Aston Villa v Stoke City Post-Match Thread

[Somniloquism]

Ahh, the stream seemed to be showing the replays in the box as if there was a foul.

[hawkeye]

Just saw their goal again on MOTD - Huth held Collins down with both hands. Even Hansen said it was a foul. Incompetent officials yet again

Completely agree.

Yep we had the arrogant could not give a fuck one today.

[Somniloquism]

Just saw their goal again on MOTD - Huth held Collins down with both hands. Even Hansen said it was a foul. Incompetent officials yet again

He said it was a foul, but then seemed to indicate you know what you will get from Stoke so should be up for the battle which I think he meant Collins was letting himself be dominated by them.

[Percy McCarthy]

Phil Dowd made the worst decision in the history of the game in the cup final a couple of years ago, but Mike Dean is the worst referee who ever drew breath.

Amazingly, both of them give the impression that they think they're fucking ace.

[PeterWithesShin]

Just saw their goal again on MOTD - Huth held Collins down with both hands. Even Hansen said it was a foul. Incompetent officials yet again

He said it was a foul, but then seemed to indicate you know what you will get from Stoke so should be up for the battle which I think he meant Collins was letting himself be dominated by them.

Strikes me it's more a case of, because it's Stoke it's not a foul as it's what they do. Although if it was anyone else it would be a foul.
The laws of the game always seem to be altered when it comes to Stoke.

[damon loves JT]

There is no spoon

[dave.woodhall]

Just saw their goal again on MOTD - Huth held Collins down with both hands. Even Hansen said it was a foul. Incompetent officials yet again

He said it was a foul, but then seemed to indicate you know what you will get from Stoke so should be up for the battle which I think he meant Collins was letting himself be dominated by them.

Strikes me it's more a case of, because it's Stoke it's not a foul as it's what they do. Although if it was anyone else it would be a foul.
The laws of the game always seem to be altered when it comes to Stoke.

As we said last year, they're allowed to turn throw ins into theatrical productions because it's Stoke.

[Somniloquism]

There is no spoon

That's a lie, he is the assistant at Man Citeh.

[Chipsticks]

I've seen a lot of people complaining about the attendance today, which is fair enough, though I think its worth considering that Stoke brought an unexpectedly small following with them, would've expected another 2,000 or so of them really, which I suppose would've looked better.

My biggest concern is that a lot of people are only going now because they brought their season tickets before Big 'Eck came in and feel obliged to come down. We could be seeing horrendous attendances next season, we're starting to head back into 2005.

[Villafirst]

Defence today should've been:

Lichaj - Cuellar - Collins - Baker. Just don't rate Hutton. That defence would've had additional height and experience, plus Baker has played LB before and has a decent left foot. Lichaj isn't comfortable on the left - more a natural right-footed player. Eck seems intent on playing an unbalanced line-up. Worrying to see the crowd down to 30,000 - well done Mr Lerner, Mr Faulkner and Mr McLeish. I still think we're not safe yet.

[TaxDodger]

Just got back. A positive advert for Premiership football that was not. We were bloody shite. Lichaj was good.

[curiousorange]

Once again, i trudged away from a game against Stoke hoping next season is the one where their thug approach is ineffectual and they go back from whence they came. Okay, watching Villa is not like watching Barcelona but God, Stoke are tedious, unwatchable and seem to get away with anything they damn well please.

At Witton, i heard some Stoke fans talking about how they'd overheard Villa fans complaining about their style of play. They got indignant about how just because they didn't play 'proper' football, it didn't mean they weren't a top flight team. Listen lads, whatever gets you through the night but don't pretend like that's what you like to watch out of choice. It's crap and boring and if you were playing that way at the bottom of the table you would want Pulis gone. My only hope is that next year i get to see my theory put into action.

[Villafirst]

I've seen a lot of people complaining about the attendance today, which is fair enough, though I think its worth considering that Stoke brought an unexpectedly small following with them, would've expected another 2,000 or so of them really, which I suppose would've looked better.

My biggest concern is that a lot of people are only going now because they brought their season tickets before Big 'Eck came in and feel obliged to come down. We could be seeing horrendous attendances next season, we're starting to head back into 2005.

2,000 extra Stoke fans wouldn't have filled the rows of empty seats in the Holte End not to mention the numerous non-attending season-ticket holders like myself who have simply had enough of this regime - if you think 30,000 is bad this season, just wait until next season when the crowds are less than 25,000

[Brend'Watkins]

When Rory DeLap is old and grey with his grandkids on his knees and they ask.  "what did you do when you were younger Grandad"? 

He will tell them.."I threw a football for a living, I was very good at it as I could throw it far from anywhere beyond the half way line.  My boss loved me, he loved me so much he had a towel sewn into my shirt.  He paid me thousands and thousands of old English pounds to throw the ball week in week out.  We had a plan you see.  The plan was to run the ball into the other team's half and to get a throw in, I wasn't involved in this but the throw in was where I came in..  I was the main focus of the team and very important to the team.  I would throw it high and fast to allow the other players to pull and push and barge an knock the opposition without the useless officials noticing anything because the ball was so high in the air you see, aye, we were a canny lot in those days"

"Grandad, why do you keep saying your shoulders are fucked".

[JUAN PABLO]

The quicker Stoke get relegated out of the Prem the better , all that Shawcross ever does is puts his arms around the opponents body and gets away with him.  But villa will be relegated before stoke .

People saying Ireland was rubbish again , well If he gets injured in the remaining games we will be in the shit . I thought he was the only one that looks like creating something with his passes , did they miss the through ball to weimann before he fell over .
 Weimann reminded me of Rooney when he scored his first goal against Aresnal for Everton , lets hope he becomes half the player.

Hutton is the laziest player I have ever seen , is he bothered . what a waste of money , we could have got someone like Pettier from Leicester for quarter of the price , dire signing.  Even when they had the disallowed goal , he just chested it back to the player to score , no conviction at all , hes a joke.

so how many wins is that now Mr.McLeish and how many wins at Villa Park.

I will say to you politely please f**k off before you do any more damage.