Aston Villa v Stoke City Post-Match Thread

[tarzansbrother]

Terrible weather, terrible football, terrible opposition, terrible manager. Hutton not only terrible but one of the worst footballers I have ever witnessed. Renew my season ticket? You must be fukin joking. Hang your head in shame Mr Lerner where ever you are.

So, whose fault was the weather ? Lerner, Mcleish or Hutton ?

Watching the rain fall was more exciting than that pile of shite.

[Somniloquism]

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?

I wouldn't say incapable, more not wanting to. The silliness is when we have scored this season, it is usually during a spell of actually playing football rather then hoofing it. We just seem to settle back after that though as if the job is done. The players might be to blame but it has happened pretty much in every match we have took the lead in this season and should have been nipped in the bud by the management team early on if they were any good and wanted to be proofed right about not being negative.

[Legion]

I'd just like to mention the 19th minute again at this evening's snooze-fest. Well done to all concerned.

[UK Redsox]

I'd just like to mention the 19th minute again at this evening's snooze-fest. Well done to all concerned.

Woke me up with all that clapping. I was having a nice snooze in the lower Trinity

[PeterWithe]

And a thank you to the Stoke fans who joined in the applause and clapped our injured players off the field.

[The Left Side]

Herd, Baker and Weimann were great today and for the first half we played well, we just lacked confidence and conviction in the last third. We needed the second goal but we have needed it all season, you could see the stoke goal coming. Given struggled but hutton is very poor, Ireland needed help in the second half as our crossing options faltered, roll on next season.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

just  got back very frustrated with the refereeing why are those henchmen who parade in that horrible club's kit get away with common assault every few minutes  while we get 2 bookings for getting a bit to close to them ? I thought Ireland was our best player, Lichaj was really good and so was Baker and Collins.Hutton is awful!

Try to include some punctuations and maybe the odd capital letter, then we might have a clue what you're on about!!

[hawkeye]

Just got back from a joyless and soul less Villa Park, evidence that the blood is slowly being drained out of the Club. The only bright spots were the efforts of the youngsters Weiman (his Goal), Baker, Lichaj and Herd, surprised about some of the criticisms on here.
Hutton, Gabby and Bannan were awful, at least Bannan was trying, Hutton just a pooor player playing badly and Gabby looked like he didnt give a toss, he is so out of sorts he should be dropped.
1 point nearer safety,

[villanic]

I'd just like to mention the 19th minute again at this evening's snooze-fest. Well done to all concerned.

This

[Mike Jeffries]

I'd just like to mention the 19th minute again at this evening's snooze-fest. Well done to all concerned.

Indeed,well done all of us.

As to the game:

If only there were any officials that could wake up at any point in 90 minutes and spot the well practised thuggery (Sorry tactics) of Stoke City, as ever the officials could have been abducted by Aliens in the 50's and barely missed as much as they did tonight.

Clearly we're basically poor, but for Christs Sake given the kids we had out there they stood up to it pretty well.  How anyone can crictise Lichaj is beyond me, we need guts more than anything right now and he has enough of it to share round Saint Martins's ((C) BBC) over priced, over paid, gutless wonders that have failed to be able to defend a corner under at least three managers now.   

[hawkeye]

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

I t would have helped if some players gave him the odd option.

[andyh]

When some are slating the opposition or the referee, let's not forget that its not their fault that we are incapable of playing decent football.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I do hope you're proud of that performance McSpunkstain.

Please get this negative piece of shit out of our club.

[Mike Jeffries]

When some are slating the opposition or the referee, let's not forget that its not their fault that we are incapable of playing decent football.

Nope, just the incompetence of officals (Mainly because they just can't keep up with the level of cheating that is common place in every game, of the so called best leauge in the world - chortle) and the horrible none footbal tactics of Stoke in my mind when I have a go at both tonight.

I'm perfectly capable of seperating out our own lack of ability ta very much.

[damon loves JT]

Teams like stoke and Wimbledon back in the day nullify the officials by the volume of offences. The ball comes across and there are so many simultaneous fouls, on both sides, they can't call all of them. So they end up not blowing the whistle at all.