Stoke City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[sfx412]

A tactically naive and leaderless second half performance.
Against a team with so many big men when we have so many small defenders why does our erstwhile Captain give away such dumb free kicks ? Under Mon it was just the same, no changes tired legs, so no subs, and when you finally decide to do something its Heskey for Gabby. Putting on the clubs cat would have been more constructive.
6 away points dropped with negative inane tactical errors from positions of superiority, did Mon really run off.
Another season where opportunities have been thrown away by negative indecisive leadership, heres hoping Ged is up to it.

[Shrek]

This is gonna be a long long season!

[Somniloquism]

We shouldn't get to down really. We played some good stuff. Ash's miss was they key. That and warnocks chip to heskey at the death instead of a little dink to gabby down the line. Probably would have won a throw and killed the game. Argh the great game eh. Fxxk

If he dinked to gabby it would have been a throw in as he was on the bench.

[Reality]

Can't believe this twonk has another match in charge with us. Fuck off MacDonald.

Warnock = Stupid, rash challenges that mostly lead to freekicks. Also gets stranded and caught out of position time after time, and has to run back which he never does on time. Wouldn't be surprised if Houllier chops him. Wouldn't miss the prick.

[The Man With A Stick]

Lily-livered spineless fucking twats.  Twats!  Fucking TWATS!!!

[BILL DE VALL]

We played 3 wingers and no target man
i lost count of the times we could have crossed it but they had to try and play through Stoke
who had 8/9 behind the ball all the time
We get Emule on and never get into a crossing position again!

That snidey free kick at the end made me foam-total cheating rewarded by a naive ref

I knew we would throw away the chance to go 3rd-We have a mental problem

[AVFCRob]

We played some great stuff tonight and at half-time the only shock was that we weren't 2 or 3 ahead. However Villa being Villa you just knew that that was really going to matter. We played great composed football in the first half but it's as though the team doesn't believe in itself enough to keep it going and the rest just flows from that and is inevitable.
It was ever thus......

[charleeco7]

Played well at times but looked dead on our feet at the end. Wasn't a free kick for their goal but we should have been out of sight by then.

Dunne looks totally unfit or injured. Didn't come up for corners and was nowhere near jones for his goal.

Plus side downing and rio played well.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Thought we did ok for most of the game.

Even saw downing put a tackle in !

Robbed by an awful refereeing decision , compounded by the free kick being taken 12 yards further forward ( are we the only side that takes our free kicks from the right place now). They brought on Fuller and Pennant - we brought on Heskey.

[JUAN PABLO]

A stooke fan said to me today. We love playing Villa...Im gutted

[Apyadg]

Can't believe this twonk has another match in charge with us. Fuck off MacDonald.

Warnock = Stupid, rash challenges that mostly lead to freekicks. Also gets stranded and caught out of position time after time, and has to run back which he never does on time. Wouldn't be surprised if Houllier chops him. Wouldn't miss the prick.

In fairness to MacDonald (and with the Heskey sub and the Newcastle game, I'm finding this difficult), once the players are out there in the second half, winning the game, if they collapse, they need to take the brunt of the blame. Especially conceding in the last minute again. As something that continues, regardless of the current manager, it points to the players having no focus, or simply not caring.

[Shrek]

We have to give credit to Tony Pulis, he makes tactical changes when needed, 2 seasons in a row he has made sub which have influenced the game.

Can anyone remember what Houllier what like tactically?

[D.boy]

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.

There will be a delay in getting your answer.

[pauliewalnuts]

Can't believe this twonk has another match in charge with us. Fuck off MacDonald.

Warnock = Stupid, rash challenges that mostly lead to freekicks. Also gets stranded and caught out of position time after time, and has to run back which he never does on time. Wouldn't be surprised if Houllier chops him. Wouldn't miss the prick.

In fairness to MacDonald (and with the Heskey sub and the Newcastle game, I'm finding this difficult), once the players are out there in the second half, winning the game, if they collapse, they need to take the brunt of the blame. Especially conceding in the last minute again. As something that continues, regardless of the current manager, it points to the players having no focus, or simply not caring.

To be honest, the Stoke come back was coming for a while.

Pulis used his subs. Kev didn't. Predictable result.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Before the game I commented on how much better their bench was than ours.  It has been proven to be the case.  Other than a half fit Ireland what other options did we have?  Theirs changed the game.