Steve Bruce tasted his first defeat as Aston Villa manager as his side deservedly went down 2-0 to Leeds at Elland Road.
It, if we are to be perfectly honest, was a very poor performance from Bruce’s men. They were sloppy from the first minute, right up until the last, with Jedinak’s poor pass (to no one in particular), which helped set up Leed’s second, exemplifying this. Make no mistake about it, Villa deserved nothing from this game.
Bruce has been a magnificent manager for Villa so far, but, it is safe to say that he is partly to blame for this defeat today. I think he got the team selection wrong, and left it far too late before making any substitutions. For example, Gestede should not be starting, and with the performance he put in today, he should definitely not have stayed on the pitch for as long as he did. Bruce obviously had a specific game plan for today’s game, but it did not work, and Bruce will probably be the first person to hold his hands up and admit this.
Next up for Villa is a home game against Wigan next Saturday, and it is imperative that we get all 3 points from that game.
Anyway, without further ado, here are my player ratings for today’s game – they do not make for pretty reading.
