Aston Villa v Stoke City Post-Match Thread

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Did I hear the Stoke fans singing "40 quid your having a laugh ? ".

[olaftab]

Well that was a turgid affair in the rain. Well played Andreas. Fantastic goal to light up a gloomy day. After that I waited for an equaliser  and it came as expected!
McLeish just about gets it wrong every time! Today was the day to play Heskey for muscle in both attack and defence.
Gabby was very disappointing especially with his chance.
Weimann, Herd, Lichaj, Bannan, Baker and than Gardner well done to you all and I have no complains here.

Hutton, Warnock, N' Zogbia absolute waste of space. I am alarmed that Hutton is playing at this level. He is the worst RB  IMO I have ever seen play for us.

Not sure about Given now. He is very indecisive and useless at crosses. He just does not dominate and I think he is one of the main reasons we have conceded 15 goals from set pieces this season.

With our kids I think we have a possibly  a good team hiding in there somewhere however I doubt if McLeish is the man to bring that out.

[Des Little]

We just seem incapable of getting that second goal which would see us through games.  How many one nil leads have we lost points from this season?

[Matt Collins]

Lichaj was toss. Warnock on right midfield for periods? WTF? He's shit at left back, so why put him there?

THought Ireland was good, always in space, but often over looked.

Gabby? Getting tired and bored of him.

Lichaj was toss?! Oh please, the kid was everywhere today. Went hard on every tackle and hardly lost the ball at the rate at which Bannan and Gabby were turning it over. He can stay.

I thought lichaj was very poor. Lots of bad touches, ponderous at the wrong time. I think Valencia might rip him a new one on Sunday!

[Legion]

I thought Lichaj played well overall, but his distribution left a lot to be desired at times.

[mikeb1982]

Did I hear the Stoke fans singing "40 quid your having a laugh ? ".

I thought I heard that too. Fair point, really

[claret and blue blood]

the last few comments were all exactly what we were saying as we left the ground, it is now unbearable to have this twat misusing our youth and playing the likes of Hutton who I agree IS the worst right back I have ever seen in a Villa shirt please sack him and put Sid in charge for the last few games , and there is no way that there were 30,100 in the ground.

[villadelph]

Lichaj was toss. Warnock on right midfield for periods? WTF? He's shit at left back, so why put him there?

THought Ireland was good, always in space, but often over looked.

Gabby? Getting tired and bored of him.

Lichaj was toss?! Oh please, the kid was everywhere today. Went hard on every tackle and hardly lost the ball at the rate at which Bannan and Gabby were turning it over. He can stay.

I thought lichaj was very poor. Lots of bad touches, ponderous at the wrong time. I think Valencia might rip him a new one on Sunday!

Not a chance, he's too athletic. He doesn't look like a clumsy bum, like some of our 'choice' backs. He's a young, confident player that won't lose his head. A hard worker and a promising youngster.

He gets the nod for me every week.

[David_Nab]

I would move Baker LB and move Lichaj back to RB with Carlos back to CB.

AMC needs to fucking expect we are not Arsenal from the George Graham era and trying to win 1-0 is just plain dumb

[TheSandman]

Gabby has been toss for months. He should have been dropped, not handed the captaincy.

[villadelph]

Gabby has been toss for months. He should have been dropped, not handed the captaincy.

I tend to agree after today. How many legitimate touches did he get today. No work ethic to get the ball and couldn't be called a leader by any means. He can't create chances for himself any more and its pathetic that he didn't scorch that slow Stoke back line.

He's forgotten how to be a striker.

[Legion]

the last few comments were all exactly what we were saying as we left the ground, it is now unbearable to have this twat misusing our youth and playing the likes of Hutton who I agree IS the worst right back I have ever seen in a Villa shirt please sack him and put Sid in charge for the last few games , and there is no way that there were 30,100 in the ground.

The 30,100 figure includes those that had purchased tickets but did not attend.

[Somniloquism]

and there is no way that there were 30,100 in the ground.

I raised the point earlier that I think it includes ST holders, whether they turn up or not. So I would guess you could extrapolate the 10 or so ST holders who stayed away out of the 100 or so regulars on here and say we might have been another 2000 down on people in the stadium.

[villadelph]

and there is no way that there were 30,100 in the ground.

I raised the point earlier that I think it includes ST holders, whether they turn up or not. So I would guess you could extrapolate the 10 or so ST holders who stayed away out of the 100 or so regulars on here and say we might have been another 2000 down on people in the stadium.

What was Stoke's allocation?

[Somniloquism]

Gabby has been toss for months. He should have been dropped, not handed the captaincy.

It is interesting in the clip of the goal posted by Leej that he seemed to amble across slowly to congratulate his team mate compared to how fast and how far away most of the others came from. Especially as he is supposed to be the captain now.