Rod

Eh?

I'm at home mate (sober ..... ish).

Eh?

You are absolutely bang on. Play one of the work horses, not all of them. I agree with Rice by the way, I would love him here. However, after the fa semi I've just watched, I must say that Caceido is some player.

This lad will play for England. We probably need a competent manager for this to happen because Southgate is useless. If every English player was fit then I swear Southgate would play Rice, Henderson and Philips in midfield. He loves hard working robots rather than class.

Yes he was awful today. However whisper it as he is a god on this forum. It was Gordon's fault!

Why? Because we were beaten?

Every time, and I mean every time a Villa player lost the touch of the ball they would fall over and get a free kick. Every 50/50 tangle/cuddle Villa got a free kick. Every time the Villa player was approached by the opposition they fell over and got a free kick. That referee was feckin awful.

Basically I'm repeating what 99% of fans on here think and that is Bruce was fecking shite.

I've had this argument loads of times with friends. It's all about perspective. Off the top of my head we are probably talking about footballers like Alan Shoulder, Glen Keeley etc during those periods. Bruce took over a Rafa team, although not brilliant individuals, were playing to a system where everyone knew their roles in the team. The team Bruce took over were more than competent and indeed very competitive. He totally obliterated that well oiled machine and I can't believe I'm writing this and haven't said fecking once.

In my opinion he's the worst manager I have seen at Newcastle so that makes him shit! From being tactically pathetic and literally no idea how to implement certain players in their correct positions to his absolutely disgraceful dialogue with the press/media and him constantly bigging up the opposition no matter who we were playing. Well I am staggered how any sensible football fan can defend the useless knacker.

Me and the wife did exactly the same. 30 years as season ticket holders. When Rafa walked we walked but literally sprinted away when Bruce was appointed.

Villa are shite!

I was actually had the opposite feelings. I thought "oh well, it's offside". Then I totally exploded when VAR intervened.

Then if it's binned just for offsides then tonight a perfectly good goal would have been wrongly disallowed. That's why VAR is good. You get the CORRECT decision.

Not even the linesman which is worrying really.

Murphy wins goal of the season. Howay man, behave.

Murphy puts a chance away, howay man behave.

Murphy scoring a goal, howay man behave.

Great craic..... ya boring fecker!

"If you weren't allowed to protest it". There lies the problem. "Oh it's a penalty to the opposition, you know what, I'm going to shout at the referee, that'll teach him".

Still wrong.

You couldn't be anymore wrong. Every fan I talk to can't stand the histrionics of football players when they harangue the referee. In fact I think you're in a minority of one who think it's not an issue.

I feel the same but I predict a draw. I actually think Brentford is the more winnable. They like to have a go and we are very good at the counter attack.

In all seriousness, the football Villa play is awful on the eye. They beat Chelsea on Saturday and it's a complete mystery as to how. Chelsea had 27 (that's TWENTY SEVEN) shots, 13 corners and 69% possesion. Emery gets away with feckin murder I tell ya!