Re: Aston Villa V Chelsea: Saturday 2nd April at 12:45

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:39 pm

Sandie wrote:Our relegation might be confirmed next weekend so not sure what there is still to give up on. I think bringing in the awful Richards and Sanchez who struggles to pass wind after a curry did mark a retrograde step. There was very little professional pride on display today. Little sign of players looking to fight for their future either with Villa or to impress with another club. Not sure what a manager is to do with that.

Next game round, I'd bring Clark and Okore in to defence. They can't be worse and they will probably a whole heap less terrible.

I missed this post Sandie. I've just said the same thing about relegation and pride in the "other football thread".

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 02, 2016 6:04 pm

Chelsea are a shadow of the team that we used to give a damn good game to only recently. Days like today highlight our decline and recent collapse.

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 02, 2016 6:29 pm

Very much so. This isn't even a good Chelsea team who thrashed us. Hell, they even had three key players out through injury.

Eric Black has spoken of his intent to win the fans back over. If only the players shared that desire. They don't care about us and we don't care about them. The disconnect he spoke of has been created by the likes of several yards off the pace Lescott and Flabby and their stupid behaviour.

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:07 pm

What you say is true and that frightens the hell out of me. A new manager would probably have to get rid of half a dozen established players in order to create a new team ethos. With the massive protection that even non performing or misbehaving players have, how is that going to happen. I'm scratching my head. scratch

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:04 pm

Think how many of these players you would want to keep. There's not that many is there? Then think of the ones who will be cashed in on if we get offers (I can see at least a couple of the French-speaking contingent moving on) and you have a lot of promoted youth players and new signings needed.

by **villabromsgrove** Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:46 pm

If we're going to be successful we have to remove everyone who is used to failing. It's a huge task.

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