Five Things Steve Bruce Has To Do For The Boro Game

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 12: Villa manager Steve Bruce reacts after a near miss during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Middlesbrough at Villa Park on September 12, 2017 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 12: Villa manager Steve Bruce reacts after a near miss during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Middlesbrough at Villa Park on September 12, 2017 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 12: Villa manager Steve Bruce reacts after a near miss during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Middlesbrough at Villa Park on September 12, 2017 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 12: Villa manager Steve Bruce reacts after a near miss during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Middlesbrough at Villa Park on September 12, 2017 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

At the moment, Steve Bruce is not short of ‘advice’ on how to improve Aston Villa’s recent lack of form.  Now that the team is outside the playoff places, fans are becoming more vociferous about Aston Villa’s embattled manager.

There are plenty of things going wrong at Villa Park right now.  Some are just down to luck in football. Some are down to naturally occurring phenomena such as injury. Some are down to player error. And some are down to error which must be levelled at the manager’s door.  This is a list of five things that I suggest should be done in readiness for Saturday 3pm.