with COVID so it will take a while to get back up to speed. Whether or not the motivation will still be there remains to be seen. Hopefully he comes good after it's too late for Bruce

I can't understand the Jones appointment. What's in it for Jones? If the team gets better we know who'll claim the credit

Leeds are very easy on the eye but they do leak goals. Sadly, I think Bruce might fluke a result here but I hope not.

Poor lad is totally devoid of confidence now, to the point where he's almost frightened to make a pass, hesitates and he's caught or the pass is blocked

I'll be gutted if we do but fluking a result against Leeds would not surprise me because despite the quality in their play and movement they do look vulnerable, almost naïve at times

Looked really pissed off last night and I think he would have been happy to get sent off. What a downward spiral

Villas passing and movement was light years ahead of ours. They took their foot off the gas and were a bit complacent when they went 2 up, they couldn't believe how easy it was. Our plan under Bruce is to keep the ball in our own half by passing it square and backwards then once we manage to get over the half way line just run with it and we might get a free kick or something. Don't they ever train with 1 touch football and pass it and move?

I think he'll start ASM because he's desperate

Bit worrying to see Mark Hughes appear on Football Focus having not seen him for years. Saying that he's ready to come back as a manager and talking about the problems at Newcastle

If Jones is coming here with the idea that he could take over from Bruce then it wouldn't be in his interest for the team to improve in the meantime. Just doesn't make sense to me. Maybe MA has put out the rumours to try and provoke a reaction from Bruce

We need to keep losing games to keep the pressure on this twat. If he gets just one lucky point he'll be telling us how he's turned it round by doing things his way

When did he have a couple of decent years at Villa? They had the most expensive squad in the division and when he got the sack they were sitting in 15th place

Pearson I could see because of his being here previously and a known no nonsense type. Manager to the end of the season would probably be acceptable to him. I thought he did an incredible job at Watford and they would have stayed up if they hadn't sacked him

Maybe 4 points from our next 6 games, can't see more than that

I reckon we'll be lucky to pick up 4 points from our next 6 games. I just wish the fans had been at our next game just to hear the abuse that Bruce would get from both sets of fans

Your right. Ritchie is a natural right sided player and they gelled really well.