Stoke City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Apyadg]

I trust Houllier's award ceremony was suitably enjoyable tonight.

He won an award? Awesome, our manager has won an award. Maybe we can put it in the trophy cabinet, if he can get it through customs.

[Mellin]

Found myself feeling very angry at 1-1 for some reason. More so than usual. Think it might be this large dislike for Stoke I'm developing, our inability to keep possession and the complete lack of bottle we were showing away from home (again). So, as you can imagine, when they scored a last kick winner which had been largely created by the snide tactics of an ex-pikey scummer, I threw myself face first into the tele, attempting to bite away at all those who had spent the last 90 minutes wronging me.

Didn't work. Currently posting from A&E.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Houllier should be fuckin sacked right  now.  Pulis' mother died and he still managed to make it to the game to change the result in their favour yet our tosser of a so called manager was at a pissin awards ceremony in France.  Bullshit.  Hang your heads in shame Messrs MacDonald, Lerner, Faulkner and Houllier.

[JJ-AV]

Warnock is shit.

[pauliewalnuts]

What is this awards ceremony thing?

[KevinGage]

Stoke must absolutely love us.

Fancy, a soft touch for shite like that to roll us over and get their season started.
They didn't even wake up for the first 70 minutes but when they did we had our predictable response, do nowt.

3 late goals against us now.

The footballing gods must be saving up some really bad karma for them, hopefully a last minute goal from us that sends the beggars down.

[Dan England]

Pennant really is a cheating little shit.  Knicks the ball past petrov, kicks him and then throws himself to the ground to win a free kick which costs us a point.  Little shit.

No, Petrov, being his usual sluggish self, brought him down because he's not quick enough and not good enough to tackle.

Ridiculous comment. He clearly does not touch him.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

I think the Heskey change was more of a defensive substitution than an attacking one. It looked to me at the end he had an opportunity to hoof it clear but hadn't got the mobility to move 2 yards to do so.
I notice a few criticising Collins, I think that is a little unfair. It's hard to head the ball when you that big sack of cack Jones in front of you. Time and time again the referee punished Dunne and Collins for attacking the ball whilst Jones just stood there. I thought the ref was dreadful, especially when that little convict c**t Pennant rolled around at the end. All that said, we should have been 0-2 up by half time and had the game won.

Petrov again done little after 65 minutes, i really do wonder about the fitness and concentration levels of our players.

[JUAN PABLO]

K-mac in charge for weekend..FFS

[Risso]

HOW can we not know when our fucking new manager is due to start?!  It beggars belief!

[Dante Lavelli]

Albrighton did nothing second half.  It was crying out for Ireland to replace him, but KM seemingly has the same lack of nous as O'Neill.

Agreed.  That would have been a good substitution.  If nothing else it would have improved Ireland's match fitness and saved Albrighton's legs a bit.

[SteveN]

'kin hell.  That's all I can muster.

[Apyadg]

Houllier should be fuckin sacked right  now.  Pulis' mother died and he still managed to make it to the game to change the result in their favour yet our tosser of a so called manager was at a pissin awards ceremony in France.  Bullshit.  Hang your heads in shame Messrs MacDonald, Lerner, Faulkner and Houllier.

Houllier is doing the right thing, in fulfilling his contractual obligations. If anyone is to blame, it's the twats at AVFC who appointed a manager, seemingly with no idea as to when he can actually begin his job. You'd think this would have been discussed and agreed prior to anything being signed, never mind announced to the public. I've never heard of a club being involved in such a monumental failure to check even the most basic things. I can't imagine how the interview went. Maybe this is how they do things in the US.

[TheSandman]

Warnock is shit.

Agree.

That said I seem to have developed a deep dislike of him. I'm seeing him everywhere. I was sure it was him who did the foul rather than Stan. I also could swear the kidney patient in The Inbetweeners is his spitting image.

[pauliewalnuts]

Houllier should be fuckin sacked right  now.  Pulis' mother died and he still managed to make it to the game to change the result in their favour yet our tosser of a so called manager was at a pissin awards ceremony in France.  Bullshit.  Hang your heads in shame Messrs MacDonald, Lerner, Faulkner and Houllier.

Houllier is doing the right thing, in fulfilling his contractual obligations. If anyone is to blame, it's the twats at AVFC who appointed a manager, seemingly with no idea as to when he can actually begin his job. You'd think this would have been discussed and agreed prior to anything being signed, never mind announced to the public. I've never heard of a club being involved in such a monumental failure to check even the most basic things. I can't imagine how the interview went. Maybe this is how they do things in the US.

I have to say, that with this Houllier delay, and the shirts delay, I do wonder what on earth is going on at the upper levels of the club.