Aston Villa v Stoke City Post-Match Thread

[Chipsticks]

Decent point, one that almost guarantees safety; also nice to see the Knuckledraggers get stuffed, and I'm strangely happy to see West Brom get a result against Spuds.

We're safe now I done reckon, just need to avoid any major fuck ups, i.e, West Brom away.

[Toronto Villa]

so your manager is in hospital

we hear the soundbites about what we are going to do for the said manager

then we get that pash

Randy

the players have made a very big statement today


they could not give one fuck between them about Gerard

keep that in mind

what complete and utter nonsense. I didn't see you post this at the end of last weeks game.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Two poor teams.

Albrighton and Gabby should have been on earlier.
Downing can feel hard done by as Ashley was worse. Both all fart, no shit.
Bent get's next to no decent service so respect for the goal. Superb finish.
Luke Young, Big Brad (MOTM), Petrov and Walker deserve a mention.
Dunne and Collins still scare me to death.

We played into Stoke's hands with the constant high balls. Pathetic.

Edit: Forgot to mention Heskey, can't think why.

[mattjpa]

dunne was quite poor...stuurke really didnt want a game today...

[mattjpa]

so your manager is in hospital

we hear the soundbites about what we are going to do for the said manager

then we get that pash

Randy

the players have made a very big statement today


they could not give one fuck between them about Gerard

keep that in mind

what complete and utter nonsense. I didn't see you post this at the end of last weeks game.

seconded. everyone is entitled to an opinion, but yours sir is categorically wrong.

[eamonn]

Meh all round. Taking the game to teams continues to be a failing that we had under O'Neill. Aside from Bent we just don't have good enough movement and our creators, Young and Downing aren't consistent enough with their delivery. Fantastic goal by Bent. If we had a couple of players on his wavelength we'd be so much better.

Luke Young constantly coming inside so he could use his right foot took a bit of pace out of our attacks on the left (though a couple of times his runs could have been productive like his winner against Everton at the start of the season). Still, for a professional to have so little confidence in his weaker foot is amazing really.

Two average sides, an average game and a draw. We're safe now, maybe with an outside chance of 9th/10th. Roll on next season.

[nuninho]

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Rubbish game.

[avfcpg]

Hard team to break down, especially when they are one up and come set up like that. Doubled up on our flanks and we haven't enough creativity in the middle to play through them. Not the end of the world, didn't think it was a disastrous performance...not great but not horrendous. Might have been different if we'd have taken the lead and make them chase the game...

As an aside and as much as the Stoke fans seem decent, do they play that sort of football at home every week? Totally uninspiring..even if it is effective.

Pretty much safe anyway...41 points won't be relegation this season.

[sfx412]

Dire.
I'm always surprised that our squad can never take such a defensive opposition to the cleaners.
Perhaps its because we play into their hands tactically.
Seems most of the Villa players feel they are safe, they aren't, 2 to 3 more points needed and I can't see them coming from Albion, Liverpool or Arsenal, so Wigan is a must win game
What threat did Heskey offer, anyone?
Why take Downing off at least he was moving around the pitch and not just posing on the wing. Thought both our fullbacks did well, both cb's were poor, Coker and Petrov needed help, but just coped.
Can't see Coker, Petrov, Heskey, Ashley,  Dunne or Walker in the mix next season and I'd wonder if Luke Young will stay too.
Hope Downing stays, wish Coker would, and what happens to Carew, Ireland and the others out on loan.

[eamonn]

Our game was the only one that Liam Gallagher didn't make a prediction for on Football Focus. How come?

[Rich6by7]

It can't have made the final cut, Eamonn. He went for 2-1 to us on the BBC Sport website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/13159242.stm

[adrenachrome]

Two poor teams.

Albrighton and Gabby should have been on earlier.
Downing can feel hard done by as Ashley was worse. Both all fart, no shit.
Bent get's next to no decent service so respect for the goal. Superb finish.
Luke Young, Big Brad (MOTM), Petrov and Walker deserve a mention.
Dunne and Collins still scare me to death.

We played into Stoke's hands with the constant high balls. Pathetic.

Edit: Forgot to mention Heskey, can't think why.

Fairly accurate synopsis from my point of view.

A definite end of season feel about the whole thing. When you consider the intensity of our last 3 games and Sterk's efforts last week, this is not really surprising.

The fact that Sterk started wasting time so early in the game got on my tits and I am glad I did not go; £100 for train and match ticket alone plus that offal presented as  entertainment would have left me less than pleased.

[The Left Side]

Stoke are very one dimensional, I hope they go down soon

[madirishvillain]

ok

you have to laugh, after all the soundbites that came out of Villa Park about doing this for the manager

the manager that was in hospital

the one we were going to show how much he was respected by the players

and then that


there isn't much more anybody connected to Aston Villa can add after watching that


the big performance

for Gerard

that never happened

Randy?

[mattjpa]

does anybody

have

a stream for chelsea west ham?

Randy