Re: Aston Villa V Bournemouth: Saturday 9th April 15:00

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:41 pm

I'm certainly not betting against us wrapping it up today.

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:58 pm

I have a sneaking feeling that we'll extend the agony by a further week.

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:03 pm

Aston Villa V Bournemouth: Saturday 9th April 15:00 - Page 2 Team10

Not the best side he could have picked (by a long way) though I suppose at least Black is making changes from the last XI.

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:15 pm

I think this eleven has been chosen by skin thickness!

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:18 pm

Nine defenders and one and a half attackers. Black gave the game away when he said that Adama couldn't do the assisting not conceding bit. Where do we get these "managers" from? Is there a home for the incredibly timid locally?

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:39 pm

Veretout, Gil and Green dropped completely .... nice one Eric. We don't want skillful footballers in claret and blue do we.

by GadgetMan Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:42 pm

Hey guys!!

Just what do they feed the managers down at BMH? Certainly not courage. Garde and now Black, both fearful of losing when there is really nothing to lose.....

I think at this stage though (for balance) any XI put out, will yield the same kind of meek surrender.

Part of me just wants this over now. Put us out of our misery and allow us to crack on with planning for next season. I see us losing 0-1 and a toxic atmosphere (again) at VP.

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:43 pm

Okore is another one who can't even get on the bench of this Villa super team. I'm not a happy bunny!

by GadgetMan Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:44 pm

Also, don't know whether I'm in denial or just had so long to get used to it, but the fact we'll probably be relegated today hasn't even resonated with me. Sad and indictative of a broken club.

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:48 pm

I think we all had a point some time in the past few months when we've realised that the jig is up. Today will just be the official confirmation of what we've known for some time.

by **villabromsgrove** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:49 pm

I don't mind losing GM, I'm well used to it by now, but it's the fact that we don't set out to win matches anymore! Nine defenders against the mighty Bournemouth at Villa Park for goodness sake! Is this our best team with all the squad fit apart from "poorly" Gabby and long term Amavi? Really!

by GadgetMan Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:56 pm

villabromsgrove wrote:I don't mind losing GM, I'm well used to it by now, but it's the fact that we don't set out to win matches anymore! Nine defenders against the mighty Bournemouth at Villa Park for goodness sake! Is this our best team with all the squad fit apart from "poorly" Gabby and long term Amavi? Really!

Only sense I can possibly make if it (and this is being very generous) is he's picked a side that A. He feels can handle the toxic atmosphere and B. Have all trained hard. You're right though, when you having nothing to lose, you throw everything at it and we've failed to do that time and time again. We will gewt what we deserve ultimately. Never have I seen such a spineless bunch of players wear the Claret and Blue.

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:58 pm

villabromsgrove wrote:I don't mind losing GM, I'm well used to it by now, but it's the fact that we don't set out to win matches anymore! Nine defenders against the mighty Bournemouth at Villa Park for goodness sake! Is this our best team with all the squad fit apart from "poorly" Gabby and long term Amavi? Really!

What are they scared of? Black is saying right now that he wants to 'give us something to cheer on' and 'change our minds' but doesn't seem to be going the right way about it. Starting to wonder whether he's trying to send the players a message? Gabby aside you could argue that all the poor performers are present today so maybe he's put that team out there to get a harsh reception having grown fed up with how badly they've been performing since he came in? I wouldn't blame him if he was doing that and I can't really think of any other reason to pick Richardson who got a very hostile reception.

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:23 pm

Bournemouth all over us, giving us something of a footballing lesson. These players...

by **Sandie** Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:48 pm

0-1 Customary poor marking.

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