Aston Villa v Stoke City Pre-Match Thread

[Legion]

Saturday 8.12.12 3pm KO

1-0 Home win

Benteke 78

[Des Little]

2-1 to us and our meteoric rise continues

[devilla]

2 - 1 to us.

Benteke 28, Gabby 90.

Crouch for them. You can guarantee it'll be him.

[Pete3206]

It'll be shit.

0-0

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

2-1 to us.

John Woodward with a brace, Mike Pejic with a late consolation for them.

[eastie]

It'll be shit.

0-0

Sadly I have the same feeling.

[silhillvilla]

0-0 for me too unfortunately. And the graveyard slot on MOTD.

[Ads]

An early goal is always required to stop this being the tedious sort of affair nearly every game againat Stoke is.

[Fin Feds Dad]

It'll be really shit. 0-1 , Huth

[Ads]

They've been on a good run.

Time to bring it to an end.

[Jon Crofts]

Football must be the winner, not that dire anti football Pulis serves up via his inbreds.

[LeeB]

Just had a call for some overtime in Bradford Saturday morning, which will pay for me to get my arse back down quickly and go down the Villa.

Shite game, big win, 1-0 Villa and I'll lap it up.

Momentum with us, we'll bag two shock wins Spurs and Chelsea and we'll be looking well clear of the relegation spots by Christmas.

[AVFCRob]

This will be the worst game of football ever played. I mean, ever. Hoof, hooof, hoooooof! 0-2

[Matt Collins]

Tough game. Can't see it being anything other than tight and pretty dull. 1-0 either way is pretty likely. Interesting to see whether lambert overloads the centre backs again. Would make a big difference if Vlaar and one of our proper left backs is fit. Bannan's performances have faded a bit so perhaps Delph or KEA to come in?

[Legion]

Would prefer to see Ireland play.