Stoke City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[littlevillain]

we were the better side overall, stoke played that horrible fckn style as always and at times we got dragged down with it.
Dunne immense again, clark good game. Still would have liked to have seen bannan threading a few balls through for gabby at some point but mcleish would never risk that much creativity versus physical presence.

[Toronto Villa]

Ugo in the studio referring to Villa as "we". Left the club too early along with Southgate.

For the money and to win things.Pair of wankers.

Yes, to some extent

[olaftab]

Commentators were going about us missing Ash Young quality on crosses .... They obviously never watched him in every game as we did or the false legend lives on.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm encouraged by the fact that in the past two games we've tried to play football.

[luke25]

I watched 70 minutes, sooner Stoke get relegated the better, fuck me imagine having to pay to watch that.

[dave.woodhall]

Anyone know why the pitch was made smaller, I thought it was illegal.

Rory Delap. It can be any size as long as it's within the minimum and maximum measurements

[SO Villa]

Ugo in the studio referring to Villa as "we". Left the club too early along with Southgate.

For the money and to win things.Pair of wankers.

Yes, to some extent

They won more than if they'd have stayed with us.

[Lobsterboy]

Not exactly a feast of flowing football but a good point away from home

Focusing on the positives tonight we looked much more solid at the back, Brad Guzan seems to be making the most of his opportunity, no goals conceded from set pieces and we had the majority of possession

Onwards to Chelsea and hopefully we can get a result as they are hardly brimming with confidence themselves

[paulcomben]

As mentioned, that will do. Apologies to any neutrals whose Boxing Night was made tedious by a 0-0 inc Stoke.

Villa need a Paul Merson type in midfield - drive, creativity, goalscoring. Who is out there to fit that bill?BTW Nzog could do it, if he was not a lazy mercenary.

[E I Adio]

Great to see that Guzan has developed into more than just a shot stopper. Some impressive takes off his line and in the air to nullify the threat of long throws. Thoughtful of Stoke to dry the ball before throwing it to him though.

[Archie]

Solid performance but boring boring Villa.
Better boring that defeated anyway, so I don't complain.
The brightest moment of the day, imo, is when we entered the pitch with the good old light blue socks (and shorts).

[PaulWinch again]

N'Zogbia worked fucking hard and he did in the last game as well., people calling him lazy are off the mark. Ireland could play that attacking role we need, he showed that against Arsenal. It's a shame for Guzan, because he's done very well during Given's injury but he's got no chance of pushing for the number 1 spot.

[Steve kirk]

For me a really vital point, we stood up well to everything Stoke threw at us and did it comfortably, a big well done to Brad who looked very determined and to Villa for being so solid.   

[avfcpg]

Tried to play football and did ok I thought against just a physical hoof ball side..by far the better footballing side.
Last 3rd was poor, crossing wayward but it's a decent point and we passed it ok. Onwards...
As for Stoke, says it all that a player has a towel sewn into thier shirt for thier main attacking threat...

[andyh]

Had to watch most of the game on mute as we had visitors. Was it deemed a goal that gabby cleared from behind the line ?
from what i saw it was a piss poor game, and another game gone without a win..how many points is that..1 in ?